Oxford One Day Tour Experience with Lunch and Guide

The key point of this tour is to ensure you can see all the famous sights of Oxford without having to cross check between more than one tour company and to maximise your time in Oxford by ensuring that only the most experienced 5 star rated popular guides are delegated to lead this tour. The guide will pay for a modest lunch for you and will join you for lunch too and many of the guides are students or alumni of Oxford university, so if you for example have children whom you want to inspire to create a vision that they too could one day study at Oxford, the guide will share their experience of what it is like to live in Oxford. Includes average £10 lunch & £15 entry fees, per person. Enter two colleges, including Magdalen College, where CS Lewis taught, and the Divinity School at the Bodleian Library, or one of the other university colleges such as St John's, Exeter, Balliol, or St Edmund's Hall. Please see Exclusions section for dates, when some or most colleges may be closed.

1. 1

   Balliol College

   5 min

   This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

2. 2

   Trinity College

   2 min

   This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

3. 3

   Sheldonian Theatre

   5 min

   Introduced from outside.

4. 4

   Weston Library

   5 min

   We may stop here on hot or cold days for WC and to get inside for a short break and or coffee stop.

5. 5

   Bodleian Library

   15 min

   This venue may only ever be entered, if you are at least age 11 and if you instead book guided tour entry via Bodleain website, one month ahead for the library's own staff guided tours. We always introduce this site from outside and if you are a Harry Potter fan, option exists to visit inside the Divinity school Hogwarts film site at the Bodleian.

6. 6

   Bridge of Sighs

   1 min

   We pass by this sight- it is not open to visit inside of.

7. 7

   Hertford College

   1 min

   Introduced in passing from outside

8. 8

   Brasenose College

   1 min

   Introduced in passing from outside

9. 9

   University Church of St. Mary the Virgin

   10 min

   It is free entry. Option to visit inside and we usually do unless a service on.

10. 10

    All Souls College

    5 min

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

11. 11

    Exeter College

    2 min

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide. Note this college is only open outside of term time.

12. 12

    Jesus College

    2 min

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

13. 13

    Lincoln College

    5 min

    Introduced from inside the entrance area only.

14. 14

    Oxford Covered Market

    1 hour

    This is the oldest covered market in England, dating to 1774. The venue offers a wide range of local, independent shops and cafes and takeway eateries and this is usually where we take you for lunch. Lunch value average per person is included and paid by the guide. There are some options for vegans and dietary concerns.

15. 15

    University College

    1 min

    Introduced in passing- this is the oldest college dating to 1249 and it is also where Bill Clinton studied. Rarely open to the public.

16. 16

    Queen's College

    1 min

    Never open to the public. This is where 'Mr Bean', Rowan Atkinson studied.

17. 17

    Magdalen College

    45 min

    This college entry cost £10 in 2026, is paid for by the guide. We always visit this college- unless rare dates that it may be closed. Note it is always closed from about Dec 21 to Dec 31. This college is arguably the most beautiful in Oxford. It's where CS Lewis taught and where the Inklings writers met lots. It also has a flood meadow and deer.

18. 18

    St Edmund Hall

    1 min

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

19. 19

    New College

    5 min

    This is also a famous Harry Potter film site, so if you are more motivated to see the Harry Potter film sites than to visit Magdalen college, then we could swap default to visit New college instead of Magdalen. If so, it takes 45 minutes usually to walk around the medieval college. Entry costs £12 per person in 2026.

20. 20

    Wadham College

    1 min

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide. This is the college which JK Rowling applied to but was not offered a place at.

21. 21

    St John's College

    5 min

    This college is one of several colleges which we always introduce from outside but depending on what is open or closed on the day of the tour, we also visit inside Magdalen plus one other college, so the second college could be visiting inside the college too. If it is, then we may spend up to half hour inside it. The second college which we enter during the tour, cost up to £5 per person entry, paid by the guide.

22. 22

    Christ Church

    15 min

    This college is NOT included on this tour as there are many complications to get entry tickets and it costs as much as £25 per person. However, if you request us to reserve entry tickets for you, then the option does exist to have us reserve the tickets and then you pay extra on the day for the actual cost of the entry tickets. It can only be visited on a self guided audio guide basis, so it means visiting it either at 09.30am before you meet us or visiting it at end of entry at 3.45pm, after the tour ends there. We will introduce this tour from outside, either way though.

23. 23

    Radcliffe Camera

    1 min

    We always pass by and introduce this sight. It is not open to the public.

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.