Tours

Official guided walking tours make a great introduction to Oxford. Official blue-badge guides from the Oxford Guild of Guides provide an informative tour of the hidden lanes and colleges of the historic city centre. Tours run daily from the Oxford Tourist Information Centre.

In addition to the popular introductory tour, University and City Tour, there are a range of other tours available including; Oxford Literary Links, Lyra's Oxford, Inspector Morse, William Morris and Victorian Oxford, Family tours, Garden Tours and Pottering in Harry's footsteps. Citysightseeing Oxford offer an open-top bus tour of the city allowing you to hop off and on at all the major attractions along the way.

A wide range of boat companies offer you the opportunity to enjoy a day on the river admiring the dreaming spires from a different perspective.

Cycling tours for individuals, families or groups are run from and to Oxford, exploring the River Thames as well as Oxford and its colleges and palaces. Beautiful and virtually traffic free tours through the Cotswolds also connect Oxford with the other heritage cities of Stratford and Bath. Tours are available as day trips, short breaks or longer holidays. They include provision of accommodation, luggage transfers, host services, bike hire and route directions.

Day tours from Oxford offer the opportunity to explore Oxford and its beautiful surroundings venturing into nearby areas of Cotswolds and Chilterns.

As a centre for visiting more "must see" places, Oxford is hard to beat. London, Stratford-upon-Avon, Salisbury, Stonehenge and Bath are all within reach of a comfortable day trip.

Memorable historic houses right on the doorstep include monumental Blenheim Palace - birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, idyllic Broughton Castle, familiar for many scenes in the film "Shakespeare in Love", Buckinghamshire's Waddesdon Manor, built by the Rothschild family in exuberant French chateau style and Kelmscott Manor the beloved home of William Morris which provided the inspiration for many of his designs.

Other major attractions nearby include the Didcot Railway Centre, with working engines celebrating the golden age of the Great Western Railway, and the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens.

For more information click here for the official Oxford visitor website: www.visitoxford.org