Harry Potter PRIVATE Tour + Self Guided Christ church Daily 12.45
Overview
Oxford's literary heritage comes alive as you learn about notable figures like Lewis Carroll and 'Alice' Liddell at Christ Church College. The tour also covers insights into the making of Harry Potter and other renowned authors such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 📚 Suitable for all ages, ensuring everyone can appreciate the rich literary history.
- 🎟️ Your ticket includes entry fees up to £25 per person for Christ Church and the Divinity School Harry Potter film sites.
- 🔊 The final third hour features a self-guided audio guide at Christ Church, as private guiding is no longer allowed inside.
- ✅ Entry tickets are guaranteed for Christ Church, avoiding complications with sell-out situations if purchased independently.
- ⚠️ Check 'Additional Info' or 'Voucher Info' for known dates when the Divinity School may be closed; on such occasions, a visit to New College will be arranged if open.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
- Your ticket includes up to £28 in entry fees per person as part of your ticket from 2020 onwards
- Entry includes Christ church PLUS as & when open, the Divinity school
- Feb 24, Feb 28, March 6 after 12.00 closed, March 7, March 14, March 19, March 27 closed from 1pm
- Divinity school closed in 2026 on these dates:
- Duke Humfreys library at the Bodleian library is never open to guided tours & is not included!
- Divinity school usually closes for Xmas on Dec 24 and January 1st- actual dates not yet known
- Skip the queue entry Christchurch tickets, please note that if you book us at short notice, then Christchurch pre-purchase tickets may have already sold out. In this case, the guide and you need to queue for entry to Christchurch to buy tickets on the door. This can take even 30 minutes on busiest days, so please try to book us ahead! Tours are only cancelled, if Christchurch itself is closed to entry.
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Christ ChurchChristchurch entry fee worth £17 or 18 per person is included in your ticket. Please note that entry to Christ church is self guided with audio guide as guiding is no longer permitted inside. The first two hours+ are a guided tour with the guide, followed by one hour self guided audio guide guaranteed pre booked entry ticket. Notice: even if Christ church website shows entry tickets are sold out, we still have VIP access to continue buying entry tickets up to 3 hours before the tour starts.
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Bodleian LibraryYour guide will take you inside the Divinity School film site at the Bodleian library, as & when it is open. This £3 entry fee is included in ticket price. NOTICE: We do NOT visit inside the Bodleian medieval library though as it is NOT accessible to any tour operator or guide, nor to any children aged under 11 years old. On any dates that Divinity school may be closed- see such dates published on this page for closures notice- the tour will instead visit New college film site. If New college is also listed as closed on such dates, then this tour will only include entry to Christ church.
- We pass by & mention such famous sights (pass by)
- We pass by & mention such famous sights (pass by)
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New CollegeWe will introduce New college Oxford university college from the outside only. This is where they filmed several scenes from the Goblet of Fire movie. If you wish to visit New college on your own after the tour ends, then you can just pay on the door without pre booking tickets to enter New college. Last entry to New college is about 4.30pm. Note also that New college is not open on Mondays during winter season mid October to mid March. During summer season, New college is open daily from 10.30am to last entry at 4.30pm & currently its entry tickets cost £8 per adult in 2023.
- The Turf Tavern is often described as Oxford's 'Three Broomsticks pub', due to its quaint look and odd location hidden away an alleyway that looks surprisingly like Knockturn alleyway. We don't visit inside the Turf but so long as the tour group size is not too large, we walk past this pub to introduce it as this is where Robbie Coltrane who plays Hagrid, used to drink with the other adult actors, while filming next door at New college. (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. All Souls is the most exclusive college in Oxford as it's only a college for research but we like to point out to children how its towers signpost a 'W'- thus possibly making it a secret call sign for where witches or wizards study in Oxford! (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This is where the likes of a famous Slytherin master of dark arts called David Cameron studied! It's also where Michael Palin and William Golding studied too. (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This college gave the title of, 'honorary lecturer' to JK Rowling and it's where one of Rowling's favourite authors studied- namely JRR Tolkien. (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This is where Lawrence of Arabia studied....and maybe Jesus too! (pass by)
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Lincoln CollegeWe introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. If the entrance is open, we usually stop here for 5 minutes to take photos from the entrance. This is where the current Slytherin Prime Minister studied but also where the write of Dr Seuss children's stories was a Rhodes scholar.
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Oxford Covered MarketWe introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. We briefly visit here to see the Harry Potter chocolate cakes in the cake shop window and to see and hear about the connection between Alice in Wonderland and Oxford, with several Alice related characters on display. This is the oldest Covered market in England.
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This college dating back to 1263 has produced 4 Slytherin Prime Ministers including...the Boris. Adam Smith was a member of this college. (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This church we discuss from outside. Shakespeare in Oxford stories are discussed here and the tower dates back to 1040 AD! (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. We introduce Mr Tumnis figure and the street lamp outside the church here as it's said to have inspired CS Lewis. (pass by)
- We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This is where Tolkien taught. (pass by)