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Explore Oxford

Build the day around the city, not a list.

Pick a period of Oxford history, follow the best walking cluster, and fold in the human bits that make the day work: lunch, tea, river time, museums and enough space to actually enjoy it.

39 colleges + 4 permanent private halls7 period routes2 day bundle

Route Builder

Choose a period route

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Drawing routeThe itinerary still works without the map.

Trip Builder

Turn Oxford into a proper plan.

Choose how many days you have and start with a route that already has a rhythm: colleges in a sensible order, a pub stop, afternoon tea, and realistic time on your feet.

Day 1

Foundations route

  1. Balliol College
  2. University College
  3. Lunch: Turf Tavern
  4. Merton College
  5. Exeter College
Day 2

Late Medieval route

  1. New College
  2. All Souls College
  3. Lunch: Turf Tavern
  4. Lincoln College
  5. Magdalen College

All 39 colleges & 4 permanent private halls

Explore every one.

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Ticketed1249University CollegeAdults £5Daily 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–1…Shelley MemorialTicketed1263Balliol CollegeAdults £6Usually 10:00–17:00 or dusk,…Front QuadTicketed1264Merton CollegeAdults £5Monday–Friday 14:00–17:00Mob QuadTicketed1278St Edmund HallSeasonal summer charge £2Daily 10:00–16:00 except duri…Front QuadFree1282Hertford CollegeFree entryProspective students and alum…Bridge of Sighs exteriorRestricted1314Exeter CollegeChildren up to 12 freePublic visits outside term ti…ChapelTicketed1326Oriel CollegeAdults £3Monday–Sunday 14:00–17:00 or…First QuadFree1341The Queen's CollegeFree entryPre-arranged tours onlyFront QuadTicketed1379New CollegeAdults £12Summer, Easter to October: da…14th-century cloistersFree1427Lincoln CollegeFree entryMonday–Sunday 14:00–17:00Front QuadFree1438All Souls CollegeFree entryWeekdays and Sundays 14:00–16…Front QuadTicketed1458Magdalen CollegeAdults £10Daily 10:00 to dusk or 17:00,…Magdalen TowerFree1509Brasenose CollegeFree entryMonday–Friday 10:00–11:30 and…Old QuadFree1517Corpus Christi CollegeFree entry13:30–16:30, subject to colle…Pelican sundialCheck first1546Christ ChurchTicket prices vary by timed s…Monday–Sunday by timed ticketHall staircaseFree1555St John's CollegeFree entry13:00–17:00 or dusk, whicheve…Canterbury QuadTicketed1555Trinity CollegeAdults £7Term time 10:00–12:00 and 14:…ChapelCheck first1571Jesus CollegeAdults £3Pre-booked guided tours only,…First QuadFree1610Wadham CollegeFree entryTerm time 13:00–16:15Front QuadFree1624Pembroke CollegeFree entryNot open to the publicPembroke Square frontageFree1714Worcester CollegeFree entryUniversity members, alumni, p…LakeFree1786Harris Manchester CollegeFree entryChapel only when available: M…ChapelFree1810Regent's Park CollegeFree entryBy appointmentAngus LibraryFree1870Keble CollegeFree entryDaily 14:00–17:00Liddon QuadFree1877Wycliffe HallFree entryBy appointmentChapelFree1878Lady Margaret HallFree entryDaily 10:00–17:00Talbot HallFree1879Somerville CollegeFree entry09:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:00Main QuadFree1879St Anne's CollegeFree entryDaily 09:00–17:00Dining HallFree1886Mansfield CollegeFree entryMonday–Friday 09:00–17:00College groundsFree1886St Hugh's CollegeFree entryCheck in advance by email or…College gardensFree1893St Hilda's CollegeFree entryBy appointment onlyRiverside gardensFree1896Campion HallFree entryBy appointment onlyBrewer Street exteriorFree1921Blackfriars HallFree entryBlackfriars Church is open da…Priory churchFree1929St Peter's CollegeFree entry10:00–17:00ChapelFree1937Nuffield CollegeFree entryCurrently closed to visitorsNew Road exteriorFree1950St Antony's CollegeFree entryDaily 08:00–17:00Middle East Centre exteriorFree1962Linacre CollegeFree entryBy appointment onlyCollege gardensFree1962St Catherine's CollegeFree entryNot currently able to offer t…Jacobsen architectureFree1965St Cross CollegeFree entryBy appointment onlySt Giles’ frontageFree1966Wolfson CollegeFree entryDaylight hoursRiver Cherwell groundsFree1990Kellogg CollegeFree entryMonday–Friday 09:00–17:00Banbury Road villasFree2008Green Templeton CollegeFree entryBy appointment onlyRadcliffe Observatory exteriorFree2019Reuben CollegeFree entryBy invitation only, except Un…Parks Road setting