Prospective Oxford Students Entry Advice- Private Group tour
If you are considering studying at Oxford, then what better way to acquaint yourself with the application process and to find out what student life is like, than to book our private tour plus Q and A session with our Oxford or Cambridge educated university alumni guides?
Expected total activity duration is about 150 minutes walking tour plus up to one hour Q and A session led in person and/or by online process.
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Prospective Oxford Students Entry Advice- Private Group tour
What's included in Prospective Oxford Students Entry Advice- Private Group tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Bridge of SighsPass-by Only
This is one of many sights which we pass by on all tours. It was built just over 100 years ago and it connects two parts of Hertford college. Cambridge has a Bridge of Sighs too but this one you can get your photo under, as the one in Cambridge is a bridge over the Cam river.
Bodleian Library
The tour does not visit inside of the library since it's forbidden to guide inside the library but we will introduce it from the outside
Radcliffe CameraPass-by Only
This is the circular reading room of the Bodleian library. Guiding is forbidden inside but we will introduce it from outside
Inclusions
- Which colleges we enter will vary according to your prior request and what's open on the day.
- Entry inside one or more colleges but these are subject to which colleges may be open on the day
- Entry inside colleges is paid by the guide worth up to £3 per person
- This tour does not enter inside Bodleian library or inside Christ church
- Some colleges don't open to the public but may open by prior arrangement for prospective students
- Christmas Closures: colleges usually close from about Dec 21 to January 2
- On any graduation dates below, some or all colleges may be closed:
- 2025 Graduation dates:
- May 31, July 19 + 29, Aug 1 + 2 + 9, Sep 26 + 27, Nov 7+ 8+9+14 +15 of 2025
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meet your guide wearing red lanyard. Meeting next to our black sign, OUTSIDE Oxford Tourist info centre, 15 Broad street, OX1 3AS. This is also next to the Oxfam shop which has a green sign above its shop.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
We don't actually ask to see your ticket as we simply ask for you to confirm the name on your booking, when you meet us.
