Highlights
This tour includes from two hours guided tour followed by one hour guaranteed tickets self guided audio guide entry inside Christ church. Minimum numbers may apply to book during low season. If ticketing won't let you book, just ask viator to contact us. Find out how studying at Oxford University compares with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Two hour walking tour of Oxford Harry Potter film sites. Your ticket includes up to £27 per person entry fees. Fun tour for Muggles of all ages. Guide will cater tour according to everyone's interests, introducing also Oxford heritage. During the tour, you will also see inside the Divinity School film site at the Bodleian library. Entry worth £3 paid for. Please note we don't enter Duke Humfreys library- that can only be accessed by booking the Bodleian's own tours. See notice below for any known dates when Divinity school is closed....
About This Deal
Departure Point
- Meet your guide wearing red lanyard and or Hogwarts gown. 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.
Return Details
- Your guide will have pre booked entry tickets to drop you off at Christ church at the end of the tour.
Duration
3 hours
Languages Available
- Human tour guide - English
Points of Interest
Stop At: Christ Church
St. Aldates, University Of Oxford, Oxford
Christchurch 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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bodleian Library
Broad Street, University Of Oxford, Oxford
Your 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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Radcliffe Camera
Radcliffe Square, , Oxford
We pass by & mention such famous sights
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Bridge of Sighs
New College Ln., Oxford
We pass by & mention such famous sights
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: New College
Holywell Street, , Oxford
We 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.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: The Turf
4 Bath Place, , Oxford
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.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Hertford College
Catte Street, Oxford
We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: All Souls College
High Street, Oxford
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!
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Brasenose College
Radcliffe Square, Oxford
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.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Exeter College
Turl Street, Oxford
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.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Jesus College
Turl Street, Oxford
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!
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Lincoln College
Turl Street, , Oxford
We 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.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Oxford Covered Market
Market Street, Oxford
We 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.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Balliol College
Broad Street, , Oxford
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.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: St. Michael At The North Gate
Cornmarket Street, Oxford
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!
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
The High Street, University of Oxford, Oxford
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.
Duration: Not Available
Stop At: Merton College
Merton Street, Oxford
We introduce various colleges and sights briefly, like this one, as we walk past it on our route. This is where Tolkien taught.
Duration: Not Available
Additional Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- NOTICE:
- These tours MUST START ON TIME as we prebook fixed entry times!
- Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point.
- IMPORTANT NOTICE IN CASE OF UNFORESEEN PARTIAL OF FULL CLOSURES:
- We do publish known Christchurch closures on this website page & we will advise of any closures at the time of booking or before the tour but occasionally some closures are last minute. In this event, our policy is either the guide can substitute entry for Christchurch to another college such as eg New college (also a Hogwarts film site). Alternatively, you may opt to reschedule your tour onto another date or to instead join one of our other tours running the same date such as the Oxford cycle tour of food tour (which cost approximately same)
- If you opt to book a foreign language tour, this may be possible if you give us adequate advance notice of at least 24 hours. If we cannot offer a tour in a foreign language, then you will be refunded or invited to join the tour in English with any cost difference refunded.
- Please check 'Exclusions' or 'Additional Info' for dates of any closures.
- Your ticket includes up to £27 in entry fees per person as part of your ticket from 2020 onwards
Exclusions
- 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
- Christ church HALL ONLY closed on October 5, 6 and 9 of 2025
- Divinity school is also closed on these dates below...
- Divinity school closed on September 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 of 2025
- Divinity school closed on October 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 18, 24, 27 of 2025
- Divinity school closed on November 7, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19 of 2025
Redemption Instructions
These tours
MUST START ON TIME as we pre purchase entry tickets for fixed entry times at Christchurch. If you arrive after the tour has started, you will unfortunately therefore lose your booking.
Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point. If you arrive more than 5 minutes later than the scheduled tour, then you will likely forfeit and lose your booking as it interrupts the guide and other customers, if we are trying to find you after a guide has started and left the meeting point.
IMPORTANT NOTICE IN CASE OF UNFORESEEN PARTIAL OF FULL CLOSURES:
NB if we might offer you a Saturday morning tour to Christchurch, then while we can visit the HP film sites at Christchurch, we cannot usually show you the dining hall, as it is closed at this time.
We do publish known Christchurch closures on this website page & we will advise of any closures at the time of booking or before the tour but occasionally some closures are last minute. In this event, our policy is either the guide can substitute entry for Christchurch to another college such as eg New college (also a Hogwarts film site). Alternatively, you may opt to reschedule your tour onto another date or to instead join one of our other tours running the same date such as the Oxford cycle tour of food tour (which cost approximately same).
REFUNDS POLICY:
If you opt to book a foreign language private group tour, this may be possible if you give us adequate advance notice of at least 24 hours. If we cannot offer a tour in a foreign language, then you will be refunded or invited to join the tour in English with any cost difference refunded.
Christchurch Dining hall only is closed on following dates 2020 (the tour will go ahead as the hall is NOT the film site anyway):
January 17
May 9
Oct 4 + 9
While very rare, the film sites are private university and college venues, on very rare occasions they may suddenly close to the public without any advance notice!
Voucher Info
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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Fine Print
14-day cancellation rights do not apply; no refunds or exchanges permitted. Voucher valid only for date and time listed; may not be exchanged or redeemed for other dates. Purchaser name and phone number must be provided at checkout; this information will be shared with Viator and the tour operator for purposes of order fulfillment. Groupon promo codes may not be used for this offer. Groupon voucher Terms of Sale do not apply. See the tour operator's terms and conditions for this offer here.
Offer is not eligible for our promo codes or other discounts.