Itinerary 1 itinerary
Day 1
Meet at meeting point: Please ensure you are there 15 minute before the tour is set to start, and you can be check-in at the Oxford Tourist Information building. If this is not open for any reason, please wait outside.Attractions and Activities: Blackwell's Bookshop (Free entry) Not quite Flourish and Blotts but as close as a muggle bookshop can be. Blackwells is the dream of every Ravenclaw, holding approximately holding 250,000 volumes, which translates to 3 miles of books! This is even more impressive knowing that their first store measured only 12 feet square, and held just 700 used books. Don't forget to have a look at the roof of the building from a distance. Don't worry the stone figure you'll see on isn't someone petrified. It is a statue by Antony Gormley; one of a series of sculptures called “Another Time II”. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Bodleian Library (Ticket included) One of the largest libraries in England and home to archaic medieval books on spells and wizards! 15 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Clarendon Building (At your own expense) Learn about how magic or occult sciences were studied at Oxford! These were not seen as completely separate from science until the end of the seventeenth century, so alchemy and astrology were researched here until then. 5 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: New College (Ticket included) Despite the name, it is one of the oldest Colleges at Oxford, built-in 1379. With its medieval cloisters and beautiful spaces it is easy to see why they decided to film multiple scenes for Harry Potter here! 30 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Radcliffe Camera (At your own expense) A truly iconic Oxford landmark! Learn about the underground passages students take and the rules librarians enforce. Not quite as intensely as Madam Pince though. Externally covered. The Radcliffe Camera is not accessible to visitors without a Library pass or a student pass 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: University Church of St Mary the Virgin (Free entry) An iconic door hidden to the side would be inspirational for another famous children's writer, CS Lewis for his famous Chronicles Of Narnia. Hear how he and Tolkien would meet weekly and take inspiration from the Oxford landscape Externally covered. The group will not enter the church but the church can be visited for free before or after the tour. 5 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: The Divinity School (Free entry) This dramatic site is not only one of the oldest parts of the University, but it was also used in various scenes when filming of Harry Potter was taking place in Oxford. Instantly recognisable as a Harry Potter site, with one of examples of medieval architecture in England. 15 min(s)
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