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Discover Oxford’s History

Tourists outside a historic stone building with Gothic windows, some looking up and pointing at the architecture.

with an Institute of Tourist Guiding qualified guide

Choose from our thematic historical walking tours. We also love to craft a bespoke experience.

Add smoothness and depth to your experience and take advantage of our guidance to choose the best sites for you, to enhance your Oxford experience.

Overview and orientation tours

Ideal for first-time visitors, these tours also delight locals who thought they knew Oxford.

Each one explores the city’s architecture, literary heritage and scholarly traditions, with options lasting from one to four hours.

Explore the Oxford colleges below and imagine them as part of your tour.

Each college is unique. Here I describe some of the unique qualities of those we can include in an Oxford History Tour.

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  • "Wonderful tour about Oxford, very knowledgeable guide. We enjoyed every minute of it."

    Maria, USA

  • “Jane our tour guide was fabulous. She was very knowledgeable and tried to cater for everyone in the group from the little kids to the older group members. She was factual, clear and interesting. I could have spent another two hours walking around with her. Well done and thanks for making our trip so interesting.”

  • “Excellent Enjoyable Enlightening.”

  • "Sophie is a superb, experienced and enriching guide. We are a retired US professional couple. We've hired individual local guides throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia, and Sophie tops our list! She spent hours with us in advance, curating our day in Oxford, then filled our tour with history, architecture, art, education, culture…and fun."

  • "The day was perfectly paced and suited to our needs. It was a graduation day, so like the happy students, we too tossed our hats in celebration. Brava Sophie!"

    K & A Krupsky, Chicago, USA

  • "Wonderful tour of Oxford. The history and architecture were nicely blended into the tour. The stories of the different colleges and buildings was excellent. Not to mention the aspects pertaining to Harry Potter and Alice in WonderLand. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire tour. Highly recommend!!"

    W Blaik, Arizona, USA

  • “For a tour of Oxford, I would highly recommend Jane as your tour guide! As a mom of six children ranging from infant to teen, I can assure you that Jane does a wonderful job keeping everyone engaged and inspired for the duration of the tour. Jane tailored our tour to fit our family's needs and our interests and thoughtfully answered any questions we asked. If you'd like to experience Oxford to the fullest, you'd do well to hire Jane to show you around!”

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