Harry Potter + Self Guided Christ Church- PRIVATE 9.30am
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3h
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About this experience
Fun tour for Muggles of all ages. Guide will cater the tour according to everyone's interests, introducing also Oxford heritage. See Christ church film site. Find out how does studying at Oxford University compare with studying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? Find out on this 5 star rated popular walking tour about the making of Harry Potter in Oxford. Your ticket includes £20+ entry Christ church £ 2.50 Divinity school.
Final hour of the three hour+ tour will be self guided using audio guide. Christ church entry tickets are limited- so please book ahead. If we cannot run the tour, you will be refunded or you may select a rescheduled date.
This tour also visits the Divinity school film site at the Bodleian library- as & when this secondary venue is open. Pre paid entry included included unless Divinity school is closed. On such dates, we will add entry instead to New college.
Please see notice for any closures under What's not Included section.
No tour Sundays!
Available options
09.30 chch English
09.30 start minimum 4 persons
Chinese private tour
Dutch private tour
Spanish private group
MINIMUM 4 PERSONS plus minimum 48 hours notice to book!
French private group
Minimum 4 ADULT TICKETS
Italian private tour
What's included
Entry to Divinity school film site with the guide is included when open and worth £3 per person
Self guided entry with pre paid tickets worth up to £27 per person to Christ church is included
Please check 'Exclusions' or 'Additional Info' for dates of any partial closure at Christchurch
Detailed itinerary
1
Stop 1
Christchurch entry fee worth £18 per person by pre paid entry ticket.
Please note that Christ church does not permit guiding inside the college, so. this final one hour part of the tour will be self guided using audio guide with guaranteed pre booked entry ticket and the tour ends with us dropping you off here.
2
Stop 2
We pass by & mention such famous sights
3
We pass by and introduce the references to Willian Shakespeare here who baptised his godson here and to the Anglo Saxon tower dating back to 1040AD.
4
Stop 4
This tour includes £3 entry ticket to the Divinity School Harry Potter film site at the Bodleian library- as and when Divinity school is open. This venue is where they filmed infirmary and dance scenes.
Please note that Duke Humfreys library upstairs is not included as it's not open to guides to bring tours but you can book tickets for adults or children aged 11+ to see Duke Humfreys library, if you book that instead via the Bodleian website.
Please note that when Divinity school is closed, we replace it with entry to New college film site but if New college is also closed, we cannot promise entry.
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Stop 5
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We introduce famous sights or colleges like this one on our route.
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Stop 6
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Stop 7
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Stop 15
We introduce famous sights or colleges like this one on our route.
What's not included
NB Divinity school entry is not guaranteed but is included, wherever open. We pre book entry tickets
On any dates when Divinity school may close, we'll offer entry to a second college, if it's open
Divinity school is closed Christmas every year typically at least December 24-26.
Christ church HALL closed on October 5, 6 and 9 of 2025
Duke Humfreys library at the Bodleian library is never open to guided tours & is not included!
Divinity school published known closures in 2025 includes...
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
Available languages
Guide guide
RU
CMN
UK
EN
IT
FR
NL
ES
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Important information
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point.
These tours MUST START ON TIME as we prebook fixed entry times!
Your ticket includes up to £20 in entry fees per person as part of your ticket
REFUNDS POLICY:
No refunds or reschedules are offered - unless at least 24 hours notice is given
Meeting 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.
Important notes
These tours
MUST START ON TIME as wherever possible, 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):
April 24
May 9
Oct 4 + Oct 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!
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- Widely spoken: English
- English: Widely spoken
Currency
British Pound (GBP)
Time Zone
GMT (UTC+0) or BST (UTC+1) during daylight saving time
Electricity
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- • Use licensed taxis or ride-sharing apps.
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By air
- London Heathrow Airport • 60 miles (97 km)
- London Luton Airport • 50 miles (80 km)
By train
Oxford Railway Station
By bus
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Blenheim Palace
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