Activities in Oxfordshire
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Oxon Carts
Oxon Carts runs a fleet of pedicabs around Oxford's narrow lanes. Passengers receive a copy of a 1904 map of the city and a personal guide to its buildings and history. The 45-minute tours are fully flexible so you can follow the standard itinerary or your own suggestions.
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Tourist Office
Runs two-hour tours of Oxford city and colleges (adult/child £7/3.75) at 10.45am and 2pm year-round, and at 11am and 1pm in July and August, Inspector Morse tours (adult/child £7.50/4) at 1.30pm on Saturdays, family walking tours (adult/child £5.75/3.50) at 1.30pm on school holidays, and a bewildering array of themed tours (adult/child £7.50/4) – including an Alice [in Wonderland] tour, a Literary Tour, and a Harry Potter tour – that run on various dates throughout the year.
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Howard C & Sons
Apart from visiting the colleges and museums, the quintessential Oxford experience includes an afternoon punting on the river, quaffing Pimms as you watch the dreaming spires float by. The most central location to rent punts is at Magdalen Bridge, from Howard C & Sons . From here you can punt downstream around the Botanic Gardens and Christ Church Meadow or upstream around Magdalen Deer Park. Punts hold five people including the punter.
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Salters Boat Hire
A great way to soak up Oxford’s atmosphere is to take to the Isis (the name of the Thames in these parts) in a punt. These can be hired from the Magdalen Bridge Boathouse just below the northeast end of Magdalen Bridge, and Salters Boat Hire next to the Head of the River pub on Folly Bridge. Salters also offer a 40-minute river steamer cruise (adult/child £6.50/3.50).
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Oxford Information Centre
Runs 1½-hour tours of Oxford city and colleges (adult/under 16yr around £7/3, 11:00 and 14:00 Sunday to Friday, 10:30, 11:00, 13:00 & 14:00 Saturday); Inspector Morse tours (around £8, 13:30 Saturday); ghost tours (around £6, 19:45 Friday and Saturday June to October); family walking tours (around £6, 13:30 school holidays); and pub tours (adults only £6.50, 19:00 Wednesday).
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Magdalen Bridge Boathouse
A great way to soak up Oxford’s atmosphere is to take to the Isis (the name of the Thames in these parts) in a punt. These can be hired from the Magdalen Bridge Boathouse just below the northeast end of Magdalen Bridge, and Salters Boat Hire next to the Head of the River pub on Folly Bridge. Salters also offer a 40-minute river steamer cruise (adult/child £6.50/3.50).
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Bill Spectre's Ghost Trail
For a highly entertaining and informative look at Oxford's dark underbelly, join Victorian undertaker Bill Spectre on a tour of Oxford's most haunted sites. The tour lasts one hour 45 minutes and departs from Oxford Castle Unlocked.
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Salter Bros
They offer a range of trips along the Isis from Oxford. The most popular is the scenic journey to the historic market town of Abingdon. The trip takes 1¾ hours and passes the college boathouses and several popular riverside pubs en route.
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Cherwell Boat House
Head for the Cherwell Boat House for a countryside amble where the destination of choice is the busy boozer, the Victoria Arms. To get to the boathouse take bus 2 or 7 from Magdalen St to Bardwell Rd and follow the signposts.
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Oxford City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
24 or 48 hours (Departs Oxford, United Kingdom)
by Viator
Explore the beautiful university town of Oxford with this 24 hour ticket aboard an open-top double-decker bus. See all the main sights of Oxford as you hop-on a…Not LP reviewed
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City Sightseeing
Hop-on/ hop-off bus tours depart every 10 to 15 minutes from the bus and train stations or any of the 20 dedicated stops around town.
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Cherwell Boat House
Head for the Cherwell Boat House for a countryside amble, where the destination of choice is the busy boozer, the Victoria Arms(Mill Lane).
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Magdalen Bridge Boathouse
A great way to soak up Oxford’s atmosphere is to take to the Isis (the name of the Thames in these parts) in a punt. These can be hired from the Magdalen Bridge Boathouse just below the northeast end of Magdalen Bridge, and Salters Boat Hire next to the Head of the River pub on Folly Bridge. Salters also offer a 40-minute river steamer cruise (adult/child £6.50/3.50).
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Victoria Arms
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Blackwell
Oxford's most famous bookshop runs 1½-hour guided walking tours, including a literary tour at 2pm Tuesday and 11am Thursday, a tour devoted to 'Inklings' – an informal literary group whose membership included CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien – at 11.45am on Wednesday, and a Chapels, Churches and Cathedral tour (adult/child £9/8) at 2pm on Friday. Book ahead.
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