Oxford Walking Tours
I have to admit, I’ve never been on an official walking tour of Oxford, but the tourist information centre have introduced new themed tours for the spring and summer:
- The Civil War
- Gargoyles and Grotesques
- John and Charles Wesley
- Oxford Children’s Stories
- Sciences at Oxford
Hmmm…do any of these grab you? I understand that it would mainly attract tourists but I can’t help feeling it would be interesting as a resident too… a possibility for a spare afternoon one day perhaps?
Apparently, the most popular tour continues to be Pottering in Harry’s footsteps, which visits the locations in Oxford used in the Harry Potter films. Can you believe I’ve yet to see, or even read, the Harry Potter books??
Anyway, I digress. The usual tours, including the Inspector Morse Tour, continue to run as well so plenty to choose from. You can find out more about these from any tourist information centre in Oxford or the booking forms can be downloaded from the Visit Oxford website
I think that walking tours are a great way to learn about history, while also having the opportunity to get a bit of exercise! My friend is coming to visit soon, and he’s a bit of a history buff, so I know that I will be booking up in for one of the tours. I’m sure that I’ll be able to find out a lot of things that I don’t know about Oxford, and soon enough I might be passing the facts off as my own when I have guests to come and stay!
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