Harry Potter Walking Tour with Hogwarts Film Site Visits (Oxford)

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About this activity

All aboard the Hogwarts Express! From the gates of Trinity College, embark on an enchanting Harry Potter experience with your witch or wizard guide.

Receive your wands, and be sorted into Hogwarts Houses, before a visit to Oxford's own Flourish & Blotts!

Enter the Bodleian Library Divinity School, where Harry was visited by Dumbledore in The Philosopher’s Stone.

Wander through the medieval corridors of New College (founded in 1379), following the footsteps of Hogwarts students in the films.

See the oldest dining hall in Oxford, where students have been eating meals in gowns for nearly 650 years.

Marvel at the ancient tree where Draco Malfoy tried to curse Harry Potter—but ended up transfigured into a ferret!

Gaze at the windows of the Restricted Section of Hogwarts, where real-life books were also chained to the shelves.

Dance where Professor McGonagall taught Ron Weasley how to waltz in The Goblet of Fire.

Test your knowledge in our Harry Potter quiz along the way!

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At a glance

Duration: 1 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 25 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Oxford Walking Tours

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–15 years) · Youth (16–17 years) · Adults (18–64 years) · Seniors (65–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Admission fees: New College + Divinity School of the Bodleian Library (Harry Potter Filming Locations)

Not included

Not included: Entrance fees: Christ Church (contrary to popular myth, the dining hall was not used for filming Harry Potter) + Duke Humfrey's reading room of the Bodleian Library (entrance limited to University members)

Itinerary

New College

30 min Admission included

Founded in 1379, New College is a famous filming location for the Harry Potter movies. In addition to its gothic cloister and quad, which feature in The Goblet of Fire, New College contains the oldest dining hall in the University, a perfectly-preserved section of Oxford's 800 year-old city wall, and one of the most beautiful college chapels in either Oxford or Cambridge.
Bodleian Library

20 min Admission included

Enter the medieval Divinity School of the Bodleian Library (completed in 1488), a filming location in several of the Harry Potter movies. Gaze around the library's Old Schools Quadrangle, dating back to the 1600s, and featuring the subjects of Oxford's ancient curriculum. While entrance to the library reading rooms is strictly limited to Oxford University members, we will show you the exterior of Duke Humfrey's Library (the Restricted Section of Hogwarts) and the famous Radcliffe Camera.
Sheldonian Theatre

Passing by

Oxford's neoclassical Sheldonian Theatre (1669), masterpiece of Christopher Wren. The building where Oxford students are officially welcomed into to the University -- and where you will be sorted into Houses and given your wands!
Weston Library

5 min

Home to most of the University's special collections -- as well as a 16th-century 'Marauder's Map' of Oxfordshire, and a 17th-century printing press. Opportunity for a short toilet break.
Blackwell's Bookshop

5 min

Oxford's very own Flourish and Blotts! Blackwell's is home to the famous Norrington Room, a vast underground cavern with over three miles of shelving -- the most in a single room of any bookshop in the world.
Bridge of Sighs

Passing by

Perhaps Oxford's most famous landmark, hear about the 400 year-old inspiration behind Hertford College's iconic Bridge of Sighs -- and the thematic links to the Prison of Azkaban!
All Souls College

Passing by

The only college in Oxford even harder to get in to than Hogwarts! Could you pass the "hardest examination in the world" to gain admission? (Or, failing that, can you solve the final question of our Harry Potter quiz...)

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

Meet at the Blue Gates of Trinity College on Broad Street (not the gates on Parks Road). Look for TWO large advertising boards. One board is black and has a caged gargoyle statue on top (advertising our Ghost Tour). The other board is white. If you can't see these, call 07790 734387 for assistance!

End point

Meet at the Blue Gates of Trinity College on Broad Street (not the gates on Parks Road). Look for TWO large advertising boards. One board is black and has a caged gargoyle statue on top (advertising our Ghost Tour). The other board is white. If you can't see these, call 07790 734387 for assistance!