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Welcome
Tour departure point

Trinity College
Gates

Sheldonian Theatre

Jesus College
Front quad

Turl Street
All Saints Church, which is now Lincoln College Library, is in the background.

Lincoln College
Front quad

Exeter College
This photo was taken in June. The marquee may be preperation for a college ball.

Exeter College Chapel

Exeter College Garden
Radcliffe Camera in background

Radcliffe Square
St Mary’s, University Church, in background

Radcliffe Camera
The guide (Stuart) isn’t saying “no photographs”, though we are not sure the meaning of his gesticulation at this specific moment.

Catte Street
Radcliffe Square

The High
Officially called High Street (some Oxford streets have colloquial names involving the definite article). Queen’s College is to the right; University College to the left; and St Mary’s Church ahead.

St Peter’s Church
St Edmund (“Teddy”) Hall

New College Dining Hall (1)
Or “cue: knowledge”, as Dr. Spooner might have put it. His portrait is on the back wall.

New College Dining Hall (2)
Students living in college typically take 2–3 meals a day “in hall”. It affords a social element where you can meet students outside your subject group.

Cloisters, New College (1)
Where Malfoy was transformed into a ferret in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Cloisters, New College (2)
Where students can relax and work, perhaps even unaware of J. K. Rowling

New College Chapel

New College Gardens (1)
You are not allowed to skateboard in the gardens.

New College Gardens (2)
and old City Wall

New College Gardens (3)

New College Gardens (4)
Gate

Divinity School
Also featured in Harry Potter

Bodleian Library
The Old Bodleian Library is to the right. The limescale has been cleaned off since this photo was taken, so it now looks more pristine. The iconic Bridge of Sighs, connecting two parts of Hertford College, is ahead.

Bridge of Sighs
Hertford College, viewed from the west of the famous copycat bridge

Bridge of Sighs (2)
Hertford College, viewed from the east of the famous copycat bridge

Bridge of Sighs (3)
Venice? Oxford can be romantic too. The house on the right is where Edmond Halley, Astronomer Royal from 1720, lived and worked.

New College Lane
New College ahead

Queen’s Lane
The other end of New College Lane, All Souls Library in background

St Peter’s Church
St Edmund (“Teddy”) Hall

University College
James II Statue above entrance archway

Percy Shelley Memorial (1)

Percy Shelley Memorial (2)

Queen’s College (1)

Queen’s College (2)
Dining Hall

Queen’s College (3)
Front Quad

All Souls College
Front Quad

Hertford College
Staircase to Dining Hall

Old Schools Quad

William Herbert Statue
He was the 3rd Earl of Pembroke; his statue is in Old Schools Quad. We’ll tell you more about him on our tour.


Also see the Ghost Tours slideshow and BBC TV programme clips.