New College Oxford Harry Potter Insights PRIVATE TOUR Daily
Overview
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Test your spell-craft & knowledge of all things Potter with our guide. We are the original Harry Potter in Oxford walking tour- find out why many others copied our success by joining our tour to find out all about how Oxford inspired Hogwarts and JK Rowling's influences and loads of insights about the actors, the producers and of course about Oxford too.
This tour includes entry to arguably one of the most appealing and one of the oldest and likely most haunted colleges called New college. At New college, you can marvel at the gorgeous medieval dining hall, chapel, cloisters, quadrangle and the medieval wall of the city. In the cloisters and garden is where several scenes were filmed in the Goblet of Fire,
Includes £12 entry fee to New college.
NOTICE: see what's Not Included section for partial closures!
10.45am TOURS TO BE BOOKED BY 20.30!
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
INFO FOR DRIVERS AND PARKING: If you are driving, then please allow extra 30-60 minutes over whatever time you think it will take you to get here. Oxford is NOT car friendly and it is congested roads and hard to find parking spaces....unless you park at the sign posted 'park and rides' on edge of town on any major road into the city and hop on their buses into city centre. The park and ride buses leave every 15 or every 30 minutes and take anything from 10 min to 30 min (depending on traffic) to reach city centre. So if you are going to drive, then please assume you should be aiming to park your car about one hour before your tour starts.
What To Expect
New College
We typically spend about 30 minutes+ here to see the medieval cloisters film site plus the medieval quadrangle and walls plus the chapel, the hall and the gardens. Entry worth £8 per person is included in the ticket.
Bodleian Library
Entry is not included but we discuss the library and what was filmed there outside and clients can choose to enter Divinity school film site for just £2.50 at end of the tour, if they wish to, as we usually end here outside it.
Options
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What‘s Included
Entry worth £12 to New college per person
This tour does NOT visit Christ church as we run that as a separate & more expensive tour
No tour companies can ever guide inside the medieval Duke Humfreys Bodleian Library
Entry to Divinity school film site at Bodleian is NOT included. We end outside so you can visit it.
Partial or full closures at New college listed below...
Friday 15th May 2026 - Cloisters closed from 2:30-5:30pm
4th July 2026- Cloisters closed from 1:45pm, full college closure from 4:00pm
10th July 2026 - Cloisters closed from 1:45pm, full college closure from 4:00pm
7th and 14th November 2026- Cloisters closed from 12:00 to 3:00pm
27th February 2027- Cloisters closed from 12:00 to 3:00pm
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
68 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
10 with a Granger, from Harry potter.
rilanar2025,Jun 1, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We did a private tour as a family with Michiel from visit Oxford Tours and that was super educational and fun. Definitely recommended!! We thought it would be in English but michiel is Dutch so that was a pleasant surprise. Michiel keep it up it was definitely advisable he could tell a lot. greetings fam. Raaijman
A magical, history-packed Harry Potter tour through Oxford with an amazing guide who brought the stories to life.
O9890PSvictoriap,Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Despite the rainy, gloomy weather, our 2-hour Oxford University Harry Potter walking tour with Michael was absolutely fantastic. He didn’t just show us the filming locations — he connected the Harry Potter universe to the real history of Oxford, the Exeter College tradition, and the literary roots that shaped the city. Michael also wove in fascinating details about other authors like Lewis Carroll and J.R.R. Tolkien, which gave the whole experience so much depth. We visited the Divinity School, the Bodleian Library, Blackwell’s Bookshop, and even the historic Turf Tavern, each stop adding another layer to the story. Michael kept us engaged the entire time, quizzing us on our general Harry Potter knowledge and bringing the magic of the books to life. It was educational, enchanting, and genuinely memorable. Thank you, Michael, for such an incredible tour!
How to bring Oxford to life
continentaltourer,Nov 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Peter, our tour guide, brough Oxford to life - he was knowledgable and fun. I really enjoyed it and visit some beautiful and interesting places. I had a teenage foreign visitor with me who also was impressed and singled it out as the highlight of his visit.
A very good and fun...
Marga,Aug 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00A very good and fun experience. The guide made the tour a diverse and interesting route at least. Fully recommended.
Fantastic Oxford Immersive Tour
461carlottal,Apr 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We took a tour of Oxford with Natasha: competent guide, very nice and prepared. He introduced us to hidden sides of the city, fantastic Harry Potter locations and told us the story of Oxford and its colleges, in Italian. We recommend it especially to Italians because it is not easy to find tour guides who speak so well.
Great experience, thank you Naima
laurepI6104HX,Nov 2, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We took a private guided tour in French. Our guide for this tour was Naima. Very easy to contact, she was very available for communication before the visit. During the visit, Naima was a wonderful and resourceful guide, very interesting whether through her general culture on the history and functioning of D’oOxford University colleges or her knowledge of the Harry Potter universe imagined by JK. Rowling. Our 12-year-old son loved this visit, it is his best memory of our trip to London and Oxford. I can only recommend this visit led by Naima to discover Oxford!!!
Fantastic tour, thanks to Alasdair
Nancy M,Jul 16, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Our guide, Alasdair, was superb. He is extremely knowledgeable and wonderful to spend time with. He geared the tour to adults, which we all were, and imparted a great deal of information in terms of JK Rowling and Harry Potter, as well as Oxford history, who’s who and where to dine and grab a pint!
Un tour davvero magico!
Q6059TWclaudias,Jul 8, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We did a guided Harry Potter tour with Sebastian with my group of 25 Italian students aged 12-16, and it was absolutely fantastic! Sebastian showed up dressed in the typical black Oxford student cape and magic wand. He also brought with him ties from various Harry Potter houses and a talking hat. The guided tour was very pleasant and with simple language. Sebastian brought photographs of the various Harry Potter scenes filmed at the university and gave prize stickers to the boys who answered correctly. He even managed to fulfill our wish to enter New College last minute. Grazie Sebastian, un tour davvero magico!
Insightful and FUN
Sightsee36145091186,Feb 14, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide, Harry - incidentally- was great! An Oxford native, he had lots of stories and background as well as a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Tons of Potter trivia. Tour was insightful as well as fun!!
Excellent service and very interesting
Fritz19,Jan 1, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00My family and I did the Christ Church College and Harry Potter tour with Ben. Alasdair was very kind in accomodating our timing to provide a private tour for my family and Ben was an excellent guide. He was very mindful that we had three kids of different ages and ensured that we were always engaged in what he had to say and show us. He catered the tour specifically to what we wanted to know (which was a lot!) and was very patient. He also gave us additional infotmation on other things we could do with our kids given the different ages of our children which we were very grateful for. Thank you Ben for your patience and sharing your knowledge with us. Thank you Alasdair for allowing us to have a private tour, we def recommend your co and would book with you again when we visit the UK.
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