Half-term ideas in Oxford
School's out. 15 family days out in Oxford: animals, science, big parks and rainy-day saves for half-term.
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New College
Wizarding Oxford
Find the real Oxford spots that stood in for Hogwarts on screen.
City Centre
The Hidden Oxford
Find something you've walked past a hundred times without noticing.
Port Meadow
Port Meadow Golden Hour
Catch the sunset over Port Meadow, where wild horses still roam free.
Christ Church Meadow
The Meadow Reset
Twenty minutes of green space, no phone, one good view.
St Aldate's
The Alice Trail
Find the shop that inspired Alice in Wonderland, right across from Christ Church.
Turl Street
Colour Hunt
Find three unusual colours hiding in plain sight.
Botanic Garden
Hidden Detail
Find something most people walk straight past.
Broad Street
Norrington Room Record
Find the bookshop room that once held the Guinness World Record for most shelving in one room.
Christ Church Meadow
The Best Bench in Oxford
No landmark, no ticket, no queue — just the best seat in the city, if you know where to look.
Radcliffe Square
Old Oxford
Find something older than 100 years, right in front of you.
Jericho
Jericho Canal Wander
Walk the Oxford Canal towpath past the narrowboats of Jericho.
Broad Street
Step Inside the Sheldonian
Visit Christopher Wren's first major building.
Beaumont Street
Free Museum, Real Treasures
Find one object in the Ashmolean that stops you in your tracks.
Cowley Road
Street Art of Cowley Road
Find three pieces of street art along Oxford's most colourful road.
Parks Road
Find the Dodo
Track down the most complete dodo remains in the world, free, at the Museum of Natural History.
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