Oxford university
& Warner Bros studio tour - full day 10
hours
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This day exclusive of entrance charges eg at WB
studios , at Christchurch and if you want to see
Duke Humphries library then we need a special
guide for that. Oxford university is worth a visit
& tour in its own right.
Explore the magical world of Harry Potter in
Oxford, a fun adventure for Muggles and Wizards
alike! Oxford is a great place to discover the
secrets of Hogwarts and walk the same mysterious
hallways Harry, Hermione and Ron once did.
Walk through the historic University City of
Oxford and find the famous film locations inside
the colleges that were featured in many of the
early Harry Potter movies and learn about the
places across the city that inspired the movies.
Bodleian Library – Duke Humfrey’s Library:
Remember when Harry walked through the Hogwarts
library hidden underneath his invisibility cloak
with the intention to steal a book; this scene was
filmed in the Duke Humfrey’s Library, part of the
Bodleian Libraries and is only accessible with a
private tour.
New College Cloisters: In the movie Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry comes face to
face with Malfoy who is sitting on a gigantic oak
tree and where Malfoy was then turned into a
ferret by Mad-Eye Moody. This particular tree
nestles in the New College Cloisters.
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Harry Potter - Oxford university & Warner
Bros studio tour - full day 10 hours
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Christ Church: Christ Church College
provided the location for many Harry Potter
scenes. The staircase was used to film the famous
entrance scene where Professor McGonagall meets
Harry, Ron and Hermione. The staircase leads then
up to the Tudor Great Dining Hall which was used
as an inspiration for the great Hogwarts Dining
Hall. The hallways of Christ Church were also used
to film the scene in which Hermione shows Harry
the Quidditch trophy his father won.
But there are many more similarities between
Oxford and Hogwarts to explore; did you, for
example, notice the many grotesques along the
walls of the college buildings, and their
resemblance to the statues Professor McGonagall
awakes to defend Hogwarts
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The University of Oxford is a collegiate
research university located in Oxford, England. It
has no known date of foundation, but there is
evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making
it the oldest university in the English-speaking
world and the world's second-oldest university in
continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167
when Henry II banned English students from
attending the University of Paris. After disputes
between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209,
some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where
they established what became the University of
Cambridge. The two "ancient universities" are
frequently jointly referred to as "Oxbridge". The
history and influence of the University of Oxford
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The university is made up of a variety of
institutions, including 38 constituent colleges
and a full range of academic departments which are
organised into four divisions. All the colleges
are self-governing institutions within the
university, each controlling its own membership
and with its own internal structure and
activities. Being a city university, it does not
have a main campus and instead its buildings and
facilities are scattered throughout the city
centre. Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is
organised around weekly tutorials at the colleges
and halls, supported by classes, lectures and
laboratory work provided by university faculties
and departments.
The university operates the world's oldest
university museum, as well as the largest
university press in the world and the largest
academic library system in Britain. Oxford has
educated many notable alumni, including 29 Nobel
laureates, 27 prime ministers of the United
Kingdom and many heads of state and government
around the world. Sixty-nine Nobel Prize winners,
4 Fields Medalists, and 6 Turing Award winners
have studied, worked, or held visiting fellowships
at the University of Oxford. Oxford is the home of
the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the world's oldest
international scholarships.
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