Conferences, delegations and client days
We have organised conferences ourselves and know what makes a programme work. Walks between venues, an afternoon of options for delegates, team days and client entertaining, delivered to the minute by accredited guides.
Themes that work for delegates
Any of these can be run in parallel for several groups, themed to your industry, or combined into a menu of options for a free afternoon.
Oxford City Walk & BMW MINI Plant Visit
Combine a guided walk through Oxford’s historic streets and university landmarks with a visit to the BMW MINI plant in Oxford to discover the city’s modern manufacturing heritage. Factory visits are available Monday through Thursday, subject to the plant’s timetable and availability.
- The Cowley works where every Mini is built
- How car-making shaped modern Oxford, the city beyond the colleges
Bespoke Corporate Experiences
Create an Oxford experience around your objectives, schedule and guests, whether you’re entertaining clients, welcoming international colleagues or planning a company event.
- Mix and match from what you’ve seen here
- Gardens, natural history, women’s history, LGBTQ+ Oxford, Jewish heritage, politics, religion and music
Photo: Jps3, CC BY-SA 4.0Oxford Colleges & University Life
Explore the traditions, history and distinctive character of Oxford University, with college visits and access arrangements where available.
- Colleges (Balliol, Trinity, New), architecture, the university and its history
- Inside a college, subject to opening on the day
Oxford Uncovered: Secrets, Legends & Student Life
Give your group a different perspective on Oxford through hidden corners, curious traditions, eccentric characters and surprising stories.
- Secret places, lesser-known stories, hidden corners, unusual buildings and details
- Ghosts, legends, unusual stories, eccentric characters, hidden curiosities
Oxford on Screen
Explore the real Oxford behind famous film and television productions, including Harry Potter, Inspector Morse, Lewis and Endeavour.
- Lewis, Endeavour, His Dark Materials, Wonka and The Favourite
- College quads, grand staircases, historic libraries and hidden lanes
Oxford’s Literary World
Discover the writers, ideas and literary connections that have helped make Oxford internationally renowned.
- The colleges of Lewis, Tolkien, Auden and Golding
- Lewis Carroll's Christ Church and the origins of Alice
Oxford’s Architecture & Art
Explore Oxford’s extraordinary buildings, architectural styles and artistic details on a tour tailored to your group’s interests.
- Medieval colleges, cloisters and the old city wall
- Wren's Sheldonian, Hawksmoor's All Souls and Gibbs's Radcliffe Camera
Science, Medicine & Discovery
Discover the scientists, medical pioneers and breakthroughs associated with Oxford, particularly suited to groups with scientific, academic or technical interests.
- Boyle, Hooke and the birth of experimental science
- The penicillin story and Oxford's medical pioneers
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0Oxford’s History & People
Explore the people, events and ideas that shaped Oxford, from its medieval origins to its continuing influence on British and international life.
- Medieval, Civil War, religious history, political history
- Significant people and events
What professional groups have said
Read authentic reviews from people who walked Oxford with us.
We were a group of six architects and requested a tour of historic and notable new buildings. Our guide, Victoria, showed us buildings we weren't aware of, gained access to some we would not have seen on our own and gave us interesting insights into the University. The two hours passed all too quickly. Excellent.
Thank you Elizabeth for the walking tour of the University and colleges. Your deep knowledge and stories on the intertwining politics, religion and key figures in Oxford's history were really fascinating, and led us to find things we would never have seen on our own. The time passed in a blink.
Excellent experience with very passionate guide Trevor. He is highly recommended and very eloquently knowledgeable. Made the time fly by. What a fantastic day it was!
Something different for your delegates
When 250 delegates at a medical conference finished their lectures at 5.30, fourteen of our guides walked them to the college hosting their banquet, with the tours themed around Oxford's medical pioneers, and delivered them in time for pre-dinner drinks.
For visiting academics with a free afternoon we built a menu of specialist walks, from ancient and modern architecture to science and medicine and the Oxford of Lewis and Tolkien, and gained permission to see inside places not normally open to visitors.
A scientific summer school that returns every year is offered a choice for its free Sunday: a science-themed walk ending at a famous pub against the old city wall, a visit to Blenheim Palace, or a guided day in London.
What we are asked to arrange
Conferences and delegations
Walks between sessions or a free-afternoon menu of tours. Any number of delegates, one point of contact.
Team and incentive days
A morning in the colleges, a themed walk, then lunch or punting. We plan the whole day.
Client entertaining
A small party, a guide who can talk to anyone, and a table booked at the end.
Three steps, no forms to fight
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Send us the brief
Numbers, dates, venues and the timings around us. If the programme is not fixed yet, send what you have and we will work with it.
- 02
We propose a programme and a single fee
Guides assigned, routes themed to your audience, timings written down, and one invoice for the lot.
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We deliver it
On the day our guides are early, the groups leave together and arrive together.
Venue, dining and transport recommendations come through our local connections.
Working with us
ScaleFrom six people to several hundred delegates.
We have fielded fourteen guides at once for a single event.
TimingBuilt around your sessions, transfers and dinner.
We are used to delivering a group to a door at an agreed minute.
Venues and diningWe know which colleges, restaurants and hotels suit which group.
Ask and we will suggest, introduce and, where useful, book.
Invoicing and languagesOne fee, one invoice, agreed in advance.
Tours in other languages are subject to guide availability, so tell us early which languages your delegates need.
Send us the brief
Numbers, dates and venues are enough to start. We come back with a programme, the guides and one fee.