Oxfordshire Events
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Kings Arms Barn
Wed 16 Sep 26
Kings Arms Barn, Kings Road, Henley-on-Thames RG9 2DG
Heritage Open Day: Visit the Grade II Listed Kings Arms Barn. Visit the Kings Arms Barn, a beautiful old building that started life in 1601/02 as...
Greys Court
Mon 14 Sep 26
National Trust, Greys Court, Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames RG9 4PG
Heritage Open Day: Visit Greys Court for free as part of Heritage Open Days, and experience an archaeology dig up close!...
Lady Margaret Hall
Sun 13 Sep 26
Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6QA
Heritage Open Day: Visit LHM's tranquil grounds, gardens and collection of neo classical architecture, home to our academic community since...
Magdalen College School Gardens
Sun 13 Sep 26
Magdalen College School, Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DZ
Heritage Open Day: Magdalen College School Gardens - visit some of the most spectacular school grounds in the country...
Turn Again Lane Garden
Sun 13 Sep 26
10 Turn Again Lane, Oxford Castle, Oxford OX1 1QL
Heritage Open Day: Visit the garden of Oxford Preservation Trust's offices at 10 Turn Again Lane...
Bodleian Libraries - Wonder of Birds
Sun 13 Sep 26
Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
Heritage Open Day: Come along and explore the world of birds through illustration, dance and song using inspiration from the Bodleian's...
Osney Lock Hydro
Sun 13 Sep 26
Osney Lock, East Street, Osney Island, Oxford OX2 0AX
Heritage Open Day: Osney Lock Hydro is the first community-owned hydro to be built and operating on the Thames...
Wadham College
Sun 13 Sep 26
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PN
Heritage Open Day: Visitors welcome to Wadham College and Holywell Music Room. Wadham College is a collection of stunning buildings and lush gardens...
Port Meadow Bailey Bridge Talk
Sun 13 Sep 26
Walton Well Road, Oxford OX2 6ED
Heritage Open Day: An in-situ overview of this famous WW2 bridge format, how it was built and why it is there...
Oxford Castle Prison
Sun 13 Sep 26
Oxford Castle Prison, 44-46 Oxford Castle, Oxford OX1 1AY
Heritage Open Day: Step inside and see 1000 years of history! When William the Conqueror invaded England and won the Battle of Hastings in 1066,...
The Living Room
Sun 13 Sep 26
The Living Room, 57C St. Clements Street, Oxford OX4 1AG
Heritage Open Day: Come and see how The Living Room creates a space of warmth, connection and practical support for people experiencing homelessness...
St Edmund Hall
Sun 13 Sep 26
Queens Lane, Oxford OX1 4AR
Heritage Open Day: Last standing medieval Hall in Oxford, dating back to at least the thirteenth century...
Corpus Christi College
Sun 13 Sep 26
Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JF
Heritage Open Day: Visitors to Corpus Christi, a College founded in 1517, will be able to visit the magnificent Tudor Dining Hall, and the beautiful...
Ghaetta at Oxford Castle
Sun 13 Sep 26
Castleyard, 45 Oxford Castle, New Road, Oxford OX1 1AY
Heritage Open Day: Lively Medieval music on authentic instruments to listen and dance to. Ghaetta is a fun band, dressing up in brightly coloured...
St Cross College and Pusey House
Sun 13 Sep 26
St. Cross College, Pusey House, St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LZ
Heritage Open Day: An opportunity to enjoy a free-flowing tour of St Cross, a welcoming community of graduate students and academics, set among a...
Harris Manchester College
Sun 13 Sep 26
Harris Manchester College, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TD
Heritage Open Day: Come along and see why Pevsner described Harris Manchester College as ‘a pure joy’, the glorious pre-Raphaelite stained glass...
St Mary's Church, Iffley and Court Place Gardens
Sun 13 Sep 26
Church Way, Iffley, Oxford OX4 4EG
Heritage Open Day: Visit Court Place Gardens, Oxford University’s newly redeveloped graduate accommodation, which shares an intimate 12th-century...
Carfax Tower
Sun 13 Sep 26
Carfax Tower, Queen Street, Oxford OX1 1ET
Heritage Open Day: You can enjoy an amazing view of the Oxford skyline when you visit our 12th-century tower, a remnant of what used to be the...
Jesus College, Oxford
Sun 13 Sep 26
Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DW
Heritage Open Day: Open day for the public at Jesus College, the Welsh college. Jesus College, Oxford is the Welsh college, founded in 1571 by Queen...
Slade Camp
Sun 13 Sep 26
The Ridings, Shotover Country Park, Headington, Oxford OX3 8TB
Heritage Open Day: Uncover the hidden story of Slade Camp—Oxford’s ‘Angkor Wat’ (!) —with guided walking tours through the woods, a short...
Oxford City & County Bowls Club
Sun 13 Sep 26
Oxford City & County Bowls Club, Marston Ferry Road, Oxford OX2 7EE
Heritage Open Day: Access to view and try out bowls at this wonderful Bowls Club, with both indoor and outdoor rinks...
Bodleian Libraries – The Divinity School
Sun 13 Sep 26
Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
Heritage Open Day: Explore inside the stunning Divinity School, the University of Oxford’s oldest purpose-built teaching and examination room...
Somerville College
Sun 13 Sep 26
Somerville College, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HD
Heritage Open Day: An opportunity to visit Somerville College and learn more about working in an Oxford college Somerville College was established in...
St Mary's Church, Chalgrove
Sat 12 Sep 26
St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Chalgrove OX44 7SD
Heritage Open Day: A short video about the medieval wall paintings will be shown every half hour. Guided tours of the paintings and other heritage in...
The Oxford Oratory
Sat 12 Sep 26
The Oratory, 25 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HA
Heritage Open Day: Visit Oxford's oldest Catholic church, opened in 1875. The Oratory is the oldest Catholic church in Oxford...
University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Sat 12 Sep 26
St. Marys Church, High Street, Oxford OX1 4BJ
Heritage Open Day: We will be offering volunteer-led Church History Tours, the launch of a new 'Equally Oxford' Exhibition, a...
Warneford 200: Warneford Walk and Therapy Garden
Sat 12 Sep 26
Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX
Heritage Open Day: Explore 200 years of mental health history through a self-guided audio walk across the Warneford Hospital grounds, including the...
Bodleian Libraries - Victorian Printing and Family make and take
Sat 12 Sep 26
Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
Heritage Open Day: Victorian Printing:
Have a go at using our Victorian printing press to make your very own printed keepsake to take home...
St Barnabas Jericho
Sat 12 Sep 26
48 Cardigan Street, Jericho, Oxford OX2 6BG
Heritage Open Day: St Barnabas is a basilica style church in a modern Anglo-Catholic tradition that welcomes all...
The Fibreworks
Sat 12 Sep 26
The Fibreworks, 10A Middle Row, Chipping Norton OX7 5NH
Heritage Open Day: Meet local Cotswold sheep, learn about their wool, and watch skilled spinners demonstrate the traditional craft of turning fleece...
St James the Apostle Church
Sat 12 Sep 26
St James Church, Beauchamp Lane, Cowley, Oxford OX4 3LF
Heritage Open Day: Early Norman Church. Early Norman church in the old Parish of Cowley. Former church of Father Benson (founder of the Cowley...
Oxford Archaeology
Sat 12 Sep 26
Oxford Castle Prison, 44-46 Oxford Castle, Oxford OX1 1AY
Heritage Open Day: Come and meet the archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology. Learn about our work in Oxford through the finds and sites excavated...
Plans, plans, plans! at the Museum of Oxford
Sat 12 Sep 26
Museum of Oxford, Town Hall, St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1BX
Heritage Open Day: A rare chance to explore some of the thousands of buildings plans, dating from the 1880s to the 1930s, which are stored in the...
Benson- a village and its history
Sat 12 Sep 26
St Helen's Church, Church Road, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6SF
Heritage Open Day: Find out more about this South Oxfordshire village's history and some of its notable residents...
The Painted Room
Sat 12 Sep 26
The Painted Room, 3 Cornmarket, Oxford OX1 3EX
Heritage Open Day: Hidden at the heart of Cornmarket Street you can find the 14th-century, timber-framed Crown Tavern, complete with oak-panelled...
Draw Your Witney!
Sat 12 Sep 26
Witney & District Museum, 75 High Street, Witney OX28 6JA
Heritage Open Day: Help create a giant community artwork celebrating Witney! Draw your favourite shops, landmarks and special places, real,...
Balliol Historic Collections Centre at Cross Church
Sat 12 Sep 26
St Cross Church, St Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3UH
Heritage Open Day: Visit St Cross Church and discover the surprising range of material created by children in Balliol College's Historic...
Ready, Steady, Print!
Sat 12 Sep 26
Key Learning Centre, Oxford Castle, Oxford OX1 1BY
Heritage Open Day: Come and try our pop-up silk-screen printing workshop at Oxford Castle. This taster event is led by local artist Mani, who will...
Vishuddha Yoga Centre
Sat 12 Sep 26
Vishuddha Yoga Centre, 16 East Street, Oxford OX2 0AU
Heritage Open Day: Vishuddha is a modern, purpose-built, award winning yoga centre in a beautiful Thames-side setting offering free yoga classes or...
St Frideswide Church
Sat 12 Sep 26
St Frideswide Church, Botley Road, Oxford OX2 0BL
Heritage Open Day: Explore the Grade II* 1872 Gothic-Revival church by S. S. Teulon, celebrated for its 1931 Geoffrey Webb Easter windows and a rare...
Rewley Road Fire Station
Sat 12 Sep 26
Fire Station, Rewley Road, Oxford OX1 2EH
Heritage Open Day: Come visit a fully operational Fire Station & learn all about our fire engines & the firefighters who crew them...
Town Hall - Exhibitions
Sat 12 Sep 26
Town Hall, Market Place, Chipping Norton OX7 5NA
Heritage Open Day: In the Lower Hall of the Town Hall, there will be free exhibitions curated by the Chipping Norton Museum...
Pavlova Wind Quintet at St Michael at the North Gate
Sat 12 Sep 26
St Michael at the Northgate, Cornmarket Street, Oxford OX1 3EY
Heritage Open Day: Pavlova Wind Quintet - A programme of light, popular classical music for an autumn afternoon...
Yarnton Manor
Sat 12 Sep 26
Yarnton Manor, Church Lane, Yarnton, Kidlington OX5 1PY
Heritage Open Day: A lovingly renovated Jacobean manor house, gardens and newly opened library in the old Tithe barn, now being used for theological...
St Michael at the North Gate
Sat 12 Sep 26
St Michael at the North Gate, Cornmarket, Oxford OX1 3EY
Heritage Open Day: The city church of Oxford. The church of St Michael at the North Gate dates from the 13th century and adjoins the earlier Saxon...
“Henley Masonic Lodge – a rare opportunity to explore this historic building, seldom open to the
Sat 12 Sep 26
Thames Lodge, 61 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AB
Heritage Open Day: RTTV Lodge 9697 welcomes visitors for Heritage Open Days — a rare chance to explore the historic Henley Masonic Lodge, usually...
Bodleian Libraries - Discovery Stations
Sat 12 Sep 26
Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG
Heritage Open Day: Come along and chat with the volunteers at the Imaging Services and Conversation Stations Imaging services discovery...
North Parade Market
Sat 12 Sep 26
North Parade Avenue, Oxford OX2 6LX
Heritage Open Day: The market is held twice monthly in North Parade Avenue, which has a wonderful diversity of architectural styles...
Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy
Sat 12 Sep 26
Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, The Old Palace, Rose Place, St. Aldates, Oxford OX1 1RD
Heritage Open Day: Visit our Grade I listed building in the heart of Oxford, across from Christ Church Meadow...
Come and Sing Elgar's Dream of Gerontius
Sat 12 Sep 26
Burford School OX18 4PL
One day. One masterpiece. One wonderful sound.
Burford Singers invite you to spend a wonderful day immersed in one of the greatest works in the...
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Things to do around Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire, with its rich history, stunning landscapes, and vibrant cultural scene, offers a plethora of activities for an unforgettable day out. Whether you're a local or a visitor, here are some fantastic options to explore:
1. Blenheim Palace, Woodstock:
- UNESCO-listed Blenheim Palace is a true gem. Not only is it the birthplace of Winston Churchill, but it's also the only non-royal country house in England to be granted the title of palace. Explore its grand stately rooms, wander through the botanic gardens, and venture out into the estate on various walking trails. Don't miss the maze, miniature train, and the enchanting Christmas festivities.
2. Oxford Walking Tour:
- To truly soak in the charm of Oxford, join a guided walking tour. Explore the university's historic colleges, learn about J.R.R. Tolkien's haunts, and discover filming locations from the Harry Potter series. The Visitor Information Centre on Broad Street can help you choose the perfect tour.
3. Christ Church, Oxford:
- Among the University of Oxford colleges, Christ Church stands out. With six Grade I listed buildings, the iconic Tom Tower, and a Gothic cathedral, it's a must-visit. Immerse yourself in centuries of history within its walls.
4. Explore the Cotswolds:
- Oxfordshire is surrounded by picturesque villages in the Cotswolds. Take a leisurely drive through rolling hills, visit charming market towns like Burford and Chipping Norton, and enjoy the quintessential English countryside.
5. Thames Path Walking Trail:
- Follow the Thames Path along the River Thames. Enjoy riverside views, spot wildlife, and take in the serene beauty of the waterway.
6. Oxford Botanic Garden:
- Established in 1621, the Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest in Britain. Explore its diverse plant collections and relax in the peaceful surroundings.
7. Ashmolean Museum:
- Delve into art, archaeology, and history at the Ashmolean Museum. It houses an impressive collection spanning centuries and civilizations.
8. Punting on the Cherwell or Isis:
- Experience the timeless tradition of punting on the tranquil rivers. Hire a punt and glide along the water, admiring the historic buildings along the banks.
9. Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens:
- Just outside Oxfordshire, this wildlife park is home to a variety of animals. Explore the beautifully landscaped gardens and enjoy close encounters with exotic species.
10. Oxford Covered Market:
- Wander through this historic market, filled with independent shops, cafes, and stalls. Sample local produce and find unique souvenirs.
Remember to check opening hours and any booking requirements for these attractions. Oxfordshire promises a day filled with history, natural beauty, and cultural delights!
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1. Blenheim Palace, Woodstock:
- UNESCO-listed Blenheim Palace is a true gem. Not only is it the birthplace of Winston Churchill, but it's also the only non-royal country house in England to be granted the title of palace. Explore its grand stately rooms, wander through the botanic gardens, and venture out into the estate on various walking trails. Don't miss the maze, miniature train, and the enchanting Christmas festivities.
2. Oxford Walking Tour:
- To truly soak in the charm of Oxford, join a guided walking tour. Explore the university's historic colleges, learn about J.R.R. Tolkien's haunts, and discover filming locations from the Harry Potter series. The Visitor Information Centre on Broad Street can help you choose the perfect tour.
3. Christ Church, Oxford:
- Among the University of Oxford colleges, Christ Church stands out. With six Grade I listed buildings, the iconic Tom Tower, and a Gothic cathedral, it's a must-visit. Immerse yourself in centuries of history within its walls.
4. Explore the Cotswolds:
- Oxfordshire is surrounded by picturesque villages in the Cotswolds. Take a leisurely drive through rolling hills, visit charming market towns like Burford and Chipping Norton, and enjoy the quintessential English countryside.
5. Thames Path Walking Trail:
- Follow the Thames Path along the River Thames. Enjoy riverside views, spot wildlife, and take in the serene beauty of the waterway.
6. Oxford Botanic Garden:
- Established in 1621, the Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest in Britain. Explore its diverse plant collections and relax in the peaceful surroundings.
7. Ashmolean Museum:
- Delve into art, archaeology, and history at the Ashmolean Museum. It houses an impressive collection spanning centuries and civilizations.
8. Punting on the Cherwell or Isis:
- Experience the timeless tradition of punting on the tranquil rivers. Hire a punt and glide along the water, admiring the historic buildings along the banks.
9. Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens:
- Just outside Oxfordshire, this wildlife park is home to a variety of animals. Explore the beautifully landscaped gardens and enjoy close encounters with exotic species.
10. Oxford Covered Market:
- Wander through this historic market, filled with independent shops, cafes, and stalls. Sample local produce and find unique souvenirs.
Remember to check opening hours and any booking requirements for these attractions. Oxfordshire promises a day filled with history, natural beauty, and cultural delights!