Oxfordshire Events
Past Events In Oxfordshire
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Broughton Grange - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 26 Apr 26
Broughton Grange, Banbury OX15 5DS
An impressive 25 acres of gardens and light woodland in an attractive Oxfordshire setting. The centrepiece is a large terraced walled garden created...
Badapple Theatre Company present 'Crumbs'
Sat 25 Apr 26
Cassington Village Hall
The Green
Cassington OX29 4DN
Badapple Theatre presents the long-awaited sequel to their hit show The Daily Bread!
Crumbs is a laugh-out-loud, one-woman comedy from Kate Bramley...
Central North Oxford Gardens - Open Garden for NGS
Sat 25 Apr 26
Central North Oxford Gardens, Oxford OX2 6HY
Three very different town gardens. 50 Plantation Road is a surprisingly wide and deep garden in two parts: lovely trees and planting, lots of pots,...
Beginners Watercolour with Claire
Fri 24 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
About the workshop
Always wanted to have a go at watercolour painting? Painted a long time ago but can't remember your ultramarine from your...
Creation Theatre presents The Bard’s Birthday Party!
Thu 23 Apr 26
Summertown United Reformed Church, Banbury Road, Summertown OX2 7ED
Shakespeare lovers all over the world celebrate on April 23rd, which is both the day Shakespeare was born and the day he died...
Swing from Paris at St Mary's Church, Long Wittenham
Thu 23 Apr 26
St Mary's Church, Long Wittenham, Abingdon OX14 4QN
An evening of Parisian-flavoured music
Kidlington Methodist Church Antique & Collectors Market
Sat 18 Apr 26
Kidlington Methodist Church OX52BP OX5 2BP
2 Halls of Antiques & Collectables, China, glass, die-cast, jewellery including art deco, books and a book room, silver, artefacts coins, ancient...
Banbury Cross Sailing Club Open Day
Sat 18 Apr 26
Grimsbury Reservoir
Banbury OX16 3JJ
OPEN DAY
SATURDAY 18TH APRIL 10AM-3PM
COME AND TRY SAILING FREE OF CHARGE*
SEE OUR SAILING MEMBERSHIP AND TRAINING PACKAGES
All at our...
Create a Rush breadbasket or place mats
Sat 18 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
About the Workshop
Explore the strength and versatility of English bulrush and make a breadbasket or two placemats...
Johns' Boys Welsh Male Voice Choir 2026 Uk Tour
Sat 18 Apr 26
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1BX
Join Johns’ Boys Welsh Male Choir as they celebrate 10 incredible years of music-making with their 2025 UK Anniversary Tour! ...
Sunshine Cat Rescue Jumble and Pre-loved Sale
Sat 18 Apr 26
Milton-u-Wychwood Village Hall, Shipton Road Milton-under-Wychwood OX7 6JW
Jumble and pre-loved sale
Clothes, bric-a-brac, jewellery,
books and lots more....
Milton-u-Wychwood Village Hall
Refreshments...
The Story Museum
Wed 15 Apr 26
42, Pembroke Street, Rochester House OX1 1BP
Step into a world of stories no matter what your age. Buy an all-day ticket to The Story Museum's galleries and enjoy unlimited access to The...
Zumba Class
Tue 14 Apr 26
West Wing Studio - Abingdon
Coxeter House, Abingdon OX14 3RG
Enjoy 1 hour fun Zumba dance class at the centre of Abingdon at West Wing Studio!
This class is suitable for all dancers any level from beginners...
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
Mon 13 Apr 26
The Global Retreat Centre
Nuneham Estate, Nuneham Courtenay OX44 9PG
Being more aware of what’s within us and around us
Perhaps our greatest challenge is noticing how and why we create and feel our emotions - and...
Tour of the Museum Resource Centre
Mon 13 Apr 26
Museum Resource Centre,
Cotswold Dene,
Standlake,
Witney OX29 7QG
A 45 minute guided tour of the Oxfordshire Museums Service collection held in storage at the Museum Resource Centre...
3 Halliday Lane - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 12 Apr 26
3 Halliday Lane, Oxford OX2 0FG
Small town garden of a new house (not open) recently laid out on the site of old riding stables. Crevice garden at the front planted with more than...
Magdalen College - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 12 Apr 26
Magdalen College, Oxford OX1 4AU
60 acres inc deer park, college lawns, numerous trees 150-200 yrs old; notable herbaceous and shrub plantings...
50-52 North Hinksey Lane - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 12 Apr 26
50-52 North Hinksey Lane, Oxford OX2 0LY
This wider than average town garden is on a sloping site with mature fruit trees. The garden is laid out on different levels with lawns and mixed...
Soul Gym
Sun 12 Apr 26
The Global Retreat Centre OX44 9PG
A practical inner training experience designed to strengthen the mind through spiritual fitness. Using a familiar gym-style format: warm-up,...
Sleeping Beauty - The Ballet
Sun 12 Apr 26
Kenton Theatre
19 New Street
Henley on Thames RG9 2BP
SLEEPING BEAUTY - A sumptuous show with classical beauty
Let’s All Dance is delighted to present this much-loved ballet for the whole family...
Later Life Letter
Sat 11 Apr 26
Old Fire Station, 40 George Street, Oxford OX1 2AQ
Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done...
Learn to use your Gelliplate- Nature inspired Gelliplate printing
Sat 11 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
About the Course
Spring has Sprung – come and create glorious nature inspired gelliplate prints
Come along and learn the addictive art of...
Grove Garden & Local History Club SPRING SHOW
Sat 11 Apr 26
Grove Village Hall
Main Street
Grove OX12 7JY
The Spring Show will be held with entries accepted from everyone, not only Grove residents. 40p an entry with cash prizes...
Vintage Crafts Day
Sat 11 Apr 26
Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham OX14 4QD
On Saturday 11th April we will be hosting a family friendly crafts day featuring a selection of vintage rural crafts from the Pendon period (around...
Cosy Art
Fri 10 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us for another wonderful Cosy Art session, this month we are theming it on spring and its all about flower power!
Remember The Before
Fri 10 Apr 26
Lopemede Farm, Long Crendon Road, Thame OX9 3SH
Remember Paris. Remember the Before. Remember Me.”
Remember The Before is an intimate two-hander about holding on when everything begins to slip...
Moonrakers + Simon Mayor & Hilary James
Fri 10 Apr 26
St Michael’s at the North Gate, Cornmarket St, OXFORD OX1 3EY
A double bill concert as part of the Oxford Folk Festival. World-renowned mandolin player, Simon Mayor and guitarist/singer Hilary James, plus...
Spring Garden
Thu 9 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. Make your own mini hanging spring garden with flowers, birds and bugs...
Spring Garden
Thu 9 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. Make your own mini hanging spring garden with flowers, birds and bugs...
History Hunters
Wed 8 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. Join Finds Liaison Officer Ed Caswell for this exciting History Hunters session...
History Hunters
Wed 8 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. Join Finds Liaison Officer Ed Caswell for this exciting History Hunters...
Friendship Cafe at Charlton Lodge Care Home
Wed 8 Apr 26
Charlton Lodge Care Home, 3 Buttercup Road, Wantage OX12 7FW
A care home in Wantage has marked the one-year anniversary of a monthly event in which residents build new friendships with their neighbours...
Butterflies
Tue 7 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session we will sponge paint a sky background and add butterflies to make...
Butterflies
Tue 7 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session we will sponge paint a sky background and add butterflies to make...
Kencot Gardens - Open Garden for NGS
Mon 6 Apr 26
Kencot Gardens, Lechlade GL7 3QT
Kencot group consists of five gardens plus allotments which are tended by ten people, growing a variety of vegetables, flowers and fruit...
Drop-in Easter Crafts at Pendon Museum
Mon 6 Apr 26
Pendon Museum, Long Wittenham OX14 4QD
Drop-in Easter themed crafts and activities for ages 3+ including decorating eggs, paper crafts building Easter bunnies and an Easter themed trail...
Sarsden Glebe - Open Garden for NGS
Fri 3 Apr 26
Sarsden Glebe, Chipping Norton OX7 6PH
A Rectory garden and park designed by Humphrey Repton and his son George. Formal terraced garden around the house; woodland garden full of spring...
Dine 'N' Devour | Food & Artisan Festival | Oxford
Fri 3 Apr 26
Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AS
Join us on Broad Street in Oxford from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th April 2026 for a family-friendly weekend of food, shopping and entertainment...
Paper craft - Easter Wreath
Thu 2 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session we will be brighten your home with a colourful Easter...
Paper craft - Easter Wreath
Thu 2 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session we will be brighten your home with a colourful Easter...
April Joker
Wed 1 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session you will have fun making a jokey jiggly jester puppet...
April Joker
Wed 1 Apr 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session you will have fun making a jokey jiggly jester puppet...
PASSIA sung by Papagena
Tue 31 Mar 26
St Mary Magdalen Church Oxford OX1 3AE
PASSIA is a new composition by Liz Dilnot Johnson which reimagines the Passion story from the perspective of 5 women at the foot of the cross...
Free family fun with characters at Westgate Oxford for Easter
Tue 31 Mar 26
Westgate Oxford, Queen Street, Oxford OX1 1PE
Westgate Oxford is the ultimate family friendly destination this Easter, as it invites guests young and old to enjoy a series of free meet and greets...
Dinosaur Nest
Tue 31 Mar 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session you will make your own dinosaur nest with eggs and hatching baby...
Dinosaur Nest
Tue 31 Mar 26
The Oxfordshire Museum OX20 1SN
Join us this Easter for some fun and creative craft activities. In this session you will make your own dinosaur nest with eggs and hatching baby...
Easter Holiday Workshops
Mon 30 Mar 26
Wolvercote Primary School OX2 8AQ
We’ve put together a jam-packed programme designed to spark imagination in every child. From technical and design based workshops like Sound and...
Gloria! Gloria! SACS Spring Concert
Sun 29 Mar 26
Church of St Nicholas, Tackley OX5 3AE
Gloria! Gloria!
From the 18th century to the 21st century – two Glorias in D for the price of one
Gloria in D major (RV589) – Antonio...
Burford Singers - Handel's Judas Maccabaeus
Sun 29 Mar 26
Church of St John the Baptist
Church Green
Burford OX18 4RY
The Burford Singers present Judas Maccabaeus by G. F. Handel,
one of Handel's greatest oratorios
with
Eleanor Ninham (Soprano)
Agustin...
Ashbrook House - Open Garden for NGS
Sun 29 Mar 26
Ashbrook House, Blewbury OX11 9QA
The garden where Kenneth Grahame read Wind in the Willows to local children and where he took inspiration for his description of the oak doors to...
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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!