Walking Tours of Oxford

07/07/2024

Very proud to have won the 'Travellers' Choice awards' 2024, making Walking Tours of Oxford, in the top 10% worldwide!

01/05/2024

May morning
An Oxford tradition
Every year on 1st May at 6am (except Covid), thousand gather at Magdalen bridge to hear the choristers of Magdalen College sing to welcome in Spring. My daughter joined the crowds this year after staying up all night to arrive just as dawn was breaking!

11/04/2024

It is award season! Rather delighted with this one for 'Walking Tour Business of the Year'. We work so hard to provide the best tours in Oxford and so lovely to be recognised. Thank you to our our wonderful guests 🥳

10/02/2024

What a treat to get this in the post today! Walking Tours of Oxford have been awarded the Feefo exceptional service award so feeling very proud! Only 32 companies in the whole of the UK receive this. Thank you to all my amazing clients and wonderful guides!

16/01/2024

14/08/2023

We are delighted to announce that once again, we have been awarded the Tripadvisor travellers choice award! This places us in the top 10% of attractions worldwide.

"Each year, we recognise travellers’ favourite attractions around the world, based on reviews and ratings collected over the last year. Their opinions and stories helped you to win.
Congratulations on your well-deserved Travellers’ Choice Award"

We are feeling very proud and thank all the wonderful guides that work with Walking Tours of Oxford but also the amazing clients that spend time writing the reviews!

01/07/2023

Afternoon tea at The Randolph Hotel

25/06/2023

Last week I was on an amazing cruise to the Norwegian fjord … then today on my tour -4 guest turned up who were on the cruise with me! Small world!

29/05/2023

Today, whist walking The at Thames Path, I came across the JFK memorial at Runnymead. This area of land was gifted to America after the assassination of JFK. The 50 steps up to the memorial represent the 50 American states. The inscription reads ‘Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.’

21/01/2023

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23266088.inspector-morse-celebration-festival-will-staged-jericho/?fbclid=IwAR0RZM_HKzSqqXcrqXkjlJSIdIBm-NUeJe1-_jakxkVNzbrZ0K8cc18gHDs

A festival is being staged in Jericho to celebrate the Inspector Morse TV detective dramas.

02/12/2022

There I am!! 🤣

30/10/2022

Another 21k of The Thames Path completed ✔️
From Newbridge to Oxford (Binsey)
I loved approaching the dreaming spires from the waters edge!
Stopped at The Trout at Wolvercote for a swift half which was featured in The Morse episode; The Wolvercote Tongue and then passed the ruins of Godstow Abbey which was the home to Fair Rosamund, the mistress of Henry 2nd. Ending at Binsey where you would find the Treacle Well from Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carrol who spent most of his life in Oxford and wrote the stories for the ‘real Alice’. 😀

18/10/2022

The past two days, Walking Tours of Oxford has been walking from the source of The River Thames near Cirencester along the path toward Oxford and then will be onwards to London. Two sections competed and 40k ✔️ England is so beautiful 🤩

17/07/2022

Delighted to announce that once again we have been awarded the TripAdvisor Travellers' choice awards - this places us in the top 10% of attractions worldwide!

08/07/2022

Julius Caesar
Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour at Magdalen College School Gardens
Tue 19 to Sun 24 Jul

Enjoy an unforgettable open-air theatre experience this summer as Oxford Playhouse presents the brand-new production of Julius Caesar, direct from The Globe Theatre, in the beautiful riverside setting of Magdalen College School Gardens.

When Cassius and Brutus decide Rome’s leader Julius Caesar poses a political threat to their beloved country, there’s only one solution... Conspiracy to kill, public broadcast of cunning rhetoric, a divisive fight for Greatness. Ancient Rome has never felt closer. We confront our own political landscape as Shakespeare’s epic tragedy Julius Caesar takes on startlingly new relevance. Shakespeare’s Globe and award-winning Director Diane Page brings this brutal tale of ambition, incursion, and revolution to life.

Enjoy an unforgettable open-air theatre experience this summer as Oxford Playhouse presents the brand-new production of Julius Caesar, direct from The Glob

24/03/2022

Good Luck Oxford!

21/01/2022

Delighted to receive The Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award which regonises 'businesses that go above and beyond to provide consistently excellence servce and dedicate themselves to acing this customer service year after year'. Thank to all my clients and my guides.🤩🌟🍾 We hope to see you soon!

15/12/2021

Lovely tour yesterday with a small group of 8 - ‘second time around’ for some! 😀 xx

24/11/2021

Merry Oxmas to all! x
Oxford university students celebrate Oxmas throughout November as they are home / finish the term by mid December!

21/11/2021

I do like a connection! Staying overnight in goring on Thames for another section of the ridgeway tomorrow and look what I found! join us on a private Alice in Wonderland tour to discover all about Lewis Carrol and Alice in Wonderland

13/11/2021

Filming for BBC earlier this week and the launch of my new book - morse, Lewis, endeavour and Oxford! Available on my website www.walkingtoursofoxford.com
A perfect Christmas gift!

27/10/2021

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24/10/2021

Morse, Lewis, Endeavour and Oxford. A guide celebrating 35 years on screen.

What I did in lockdown! My book is now available via my website at a reduced cost for a limited time, with delivery from 1st November and free delivery to UK. All copies signed by me.

www.walkingtoursofoxford.com

18/10/2021

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New blog post on The Randolph hotel and my recent stay there!

The Randolph Hotel stand in the centre of Oxford is has been a symbol of this great city for over 150 years. It began in 1864 based on the designs of William Wilkinson in preparation for the need of top-class accommodation for the purposed visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 2 years later. .....

11/09/2021

My golly gosh ... it is good to be back! And so good to have the Americans back! Two tours for these lovely chaps today ... Simply Oxford university followed by Morse / Lewis and Endeavour!

10/09/2021

https://wanderlusttravelawards.com/awards/

I am up for Specialist guide’ category for Morse / Lewis and Endeavour tours and for anyone that has taken my tours and could spare 5 mins … I would be most grateful! Heidi xx

Applications close October 22, 2021 The Wanderlust World Guide Awards launched in December 2005, to recognise the unsung heroes of the travel world: guides and tour leaders. Each year, thousands of guides from around the world are nominated by their clients, all eager to tell us about an individual....

21/08/2021

We did it again! In what has been the hardest 18 months for the Travel Industry! We retain our No. 1 postion on TripAdvisor and have been awarded The Travellers Choice award for consistent 5 star reviews! Heidi xx

18/08/2021

Super special to stay at The Randolph hotel last night during their soft opening and ecstatic that the morse bar has survived! Here I am enjoying a ‘Endeavour’ cocktail! Heidi xx

14/08/2021

The best walking tour we have ever had. Excellent subject knowledge. Clear concise commentary.

01/08/2021

In the gardens of Exeter College with Elizabeth and William of Ask William .... photo credits Phil Knight