DAY TOURS TO OXFORD FROM LONDON ULTIMATE GUIDE
With cheap and frequent services running between London and Oxford 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, a lot of first-time visitors in London head to Oxford for a quick day trip to explore the famed literary city.
Luckily, Oxford’s main attractions like Christ Church University and the Radcliffe Camera are within walking distance to each other, and you could easily spend a few hours wandering around Oxford’s central area and still see all that there is to see.
However, it’s the actual “travel” part of getting to and from Oxford that can be tricky, or even chaotic during peak travel times. That’s why many visitors choose to go with a tour company so the hassle of getting to and from Oxford is figured out for you.
If you’re hoping to do a quick day trip to Oxford while you’re in London, here are the many different tours and tour companies to choose from. And remember that you can also book one of the many free tours in Oxford available.
From London to Oxford with International Friends
International Friends have tours that include everything from overnight trips to Paris to a quick day trip to Downtown Abbey, so naturally, they’re going to have a tour from London to Oxford that’s worth checking out.
Their Oxford Day Trip tour includes entry into Divinity School, an Oxford walking tour with an expert guide, and return travel between Oxford’s city centre and London’s Paddington train station. The tour starts at 8:20 a.m. from Paddington and finishes sometime between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in London. Tickets for this tour cost £70 for adults, however, there are no discounted tickets available for seniors, students, children or families.
If you’re hoping to see the Cotswold villages along with Oxford, they also have a Oxford, Cotswolds & Country Pub Lunch tour, available on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets for this tour cost between £156.60 and £174 for adults and £138.60 and £154 for children (between the ages of 3 and 15).
From London to Oxford with Golden Tours
As always, Golden Tours provides a variety of one-day tour options from London. Whether you want to visit Stratford-Upon-Avon and Warwick Castle, make a short stop in Stratford, or head to Windsor for a boat cruise, there are plenty of ways to explore different places around England.
For the ultimate literary experience, if you want to see Cambridge along with Oxford, they offer a great deal on a Oxford and Cambridge Tour that costs £85, and even special tours during the holidays as well.
But if you’re just looking for a simple tour from London to Oxford, they have a Day Trip to Oxford by Rail with Open Top Bus tour which includes open return train tickets to Oxford, a ticket for Oxford’s hop-on, hop-off bus tour, as well as free time to explore Oxford on your own.
Customers should head to the Golden Tours Visitor Centre Baker Street at 9 a.m. to check in with a representative and receive their open return ticket. The train to Oxford departs from London Marylebone at 9:40 a.m. on weekdays and 9:37 a.m. on Saturdays. You are free to return on any train, except those arriving at London Marylebone before 10 a.m. on weekdays. Trains back to London run every ten to fifteen minutes until 10 p.m., and the ticket remains valid for one month from the outward journey. Tickets for this tour cost £50 for adults and £31 for children aged 3 to 16.
From London to Oxford with Anderson Tours
Anderson Tours may not be as well known as other tour companies based out of London, but they offer a ton of great deals on tours from London to places like Cardiff, Bruges, Loch Ness, the Isle of Wight, Edinburgh and much more.
Anderson Tours offer two different tours from London to Oxford, however, both include additional trips to places like Cambridge, Stratford and the Cotswold villages.
Their Oxford and Cambridge Tour includes a guided walking tour of both cities as well as additional time to explore them at your own pace, and cost £89 for adults, and £79 for children.
They also have a Shakespeare's Stratford-Upon-Avon, Oxford, and the Cotswolds tour from London for those wanting to explore more of the English countryside and learn about The Bard of Avon. This small group tour, with a maximum of 19 people, includes visits to key Shakespearean sites in Stratford-Upon-Avon. You then travel through the Cotswolds to Oxford for a walking tour of its historic colleges, with free time to explore the city before returning to London. Pickup and drop-off are available at several points in central and west London. Prices start from £119.
From London to Oxford with Evan Evans Tours
Evan Evans may not have tours directly from London to Oxford, but they do have a ton of great combo tours to Oxford that are worth checking out if you want to see more than one city while you’re in London.
There’s an Oxford & Cambridge Universities which lasts for ten hours and includes a guided walking tour of Oxford as well as a visit to Christ Church College and King’s College Chapel. The tour also includes a walking tour around Cambridge, and there are a ton of different pick-up points for the tour scattered all around central London. Tickets for this tour cost:
- £105 for adults
- £95 for children
- £100 for seniors and students
- £390 for families (consisting of two adults and two children)
If you’re interested in checking out other cities or monuments as well as Oxford, they have great deals on combo tours to Warwick Castle, Stratford and the Cotswolds (£110) as well as Windsor Castle and Stonehenge (£159).
From London to Oxford with The English Bus
The English Bus is another reputable tour company operating out of London, however, they only have one tour to Oxford which also includes visits to Stratford and the Cotswold villages.
If this is your cup of tea, however, then The Cotswolds, Oxford & Stratford upon Avon tour may be right down your alley, although be forewarned that the tours only usually run twice a week, which means tickets can be hard to come by.
The tour departs at 8:45 a.m. from The London Eye, and takes you to Stratford-Upon-Avon, and through the scenic English countryside surrounding the villages of the Cotswolds before being dropped off in central London around 8:30 p.m. Tickets for this tour cost £139, however, no discounted tickets for seniors, students or family bookings are available.
If you are planning to visit Oxford from London, you might also be interested in the many free tours in London departing every day.
