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4 days · 8 stops

A term of secrets

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Day 1
Radcliffe Square
About this day

We begin at the heart of bookish Oxford — the rotunda library and the oldest teaching hall beneath its carved stone vault.

The Radcliffe Camera
The Radcliffe Camera
☾ blue hour / dusk
The Divinity School
The Divinity School
☾ late-morning light
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Day 2
The great hall & the bridge
About this day

A storybook dining hall, then the Venetian bridge that leads into the hidden quarter.

Christ Church Great Hall
Christ Church Great Hall
☾ morning opening (before the crowds)
The Bridge of Sighs (Hertford Bridge)
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Day 3
Secret rooms
About this day

Behind the famous façades: the chained medieval library and a hushed cloister most visitors never find.

Duke Humfrey's Library
Duke Humfrey's Library
☾ join the first tour◆ hidden
New College Cloisters
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Day 4
Mist and lamplight
About this day

Dawn over a water-meadow, and a lantern-lit pub hidden down an alley to end on.

Magdalen College & Addison's Walk
Magdalen College & Addison's Walk
☾ dawn (mist on the meadow)
The Turf Tavern
◍ See the route map
The Bridge of Sighs (Hertford Bridge)
☾ early morning (empty lane)
New College Cloisters
☾ afternoon (low light in the arches)◆ hidden
The Turf Tavern
☾ after dark◆ hidden