Footprints ToursGuided walk
New College, scenes and a Potter quiz
- Enter New College’s cloisters and courtyard
- Follow the Divinity School’s screen story
- Film tales, Oxford literature and a quiz
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Oxford on screen · stories in the stone
Harry Potter Walking Tour Oxford
Oxford already looks ready for a story. A Harry Potter walking tour in Oxford connects the real halls and cloisters that became Hogwarts on screen, with a guide to reveal the filmmaking tales and the city behind them.
Real filming locationsNew College admissionQuiz and Oxford stories
Oxford became Hogwarts here
See the film locations, then hear the stories behind them
The Divinity School’s fan-vaulted stone became Hogwarts’ infirmary. At New College, medieval cloisters and the courtyard around the famous ferret tree were used for Hogwarts scenes. They were not studio recreations: they belong to a working Oxford college, which makes recognising them on screen all the more striking.
A good Potter walk does more than identify an archway. The guide connects scenes with production stories, tests your knowledge with a quiz and follows Oxford’s wider trail of fantasy writing, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to The Hobbit.
Choose your kind of magic
Step into the filming locations or keep the story outdoors
Choose the day you want: a New College-centred walk, a route built around two filming-location admissions, or an outdoor tour that mixes Oxford history with live magic.
Oxford Walking ToursGuided walk
New College plus the Divinity School
- Both admissions are built into the booked plan
- House sorting, wands and a running quiz
- A later Divinity slot or substitute may apply if access changes
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Oxford Magic Walking ToursGuided walk
Oxford history with live magic
- Live close-up magic throughout the walk
- Radcliffe Camera, Bridge of Sighs and Bodleian courtyard
- Harry Potter filming locations and fantasy inspirations
Practical: entirely outdoors, with no college entry. Recommended for ages 10+. Good spoken English required. Not suitable for wheelchair users.
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Featured New College walk
New College scenes with a student guide
Choose the featured walk if you want New College’s film locations interpreted by an Oxford University student guide, with a Potter quiz and a wider thread through Oxford’s children’s literature. The second admission-led option is the more direct choice when entering both New College and the Divinity School is your priority, subject to its stated access contingency.
- Oxford University student guide
- New College admission and Potter quiz
- Divinity School entry subject to availability
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The featured walk
Follow Oxford from Gothic hall to Hogwarts cloister
From Broad Street, the guide moves between the University city and the places used on screen, so each stop adds another piece of the Potter story.
- Broad Street and Oxford’s story world
Meet among the University buildings and begin with the city that produced and inspired enduring children’s literature as well as becoming a film location.
- The Divinity School
Hear how the Gothic hall became Hogwarts’ infirmary and learn about the richly carved details that appeared on screen.
- New College cloisters
Walk through the medieval cloisters and courtyard used for Hogwarts scenes, including the Goblet of Fire sequence remembered for Draco Malfoy’s transformation into a ferret.
- Quiz, characters and filmmaking
Test what you know while the guide brings together the characters, production details and real Oxford history behind the locations.
Look again
Oxford’s stone. Hogwarts’ magic.
Fan vaulting, carved stone and long cloister arches give these locations their unmistakable character. Seen at walking pace, the Divinity School and New College feel less like isolated screen references and more like parts of the same medieval city.
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Why walk with a guide
What the guide adds between the famous scenes
The locations are only half the pleasure. Live commentary connects Oxford’s working colleges with film production and the city’s fantasy-writing tradition, while the quiz gives fans a shared way into the story.
Hear which carvings, corridors and courtyard views appeared on screen while standing in the place itself.
Discover how working college rooms and University traditions continue beyond their film roles.
Connect Potter with the city of Alice and Tolkien without confusing literary inspiration with documented filming.
The featured tour
What travels with the New College walk
Included in the booking
- Live student-led guided walk
- Entrance to New College
- Divinity School entry when available
- Harry Potter quiz
Arrange separately
- Christ Church and its Hall Staircase
- Duke Humfrey’s Library interior
- Tips for the guide
Meet the guide
Meet beneath the white-and-green umbrella
For the regular Oxford departure, head to Oxford Tourism Information on Broad Street. The separate 08:00 London collection begins at Gloucester Road Underground Station, so use the start named in your confirmation.
Regular Oxford departures
Oxford Tourism Information
16 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AS
Look for the Footprints Tours guide with a white and green umbrella.
Open in Google Maps →Separate 08:00 London collection
Gloucester Road Underground Station
Gloucester Road, London SW7 4SF
Meet outside the station at the corner of Gloucester Road and Courtfield Road.
Open in Google Maps →Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. The booking confirmation controls the meeting point for your selected option.
Three useful distinctions
Filmed here, inspired here, booked separately
Oxford’s Potter connections are not all the same, and the difference matters when you choose a tour.
Both are documented filming locations. New College provides the featured walk’s college setting, while the Divinity School is the Gothic hall used as Hogwarts’ infirmary.
The Hall Staircase appeared in the films. The Great Hall inspired the Hogwarts dining hall, but the dining-hall scenes were not filmed there. Christ Church is not included in the featured walk.
The featured walk is independently operated and is not endorsed, authorised or sponsored by Warner Bros.
Traveller perspectives
Fans remembered the guide, not only the locations
Travellers praised guides who knew the filming places and connected them with Oxford history and local detail.
★★★★★
Felicia enjoyed a guide who knew the filming locations well and recommended the walk to other fans.
★★★★★
Meghan liked the way the guide linked the films to Oxford history and local details.
★★★☆☆
Paul was disappointed when expected interiors were unavailable and felt the alternatives could have been stronger.
Before you choose
Harry Potter tour questions, answered
Which tour enters New College?
Choose the featured walk for a Potter-focused New College visit and quiz. The second admission-led option pairs New College with its Divinity School plan.
Will the featured tour enter the Divinity School?
The Divinity School is included when available. Peak demand and University use can close the room, in which case the location is interpreted from outside.
Does the featured walk include Christ Church?
No. Christ Church is a separate visit. Its Hall Staircase appeared in the films, while the Great Hall inspired the Hogwarts dining hall rather than serving as its film set.
Can I enter Duke Humfrey’s Library on this tour?
No. Duke Humfrey’s Library has controlled access through specific official Bodleian tours. Choose the Bodleian format by the room you want to enter.
Is there a Potter tour without college admission?
Yes. The Oxford history, Potter and live-magic walk is entirely outdoors, includes live close-up magic and is recommended for ages 10 and over. A good understanding of spoken English is required for its stories, humour and wordplay. The tour is not suitable for wheelchair users.
Is this an official Warner Bros. tour?
No. The featured experience is an unofficial, independently operated tour and is not endorsed by Warner Bros.
Can I visit the filming locations independently?
Yes, but New College, the Bodleian and Christ Church use separate visitor arrangements. Use the Oxford filming-locations guide to plan the rooms that matter most.
Continue the story
Follow Hogwarts into the rest of Oxford
Plan an independent filming-location route, secure a historic library room or meet the wider University beyond the films.
Visit the film locations independently
Plan New College, the Divinity School and Christ Church through their separate visitor routes.
Read the Guide →Step inside Oxford’s historic libraries
Choose the official Bodleian tour that reaches the library room you want to see.
Read the Guide →Meet the wider University
Choose a student or alumni perspective on college traditions, architecture and everyday University life.
Explore University Tours →Historic Footsteps
See where Oxford became Hogwarts
Choose the featured walk for New College entry, a Potter quiz and a guide-led trail through the real Oxford locations behind the films.
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