Itinerary
07.30 - 09.00hrs London pick-ups
London Bridge (7.30am), Kings Cross (7.55am), Baker Street (8.10am), Victoria (8.25am), South Kensington (8.50am), Earls Court (9.00am)
The description & location of your pick up point is found on the top of your E-Ticket.
We recommend you arrive at your departure/pick up point at least 10 minutes prior to your tour ensure you do not miss your tour!
• 09.00hrs Depart London and head to Eton and Windsor. A walking tour of Windsor plus entrance into Windsor Castle are included. You will have approximately 2 hours to explore the castle and its surroundings.
• We depart Windsor and make our way to Oxford.
• On arrival in Oxford we will commence an Anderson Tours guided sightseeing tour of this city. Entrance is included into Christ Church College, where you are free to explore one of the largest colleges in the University of Oxford. Harry Potter fans will have a chance to visit the famous dining hall that was used in the film.
• There will also be some free time in Oxford for you to explore the shops and enjoy the city.
• 17.00hrs Approximate time to meet your Tour Manager back at your coach for your return journey back to London.
• 18.30hrs Expected arrival time back into central London.
Please note the itinerary is intended as a guide and some details may be subject to change.
About Windsor & Windsor Castle
Windsor is a suburban town and tourist destination in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire. It is best known as the site of Windsor Castle. The town is situated 21 miles (34 km) west of Charing Cross. It is immediately south of the River Thames, which forms its boundary with Eton. The village of Old Windsor, just over two miles to the south, predates what is now called Windsor by around 300 years. In the past Windsor was formally referred to as New Windsor to distinguish the two.
Windsor Castle (Entrance is included on this tour) is one of the official residences of the British Royal Family. The castle was originally established by King William I of England but has been substantially altered and added to over the centuries.
Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world and dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation
As a result of the royal residence Windsor has facilities usually found in larger towns: two railway stations, a theatre and several substantial hotels. The town is also the location of Legoland, built on the site of Windsor Safari Park.
The Windsor wheel is a more recent addition to the town's tourist attractions and provides an overhead view of the surrounding area, including the castle, Eton and the Thames Valley. Located in Alexandra Gardens near the River Thames, it is assembled in the summer and dismantled in the autumn.
About Oxford & Christ Church College
Oxford
Well known as it is, Oxford never fails to impress even its most regular visitors with something different or something new. Oxford, The City of Dreaming Spires, is famous the world over for its University and place in history. For over 800 years, it has been a home to royalty and scholars, and since the 9th century an established town, although people are known to have lived in the area for thousands of years.
The University
Oxford is home to a world famous university, and most of the colleges and university buildings are located in the centre of Oxford, within easy walking distance of each other.
The University also owns the Ashmolean Museum on Beaumont Street, Britain's oldest public museum.
The centre of Oxford is dominated by the University colleges, the most famous being Christ Church, Trinity, and Balliol (from a total of 39)
Christ Church
The college is the setting for parts of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, as well as Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. More recently it has been used in the filming of the movies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and also the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights (the film bearing the title of the US edition of the book, The Golden Compass). Distinctive features of the college's architecture have been used as models by a number of other academic institutions, including the National University of Ireland, Galway, which reproduces Tom Quad. The University of Chicago and Cornell University both have reproductions of Christ Church's dining hall (in the forms of Hutchinson Hall and Risley's dining hall respectively). Christ Church Cathedral, New Zealand, after which the City of Christchurch is named, is itself named after Christ Church, Oxford. Stained glass windows in the cathedral and other buildings are by the Pre-Raphaelite William Morris group with designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
Christ Church has had many students who have subsequently gone on to achieve considerable fame. Among these are the philosopher John Locke, religious leaders John Wesley and William Penn and the writers W.H. Auden and Lewis Carroll. Albert Einstein studied at Christ Church briefly in the 1930s. The College also has a close connection with government. Christ Church has produced 13 Prime Ministers and numerous Cabinet ministers, Bishops and civil servants.
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