Oxford Audio Tour: Timeless Treasures

Explore Oxford at your own pace

In Oxford, ancient stones once whispered secrets to rebellious scholars and condemned kings alike. Shadows linger where power and scandal have changed the city's fate forever.

This self-guided audio tour is your invitation to explore Oxford's hidden corners and forgotten legends at your own pace. Uncover tales behind iconic landmarks like Oxford Castle, Campion Hall, and University College that most visitors walk past unknowingly.

Which infamous figure plotted a deadly uprising inside the castle walls? Why does a single locked room at Campion Hall still stir up whispers of forbidden research? Who was mysteriously erased from University College's history-leaving only a vanished portrait as evidence?

Photo: Tetiana Shyshkina, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 2.7 km (1.7 miles)
• Stops: 15 landmarks, including Oxford Castle, St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, Campion Hall, Oxford
• Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Oxford Castle

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Download the free Auda app on your phone and enter the code.
• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

Your code arrives within minutes of booking, so you can walk the tour today. There is no fixed date and no start time: the date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can also keep it for a later visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

• Oxford Castle
• St Ebbe's Church, Oxford
• Campion Hall, Oxford
• Tom Tower
• Christ Church, Oxford
• Museum of Oxford
• Cornmarket Street
• Covered Market, Oxford
• Sheldonian Theatre
• Bridge of Sighs, Oxford
• Bodleian Library
• University Church of St Mary the Virgin
• University College, Oxford
• Ruskin School of Art
• University of Oxford Botanic Garden

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
• AudaTours is not affiliated with the landmarks on the tour.
• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Liv Cashman, Tetiana Shyshkina (Unsplash).