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Inspector Morse Oxford Small Group Public Tour at 12.00

Name: Inspector Morse Oxford Small Group Public Tour at 12.00
Brand: Visit Oxford Tours
SKU: 22362P20
Price: 49.77 USD
Rating: 4.5 (114 reviews)

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Inspector Morse Filming Locations Tour in Oxford with College Visits

1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Visit filming locations from the British television series 'Inspector Morse,' as well as spin-offs 'Lewis' and 'Endeavour,' on this Oxford walking tour. With a guide, learn about the making of the detective show and visit Oxford University colleges to gain insight into what it might be like to be a student here. Entrance fees to university locations are included; drinks are not.

'Inspector Morse' film sites walking tour in Oxford
Follow in the footsteps of one of Britain's most popular fictional detectives
Visit colleges of Oxford and learn about the university's history
Enjoy a small-group experience on this tour, limited to 14 travelers

What's Included

Entry included to either Wadham, Exeter, Balliol or St Johns college- unless all are closed

GRADUATION DATES: we cannot always guarantee entry inside any colleges or venues
2024 Graduation dates includes....
May 18, July 13+23+26+27, Aug 3, Sep 27+28, Nov 8+9+16 of 2024
Colleges are usually all closed at Christmas from about December 21 until about January 2

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

15-16 Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AS, UK
Meet your guide wearing red lanyard by our red sign, OUTSIDE Oxford Tourist Info centre, 15 Broad street.

Start time

12:00 PM

End point

Oxford, UK
End point varies but we will always give you a free city map and offer directions to where you want to go to next.

What To Expect

Your walking tour starts by meeting your guide in central Oxford. Then set off on your exploration of 'Inspector Morse' filming locations.

As you walk, listen to your guide's commentary about the character of Morse, the 'Lewis' and 'Endeavour' spin-offs, and the sometimes-tricky relationship between the city of Oxford and Oxford University. Locations seen vary from tour to tour, as the colleges of Oxford are private institutions and not always open. But typically, the tour takes you inside Exeter College and one other college, or inside the Divinity School at the Bodleian Library, one of the university's most impressive architectural sights.

At the end of the tour, you are welcome to join your guide at a historical local pub commonly seen on the Morse shows (drinks at your own expense).

Radcliffe Camera (Pass By)

Bridge of Sighs (Pass By)

The Turf (Pass By)

Bodleian Library

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Hertford College (Pass By)

Brasenose College (Pass By)

All Souls College (Pass By)

Oxford Covered Market

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Bear Tavern (Pass By)

University Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Pass By)

Corpus Christi College (Pass By)

Wadham College

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Exeter College

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lincoln College (Pass By)

Balliol College (Pass By)

Trinity College (Pass By)

St John's College

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Wellness at The Randolph

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Group size will be kept to max 15 persons but is rarely more than 5 persons
Stroller accessible
Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point. If you arrive more than 5 minutes later than the scheduled tour, then you will likely forfeit and lose your booking as it interrupts the guide and other customers, if we are trying to find you after a guide has started and left the meeting point.
INFO FOR DRIVERS AND PARKING:
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
If you are driving, then please allow extra 30-60 minutes over whatever time you think it will take you to get here. Oxford is NOT car friendly and it is congested roads and hard to find parking spaces....unless you park at the sign posted 'park and rides' on edge of town on any major road into the city and hop on their buses into city centre. The park and ride buses leave every 15 or every 30 minutes and take anything from 10 min to 30 min (depending on traffic) to reach city centre. So if you are going to drive, then please assume you should be aiming to park your car about one hour before your tour starts.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
We actually recommend instead using the much faster and reliable train services but again please aim to arrive about an hour or earlier before your tour starts as trains can be delayed and the train and coach station are about 15 minutes walk from our meeting point. There is also the coach service from London called the Oxford Tube which leaves every half hour or more but it can take much longer than its advertised 105 minute journey time. It drops you off either at High street Oxford or Gloucester Green coach station. It's quicker to ask to get off on High street near Carfax tower, then it's a 10 minutes walk to Broad street.

Our marginally higher ticket price reflects the special quality of typically having smaller groups than our competitors- average numbers is 2-4 persons only.
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Infants 5 and under can go on this tour free of charge but this tour is NOT aimed at children
During Xmas holiday period or on dates of university graduation dates, we may propose changing slightly the tour start time to 1pm or to 11am, if we think it will make it easier to get into colleges, during restricted opening times. We will advise at time of booking and seek your approval to make any changes to the start time.
Please note that as the university colleges are private institutions, we can't always guarantee entry to colleges but it is very rare that we cannot get entry into at least 1 or 2 colleges on the tour. Please take note of any advertised university graduation dates mentioned below, as those dates can have less options of colleges to visit.
GRADUATION DATES + XMAS + UNIVERSITY OPEN DAYS:
We cannot guarantee entry into colleges on graduation dates or during Xmas vacation period, so please consult 'Exclusions' section for details of any such dates.
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

4.5

114 reviews

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Enjoyable learning experience!

DaleBrown, Apr 2024

Excellent tour with a professional guide who truly knew the stories and architecture! Also very personable and patient with our many questions. Excellent tour!

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Hi Dale, Thanks for your recommendation.

Great Morse tour

Anne_B, Feb 2024

Our guide Tom was very knowledgeable, not only about Morse/Lewis/Endeavour, but also about Oxford history and lore. He showed us many shooting locations and quoted dialogue and described episodes by name and number. We visited several colleges, chapels, and if course pubs. We also saw Tolkien and CS Lewis locations. Highly recommended.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks!

Magnificent Morse Tour

Mike_W, Feb 2024

Such an awesome tour. My wife loves Morse, Endeveour, and Lewis. It was so nice to have a guide with such a wealth of knowledge about the show, the locations and beyond. In addition he also offered insights into Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis and the rich history of Oxford. It sparked renewed interest in the shows, and we plan to review the series now that we know so much more about the locations and back stories.

Morse Tour

ShaunMichael_N, May 2023

Tom was great, amazing tour over 2 and a half hours long interesting mix of old & new Morse, Lewis & Oxford history

Response from Host, May 2023

Thanks!

Perfect tour with Tom

Cheryl_H, May 2023

Excellent tour with Tom. He had an excellent knowledge of Morse,Endeavour and Lewis as well as much more about the colleagues and history of Oxford. We ended the tour in the oldest pub in Oxford. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thanks

Oxford and Morse belong to one another!

Marianne_M, Dec 2022

We loved seeing the beautiful colleges and visiting the very old pubs. Even though it was a cold winter day we have experienced a warm feeling. Our guide Tom knew very much details and had a lot of appropriate quotes (also from poems). It makes us eager seeing the Morse-episodes again ;-)

Morse and Oxford tour

Martin_M, Sep 2022

The walking tour of Morse's Oxford was very entertaining and quite informative. Our guide, Tom, had an extraordinary grasp of all things Morse and regaled us with story after story of the behind the scenes activities and anecdotes. He was kind enough to wait for us after our delayed arrival and adjusted the pace of his presentation to our walking speed. We have been to Oxford before but have never been in some of the areas that were host to many scenes from Morse.

Packed with details.

Susan_F, Aug 2022

We went all over Oxford, to places I didn’t realize were open to the public. Beware: this tour can last almost as long as you want it to. 😀

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Hi Susan, Thanks for your review. Can you remember who was your guide?

A memorable experience

Muriel_L, Aug 2022

Renata, our guide was well acquainted with the settings for both Morris and Lewis films which she pointed out as we walked through the streets of Oxford. . It was a memorable experience to be taken to the pub where Morris and Lewis “shared a pint”— the Bear- the oldest pub in Oxford. Renata, informed us that the hotel where we stayed, “The Head of the River, Folly Bridge” which overlooks the Thames, was the also the setting many scenes.

Response from Host, Aug 2022

Hi Muriel, Thanks for sharing your tour experience here.

Morse Lewis en Endeavour een prachtig trio

Jolanda_B, Jul 2022

The colleges and the story The death of Jericho. Also the gardens, roads and so on Nice tour exactly 2 hours

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thanks!

Great tour

Alan_S, Jul 2022

Renata was a very friendly and informative guide who used the tour to mix the tv locations with local history and recommend places to visit after the tour

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thanks

Interesting informative and enjoyable tour

Karen_R, Nov 2021

Alasdair was a knowledgeable and engaging guide and made the tour interesting. We would definitely recommend this tour if you are a Morse fan or if you just want to see more of Oxford itself.

Excellent tour. Highly recommended

Neville_G, Sep 2021

Tom was our guide and provided an excellent Morse tour. His knowledge was superb and he tailored the tour to our needs as we were the only couple on the tour. He provided extensive historical information, incorporating this with the Morse connection. When booking, I didn't know what to expect from the tour and wondered if the cost would be worth it - my fears were alleviated immediately and I would have happily paid more for this excellent experience which surpassed our expectations. Thank you for a great afternoon in Oxford Tom

Response from Host, Sep 2021

Hi Neville, Thanks for recommending your Morse Oxford tour with Tom.

Enjoyable informative tour

JACQUELYN_H, Sep 2021

As a Morse fan I found the tour very interesting and the guide very knowledgeable. Seeing the locations around Oxford where Morse, Endeavour and Lewis was filmed was a great experience.

Response from Host, Sep 2021

Hi Jacqueline, Thanks for recommending your Oxford Morse tour with myself. Sincerely, Alasdair

Fun and informative

Richard_L, Aug 2021

Excellent walking tour with a really friendly and extremely knowledgeable guide. Thoroughly enjoyed this tour.

Response from Host, Aug 2021

Hi Richard, Thanks for recommending your Inspector Morse Oxford small groups walking tour led by Renata. Sincerely, Alasdair, Visit Oxford Tours

Fantastic!

Rachel_M, Aug 2021

Excellent tour with Tom who was incredibly knowledgeable about Oxford and took us to some really outstanding, hidden gems.

Response from Host, Aug 2021

Hi Rachael, Thanks for the recommendation of your Inspector Morse Oxford tour with Tom. Sincerely, Alasdair

Inspector Morse tour

Louise_R, Jul 2021

Great Inspector Morse tour with Peter who was very informative and knowledgeable. Highlight was seeing the exact spot where Morse had his heart attack

Response from Host, Jul 2021

Hi Louise, Thanks for also posting your recommendation here for the Oxford Morse tour.

Good Trip

Paul_A, Aug 2020

Very good guide and trip. The Colleges were all inaccessible due to the lockdown unfortunately or would have been 5 stars. No fault of the tour guide obviously, but we were not made aware of this.

Response from Host, Aug 2020

Hi Paul, Thanks for your review. By the way, as mentioned, whenever things do return to normal and when you are back down this way, I will happily invite you to tag onto another tour running to go into some colleges then. For anyone else who is reading this review, please be aware that our advert does mention colleges are currently closed. That said, there is one college called Magdalen has very recently re opened but only will permit entry if groups are very small. Magdalen charges £6 entry and as that's over 1/3 of the fee which we receive from viator, we are not including entry to Magdalen on this tour. That said, we can include Magdalen on the tour if we have max 5 persons only (which is usually the case right now) and if everyone agrees to pay the entry fee to Magdalen, we could take this tour inside there. However, you can also equally walk down and visit Magdalen without a guide. Its current opening hours are 10am to 5pm and no need to book online to visit it.

Mixed experience

Robert_T, Jan 2020

Firstly the tour guide was late and had no identification despite what the website had said. Instead of greeting us the first thing he did was to demand to see our tickets. When I produced this he turned his back on me and began speaking to someone else and never saw my ticket. The tour itself was good and informative, he had much interesting knowledge about the history of Oxford. We had booked a tour of Inspector Morse filming sites. He spent more time talking about Harry Potter, we did not book a tour about a children’s film. This was bizarre. When we got to the part to visit the Randolph hotel he spent much time describing what poor condition the hotel was in despite the fact that he knew that 2 of our party were staying there. He even said to them that they should not pay more than £150 a night for this place, to which they replied that they had paid considerably more. Overall we enjoyed the tour but it was missold due to so much Harry Potter which we have no interest in whatsoever and would not have booked this. He also kept telling me which buildings to look at and actually told me off at one point for looking at another. He also asked me several times to try and knock down a lampost to show how strong it was. I have severe arthritis.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Hi Robert, I am sorry to hear that you felt your tour did not live up to your expectations. You mentioned that your guide Peter was late. I happened to also there to start another tour at same time and I met you and your guide at 12.32 for my 12.30 university tour. I apologise that I was a few minutes late. Peter had already arrived several minutes before me, so he was engaging your tour plus my three clients until I was ready to start. I am not sure why your guide Peter would have mentioned Harry Potter more than just briefly on a Morse Tour- perhaps there were also other clients also on your tour whom he perceived to have such an interest? Admittedly Peter has quite an exuberant personality & he maybe didn't tune in well enough to you. That said, usually Peter only gets 5 star ratings for his tours. I think you are only the third person ever to leave him a mixed or poor review (after several hundred super reviews for his Morse & other tours). By the way, on your tour, we also had Glynn, 2 persons who just left a super 5 star review of this exact same Morse tour which you joined on Jan 25th. You can see that review posted just after your review here on tripadvisor. The title of that review posted on Jan 27th is by username of . We also had a very last minute booking request- which is why it took a few minutes for Peter to get started on the tour as these last minute clients decided to switch suddenly from my university tour to your Morse tour with Peter. Indeed, these clients who also were on your tour left this super review as follows on Google maps: So out of the three groups of two persons each on the tour which you joined, both the other coupes have published super 5 star reviews. Anyway, I apologize that you didn't find the tour was what you were hoping for and I will raise your comments with Peter now. Peter did also mention that your wife had commented to him during the tour that you were finding the walking tiring and so wanted to break off earlier. Peter tells me that he had offered to have everyone pause at that point to rest for 5 minutes. There is a lot of walking on a two hour tour. We do sometimes have people ahead of booking with us, forewarn us that there is someone with eg athritis and so please can we accomodate. It's a pity you didn't make just such a request to us either when booking the tour or during the tour. Sincerely, Alasdair

Fabulous day out

Julie_B, Jan 2020

Peter was extremely knowledgable on this tour and not just on Morse but the history of Oxford . A very enjoyable tour and I would highly recommend.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

Hi Julie, Thanks for leaving such a great recommendation.