AudaTours Oxford Audio Tour: Behind the Gown
Folly Bridge, Oxford OX1, UK, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4LB
Follow a self-guided route with headphones and the app as you walk through Oxford’s working streets and listen to the town behind the colleges. Starting at Folly Bridge, the tour runs to Oxford Castle in 17 stops, with about 2 hours of audio and around 3 hours in total including the walk. It passes Salter's Steamers, Alice's Shop, the Town Hall, The Bear, the Covered Market, Carfax, Hythe Bridge, St Michael at the North Gate, Blackwell Bookshop and Morris Garage, tying together boatyards, an ostler’s room, prison gatehouse, brewery yard, wharf, canal basin, market stall, marmalade kitchen, shoemaker’s bench and bicycle shed. Oxford here is not just spires and quads: it is the place where barges were built and hauled, goods were sold and stored, beer was brewed, books were issued, shoes were mended and cars began in a stable on Longwall. The route brings forward the names and workplaces that fed, clothed, printed, shod, brewed and ferried the gown, often in buildings and streets that still stand today.
Timings
Available anytime
Location & directions
Folly Bridge, Oxford OX1, UK, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4LB
- Directions:
- Starts at Folly Bridge by Salter's Steamers, visits 17 stops, and finishes by Morris Garage on Longwall Street.
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Book on day
- Booking conditions:
- Visit the booking link and click the "Get Tour" button to receive a redemption code. Follow the link to download the AudaTours app, enter your redemption code, and you're ready to go.
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://audatours.com/tour/united-kingdom/oxford/p-3494-behind-the-gown
Accessibility details
This is an outdoor, self-guided audio walking tour. The route follows public streets and pavements and does not include access to the interior of any of the sites — they are to be admired from the outside. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
Additional information
You can start the tour whenever suits you during the festival and pause, resume or revisit it at any point — the route plays at your own pace from your phone. Once redeemed, the tour stays in your AudaTours library so you can come back to it any time. Headphones (or one earbud if walking with a companion) are recommended, and the tour works best in daylight hours.
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s)
