Description
The Oxford Tourist Scavenger Hunt is a 4.3 km / 2.7 mi self-guided walking tour with challenges at every stop. It takes 3 hours to complete.
What you’ll see:
- Saint Mary Magdalen Anglican Church
- Oxford Town Hall
- Modern Art Oxford
- Christ Church
- Wellington Square
- Oxford Playhouse
- Radcliffe Camera
- Oxford University
- And much more!
This scavenger hunt has a difficulty level of NORMAL.
Your group’s size should be between 2 and 6 persons. In fact, children are welcome.
After purchase, to begin your Oxford walking tour, direct yourself to just outside Saint Mary Magdalen Anglican Church, 9 Magdalen St, Oxford OX1 3AE, United Kingdom. This is the start location.
Once there, log in to this website on your smartphone and begin your hunt.
Also, you’ll need a fully charged smartphone connected to the Internet (LTE or 4G with a data plan; Wi-Fi isn’t available throughout). Instructions will be supplied on-screen, along with directions and challenges, as well as some historical information.
Ancient History
Anglo-Saxons settled in this area around 900 CE, around a river crossing.
In the early 1000s, many Danes died here, which led to Denmark’s invasion of England in 1003. Later in the century, the Norman Invasion heavily damaged the city.
At the end of the 12th century, its citizens established their city charter. King Richard I (1189-99), and King John (1199-1216) were born in Beaumont Palace in Oxford.
The University of Oxford came about by joining many individual halls, which later became colleges. St Edmund Hall (from 1225) remains, as do University College (1249), Balliol (1263), and Merton (1264).
The Church supported these colleges at a time when the works of ancient Greek philosophers were being translated, in the hope of reconciling those teachings with Christian ideology.
Modern History
King Charles I held court in Oxford during the English Civil War (1642-51). King Charles II also held court in Oxford during the Great Plague of London (1665-66).
In the late 18th century, canals were dug to connect Oxford to Coventry, and the River Thames. In the 19th century, railways connected Oxford to London.
During the Great War (1914-18), many students enlisted, while new soldiers trained here, and returning soldiers recuperated in new hospitals.
Morris Motors Limited was established in Cowley on the south-eastern edge of the city, changing its once predominantly academic population into a mixed one. 20,000 worked at Morris. The plants later built the BMW Mini.
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