The Study Tour returns, after a two year absence during the pandemic, with a two and a half day visit to the university city of Oxford. The tour is now fully booked, though you can join a waiting list in case of any cancellations, by adding your details here
Our Tour will be based at Wadham College in the central university area neighbouring the Bodleian, Sheldonian and Radcliffe Camera. A limited number of guest rooms have been reserved for those wishing to stay on site, though Oxford offers a wide choice of accommodation.
The shops, restaurants and bars of the city centre are all at-hand and Wadham is also minutes away from three of Oxford’s finest historic pubs!
Study Tour Programme:
14 Sept: We kindly advise that no new registrations are now possible, and we cannot accommodate requests to attend single days of the tour if you are not booked for the whole event.
Wednesday, 14 September
2:00 Registration opens at Holywell Music Room
2:30-2.45 Coaches board at Wadham College, leave Oxford for Wytham
3:00-4:30 Wytham Abbey
5:00 Holywell Music Room -- Registration continues
7:30 Holywell Music Room -- Introduction to the Tour, Elizabeth McKellar and David Lewis
7:45 Keynote Lecture, Putting Oxford in its place: The local and the global in university architecture, Professor William Whyte
(No formal arrangements for evening meal)
Thursday 15 September
9:00-10:00 Wadham College
10:15-11:15 All Souls College, led by Gaye Morgan
11:15-11:45 walk to Worcester College
11:45-12:45 Worcester College, led by Mark Bainbridge
12:45-1:45 Buffet lunch – St Johns College, Garden Quad
1:45-2:30 St Johns College – Kendrew Building, new Study Centre and Library
2:30 St Antonys College
3:00 Church of St Philip and St James
3:30 Radcliffe Observatory and Observatory Quarter
4:30 Blavatnik School of Government
7:00 Conference Dinner – Wadham Old Library
Friday 16 September
8:30 – 9:00 Lincoln College Chapel, Optional Visit, led by Mark Kirby
9:00 Coaches board at Wadham, leaving for Kelmscott 9.15
10:15 Short, level walk to Kelmscott Manor: see p34 of note file
10:20 – 11:00 Kelmscott manor house open for self-guided visit in small groups. Meet stewards in courtyard to be guided in from the garden
11:15 – 11.55 Kelmscott exterior, village tour, led by Julian Holder. Drinks may be purchased at tearoom. Please return to coaches for 12:00
12:00 Coaches depart for Nuneham Courtenay
(Packed lunch from Wadham, eat sandwiches en route)
12:45 - 1:55 Nuneham Courtenay, led by Geoffrey Tyack and Malcolm Airs
1:55 Coaches depart for Moulsford
2:15 – 3:45 Sphinx Hill, Moulsford. Visit in groups; others can take a refreshment break in the bar of the Beetle and Wedge Boathouse
3:45-4:15 Coaches depart for Cuddesdon
4:15 – 5:00 Visit to Edward King Chapel, Ripon College, Cuddesdon
5:00 Coaches depart for Oxford railway station, then Wadham College
The cost of the tour, exclusive of accommodation but including entry fees, tours, light refreshments and dinner, will be 135 pounds per person, or 75 pounds for students.
The tour is now fully booked, though you can join a waiting list in case of any cancellations, by adding your details here
Student bursaries: Bursaries have now been offered to 2 current students, willing to participate in the study tour as Student Helpers, which will require a range of light duties in connection with the tour. Thank you to those who donated to cover these places.