Christ Church: the college, the dining hall and the cathedral

Oxford's largest college and the only one with a cathedral inside it. The visit comes with an audio guide (included, in 12 languages) and takes in the great quadrangle of Tom Quad, with the Great Tom bell in Wren's tower, the staircase and the Great Hall, the students' dining hall, and the cathedral of St Frideswide, the founder of the place.

Tickets go on sale every Friday for the following week; buy online or at the visitor centre and you save £2 per ticket. The dining hall closes at times for meals and events, and some days have partial closures: check the closures calendar on the website before choosing a time. Children under 5 go in free with an adult, without an audio guide. There is a family audio guide inspired by Alice in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll taught here.

For Harry Potter fans, Christ Church is a filming location at two points on the route. The staircase up to the Great Hall is where Professor McGonagall welcomes Harry, Ron and Hermione when they arrive at Hogwarts, and the college corridors are where Hermione and Harry walk in the scene in which she shows him his father's Quidditch trophy. The Great Hall, on the other hand, was not filmed: it served as the model for the Hogwarts dining hall, which was built in the studio. It is covered in Harry Potter filming locations, along with the rest of Oxford.