Qué hay en Oxford, Reino Unido, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Port Meadow under water (1 Dic – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — February half-term en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Port Meadow under water (1 Dic – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Torpids, Oxford Literary Festival

• Festival

  Torpids

  4–7 MarEvento deportivoMucha gente

  Four-day college bumps-rowing races on the Isis during Hilary term's seventh week; crews chase the boat ahead in single file, watchable free from the towpath. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Oxford Literary Festival

  21–29 MarFestival de artesReserva prontoMucha gente

  Nine-day festival of author talks and panels across the Bodleian, Sheldonian Theatre and colleges, affiliated with the Sunday Times; headline events sell out weeks ahead. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday en Reino Unido

• Cierre

  Colleges shut for exam term

  20 Abr – 20 Jun · normalmente

  Through Trinity term most colleges close their quads to visitors or cut the hours hard, and the ones that stay open charge. Christ Church and Magdalen publish their own days; check before you queue. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — May Morning, Late-May half-term en Reino Unido

• Festival

  May Morning

  1 MayGran festivalMucha gente

  Magdalen choir sings from the top of the tower at six in the morning on 1 May and several thousand people stand on the High to hear it. Pubs open early; the bridge is closed to jumpers. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Summer Eights

  27–30 MayEvento deportivo

  Four days of bumps racing on the Isis at the end of May, watched from the college barges and boathouses. Crews chase each other rather than race in lanes, which is why it is worth an afternoon. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Colleges shut for exam term (20 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente))

Concurrido — Late-May half-term en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Colleges shut for exam term (20 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente)), Summer Eights (27–30 May)

Máxima afluencia — Language schools and coach season, Summer holidays en Reino Unido

• Festivo

  Language schools and coach season

  1 Jul – 31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  Summer schools take the empty colleges and the coach tours take the centre, so Broad Street and the Bodleian queue are at their worst exactly when the colleges are most open. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Language schools and coach season

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Language schools and coach season (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Concurrido — St Giles' Fair, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  St Giles' Fair

  7–8 SepGran festivalMucha genteCierres

  Two-day traditional funfair of rides and stalls filling the wide St Giles' street, run by the city council with the Showmen's Guild since the 17th century; the road closes to traffic. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — October half-term en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Concurrido — Oxford Christmas Market, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Oxford Christmas Market

  21 Nov – 31 DicNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Wooden huts down Broad Street from late November to the new year, with the Sheldonian behind them. It is one street, so it is congested rather than large. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Oxford Christmas Market, Christmas holidays en Reino Unido

• Riesgo

  Port Meadow under water

  1 Dic – 28 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  The Thames spreads across Port Meadow most winters and the towpath north of Walton Well goes under. It freezes some years, which is the only time Oxford skates. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Oxford Christmas Market (21 Nov – 31 Dic)