Cosa c'è in programma a Oxford (Regno Unito) durante l'anno

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Port Meadow under water (1 dic – 28 feb (di solito))

Affollato — February half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Port Meadow under water (1 dic – 28 feb (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Torpids, Oxford Literary Festival

• Festival

  Torpids

  4–7 marEvento sportivoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Oxford Literary Festival

  21–29 marFestival delle artiPrenota prestoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday in Regno Unito

• Chiusura

  Colleges shut for exam term

  20 apr – 20 giu · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Folla al massimo — May Morning, Late-May half-term in Regno Unito

• Festival

  May Morning

  1 magGrande festaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Summer Eights

  27–30 magEvento sportivo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Colleges shut for exam term (20 apr – 20 giu (di solito))

Affollato — Late-May half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In giugno non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Colleges shut for exam term (20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)), Summer Eights (27–30 mag)

Folla al massimo — Language schools and coach season, Summer holidays in Regno Unito

• Festività

  Language schools and coach season

  1 lug – 31 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Language schools and coach season

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Language schools and coach season (1 lug – 31 ago)

Affollato — St Giles' Fair, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  St Giles' Fair

  7–8 setGrande festaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — October half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — Oxford Christmas Market, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Oxford Christmas Market

  21 nov – 31 dicNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Oxford Christmas Market, Christmas holidays in Regno Unito

• Rischio

  Port Meadow under water

  1 dic – 28 feb · di solitoStagione delle alluvioni

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Oxford Christmas Market (21 nov – 31 dic)