Hva som skjer i Oxford, United Kingdom gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i United Kingdom, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Port Meadow under water (1. des – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — February half-term i United Kingdom, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Port Meadow under water (1. des – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Torpids, Oxford Literary Festival

• Festival

  Torpids

  4.–7. marSportsarrangementMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Oxford Literary Festival

  21.–29. marKunstfestivalBestill tidligMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Easter bank holidays

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday i United Kingdom

• Stengt

  Colleges shut for exam term

  20. apr – 20. jun · vanligvis

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Easter bank holidays (3.–6. apr)

Toppsesong — May Morning, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  May Morning

  1. maiStor festivalMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Summer Eights

  27.–30. maiSportsarrangement

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Colleges shut for exam term (20. apr – 20. jun (vanligvis))

Travelt — Late-May half-term i United Kingdom, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Colleges shut for exam term (20. apr – 20. jun (vanligvis)), Summer Eights (27.–30. mai)

Toppsesong — Language schools and coach season, Summer holidays i United Kingdom

• Helligdag

  Language schools and coach season

  1. jul – 31. augSkoleferieMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Language schools and coach season

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Language schools and coach season (1. jul – 31. aug)

Travelt — St Giles' Fair, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  St Giles' Fair

  7.–8. sepStor festivalMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — October half-term i United Kingdom, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Travelt — Oxford Christmas Market, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Oxford Christmas Market

  21. nov – 31. desJul og nyttårMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Oxford Christmas Market, Christmas holidays i United Kingdom

• Fare

  Port Meadow under water

  1. des – 28. feb · vanligvisFlomsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Oxford Christmas Market (21. nov – 31. des)