O que acontece em Oxford, Reino Unido, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Port Meadow under water (1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente))

Movimentado — February half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Port Meadow under water (1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Torpids, Oxford Literary Festival

• Festival

  Torpids

  4–7 MarEvento esportivoLotado

  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 de artesReserve cedoLotado

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday em Reino Unido

• Fechamento

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Lotação máxima — May Morning, Late-May half-term em Reino Unido

• Festival

  May Morning

  1 MaiGrande festivalLotado

  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 MaiEvento esportivo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Colleges shut for exam term (20 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente))

Movimentado — Late-May half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em junho.

Ainda em andamento: Colleges shut for exam term (20 Abr – 20 Jun (normalmente)), Summer Eights (27–30 Mai)

Lotação máxima — Language schools and coach season, Summer holidays em Reino Unido

• Feriado

  Language schools and coach season

  1 Jul – 31 AgoFérias escolaresLotado

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Language schools and coach season

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Language schools and coach season (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Movimentado — St Giles' Fair, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  St Giles' Fair

  7–8 SetGrande festivalLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Movimentado — October half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Movimentado — Oxford Christmas Market, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Oxford Christmas Market

  21 Nov – 31 DezNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Oxford Christmas Market, Christmas holidays em Reino Unido

• Risco

  Port Meadow under water

  1 Dez – 28 Fev · normalmenteTemporada de enchentes

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Oxford Christmas Market (21 Nov – 31 Dez)