På gång i Oxford, United Kingdom under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i United Kingdom, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Port Meadow under water (1 dec – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — February half-term i United Kingdom, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Port Meadow under water (1 dec – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Torpids, Oxford Literary Festival

• Festival

  Torpids

  4–7 marSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Oxford Literary Festival

  21–29 marKulturfestivalBoka tidigtTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday i United Kingdom

• Stängt

  Colleges shut for exam term

  20 apr – 20 jun · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Mest folk — May Morning, Late-May half-term i United Kingdom

• Festival

  May Morning

  1 majStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Summer Eights

  27–30 majSportevenemang

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Colleges shut for exam term (20 apr – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Late-May half-term i United Kingdom, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Colleges shut for exam term (20 apr – 20 jun (vanligtvis)), Summer Eights (27–30 maj)

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

• Helg

  Language schools and coach season

  1 jul – 31 augSkollovTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Language schools and coach season

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Language schools and coach season (1 jul – 31 aug)

Mycket folk — St Giles' Fair, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  St Giles' Fair

  7–8 sepStor festivalTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — October half-term i United Kingdom, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Mycket folk — Oxford Christmas Market, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Oxford Christmas Market

  21 nov – 31 decJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Oxford Christmas Market, Christmas holidays i United Kingdom

• Risk

  Port Meadow under water

  1 dec – 28 feb · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Oxford Christmas Market (21 nov – 31 dec)