Visitors & Friends
We recommend that you check opening times and admission charges with the place you wish to visit. Groups should book in advance and all visitors to colleges must report to the Lodge on arrival.
The University is a working institution and our colleges, in particular, are places of residence, work and study. You are therefore asked not to enter staircases, college rooms and areas marked as private.
Please note:
The colleges of the University of Oxford have different opening hours and charging policies. The information given here is intended for guidance only. Opening hours are subject to functions, examinations, conferences, holidays, etc. Entrance is at the discretion of the Lodge Porter and admission charges are subject to review.We recommend that you check opening times and admission charges with the place you wish to visit. Groups should book in advance and all visitors to colleges must report to the Lodge on arrival.
The University is a working institution and our colleges, in particular, are places of residence, work and study. You are therefore asked not to enter staircases, college rooms and areas marked as private.
Visiting Permanent Private Halls
In addition to the Colleges, there are six Permanent Private Halls at the University of Oxford. One of them welcomes visitors.
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Sir Isaac Wolfson, who was born on this day in 1897, was a businessman and philanthropist, whose foundation established the postgraduate Wolfson College, Oxford, in 1966. Wolfson joined a mail-order company, Universal Stores, in 1926, and transformed the fortunes of the company, diversifying from family mail-order trade, turning it into the largest mail-order company outside the USA after World War Two, and the fifth wealthiest retail company in Britain at the time of his death. Credit: ODNB
