Oxford Castle Quarter — Attraction in Oxford

Interesting place, Helena our guide was great very informative and aware of guests needs 😊. They are taking you around on small groups at the moment, 10 in ours. Helena mage sure to go ahead of the 'inmates' in order to clean banisters which was great. Small souvenir shop, resonably priced. Public toilets were open. Slug and Lettuce right next door or, of course, Oxford is right on the doorstep too. Good place for youngsters but babies will need to be carried. Beware there are 100 steps up the tower which are narrow and relatively steep in places, I have a size 3 shoe and I'm flexible so it wasn't a problem, however for the less abled you would need to take care...... anyone who is behind a person who is struggling, please don't rush them you'll get to the bottom eventually and like us won't miss anything as the guides wait for everyone...

We visited on the first tour of the day which was nice because our group was small, our guide was great, she was friendly and informative. We got lots of historical info about the former residents and inmates of the castle/prison. Once you have finished the guided tour you can go back and visit any parts except the tower which you climb first. The gift shop was good and again the staff were really friendly. Alot of the former prison is now a hotel, but you can still walk around the grounds and the old exercise yard. If visiting Oxford a trip here is definitely...

Great place well worth a visit but if you suffer from enclosed spaces - claustrophobia then you can opt out of walking up the 104 stepped spiral staircase case to the top of a viewing tower there are some fantastic views from the installed viewing tower built within the castles tower top. The tour guide was very informative and we felt like we were touching history walking in the footsteps of those who were there before us, the guide said that a hooded ghost of a monk had been seen in the under floor cellar which was used to...