Visit Christ Church

Sensitively enjoy our

Spaces

We are a working academic institution and a place of great historical significance. We welcome you to sensitively enjoy our special spaces.

DISCOVERY

What to see and do at Christ Church

Great Hall

Where we eat. Has lots of hidden references.

Interior of the Great Hall

Hidden gardens

Where the Jabberwocky resides

Pococke tree in the Pococke Garden

St Frideswide

Patron Saint of Oxford and founder of Christ Church as a religious site

Detail of the Saint Frideswide window

Picture Gallery

Home to great artworks from Botticelli to Reynolds

A visitor in the Picture Gallery

Great Tom

The bell in Wren's tower gives the Great Quadrangle its informal name of Tom Quad

Tom Tower across the Great Quadrangle

Peck Quad

Students celebrate their sporting prowess in Peckwater Quadrangle

Sporting achievements chalked onto the walls of Peck Quad

ORGANISE

Your conference or meeting with us

From the friendly welcome at our Porter’s lodge to fine dining in our private dining rooms you will experience the real Oxford. We can host conferences of up to 120 delegates and provide small intimate meeting spaces for getaways.

Find out about our meeting options and contact our team

Tables laid for dinner in the McKenna Room

Bed & Breakfast

Stay at Christ Church

Christ Church offers a unique opportunity for members of the public to stay in vacant student bedrooms. If you are visiting Oxford during the Easter and Summer holiday periods, why not stay as guests of the college?

Book a room, or find out more

A room in St Aldate's Quad

Student Ambassadors welcoming Open Day visitors

Student visit?

Prospective students

Cathedral vaulting

Worshippers?

Group visits, pilgrimage and prayer