Curated Tours
9 walks through Oxford's spiritual heritage
The Oxford Martyrs Trail
Follow in the footsteps of Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer — from their prison cell at Bocardo, through the churches where they were tried, to the spot where they were burned, and the memorial erected in their honor.
Wesley & Whitefield's Oxford
Trace the origins of Methodism and the evangelical revival — from Samuel Wesley's alma mater, through the college where the Holy Club gathered, across St Aldate's to Pembroke where Whitefield was converted, to Wesley's own rooms, and the church built to honor the movement's legacy.
Morning Star — Wycliffe & Tyndale
Follow the English Bible from its earliest advocates to the present day — from Wycliffe's colleges through Tyndale's Oxford training grounds to the library that preserves their work and the hall named in their honor.
The Oxford Movement Trail
Explore the Anglo-Catholic movement that reshaped Anglicanism — from the Oriel Common Room where it was born, to the pulpit where Newman preached, to the institutions established to carry the torch.
The Puritan Giant — John Owen in Oxford
Discover the extraordinary Oxford story of John Owen — the greatest Puritan theologian — who served as Dean of Christ Church and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford under Cromwell. Visit Mansfield College, the only Oxford college dedicated to the Nonconformist heritage, with its Cromwell windows and portraits of the 1662 ejected ministers. Then walk to the humble hall where, three centuries later, a young J.I. Packer found Owen's dusty works in a basement and ignited a theological revolution.
Dissent & Conscience — The Nonconformist Story
Follow the thread of religious dissent through Oxford — from Christ Church where John Owen was ejected as Dean in 1660, to Mansfield College where the Nonconformist tradition finally returned to Oxford after centuries of exclusion, to the library that holds the written legacy, to North Gate Hall where Packer rediscovered the Puritan heritage, and Wesley Memorial Church where Methodism maintains its Oxford home.
Fires of Revival — Whitefield, Lloyd-Jones & the Evangelical Awakening
Follow the thread of evangelical awakening through Oxford — from Pembroke College where a poor servitor named George Whitefield experienced his conversion in 1735, to Christ Church where the Holy Club met, to the University Church where Martyn Lloyd-Jones preached to students as if they were sinners, to North Gate Hall where OICCU nurtured generations of evangelical leaders, to Magdalen where C.S. Lewis was converted, and on to Wycliffe Hall where the evangelical tradition has its permanent Oxford home.
Myth Became Fact — Lewis, Tolkien & the Inklings
Follow the remarkable friendship that gave the world Narnia and Middle-earth — and brought C.S. Lewis from atheism to faith. From Exeter College where Tolkien studied Old English, to the pub where the Inklings read drafts aloud, to the Magdalen path where Lewis accepted the truth of Christianity on a moonlit walk with Tolkien and Dyson.
The Complete Reformation Walk
The comprehensive tour covering every location in the app — from medieval pre-Reformation figures through the Martyrs, the Wesleys, Whitefield, the Oxford Movement, the Puritans, the Inklings, and into the 20th-century evangelical story. Best split across a full day with breaks.
