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• History

The Siege of Oxford

17th Jun 2025

The history of Oxford’s greatest civil war and how it came to be.

Medieval mayhem hits Oxford…

27th May 2025

…and you’re invited to join the Knight School to defend the city!

• History

The Murder Act of 1751

3rd Apr 2025

The Bloody Code and the Butcher’s Knife: How 18th Century Justice Turned Murderers into Medical Specimens

Record-setting Ghost Fest draws Spooktacular crowds to Oxford

4th Dec 2024

We have enjoyed one of our biggest spooky seasons on record with sell-out experiences and even an unexpected appearance from one of our ghostly residents.

• History

Three months when Oxford Castle became home to the real-life Rhaenyra Targaryen

11th Jun 2024

An historian says she’s certain that Empress Matilda, an English princess of the Middle Ages, was the inspiration behind George R. R. Martin’s Rhaenyra Targaryen – and she lived in the modern day Oxford Castle & Prison.