Visit Harcourt Arboretum

Book tickets

Unless you are a pass holder, or travelling by public transport, you will need to book a time slot to visit.

Shop

Home to a range of carefully curated, bespoke, botanically-inspired products.

Directions

Situated in Nuneham Courtenay, Harcourt Arboretum is only 20 mins drive from Oxford Botanic Garden, with regular buses.

Opening hours

Open every day

10am – 4pm

(last entry 3pm)

We strongly recommend that you pre-book a time slot online before visiting the Arboretum, particularly if travelling by car as we have limited parking spaces. Bookings are non-refundable and non-transferrable; we cannot amend these over the phone, so please take care when selecting the day and time. If you are travelling by public transport, you do not need to pre-book your ticket. You can explore the Arboretum virtually with our virtual visit. Further information is available on our visiting during coronavirus page.

Christmas closure:

We are open every day throughout the year except for Christmas closure – 25 December to 31 December (inclusive).

Day tickets

Adult: £5.45, or £6.00 with Gift Aid

Children under 16: Free with accompanying paying adult

Pre-booking strongly recommended, especially if travelling by car.

Annual Pass holders

£25.00, or £20.50 for concessions.

Valid for 1 year from date of purchase.

Click here to find out more and buy online.

Friends

Free with valid membership pass.

You are no longer required to pre book, excluding events.

Concessionary day ticket

£4.00, or £4.50 with Gift Aid.

Includes students, senior citizens, University of Oxford Alumni. Proof of status is required.

Pre-booking is strongly recommended, especially for weekends.

Oxford and Oxford Brookes

Staff and students: Free with valid ID.

You are no longer required to pre book, excluding events.

Make a donation

We are raising funds to improve our paths for access to areas of the site hitherto inaccessible to many people, in particular those visitors with wheelchairs and buggies.

Shop

The Botanic Garden Boutique is open. Our best-sellers are still available for you to click and collect from the Botanic Garden.

Toilets

The Lodge toilets at the Arboretum are closed; temporary toilets (including an accessible toilet) are open for public use and are located at the top of the car park. This is subject to change.

Access

Detailed access information is available here. Dogs are not permitted at the Arboretum, with the exception of registered assistance dogs (these may be required to wear an identification coat or marker on their lead or harness).

Food and Drink

Visitors are very welcome to bring picnics with them; there are plenty of benches. Oxford city centre also has a wide range of cafés and restaurants less than a ten minutes' walk from the Garden.

Celia's Café

Open Wednesdays to Sundays until the end of October. The UK's only café bakery serving Dutch baked sweet treats. From Stroopwafels & Speculaas, to Appeltaart & Slagroomtaart, there's plenty of Lekker treats to tempt you with! Click here to visit their home page.

Nutmeg & Thyme - plant based food

Open Wednesdays throughout September, then Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays throughout October. We freshly prepare plant based and gluten free food, aiming to be as inclusive and accessible as possible. We provide to those that want fresh, wholesome but delicious food with no compromises made on its quality, nutrients or flavour, using only non refined, ethical ingredients. Click here to visit their home page.