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Oxford: Official CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien Walking Tour
Oxford: Official CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien Walking Tour
Oxford: Official CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien Walking Tour
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Oxford: Official CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien Walking Tour

By Oxford Official Walking Tours
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Price is £28 per adult
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Overview

Visiting Oxford on foot is the best way to see it, especially if you are a fan of Oxford’s most well known writers, the founder members of The Inklings.

Join this 2-hour CS Lewis and Tolkien Tour and learn more about these writers’ lives and work. Both Oxford University alumni Lewis and Tolkien are respectively known for the Narnia series and The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

During the tour you will be able to see Exeter College, where Tolkien studied and the University Church where Lewis preached in WW2 and hear about the colleges where they taught. Moreover, you’ll walk past the Eagle & Child pub, where The Inklings used to meet every Tuesday, to talk about their work. Discover more about their unique writing styles and their influence.

This is definitely a jump back in time and it will give you a glimpse of how Oxford used to be in the early 20th century, and of course earlier. Being the City of Dreaming Spires, the architecture is still stunning to this day!

Activity location

  • Bodleian Library
    • Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street,
    • OX1 3BG, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 23-25 Broad St
    • 23-25 Broad Street
    • OX1 3AS, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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Oxford: Official CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 11:30
Price details
£28.00 x 1 Adult£28.00
Total
Price is £28.00
Until Fri, 3 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided walking tour

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Strollers and buggies may need to be left at the Porter's Lodge during the college visit
  • Wheelchair accessible college visits can be arranged if customers contact us in advance on 01865 686 441 please
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Exeter College (Pass by)
You will see Exeter College (from the outside) where Tolkien lived and studied
Bodleian Library
  • 5m
From the outside see the famous Libraries including the Weston Library which houses some of Tolkien's and CS Lewis' orginal works
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
  • 5m
Where C.S. Lewis preached some of his wartime sermons
Radcliffe Camera
  • 10m
  • Admission ticket not included
Walk around this iconic building and as you cross the Radcliffe Square, look out for the famous lamposts and Mr Tufnell carving
Merton College (Pass by)
From the outside see where JRR Tolkien worked
St Giles'
  • 5m
Look out for the Eagle &Child and Lamb & Flag Pubs where the Inklings used to meet
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Pass by)
See this splendid building housing collections which have inspired many writers through the ages

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBodleian Library
    • Bodleian Library Bodleian Library Broad Street,
    • OX1 3BG, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE23-25 Broad St
    • 23-25 Broad Street
    • OX1 3AS, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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