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Magdalen college Oxford CS Lewis tour
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CS Lewis & Tolkien Tour with Magdalen Entry Public tour 11.45am

By Visit Oxford Tours
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Overview

This public tour is brand new to be listed here on viator but we have been successfully running this tour with excellent reviews for private groups for several years here with over 46 recommendations .

This tour typically lasts 2 hours to 2.5 hours and it includes entry to Magdalen college, where CS Lewis taught. If Magdalen is ever closed, we will inform you & offer refund or reschedule date or proceed with a visit to an alternative such as Exeter college, where Tolkien studied.

This tour introduces both these famous writers and their lives here in Oxford plus offers insights into what life is like as an Oxford academic.

Magdalen entry fee worth £10 per person is included.

NOTICE: any known closures for Magdalen college will be published under the What's Excluded section.

Please note that Magdalen only permits entry to up to 10 persons with guide before we must instead pre book with Magdalen. Thus, if you book at very short notice, you may instead be asked to do private tour.

Activity location

  • Radcliffe Camera
    • Radcliffe Square,
    • OX1 4AJ, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 15 Broad St
    • 15 Broad Street
    • OX1 3AS, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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Sorry this activity isn't available on Wed, 18 Dec
Please choose a different date

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPlease check 'Exclusions' below for dates of any partial closures eg the hall
  • What's includedWhat's includedTour is led by award winning guides with hundreds of existing 5 star ratings for this tour!
  • What's includedWhat's includedYour ticket includes entry worth £10 to Magdalen college to see the hall, chapel, gardens, quad.
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMagdalen is closed over Xmas from Dec 20 to Dec 31 of 2024
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMagdalen is closed in 2024 on June 21, Sep 27, Oct 6
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThis tour is not aimed at young children but if you wish to bring children, please inform us before
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOn any dates that Magdalen is closed, we'll replace entry with Tolkien's Exeter college

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point.

Activity itinerary

Radcliffe Camera
We pass by & mention such famous sights
Bridge of Sighs
We pass by & mention such famous sights
Bodleian Library
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Hertford College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
All Souls College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Brasenose College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Balliol College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Trinity College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Corpus Christi College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
University College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Jesus College (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Exeter College
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford. On any dates that Magdalen college may be closed, we will instead visit inside Exeter college, worth £3 entry fee. Exeter college is where Tolkien studied.
Oxford Covered Market (Pass by)
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford
Lincoln College
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
The tour introduces most major tourist sights and colleges on our route as we introduce specifically focused tour about CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien's work and their membership of the Inklings Writers club here in Oxford. We often stop at the entrance of exquisite Lincoln college to look at the entry area to the quadrangle and to spot the statue of John Wesley, who studied here, as did the writer of 'Dr Seuss' stories too.
Magdalen College
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
We spend one hour average inside Magdalen college on this tour and this is where CS Lewis taught. It has a medieval hall, a canteen where we can stop for a coffee to enjoy the punting boats passing us by outside. There is a deer park and Addisons walk, which is where CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien walked and talked. Plus there is a medieval hall and chapel plus impressive main quadrangle and the tower. The entry fee to Magdalen worth £10 is paid for you by the guide.
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
  • 15m
We visit inside and outside here to introduce where CS Lewis preached and developed many of his books from sermons here. We also will see the Mr Tumnis and Aslan lookalike figures outside the church which are alleged to have inspired CS Lewis to write, 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'. We often also end the tour at this location.
The Turf
  • 5m
We often pass down the lane to see this famous pub or to see the Eagle and Child pub where the Inklings met over a drink to discuss their writing and life.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRadcliffe Camera
    • Radcliffe Square,
    • OX1 4AJ, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE15 Broad St
    • 15 Broad Street
    • OX1 3AS, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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