CS Lewis & Tolkien Tour with Magdalen Entry Public tour 13.45
Overview
Enjoy a tour exploring the lives, works and ideas of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and their circle. This tour is focused for an adult audience. Children may join it but the private tour option is more suitable.
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.
What's Included
- Please check 'Exclusions' below for dates of any partial closures eg the hall
- Your ticket includes entry worth £10 to Magdalen college to see the hall, chapel, gardens, quad.
- Tour is led by award winning guides with hundreds of existing 5 star ratings for this tour!
- On any other new dates when Magdalen college is closed, we will always forewarn you here....
- Magdalen is usually closed for Xmas about Dec 22 to Dec 31- no entry possible on those dates!
- On dates outside Christmas or outside university graduation dates, we visit an alternative college
- Magdalen 2026 closures includes Feb 24 and June 26, 27, 28 and Sep 25 and Oct 24
- Magdalen college will be open from 10am to 1pm only on Thursday September 24th 2026
Meeting Location
15-16 Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3AS, UK
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
The
High Street, Oxford OX1 4BJ, UK
End point varies but is generally outside St Marys University church, outside Magdalen college or back on Broad street. We will assist either way with directions and we also offer a free city map.
What To Expect
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Bodleian Library
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Hertford College (pass by)
All Souls College (pass by)
Brasenose College (pass by)
Balliol College (pass by)
Trinity College (pass by)
Corpus Christi College (pass by)
University College (pass by)
Jesus College (pass by)
Exeter College (pass by)
Oxford Covered Market (pass by)
Lincoln College
5 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Magdalen College
1 hour Admission Ticket Included
University Church of St. Mary the Virgin
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
The Turf
5 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (GMT).
- Please check 'Exclusions' below for dates of any partial closures eg the hall.
- Your ticket includes entry worth £10 to Magdalen college to see the hall, chapel, gardens, quad.
- Tour is led by award winning guides with hundreds of existing 5 star ratings for this tour!.
- On any other new dates when Magdalen college is closed, we will always forewarn you here.
- Magdalen is usually closed for Xmas about Dec 22 to Dec 31- no entry possible on those dates!.
- On dates outside Christmas or outside university graduation dates, we visit an alternative college.
- Magdalen 2026 closures includes Feb 24 and June 26, 27, 28 and Sep 25 and Oct 24.
- Magdalen college will be open from 10am to 1pm only on Thursday September 24th 2026.
There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
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Apr 2025Accessibility information for the CS Lewis & Tolkien Tour with Magdalen Entry Public tour 13.45 is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Oct 2026What's Included
- Please check 'Exclusions' below for dates of any partial closures eg the hall
- Your ticket includes entry worth £10 to Magdalen college to see the hall, chapel, gardens, quad.
- Tour is led by award winning guides with hundreds of existing 5 star ratings for this tour!
- On any other new dates when Magdalen college is closed, we will always forewarn you here....
- Magdalen is usually closed for Xmas about Dec 22 to Dec 31- no entry possible on those dates!
- On dates outside Christmas or outside university graduation dates, we visit an alternative college
- Magdalen 2026 closures includes Feb 24 and June 26, 27, 28 and Sep 25 and Oct 24
- Magdalen college will be open from 10am to 1pm only on Thursday September 24th 2026
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Please arrive 5 minutes early for your tour at our meeting point.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
