St Giles' · Oxford
Meet at the Eagle and Child
Have a drink where Tolkien and C.S. Lewis used to argue about their manuscripts.
- ⏱ 20 min
- 💷 £
- 🥾 Easy
The Inklings — Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and friends — met weekly at this St Giles' pub to read each other early drafts of The Lord of the Rings and Narnia. Go raise a glass.
What you’ll do
- 1Find the pub
- 2Settle in
- 3Prove it
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Photo: Hofendorf, CC BY-SA 4.0
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