CS Lewis & Tolkien Tour with Magdalen Entry Public tour 13.45am

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 2.5 hours and it includes entry to Magdalen college, where CS Lewis taught. If Magdalen is ever closed, we 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.

Important Information

What's included?

Your ticket includes entry worth £10 to Magdalen college to see the hall, chapel, gardens, quad.
Please check 'Exclusions' below for dates of any partial closures eg the hall
Tour is led by award winning guides with hundreds of existing 5 star ratings for this tour!

Exclusions

On any dates when Magdalen college is closed, we will instead enter a different college- see known closures below. However, please note that during Christmas dates below or on university graduation dates, we cannot always guarantee entry inside an alternative college.

Magdalen is closed from typically about Dec 22 to Dec 31 every year.

2026 published Magdalen closures includes....

The college will be closed all day on Tuesday February 24th 2026

The college will be closed all day on Friday June 26th, 27th and 28th 2026

The college will be open from 10am to 1pm only on Thursday September 24th 2026.

The college will be closed all day on Friday September 25th and Sunday October 4th 2026.