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| Walking Tours | ||
| Tuesday 31st March | |||||
| 317 | Walking Tour - Inspector Morse Tour | With Alastair Lack | 11am-1pm | Meet outside Balliol College Lodge, High Street | £15.00 |
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Mention Oxford and dreaming spires, colleges and quadrangles all come to mind - plus, of course, Inspector Morse. The television series featuring John Thaw was based on the novels of Oxford writer Colin Dexter and remain immensely popular in the United Kingdom and all over the world. Centred on the university and city, Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis encounter Head of Houses, dons, murderers and criminals in the course of their detective work, pausing only to solve a tricky question over a pint or two in a favourite pub | ||||
| Wednesday 1st April | |||||
| 445 | Keats’s ‘Eyelashes’: an Oxford Riverside Walk | With Mark Davies | 10am | 2 hours 15 mins meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church |
£15.00 |
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A two-mile circular tour of the Thames and its backwaters in the footsteps of novelists, diarists, poets, and travellers. Citing numerous authors of past and present, the enduring importance of Oxford’s waterways is explained by local historian, author, and publisher, Mark Davies. The route is generally flat, but with some steps. Complimentary drink at Aziz Pandesia, Folly Bridge (5 minutes’ walk from Christ Church) at the end of the walk. |
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| 446 | “Lyra’s Oxford”: a Jericho and Oxford Canal Walk | With Mark Davies |
2pm 2 hours |
meet at Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Jericho | £15.00 |
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A walk of under two miles, broadly based on Oxford author Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights and Lyra’s Oxford, but citing many other authors. The route will include the literary-rich Victorian suburb of Jericho and the Oxford Canal(complementing the Inspector Morse Tour), and finish at Oxford Castle. The tour is led by local historian, author, and publisher, Mark Davies, an Oxford ‘gyptian’ himself. The route is generally flat, but with some steps. Complimentary drink at Café 1071, Oxford Castle, at the
end of the walk. |
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| Thursday 2nd April | |||||
| 526 | Walking Tour - Political Oxford | With Alastair Lack | 11am-1pm | Meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church | £16.00 |
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Oxford has always been an important political centre and the University can count among its alumni 24 British Prime Ministers and the Heads of State of many other nations including Bill Clinton. The tour starts at Christ Church, proceeds to the Bodleian, Sheldonian and Balliol College. Balliol has produced eminent public figures, not least Edward Heath, Roy Jenkins and the current Chancellor of the University, Chris Patten. | ||||
| 525 | Walking Tour - Literary Oxford | With Alastair Lack | 2-4pm | Meet at the entrance to Magdalen College, High Street | £15.00 |
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Explore Oxford Colleges in the footsteps of famous writers and poets. Start at Magdalen, home to John Betjeman and C.S.Lewis, and walk through University College and Queen’s, ending up at Merton, the College of Max Beerbohm and T.S. Eliot. On the way enjoy readings from the poetry and prose of writers who have lived in and written about the city and the University. | ||||
| Friday 3rd April | |||||
| 631 | Walking Tour - Film Oxford | With Alastair Lack | 11am-1pm | Meet outside Trinity College Gates, High Street | £15.00 |
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From Charley's Aunt to the latest adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, Oxford has proved a magnate for filmmakers and filmgoers alike. Whether it's a Bollywood spectacular or the latest episode of Inspector Lewis, the colleges and quadrangles of Oxford are a familiar backdrop to numerous films. In this walk, explore the streets of the city that has provided the setting for films as diverse as a Yank at Oxford and The Golden Compass and hear about 'film' Oxonians such as Kris Kristofferson, Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, as well as director John Shlesinger, screen writer Graham Greene and many more. | ||||
| 651 | Christ Church ‘bumps, punts, and jumps’ Walk | With Mark Davies | 12 noon 1 hour 15 mins |
meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church | £10.00 |
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A gentle walk of about a mile along Christ Church Meadow’s
river borders, taking in the literature of the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
The tour includes free admission to Oxford’s historic Botanic
Gardens, where participants can spend time at their leisure. This
new walk for 2009 is led by local historian, author, and publisher,
Mark Davies. The route is flat and suitable for wheelchair users. |
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| 652 | Keats’s ‘Eyelashes’: an Oxford Riverside Walk | With Mark Davies | 2pm 2 hours 15 mins |
meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church | £15.00 |
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A two-mile circular tour of the Thames and its backwaters in the footsteps of novelists, diarists, poets, and travellers. Citing numerous authors of past and present, the enduring importance of Oxford’s waterways is explained by local historian, author, and publisher, Mark Davies. The route is generally flat, but with some steps. Complimentary drink at Aziz Pandesia, Folly Bridge (5 minutes’
walk from Christ Church) at the end of the walk. |
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| 632 | Walking Tour - Literary Oxford | With Alastair Lack | 2-4pm | Meet at the entrance to Magdalen College, High Street | £15.00 |
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Explore Oxford Colleges in the footsteps of famous writers and poets. Start at Magdalen, home to John Betjeman and C.S.Lewis, and walk through University College and Queen’s, ending up at Merton, the College of Max Beerbohm and T.S. Eliot. On the way enjoy readings from the poetry and prose of writers who have lived in and written about the city and the University. | ||||
| Saturday 4th April | |||||
| 756 | Keats’s ‘Eyelashes’: an Oxford Riverside Walk | With Mark Davies | 10am 2 hours 15 mins |
meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church | £15.00 |
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A two-mile circular tour of the Thames and its backwaters in the footsteps of novelists, diarists, poets, and travellers. Citing numerous authors of past and present, the enduring importance of Oxford’s waterways is explained by local historian, author, and publisher, Mark Davies. The route is generally flat, but with some steps. Complimentary drink at Aziz Pandesia, Folly Bridge (5 minutes’
walk from Christ Church) at the end of the walk. |
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| 733 | Walking Tour - Literary Oxford | With Alastair Lack | 2-4pm | Meet outside Balliol College Lodge, High Street | £15.00 |
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Explore Oxford Colleges in the footsteps of famous writers and poets. Start at Magdalen, home to John Betjeman and C.S.Lewis, and walk through University College and Queen’s, ending up at Merton, the College of Max Beerbohm and T.S. Eliot. On the way enjoy readings from the poetry and prose of writers who have lived in and written about the city and the University. | ||||
| 757 | Christ Church ‘bumps, punts, and jumps’ Walk | With Mark Davies | 3pm 1 hour 15 mins |
meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church | £10.00 |
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A gentle walk of about a mile along Christ Church Meadow’s
river borders, taking in the literature of the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
The tour includes free admission to Oxford’s historic Botanic
Gardens, where participants can spend time at their leisure. This
new walk for 2009 is led by local historian, author, and publisher,
Mark Davies. The route is flat and suitable for wheelchair users. |
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| Sunday 5th April | |||||
| 823 | Walking Tour - CS Lewis Tour | With Alastair Lack | 11am-1pm | Meet outside The Eagle and Child Pub, St Giles | £15.00 |
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The poet John Betjeman described his tutor, C S Lewis as ' breezy, tweedy, beer-drinking and jolly' - a remarkable figure for many years on the Oxford landscape. Author of The Narnia Chronicles, The Screwtape Letters and much else besides, he was also a respected English don at Magdalen College. The tour begins outside The Eagle and Child pub, where Lewis and friends met regularly in a group called The Inklings to discuss their work and ends at Magdalen College, in between visiting locations such as St Mary's Church which were central to Lewis' Oxford life and creativity. | ||||
| 846 | Christ Church ‘bumps, punts, and jumps’ Walk | With Mark Davies | 12pm 1 hour 15 mins |
meet at the entrance to Meadow Buildings, Christ Church | £10.00 |
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A gentle walk of about a mile along Christ Church Meadow’s
river borders, taking in the literature of the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
The tour includes free admission to Oxford’s historic Botanic
Gardens, where participants can spend time at their leisure. This
new walk for 2009 is led by local historian, author, and publisher,
Mark Davies. The route is flat and suitable for wheelchair users. |
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| 824 | Walking Tour - Literary Oxford | With Alastair Lack | 2-4pm | Meet at the entrance to Magdalen College, High Street | £15.00 |
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Explore Oxford Colleges in the footsteps of famous writers and poets. Start at Magdalen, home to John Betjeman and C.S.Lewis, and walk through University College and Queen’s, ending up at Merton, the College of Max Beerbohm and T.S. Eliot. On the way enjoy readings from the poetry and prose of writers who have lived in and written about the city and the University. | ||||
Bodleian Library |
| Extended and semi-extended guided tours
£12.00 extended tours
(no concessions) £8.00 semi-extended tours (no concessions)
• meet 15 minutes before the tour starts in the Divinity School,
Bodleian Library (entrance on Catte Street, through the Great Gate) Visit a remarkable group of buildings at the heart of the historic
University and explore the hidden underground tunnel and passages
leading to the book stacks The dates, times and numbers of tours are: Monday, 30 March: Tuesday, 31 March: Wednesday, 1 April: Thursday, 2 April: Friday, 3 April: Saturday, 4 April: Anyone booking one of the above guided tours will be offered 10%
discount on all gifts and cards on presentation of their tour badge
in the Bodleian Gift Shop on the day of the tour. See www.shop.bodley.ox.ac.uk |
Blackwell Walking Tours at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival |
The Famous Blackwell Literary Tour
The World-Renowned Blackwell 'Inklings Tour'
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