C.S. Lewis Oxford Tour Route
The Kilns › C.S. Lewis Nature Reserve › Holy Trinity Church › Windmill Road › Hillsboro House › Old High Street › Addison’s Walk › Magdalen College › University College › Bodleian Library › Keble College › The Eagle and Child › Lamb & Flag
The Kilns
Lewis Close
The Kilns is C.S. Lewis’s home in the Oxford suburb of Headington Quarry from 10 October 1930 until his death on 22 November 1963. The Kilns is currently owned by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, running it as the C.S. Lewis Study Centre.
C.S. Lewis Nature Reserve
Lewis Close
Woodlands and a pond near The Kilns. The nature surrounding The Kilns provides much of the inspiration for the scenery in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia stories.
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Holy Trinity Church
46 Quarry Road
The Kilns is in the parish of Headington Quarry, and C.S. Lewis attends Holy Trinity Church there with his brother Warren. The brothers are buried in the cemetery of Holy Trinity Church.
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Windmill Road
54 Windmill Road
In 1919, C.S. Lewis moves into the home of Janie and Maureen Moore at 54 Windmill Road. On 24 August 1919, they move to 76 Windmill Road, and to 58 Windmill Road in February 1920.
Hillsboro House
14 Holyoake Road
On 1 August 1922, C.S. Lewis and Janie and Maureen Moore move from Windmill Road to Hillsboro House. They live there until they move to The Kilns on 10 October 1930.
Old High Street
10 Old High Street
August 1955, Joy Davidman, with her sons David and Douglas Gresham, rent 10 Old High Street, one mile from The Kilns.
Addison’s Walk
Forested path beside a stream behind Magdalen College, named after the eighteenth-century poet and essayist Joseph Addison.
Magdalen College
High Street
From 25 June 1925 to 3 December 1954, C.S. Lewis holds a fellowship English Language and Literature at Magdalen College, Oxford University.
University College
High Street
On 26 April 1917, C.S. Lewis enters University College, and he graduates on 4 August 1922. In 1924–1925, he teaches at the college for a year.
Bodleian Library
Broad Street
The Bodleian Library reposits one of the finest collections of C.S. Lewis manuscripts. Between 1944 and 1952, C.S. Lewis works regularly in the Duke Humfrey’s Medieval Library.
Keble College
Parks Road
May 1917, C.S. Lewis joins the Officer’s Training Corps, and stays at Keble College until the end of his training course on 25 September 1918.
The Eagle and Child
49 St. Giles
The Eagle and Child is the Oxford pub where the Inklings meet every week from 1939. In 1962, they move to Lamb & Flag on the other side of the street.
Lamb & Flag
12 St. Giles
From 1939 to 1962, the Inklings meet in The Eagle and Child every week. In 1962, they move to Lamb & Flag on the other side of the street.