Alice's Shop

In Through the Looking Glass, Alice meets an old Sheep who is knitting and serving in a shop. Tenniel who illustrated the book, drew a mirror-image of a litle grocery shop in St Aldates. It is now Alice's Shop and sells Alice souvenirs.

Visit Alice Liddell’s favourite sweetshop, the ‘old sheep shop’ in the story.

pre-event Friday July 8
Waterside pilgrimage walk: ‘first The Perch and then the Church’

Following the route of the famous rowing trip to Godstow of 4 July 1862, local historian and guide Mark Davies will expand on the information from his book, Alice in Waterland (which traces the all-important role of the River Thames in the creation of the two ‘Alice’ books). Discover relevant historical, geographical, and literary references en route to The Perch, where an Alice film will be shown in the garden.

Walk leaves 6.00pm from Alice's Shop and ends at The Perch, Binsey, no later than 8.00pm.

An optional one-hour there-and-back continuation to the ‘Treacle Well’ at St Margaret’s Church in Binsey will leave The Perch at 8pm.

Both walks are FREE. Limited to 20/24 people.

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