Christ Church
Visit the college where Lewis Carroll lived and worked, and visit the Dining Hall which has many connections with Alice.
Calling all Alice fans! You are cordially invited to the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Christ Church, the home of the real Alice in Wonderland.
Come and discover the magic of Alice’s own garden whilst sitting down to tea with Alice, the Mad Hatter and many more. Please dress as an Alice character. Best costume will win a prize. And as if that weren’t enough, there will be jazz music and helium balloons.
We look forward to seeing you there! Don’t be late!
For childrens and their grown-ups:
10am a rare opportunity to take part in a mad hatter's tea party in the cathedral of Lewis Carroll’s college. Ticket price £12 for an adult and a child; £6 for each additional child. Entry via Tom Gate.
10am, e-mail Esther to pre-book.
Please wear fancy dress.
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For everyone:
10.15am An Alice Tour, departing from the Oxford Tourist Information Centre and exploring Alice's Oxford, will incorporate Christ Church within the tour (ticket price £3.00 aduts, £1.75 children).
All day: a reduced ticket price for Alice’s Day visitors with Alice’s Day voucher (£1 off the normal price of adult £6; children/students/pensioners £4.50). The college is open for visitors from 9am - 5pm. Please present your voucher (above) at the visitor entrance through the large gate in Christ Church's Meadow Building.
Lewis Carroll was the sub-librarian at Christ Church. From his office window he could see the Deanery garden and it is from here that he probably first glimpsed the Liddell sisters playing in the garden below, one of whom was the real Alice.
