| I know a man who can take you to Narnia. | | | | there? Find this out on the tour! |
| Well, not really Narnia, but to the very spot in | | | | In leaving the Kilns, the tour passes a local |
| England where Narnia was born in the mind of C.S. | | | | watering hole used by Jack and Warnie and |
| Lewis, author of "The Lion, the Witch & the | | | | travels to Holy Trinity Church in Headington |
| Wardrobe", which was recently released as a | | | | Quarry, where the vicar Mr Tom Honey will, |
| major motion picutre by Disney, and the entire | | | | subject to commitments, allow you to see inside |
| Chronicles of Narnia series. | | | | this beautiful building. Outside in the Churchyard |
| His name is Ron Brind who was a childhood pal of | | | | you will see the grave of C S Lewis and Mrs Janie |
| Lewis's stepson Douglas Gresham and a frequent | | | | King Moore, mother of the writer's close friend |
| visitor to Lewis's former Oxfordshire home in the | | | | Paddy Moore. |
| 1950's. | | | | You will also see the entrance to the Mayfair |
| This wonderful tour takes place in Oxfordshire, | | | | Suite at the former Wingfield Hospital, today the |
| England, and visits places of interest including | | | | Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, where Jack and Joy's |
| Lewis's former home 'The Kilns' and the beautiful | | | | marriage was blessed in a bedside ceremony in |
| Holy Trinity Church, Oxford, which was Lewis's | | | | December 1956 because her death was thought |
| final resting place. | | | | to be imminent. The penultimate stop will be |
| The tour duration which is approximately 3 hours | | | | Oxford Crematorium to see the memorial plaque |
| and commences from outside the Randolph Hotel | | | | to Joy Davidman in cloister 2 and if you wish |
| in Beaumont Street, Oxford, which is noted for its | | | | knowledge of exactly where Joy's ashes were |
| connections with Colin Dexter, who wrote the | | | | scattered. |
| very famous Inspector Morse novels, and | | | | The tour finishes at the Eagle and Child pub in |
| frequents the Randolph. En-route you will see the | | | | Oxford's magnificent St Giles thoroughfare. This |
| remains of the old 'City Wall', Magdalen College | | | | famous watering hole was regularly used by |
| from Longwall Street where Lewis was elected a | | | | Lewis and his circle of intellectual and literary |
| Fellow in 1925, Magdalen Bridge, where the | | | | friends known as 'The Inklings'. It is here that you |
| famous Oxford May Day celebrations take place, | | | | will be presented with a personalised Certificate |
| and Magdalen College School, which was attended | | | | recording your visit to 'The Kilns' - a memento of |
| by Doug. | | | | your tour and a reminder that the Lewis legacy |
| You will be taken through Headington to see one | | | | lives on. |
| of the former homes of J R R Tolkien and to | | | | So even though he can't take you as far as |
| The Kilns, Lewis's former home which was | | | | Narnia, he can take you to the very places where |
| purchased jointly in October 1930 by Mrs Moore, | | | | Narnia was conceived and born. And if you've |
| Jack and Major Lewis. A short stroll away is the | | | | seen the Disney movie titled "The Lion, The Witch |
| lake that yielded the Punt from the murky | | | | & The Wardrobe", it's likely that you would love |
| depths, owned by Lewis. How did the Punt get | | | | to see where and how Narnia was born. |