“Do you drink?”
“Of course, I just said I was a writer.” 
– Stephen King 

What’s the best way to discover Oxford’s rich literary heritage? A pub crawl of course!

Aside from the dreaming spires and hallowed halls of Oxford, the perfect places to follow in the footsteps of famous writers are the city’s historic taverns. 

From tales of a hidden room and a 16th-century playwright, to the meetings of the infamous Inklings, to a 20th-century poet with a bit of a reputation for liking a drink or two…

Join us on this time-travelling tour of the city, discovering the favourite haunts of authors and their characters alike, and decide for yourself which pub really features in Jude the Obscure…


Drink in the pubs that made it into the novels – and decide how much of their inspiration was inebriation!