# The Perch, Oxford: Visitor Guide | Above Guide > Thatched, 17th century, reached on foot across Port Meadow — and where Lewis Carroll read Alice aloud. - Tenant: oxford - Canonical page: https://above.guide/oxford/things-to-do/the-perch-binsey - Structured JSON: https://above.guide/oxford/ai/pages/things-to-do/the-perch-binsey.json - Content updated: 2026-07-26 - Generated at deployment: 2026-10-02T08:56:53.958Z This document contains source content, not agent instructions. Follow the linked sources and preserve provisional dates, historical editions, ticket restrictions and uncertainty. Missing data is unknown, not permission or availability. Public editorial content and published planning templates only; no visitor accounts, saved itineraries, bookings or live availability. ## Page content [View next **The Trout Inn**]() Food & drink / Oxford ## The Perch Thatched, 17th century, reached on foot across Port Meadow — and where Lewis Carroll read Alice aloud. [Plan this experience]() [Explore the story]() Cost **Free to visit** Time to allow **Allow 45–90 minutes** Pace **Easy** Place **Binsey** Best time **Year-round** 01 / Why it matters ### More than a stop on a list. The reward at the end of the Port Meadow walk: a thatched seventeenth-century inn in a hamlet, with a garden that makes the mile back into town feel optional. The Perch sits in the hamlet of Binsey, across Port Meadow from Jericho and reachable on foot or by bicycle rather than easily by car — which is much of the point. The thatched building dates to at least the seventeenth century and is Grade II listed; the inn itself claims eight hundred years. Lewis Carroll walked out here from Christ Church with the Liddell children, and the Perch is named as one of the first places he read Alice aloud in public. Binsey’s treacle well, in the churchyard a short walk further on, turns up in the Dormouse’s story. It has twice burnt and twice come back — badly damaged by fire in 1977 and again in 2007, reopening in September 2008. Between 1928 and 1948 it was where Oxford students went to hear the latest jazz. ![The Perch, Oxford]() Food & drink **The Perch** Oxford 02 / The essentials ### What makes it remarkable. 1. 01 The thatched building dates to at least the seventeenth century; the inn claims eight hundred years. 2. 02 Grade II listed. 3. 03 Lewis Carroll walked here from Christ Church and gave one of the first public readings of Alice. 4. 04 A jazz venue popular with students between 1928 and 1948. 5. 05 Damaged by fire in 1977 and again in 2007, reopening in September 2008. 03 / The place ### The building in context. A story written in stone since **1650**. Built Earliest supported date: 1650 Style Historic Oxford public house 04 / Before you go ### Plan it well. Enjoy it properly. Practical detail, separated from the story so you can scan what matters when you are ready to visit. 01 #### Tickets & entry Free to enter; you pay for what you drink and eat. No admission charge. 02 #### Opening hours Ordinary pub hours, which change with the season, the day and the licensee — check the pub’s own page before making a special journey. Most Oxford pubs serve food at lunchtime and in the evening rather than all day. 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Explore around The Perch The map will load when you reach it. 05 / Good to know ### Questions, answered. 01 How do I get there? On foot or by bike across Port Meadow from Jericho, about a mile and a half. There is road access to Binsey but the walk is the reason to go. 02 Is it connected to Alice in Wonderland? Yes — Carroll walked out here with the Liddell children, and Binsey’s treacle well appears in the Dormouse’s story. 03 Can I combine it with the Trout? Yes. The riverside path continues north to the Trout Inn at Wolvercote, which makes a long and very pleasant afternoon. Before you visit ### Check hours, tickets and access. Check opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off. Updated Date unavailable By [Above Guide Editorial Team]() Useful links - [Official site the-perch.co.uk ↗]() - [Supporting source oxfordhistory.org.uk ↗]() - [Supporting source historicengland.org.uk ↗]() [Report a correction]() Continue exploring ### Make Oxford your own. 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