Where did C.S. Lewis and other Inklings often meet in Oxford?

C.S. Lewis and other Inklings often met at The Eagle and Child in Oxford.

The Eagle and Child is an Oxford pub on St Giles’ Street. The Inklings, an informal literary discussion group, commonly met there on Tuesday mornings during the 1930s and 1940s. The group included Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and other writers and academics.

The pub’s back room became known as the Rabbit Room, a name associated with the group’s meetings. Members read and discussed works in progress, criticism, poetry, and theology. These gatherings helped sustain friendships and gave writers an audience for drafts before publication.

The Inklings did not operate as a formal society with a fixed membership or constitution. Lewis’s college rooms and other Oxford venues were also used. The nearby Lamb and Flag is another historic Oxford pub, but it is not the venue most strongly identified with the Inklings.