The shop was there when Alice Liddell bought her barley sugar sweets as a child. There's a wide variety of Alice in Wonderland gifts and souvenirs. An intrinsic part of Oxford cultural life is its bookshops. Another excellent bookshop is Borders . Although part of an American chain, it holds veddy English book signings almost every month.
All rooms share the bath.
The proprietors are Patrick and Margie Durrant. Newton House consists of two Victorian town houses joined together, the rooms retaining many original features and period furniture, not to mention award-winning floral displays in the public areas. All rates include VAT, breakfast and parking. The breakfast room overlooks a nice garden, and one room on the ground floor has been adapted for people with disabilities, with its own ramp and front door. A nice way to get to the center of the city is to take a one-mile walk along the river from here.