The Shop is located in the Visitor Centre in Christ Church Meadow.
Updated Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday 11:00 - 16:00
We have reopened our shop with the safety of our visitors and staff our top priority. Shopping with us is safe and easy. Alternatively you can now shop online.
Manager: Elena Conway
Email: shop@chch.ox.ac.uk
Customer limit
To ensure proper social distancing can be maintained, we are limiting the number of people entering the building.
Hand Sanitizer
Please use the hand sanitizer provided when entering and exiting the building.
Keep Your Distance
Stay a minimum of 2m away from other customers and staff at all times. There are markers on the floor to help you.
One Way System
Follow floor markings and signs, and guidance provided by staff.
Card or Contactless
Please pay with card or contactless at the till. Scan and bag your own items.
PPE & Facemasks
All customers and staff must be wearing facemasks or face covering inside the Visitor Centre.
Enhanced Cleaning
We have introduced an enhanced cleaning and sanitization routine.
Minimise Handling
Only handle items you intend to purchase, and please supervise children at all times.
Staff Are Here To Help
Please ask a member of the team if you require assistance.
Shop Online
If you are unable to visit us in store or would prefer your purchases to be delivered to you please visit our new online shop. A selection of items are available and we will be adding more in the coming weeks.
Delivery Information
Delivery is currently only available to UK mainland addresses.
There is a standard delivery charge of £6.95 per order. Where possible we will aim to send your order in one delivery. We aim to dispatch your purchases within 3 working days. We do not dispatch on Saturdays, Sundays or bank holidays. Delivery is made by Royal Mail first class post and takes approximately 1-2 days after dispatch. Please allow up to 14 days for delivery at this time.
Our full Terms and Conditions can be found here.
Featured Items
Celebrating 40 years of women at Christ Church Silk Scarf
Oxfordshire-based Joshua Hale, artist and designer, graduated from the London College of Fashion. He works as a designer for Emma Bridgewater, the British ceramics manufacturer, and has undertaken a number of private commissions in artwork and interior design.
The Cardinal’s Hat, designed and drawn by Joshua to celebrate 40 years of women at Christ Church, is a limited edition silk scarf produced by the leading British Silk Bureau. The inspiration, hand-painted using gouache, comes from the iconic Cardinal’s hat, a recognised moniker of Thomas Wolsey, that adorns the House’s coat of arms. The richly bright red cords and tassels, usually represented in a static form, are given a new lease of life in this representation; they’re fuller, burgeoning, more vivid, and on the move. The colours capture the college’s emblematic arms and the natural qualities of silk make for a striking and lustrous impact.
Christ Church's Jabberwocky Gin
With interest in gin at Christ Church at an all-time high, we decided to make our own take on this classic spirit, using botanicals found on site. Our Head Gardener, John James, was asked which herbs and plants most closely evoke a walk through the grounds on a heady Spring morning. We came up with a list of herbs and shrubs as a recipe for a friendly local distillery owned by the Foxdenton Estate. Foxdenton specialise in gins with big flavours and lots of character, and we’re sure this comes across in our House gin.
The name and label derive from the works of Charles Dodgson, known as Lewis Carroll. It is a common myth of the House that the Pococke tree, sequestered in the loveliest corner of Oxford, provided the inspiration for the monstrous Jabberwocky. Our archivist, Judith Curthoys, is sure this can’t be strictly true, as at the time of Charles Dodgson the Pococke tree was hidden away from most. We chose for the label instead a nineteenth century engraving (usually housed in the Librarians’ tea room) of a young fig tree growing up the wall of the SCR garden – Dodgson could hardly have missed it. Its spreading, spindly arms are perhaps not so gargantuan, but can be seen to represent something more: the gin had to engage with the House’s story, sprawling, rich and fruitful.
Christ Church Special Edition Monopoly
Explore the historic locations of Christ Church University in this special edition of Monopoly. Race your family and friends to be the Master of Christ Church, and to own the famous Harry Potter filming locations,the door that Alice was forbidden to use and many more wonderful and interesting areas of the college. And of course to become the Master of Christ Church.
