Time Travel Tours
Take the family time-travelling through a historic city with a costumed guide. Marvel at buildings and monuments that have been standing for centuries as you undertake an interactive tour through two thousand years of history in just sixty minutes.
Public Family tours take place during school holidays.
Chester Time Travel Tour
Lancaster Time Travel Tour
Carlisle Time Travel Tour
Which time traveller will you join?
Choose a family tour in Chester or Lancaster from a variety of historical characters...
Carpophorus
Time travelled from: 275 AD
Occupation: Gladiator
Time period: Roman
Emperor: Aurelian
Likes: Posca & Olive Oil
Hates: Bears
Tour Location: Chester and Lancaster
Skald-Ratatoskr
Time travelled from: 1026 AD
Occupation: Poet/Viking
Time period: Viking King: Canute
Likes: storytelling & insulting people
Hates: varangian guard Tour Location:Â Chester and Lancaster
Walter de Whibley
Time travelled from: 1568 AD
Occupation: Glover
Time period: Tudor Queen: Elizabeth I
Likes: gloves & the waitsmen
Hates: the shoemakers
Tour Location: Chester only
Robert Mason
Time travelled from: 1583 AD
Occupation: Stonemason/Bricklayer
Time period: Tudor
Queen: Elizabeth I
Likes: discipline & the local alehouses
Hates: puritans Tour Location:
Chester and Lancaster
Algernon Eccleston
Time travelled from: 1857 AD
Occupation: Pawnbroker/CoachmanTime period: Victorian
Queen: Victoria
Likes: bargains & Charles Dickens
Hates: when his customers get lost Tour
Location:Â Chester and Lancaster
The Dark PrinceÂ
Time travelled from: 1897 AD
Occupation: Undertaker
Time period: Victorian
Queen: Victoria
Likes: animals and spooky gothic stuff
Hates: manual labour Tour Location:
Chester only
Please select the character you'd like as your guide, using the private booking contact form below.
Private Time Travel Tours
Private family tours can be booked at any time (subject to availability). Please note we require a weeks notice.
Private Time Travel Tour Enquiry
Disclaimer
If due to unforeseen circumstances a tour is cancelled, and an alternative date cannot be agreed, customers will receive a full refund.Â
Customers should arrive ten minutes before tour start times. If delayed, customers should contact the guide by phone before the tour is due to start.Â
Guides will wait for up to ten minutes after tour start times. If customers do not arrive by this time, there will be no refunds on tickets purchased.Â