What would you like to do in Chester?

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Tudor and Stuart Tour

Discover tales of dissolution, pestilence and civil war with a Jacobean bricklayer.

Guided, themed, costumed tour.

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Filthy and Spooky Tour of Chester

Discover Chester's filthy history...the side that makes other tours blush. From grimy street dirt to doing the dirty behind closed doors. Public Filthy tours take place throughout the year. 18 years and over only.

Live History, family tours.

Chester Family Tour

Two thousand years of local history in just sixty minutes with a variety of characters. 

Guided, themed, costumed tour.

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Chester War Tour

Self-guided, downloadable tour.

Prove Charles Smith's guilt (or innocence) in a fictional murder mystery in the city of Chester in 1914. 

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Chester Childrens Tour

From Romans to Knights, meet Chester's occupants as you time travel across thirteen hundred years. 

Self-guided, downloadable tour.

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  • Live History Chester walking tour, Tom in costume ringing a bell.
  • Tudor Tour of Chester.
  • Live History, Chester walking tour, Chester market.
  • Live History Chester walking tour, Tom in costume with drawing.
  • Tudor Tour of Chester.

What would you like to do in Lancaster?

Tour of Lancaster, Tom as coachman.

Georgian and Regency Tour

Discover tales of Jacobites, hangings and the deadly triangular trade with a Georgian coachman of ill repute.

Guided, themed, costumed tour.

Book Private Tours

 Private tours can be booked at any time (subject to availability). Please note we require a weeks notice.

Follow the link below to arrange a private tour.

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Lancaster Family Tour

Two thousand years of local history in just sixty minutes with a variety of characters.

Guided, themed, costumed tour.

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Lancaster War Tour

Help Arthur Eccleston and Chief Constable Lane solve a fictional murder in the industrious town of Lancaster in 1916.

Self-guided, downloadable tour.

  • Live History, Lancaster costumed walking tour. Tom Hudson, alias Johnny Eccleston.
  • Live History, Lancaster costumed walking tour. Tom Hudson, alias Johnny Eccleston.
  • Tour of Lancaster, Tom as coachman.
  • Old houses in Lancaster
  • Georgian Tour Video
  • Live History, Lancaster costumed walking tour. Tom Hudson, alias Johnny Eccleston.

Something else?

Please don't hesitate to get in touch for any additional information...

  • “Great tour, amusing, interesting! Tom was fab and definitely a different side of Chester”

    Helen Cornelius

  • "Brilliant tour by a well informed guide. Highly recommended. Lived in the area for over forty years but learnt so much." 

    Lindsey W

  • "Very entertaining and quite funny, lived around chester and found out so many things I’d never known" 

    Jack

  • "Really enjoyable and interesting tour, the guide clearly knew his stuff and shared lots of stories about Chester and the Stuart/Tudor period (and a few ghost stories thrown in...). Fantastic to see inside Stanley Palace, and lots of tips on other buildings to visit."

    Charlotte

  • "This was a fantastic tour of Georgian Lancaster. Really brought the character of the town and its people to life during this era. Great fun, excellent tour guide, full of character with lots of stories to tell." 

    Helen B

  • "If you think you know the city’s history, think again… This is Chester like you’ve never heard it before: adult-themed stories, cheeky humour, and all those juicy bits the usual tours politely skip over. Our guide was brilliant – funny, knowledgeable, and full of surprises – and the whole group was laughing and gasping throughout the evening.”
     
    Neil Chesters
  • "Back in London now but thank you so much for your tour of Lancaster yesterday. Christine and I really enjoyed it. You spoke well and clearly even tho in character and linked up for me many of the buildings I had noticed as I walked to and fro. It's a really good enterprise and I wish you luck."

    Elizabeth

  • "The tour lasted 90 minutes and Miles was able to tell us many interesting facts about the Tudor/Stuart history in Chester. He was excellent with my daughter who is a budding historian, taking time to answer questions and gave her encouragement to learn more." 

    Lynn H

  • "Having some one to lead you and explain things that occurred or may not have occurred, around the period of history involved in the tour, is both entertaining and enlightening."

  • "The guide Miles Mason took us on a walking tour of some of Chester's tudor buildings, including the beautiful Stanley Palace, which the group was show around by the guide. Thoroughly recommend."

    Sophie C

  • "Excellent tour , interesting and informative. Lovely architecture in Chester. Fascinating stories of the people who lived and worked in Chester during this period. The tour was done at a relaxed pace so everyone was able to keep up and enjoy the guide’s humour and knowledge of the subject." 

    Christine G

  • "Absolutely fantastic tour! There was so much interesting information and our tour guide was so entertaining and had an unbelievable amount of knowledge. I try to do a history tour in any new city we go to and this has by far been the best. This is an absolute must do tour for a fascinating insight into the history of Chester." 

    Becky

Trip adivsor yravellers choice awards 2024 and 2025

Upcoming Events

Creepy Chester

Date: 6 November, 2026
Time: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Bishop Lloyd's Palace, Chester CH 1 2LE
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Ghastly, ghostly tales, gruesome medieval, medical accounts and stories from Chester’s dark and despicable past.

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THE ORIGINAL FATHER CHRISTMAS – DICKENSIAN GROTTO AT THE GROSVENOR MUSEUM(CHESTER)

Date: 28 November, 2026
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: The Grosvenor Museum - 27 Grosvenor Street, Cheshire, Chester CH1 2DD
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Experience the sights and smells of a Victorian Christmas, set within Chester’s Grosvenor Museum.

Ticket price £10 (includes traditional present)

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