Cheltenham Guided Walks

First time visitor to the beautiful Spa Town of Cheltenham and want to see the sights?

Return visitor or new resident who would like to know more of the town’s history, development, famous visitors and residents?

A long-term Cheltonian who’d like to know more about your town?

Whoever you are, sign up today and tailor yourself a tour for a fascinating look into what makes Cheltenham unique.

If you see me in town and want a very short notice guided walk, I’d be happy to accommodate – get in contact here. If weather’s bad, we can always do a ‘Picture’ tour at a local cafe! 

Take a look at the official Visit Cheltenham website to find out more about the town and what’s coming up soon.

I have been a resident of Cheltenham for over 45 years and will tailor your walk to suit what you want to see and hear about.

As a young man I trained as an actor in London (at the same drama school, though long before, Tom Hardy).

I love meeting and interacting with people. One year I played Father Christmas at Cavendish House.

I worked for UCAS for 20 years interacting with and presenting for:

● Students and their parents/guardians
● Teachers and careers staff
● University and college staff
● International agents
● Many others

I travelled throughout the UK and Ireland, and into Europe – even as far as Hong Kong, to share information and training, ending up as a Professional Development Executive … and everyone knew me by my ties!

Although I dropped out of university on my first attempt, I went back in my mid-30s as a mature student/return learner and achieved a 1st class honours BA in Film Studies in 1999. And even though I wasn’t studying English Literature, while there, I was twice a Runner Up for the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize.

I love finding out about my home town and the people who have lived here and visited – the famous, fashionable and wealthy…but also the poor, the workers, the unsung. Like every town, there is more than one side to Cheltenham.

I would very much like to share some of what I know with you.

Would you like to

See where the Cheltenham resident credited with saving more human lives than anyone else in history lived?

Not the same man, but the pioneering eye-surgeon who founded the Medical Missionary Society in China in 1837 lived here. He also opened an Ophthalmic Surgery in Cheltenham.

Or see the sites of two Cheltenham buildings mentioned in the Domesday Book?

Alfred Lord Tennyson lived in this house in Cheltenham for four years just prior to becoming Poet Laureate.

Or perhaps learn something of the town’s darker history?

Murders….Arson…..Gallows and gibbets….stocks & whipping posts
….Ghosts?

One of Cheltenham’s great spiritual leaders lived in this house. Paid for by his parishioners – which just shows the esteem they held him in.

Or maybe something of the town’s history before it was a spa? And after spas ceased being so popular?

1 hr, £10/person

Happy Hour Stroll

1 hour guided walk (no break) but happy to join you for a tea / coffee / Q&A / chat / show pictures after our walk

1.5 hrs, £15/person

90 minute Wander

A 90 minute amble which can include a break if you would like for tea/coffee, a chat and a look at some pictures. Or I would be happy to join you after if you want.