Hereford Guild of Guides

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Booked Walks

Booked Walks - Available throughout the year


Booked Walks can take place throughout the year. For those organisations and groups planning bookings in 2024 please contact the Booking Secretary   via email or call 07947 924494 to discuss your requirements. Alternatively you can place your Booking online using the "Book Now" button on your selected walk.

Please note that the minimum number of walkers we will consider for a Booked Walk is 4 adults and all walks are subject to availability of suitable Guides for the subject matter and the size of your group.

Wheelchair users are welcome. Members of the Guild have devised a route that aims to minimize discomfort by using the smoothest surfaces, avoiding steep slopes, bumps, narrow pavements and narrow, busy thoroughfares. Please see our FAQs section for more information.

Walks can be arranged at any time of the year and the starting and finishing points can be planned to suit the convenience of the party.

Specially themed walks can also be arranged:

Hauntings and Horrors

Elgar in Hereford

Alfred Watkins - Hereford man of many parts

Historical City Walk

Building Hereford Through the Ages - architecture in the historic city centre

Women in Hereford


Please see below for more information about these themed walks.

A few days notice is usually required and we normally allocate one guide per ten people. To enquire or to make your booking please contact our Booking Secretary (see Contact Us page).

Charges - £6 per person. For parties of schoolchildren the charge is £1 per child and £6 for accompanying adults. Please note that we can only allow assistance dogs on our walks.

Coach parties can unload near the west front of the Cathedral where the group can be met. The coach must leave immediately after unloading - for example to the car park at Merton Meadow.

What our Customers Say


“Thank you so much for the tour on Sunday. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you for accommodating us. All in all an informative and fun day.” Walking Froup from Marlborough - April 2024

“The booking has been painless and very efficient with good communication at all times.” The Malcolm Saville Society - April 2024

"Our guide was very knowledgeable and kept us entertained with various anecdotes along the way. I enjoyed her sense of humour and I would recommend her to any others organising a similar tour." "Both guides were excellent and kept our attention with all the information and added anecdotes. Thank you for all your help with organising us. We will certainly recommend other groups to do the same." Ledbury Walking Group March 2024

"Just a quick note to thank you so much for arranging the three guides to show us round Hereford. Everyone said how interesting and good the guides were. " U3A Havering January 2024


"Thank you both so much for such interesting and informative guided tours on Sunday. We would all like to thank you. Your professionalism and knowledge made the process of booking the correct tour for my group easy. With kind regards and best wishes for the future." M. O. October 2023

Booked Walks

Hauntings and Horrors

Description

Our storytellers will guide you on a journey through the past with tales of ghosts, supernatural sightings and horrors from the history, mystery, folklore and legends of Hereford. Each tour lasts around 60 mins, walking through many different haunted locations throughout the city. Tales of gruesome events and paranormal experiences will send shivers down your spine ….. join us if you dare!


Adult Price

£6,00


Child Price

£1,00


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Elgar in Hereford

Description

Discover Elgar’s links to the City of Hereford with a walk illustrated with brief extracts from his Music during his Hereford years. We will put this period of his life in the context of his career, from humble origins to becoming one of Britain's most famous composers.


Adult Price

£6,00


Child Price

£1,00


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Alfred Watkins - Hereford man of many parts

Description

Born in 1821, Herefordian Alfred Watkins was the man who famously ‘discovered’ ley lines. But this was only one aspect of his multi faceted character. An amateur historian and experimental archaeologist, he was also a talented photographer, inventor, local activist and beekeeper. This walk will take you to his birthplace, school, home and other key locations, and introduce you to the man who contributed so much to the city and county of his birth.


Adult Price

£6,00


Child Price

£1,00


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Historical City Walk

Description

This walk is available throughout the year. Duration 1 1/2 hours.An introduction to this ancient border city of Hereford, whose position in the borderland between England and Wales made it strategically important to the Saxons, the Normans and their successors. The location and founding of Hereford will be explored with stories of the cathedral, the castle and the city’s medieval defences.


Adult Price

£6,00


Child Price

£1,00


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Building Hereford Through the Ages - architecture in the historic city centre

Description

The Historic City of Hereford's varied architecture reflects its growth & development through the ages - Medieval, Jacobean, Georgian, Victorian and Modern Day. We will show you our city's Architectural heritage, from the classical Shire Hall & the Baroque Town Hall to one of the oldest timbered halls in England. We’ll see examples of architectural recycling, consider the story of "the house that moved” & give a flavour of the fascinating history of our city along the way. The walk takes 1 to 11/2 hours depending on requirements.


Adult Price

£6,00


Child Price

£1,00


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Women in Hereford

Description

Sinners & Suffragettes, Actresses & Artists, this walk will introduce you to some notable female characters from the 15th century through to the present day. Some famous, some infamous, some little known, some anonymous, each have had an impact on the city, the country & in some cases, the world. (This walk will start at Hereford Cathedral West Front & finish in Widemarsh Street)


Adult Price

£6,00


Child Price

£1,00


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