Canterbury Guided Tours – City walking tours for schools

Canterbury Guided Tours offer entertaining 90-minute walking tours for visiting groups to this historical part of Kent. Explore the heart of Canterbury, surrounded by Roman walls, and discover the sights and sounds of this ancient city, full of history and medieval charm.

Tour highlights may include; The Buttermarket, Butchery Lane, The King’s Mile, The King’s Bridge (including the infamous Ducking Stool!), the murder of Thomas Becket, the grounds of King’s School (the oldest in the country), and the iconic ‘crooked house’. Each tour will also journey around the outside of the magnificent Cathedral.

Every tour is tailored to the group’s requirements and will be created specifically for the age group and study programme, if required. This can be in the form of our Themed Tour option which can include tour topics such as; Romans, Tudors, Canterbury Tales, War Time Canterbury, Literary Connections, among many others! Your tour can be arranged at a day and time to suit your school group’s schedule and itinerary.

Our Guides are all aware of how to keep the attention of young people, speaking loudly and clearly and using humour and gesture as much as possible.

Key subject links include: History, Geography, Religion, English, French

• All of our expert Guides are fully qualified Green Badge City Guides, who are skilled at bringing the history of Canterbury to life.
• We offer the official walking tours of Canterbury, and are the only tours to have access to the Cathedral Precincts.
• We have 5-star reviews on Trip Advisor
• We aim to offer fully flexible, tailored tours to suit group needs.
• We are a small limited company, run by the Guides, with excellent customer care and service.

Canterbury Guided Tours – City walking tours for schools
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All Guides are Green Badge qualified, having successfully passed exams set by the Institute of Tourist Guiding.

Standard city tours are 90-minutes and take in the central medieval lanes and historic Cathedral Precincts, and cover a broad history from the origins of Canterbury, through Roman, Tudor and Medieval periods to current day, looking at historic buildings and architecture, with stories of pilgrimage and famous characters who have lived or visited Canterbury, including notable figures such as Thomas Becket, Geoffrey Chaucer and Christopher Marlowe.

Themed tours are also available, for example:

• Costumed Canterbury Tales – including an interactive storytelling of The Pardoner’s Tale and group participation in a re-enactment of the killing of St Thomas
• Foreign Language Study Tours – aimed at students studying French, German, Spanish or Italian. Tours will be tailored to the ability of the group and the educational level, from “easy/slow” with some English translation if necessary, to more comprehensive & technical for fluent students. Connections to the country of language study can be included.
• History of Health – an insight into health, diseases, water and sanitation in medieval Canterbury
• Roman Canterbury – discover more about the Roman town, just meters below Canterbury’s surface, some of which can still be seen today.
• Tudor Canterbury – the city before and after the Reformation.
• Medieval Canterbury – Canterbury from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors. Discover what medieval life was like, and delve into our history’s most catastrophic century …the 14th century
• A Walk Through WWII – Blitzed Bits – A fascinating tour focusing on Canterbury’s areas affected by the Second World War, and the resulting changes of building and landscape

Other topic links include: French Connections (William the Conqueror and Huguenot et al), Literature (Marlowe, Dickens, Chaucer), Business, Royal History, Architecture, Christianity, Anselm, Becket, Henry VIII, Monks, War Horse

Any size catered to. We allocate 1 Guide per 30 students or pupils. .

Standard Tours & Foreign Language Study:

Adults: £12

Students: £10

Children (5-11): £7

1 adult free with every 20 students/children

Minimum charge: £150

Themed Tours:

Adults: £13

Students: £11

Children (5-11): £8

1 adult free with every 20 students/children

Minimum charge: £160

Costumed Canterbury Tales:

Recommended for ages 12+

Adults: £14

Students: £12

1 adult free with every 20 students/children

Minimum charge: £225

Tours operate every day, except Christmas Day. Tours can be booked between 9am and 6pm (although it will be dark for late afternoon tours in winter)

“On behalf of our entire team of teachers, we want to thank your team of incredibly skilled guides for four amazing tours around Canterbury. There wasn’t one student or accompanying teacher who didn’t like the tour, so we would be very happy to come back next year. ” Charlotte, Sint-Victor Turnhout School, Belgium

“I’d just like to say, thank you for a wonderful tour of Canterbury. Our MBA Students studying at Kent Business School had a wonderful time. It was excellent and the feedback has been very positive. We also had beautiful weather luckily! Thank you for your help in organising.” Rosie Alexander, Kent Business School

“The girls very much enjoyed their tour of Canterbury: they said the guide was absolutely fantastic!” Woldingham School

Website testimonials – https://www.canterburyguidedtours.com/Testimonials

Trip Advisor Reviews – https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186311-d1875258-Reviews-Canterbury_Guided_Tours-Canterbury_Kent_England.html

• Our Guides are trained to ensure that young people are kept safe at all times, and to cope with all kinds of behaviour
• All tours will be conducted to the age appropriate group audience – All key stages can be accommodated
• Tours can be shorter or longer depending on your schedule and can be discussed and quoted from the office
• Canterbury can be a busy, noisy and unpredictable environment. Teachers are advised to get in touch with our office for SEN groups so we can discuss additional support

Jenny Page

guides@canterburyguidedtours.com

01227 459779