Medieval Walking Tour of Chester
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Chester, England
- 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Learn all about the medieval history of Chester from a costumed guide on this small-group tour of the city. Your guide will tell you all about Hotspur’s rebellion and more, using role-play, while you walk between the Chester city walls, medieval rows, and the ruins of the original cathedral, St John’s. This is a lot more entertaining than a self-tour with a guidebook.
- Easy to find departure point
- Keep costs down by joining this small-group tour
- See the best of Chester from a guide in costume
- Tour for around 1.5 hours, then the rest of the day is free
What's Included
- Our guide will let you handle some of their equipment under Supervision
- Guided tour
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Chester Visitor Information CentreTown Hall, Northgate St, Chester CH1 2HJ, UK
Our guide will meet you at the tourist information centre by the town hall.
End point
- River Dee, Chester CH4 7JB, UK
Our guide will finish by the river near handbridge to exaplin the battle of Shrewsbury and end the tour.
Itinerary
Chester City Walls (Pass By)
1
Chester Rows
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.9
based on 159 reviews
Elaine_F, Apr 2026
Very interesting walk and talk. Richard got you really involved, showing artefacts, explaining history with lots of information and fun!
Stewart_S, Oct 2025
Awesome tour, guide (Carl) was fantastic. Learned a lot about Chester and how significant the city was.
Sue_H, Sep 2025
A very nice, interesting your in the beautiful city of Chester, very nice and knowledgable guide. Thanks
sharon_c, Feb 2025
Very interesting experience. Richard was very knowledgeable about medieval times and the wars that the Chester Longbow men fought. Full of facts and pointed out several local areas explaining what happened there in medieval times. Injected humour in to the story telling. Enjoyed it very much.
Jo_M, Jan 2025
This was a very in-depth look in to Medieval Chester and the importance the town played in history, particularly in regard to the Chester Archers
David_T, Sep 2024
VIATOR is useless. I paid £21 and they didn't email the tickets. Had to phone up and ask what was going on. The person said" oh yes, this happens" Discusted at bad service.
Response from Host, Sep 2024
Hi
We are sorry that Viator didnt send you the ticket and our member of staff did explain that we have been in talks with them to reslove this problem. he also went out of his way to make sure the guide knew you would be on the tour and to send you the details. We hope that the tour went well for you as nothing said about that.
Susan_M, Jul 2024
Really interesting walk and talk. Richard was very personable, his passion for the subject came across well. He had a great knowledge of the history of the subject. I would recommend this tour of Chester.
Sandeep_V, May 2024
The Tour was easy to find outside the townhall and we were instantly impressed by the outfit and effort made by our tour guide Thomas, who was dressed as a Cheshire Long Bow Man. The tour was well thought out and taking through history as we completed each point of interest.
Angela_C, May 2024
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed this tour, the tour guide Thomas was extremely knowledgeable and pleasant. He obviously enjoys what he does and made the tour very interesting.
Judith_C, Apr 2024
The medieval walking tour of Chester was fantastic. Thomas was dressed as a longbow man and talked to us in character. He got a lot of fascinating information across in an enjoyable way. We learnt a huge amount about that period in history and what was going on in the Chester area and he really brought it alive to us. I was very impressed with his knowledge and his obvious passion for history. I would strongly recommend this tour as fun as well as informative.
Alan_G, Oct 2023
Our guide Thomas was excellent, very knowledgeable and clear. He put everything into context without losing his audience.
John_S, Aug 2023
Overall a great experience. A bit disappointed at not seeing more of the City sights during the 90-minute tour, the guide did go on a lot. Would have prepared to have less talk in exchange for seeing more of the city "sights"
Emma_P, Aug 2023
Extremely knowledgeable tour guide who injected humour into his narrative which really brought the period to life.
Richard_W, Jul 2023
seeing the weaponry worn in 15th century by archers at war.
learning about the reputation of the Cheshire archers in conflict with France
Kerry_C, Jun 2023
Thomas was amazing, very informative and as I was so lucky to have a one on one tour with him, loved the discussion and opinions.
Geoff_L, Dec 2022
Richard was very professional and enthusiastic in his tour. Very knowledgeable and informative. He dressed up as a Chester Archer.
Was a fun experience and would highly recommend.
pa_r, Aug 2022
Our guide Richard was very knowledgeable on The Medieval Tour of Chester, and it was fascinating to imagine life in those times
KarlHans_Z, Jun 2022
When meeting our guide, we arrived already by his clothings brought in the mood for medival times. He told us not only in an authentical way a lot about the city, its people and war, sucess and intrigues that influenced life and death but had beside shield, sword, and helmet also many smaller pieces of daily use like coins etc ready in his pockets to show.
We recommend the walk for everybody interested in a brief but excentic and comprehensive presented overview of Chester's wild times.
Stephen_P, Jan 2022
The guide was confident,funny and knowledgeable and brought several items to help bring the stories to life.it was a windy and busy day but the guide was always counting up the group to make sure we were together and took us to lots of points of interest in the city…all in all a good tour
Gary_C, Oct 2021
Guide was brilliant- loved the story and presentation - bought to life living 1397-1402 - creating a real imagine of the times
Tony_B, Sep 2021
The medieval tour was amazing excellent knowledge and amazing stories really bringing medieval Chester to life, Saw and experienced things you might miss on a visit to this city. Our guid Edward was brilliant and enthusiastic would definitely recommend to any one wanting to visit chester do not miss this tour.
Chris_L, Aug 2021
More about historic rivalry than Chester the city and its buildings. For me, I would have prefered to know more about the town. The guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable.
Response from Host, Aug 2021
Hi Chris
Sorry to hear that the tour didnt quite meet you expections about the bulidngs of Chester. As said on the informtion about the tour we take you around Chester and talk about the importance of the city duirng the year of the fringle crown and the rebellion of Hotspur.
our guides do cover rows and some buildings in city as they are unqiue and important to the city for trade in medieval times and give insight into life of medieval Chester which is what our tour is about.
If you want to know more about the buildings in Chester I highly recoomend the Ecxellent blue bagde guides as they can give you the informtion and details your looking for about the buildings and a general history of the city.
Regards
Cellan Carl Harston
Martin_J, Aug 2021
Excellent walk with a great knowledgeable Guide.
Always something new to
Learn about our past.
Great for children and adults alike.
P_Kothari, Jul 2021
Pleasant guide who was happy to answer your questions and give as much information as possible. He loved to act out scenes to his captivated audience. The display of weapons and how they were used was very interesting as well.
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