About Canterbury Guided Tours

Official city guided walking tours of Canterbury, led by fully qualified Green Badge guides

Canterbury Tourist Guides Ltd is an independent, not-for-profit company devoted to sharing the incredible history of Canterbury with visitors to the city by conducting guided walking tours of the highest quality.

Founded in 1948 and formerly known as Canterbury Guild of Guides, we are the official city guides and work closely with Canterbury City Council, Canterbury BID and many other tourist organisations.

All of our Canterbury tour guides hold the coveted city Green Badge, (and some additionally the regional Blue Badge), having completed the accredited training course and passed the relevant examinations set by the Institute of Tourist Guiding (ITG), which is the officially recognised standard-setting and awarding body for tourist guiding in England.

All of our guides are passionate about the city of Canterbury and its rich history and heritage, and have years of experience. Many of our guides are also Cathedral guides, Blue Badge guides, or hold positions with local history associations. Many pursue research into special areas of interest and as such have in-depth knowledge on certain topics enabling us to offer a variety of themed tours on subjects such as literary connections, Canterbury Tales, royals, Becket, gruesome and gardens to name a few. We can also arrange lectures.

In addition to English we can offer pre-arranged group tours in French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian (subject to availability). We can also deliver our group tours in clear (easy) English for those learning the language.

We offer an excellent program of walks for schools, including foreign language study tours for those learning languages, an interactive Canterbury Tales tour, and various themed walks such as Tudor Connections and Medieval Canterbury.

You'll spot our Guides in Canterbury wearing their iconic bright red sashes - these are the Official City Guides!

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