Definitely worth doing. Would do it again. - A very informative tour of Rochester by John on Saturday 3rd December. He spoke very clearly and certainly knew his history with the facts regarding Charles Dickens connecting the books... read more to the places of interest. He spoke about the seven travellers and I know that if I stood outside the building, I would know what it meant. Obviously there many other points of Rochester's history that brought the Dickens novels to light.

  The guide, Shane, was extremely knowledgeable and kept the young people engaged and informed. The City and its castle and cathedral is a pleasure to visit, and Shane enhanced... read more the ex

  Our guide, Terry, was a veritable “walking Wikipedia” for Rochester. He was enthusiastic, full of energy and extremely knowledgeable. His extensive local knowledge made the easy walking tour a... read more pleasure, bringing many little-known facts and quirks of the area, its residents, history and architecture, to life. Terry was so keen to offer us more information and interest that the tour lasted more than 2 hours, with the group’s consent. I would have been happy to go round again, to hear more. The tour has inspired me to visit again and see Rochester’s attractions with renewed insight. Terry spoke clearly and audibly, with a gentle sense of humour. Tour is free, with an optional donation on completion. Highly recommended. …

  A very relaxed, friendly but informative tour of the town /city! James pointed out many places we would have missed on our own, entertained us with stories of Rochester’s history,... read more inhabitants and visitors and even ran after us once the tour had finished to suggest an interesting place for tea.
The tour is free, but requests donations for the City of Rochester Society.

  I highly recommend Jonathan Bradshaw's tour of Rochester, which was the highlight of my visit to the recent Dickensian Festival. Jonathan our friendly, well-spoken, guide led... read more an excellent tour, which with his historic references really brought the city's past to life! His passion for Rochester and Dickens clearly shone through. He took us to places I never knew existed, despite having lived in the vicinity for 3 years!! His tour was a mine of interesting facts, amusing ancedotes and information. It was very well researched, beautifully composed and at times poetic, with lots of links to Charles's work. Our guide was even dressed very elegantly, in keeping with the Dickensian theme. Jonathan imparted secrets of the city of Rochester in a warm and very engaging, personable manner. A visit to Rochester really is not complete without a tour by the City of Rochester Society Guided Walks. Simply unmissable! I hope to be back next year with more people!!

  Our guide, Terry, was a veritable “walking Wikipedia” for Rochester. He was enthusiastic, full of energy and extremely knowledgeable. His extensive local knowledge made the easy walking tour a... read more pleasure, bringing many little-known facts and quirks of the area, its residents, history and architecture, to life. Terry was so keen to offer us more information and interest that the tour lasted more than 2 hours, with the group’s consent. I would have been happy to go round again, to hear more. The tour has inspired me to visit again and see Rochester’s attractions with renewed insight. Terry spoke clearly and audibly, with a gentle sense of humour. Tour is free, with an optional donation on completion. Highly recommended.

  It's a good introduction to Rochester and it's history and figures. Chris was knowledgeable about the tour content, different museums and sites to see and also the local area... read more generally. The tour doesn't dwell anywhere so you will come away with a lot of places you can go back to see later. Even the little bit of rain didn't matter as there were quite a few undercover places to stop and including inside the museum. …

  Arrived in Rochester to visit the castle and cathedral to discover Rochester Sweeps Festival in full swing. Although lots to see and do we made sure we met John for... read more a free guided walk of the town, really interesting tour and would highly recommend to anyone visiting Rochester.