City of Rochester Society

  City of Rochester Guided Walk. Very worthwhile, interesting and enjoyable. - We had a City of Rochester Guided Walk on Sunday 25 September with James as our guide. James was very enthusiastic about Rochester, gave us ample information about the sights... read more we were seeing and a good overview of the City and its history.

The guided walk was free, but I think we all gave a donation afterwards.

Debby

  Or guide, Alan, was engaging, knowledgable and enthusiastic. Highly recommended, just a shame that... read more

  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. …

  We were in Rochester for the day. We looked round the amazing castle, then joined the guided walk after lunch.
A friendly knowledgeable guide took us round the town in... read more about an hour and a half. Particularly impressed with his
Information about Charles Dickens and him giving quotes from the novels.

  Having been to Rochester several times before, I was not aware of the history beyond the castle and cathedral, a most informative and well presented talk by Terry Wood ?... read more Thank you very much.

  We went to Rochester 27th November it was awful weather but we wanted to make the most of it. John took us on a 45 minutes guided tour and it... read more completely made our day. He was so knowledgeable, interesting and friendly. We learnt so much in a very enjoyable atmosphere. Would highly recommend it and would do the 90 minute one next time! Thank you

  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!!

  Many thanks to John for a superb guided walk around the beautiful city of Rochester. The walk covered the main sites but many more that I would not have found... read more if not for John. This really bought the city alive for both of us.
John delivered his walk with enthusiasm and an impressive depth of knowledge. He was only too happy to answer questions and unusually for some guides he never lost the groups interest.
I have done many guided walks over the last forty years and few have been of this high standard. So thanks again John.
My advice to future visitors is to book a City of Rochester guided walk and if you are lucky then you will get John as your guide.
Thanks again from Mike and Keith from Wolverhampton