Guided Tours

Take a tour with a difference!

Our Green Badge Guided Tours provide a wide range of fantastic tours for all the family to enjoy. For a run-down of what each tour offers, take a look at the descriptions below. The tours are really popular, so we advise that you book early. For tours available to book now, browse the tours listing or call the Tourism team on 01543 412112.

Bring a group on a tour!

For group and education tours contact the Travel Trade officer on 01543 308216 or email maureen.roberts@lichfielddc.gov.uk

Be your own guide: Lichfield Heritage Trail

The Tourism team has put together a heritage trail, which is a self-guided tour to help you to discover some of Lichfield's heritage through the stories of its people and buildings. Why not pick-up a paper guide for just 20p from the Tourist Information Centre at the Lichfield Garrick? Or, why not try our interactive trail (external link) to get a taster before you arrive?

Children's Trail - for every child, big or small!

We're very proud that our Children's Trail has been chosen as a top family day out - click here to find out more. The trail is aimed at children aged between 5 and 12, the trail guides you around the city, where through a series of questions tour goers (and their mums, dads, carers, big sisters etc) get to find out fun and interesting facts about the city. From burnings at the stake, to Civil Wars shootings, your tour guide - Mr Minster Duck - will reveal amazing facts you'll be able to stun your teachers, friends and parents with. At the end of the tour, children who answer all the questions correctly get to claim a prize!
The trail costs 60p and is available from the Tourist Information Centre.

Green Badge Guided Tours 2010

Tickets must be purchased in advance from the Tourist Information Centre, Lichfield Garrick on 01543 412112 or email info@visitlichfield.co.uk

Tale of Three Poets
Tuesday 13th July, 2pm
Find out about the lives of Anna Seward, Erasmus Darwin and Samuel Johnson.
£2.95 per person

The Civil War in Lichfield
Thursday 15 July, 2pm
This walk circles The Close and tells you all about the Civil War in Lichfield from the moment the citizens were summoned to the Guildhall to hand in their weapons, to the bloody battles that ensued.
£2.95 per person

Tavern Tales
Wednesdays 21 July and 11 August, 7pm
This tour will amaze you with some of the tales about the pubs of yesterday and the changes today.
£2.95 per person

Alrewas Village
Sundays 25 July & 22 August, 2pm
A walking tour around this pretty and historic village. Take in the canal side walk and visit the church and ‘Look for the Mole'. This tour is a must for history lovers!
£2.95 per person

Georgian Gems
Saturday 31 July 2pm & Wednesday 18th August, 7pm
18th century Lichfield focussing on the famous characters of the time including Erasmus Darwin, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson and Anna Seward.
£2.95 per person

Gruesome and Ghostly Tours
Wednesday 3, Tuesday 9, & Monday 22 March, 7pm
This tour will make your blood curdle and your spines tingle! Rounded off with a visit to a local pub for a glass of mulled wine and a sausage roll.
£5.95 per person

Children's Tour - Blood Thirsty Lichfield
Tuesday 6 April, Friday 30 July & Tuesday 3 August, 2pm
This thrilling tour, designed especially for children, is back due to popular demand. All Children must be accompanied by at least one adult.
£1.60 per person

Pubs, Priests, Prostitutes
Saturdays 1 & 29 May, 17th July & 28 August, 2pm
Hear about some of the city's historic and interesting characters and find out about the Franciscan Friary founded in 1230 and destroyed on the orders of Henry V111 in 1538.
£2.95 per person

Stroll around the gardens of Lichfield
Thursday 6 May, 6pm & Saturday 8 May, 2pm
Thursday 10 June, 6pm and Saturday 12 June, 2pm
Enjoy a relaxing tour through Lichfield's green heart. Parks, green spaces and secret gardens, hidden away from the bustle of the city, are yours to explore.
£2.95 per person

Explore Lichfield Water and Pools
Saturday 10th July, 2pm
Book early for this one-off tour. This walk follows the source of the pools, and on the way you will hear about the Conduit Lands Trust which was set up to look after the supplies of fresh water to the city.
£2.95 per person