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 Tourist 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! (Out now)

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!

Our Green Badge Guided Tours - What to expect:

Pubs, Priests & Prostitutes

A very different look at Lichfield's past. Hear about some of Lichfield's historic and interesting characters from a city famous for its historic pubs.

Inns and Outs

Think there are a lot of pubs in Lichfield now? - you ain't seen anything yet. Join our Green Badge Guide for a walk round at least another 30 pubs long since gone and still lamented. Visitors to the city were attracted by a lively social scene and both The Swan and The George were popular meeting places.

Explore Lichfield Water and Pools

The magnificent Minster and Stowe Pools are fed by two streams. On the way you'll hear about the Conduit Lands Trust, which was set up to look after the supplies of fresh water to the city and lots of snippets of local history.

The Civil War in Lichfield

In 1642, the citizens of Lichfield were summoned to the Guildhall to hear a proclamation from King Charles I instructing them to hand in their weapons to supply the royalist army. Find out what happened then and later when the Parliamentary forces arrived to lay siege to the heavily fortified Cathedral Close.
On April 7th 1643 Prince Rupert arrived to recapture The Close and having done his reconnaissance set up his artillery on the North side. The walk will go right around the outskirts of The Close considering the events that had such an impact on the city and left the Cathedral in ruins.

Heritage Trail including The Close

Although one of the smallest cathedral cities in England, Lichfield has a rich and varied past. A fascinating trail of Lichfield's history and heritage, from architecture and markets to inns and beautiful parks.

Georgian Gems

In the 18th century the city developed as a leading intellectual and cultural centre of the Midlands and prospered from its central location on the busy coaching routes. Home to many famous people, including Erasmus Darwin, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson and Anna Seward, this tour charts their history.

Gruesome and Ghostly

Taking this tour will make your blood curdle and your spine tingle! This thrilling tour is rounded off with a visit to a local pub for a glass of mulled wine and sausage roll.

Wings of a Dove

This tour takes in the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, which tells the story of the soldiers of the regiment and its predecessors.It includes a visit to a First World War trench, next to the National Memorial Arboretum. Set in 150 acres of parklands, the site is a haven of peace and contemplation where visitors can enjoy and learn about trees, the memorials and their surroundings including the Millennium Chapel. During the afternoon travel to Cannock Chase an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' to visit the Commonwealth War Graves and German Military Cemetery. The day is completed with a visit to Museum of Cannock Chase for the  ‘Life on the Home Front' exhibition . Available for groups only.

A Tale of Two Lichfields

A visit to Lichfield's three spired medieval Cathedral right in the heart of the historic city, combined with a half day visit to Shugborough - a complete working historic estate where the past comes to life.  Available for groups only.