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Guided tours of Shrewsbury for groups

Statue of Charles Darwin outside Shrewsbury library

Walking tours for groups can be arranged at any time of the year and tailored to suit your requirements. We have a team of 27 carefully selected town guides, who are Green Badge and/or Blue Badge guides.

Your group can be any size.

You will need one guide for every 20 people. We suggest an approximate time of 90 minutes for walking tours of the historic town centre. However, the start point and duration can be easily adapted to suit your itinerary, with the latest departure time being 7pm.

Why not think abut a themed walking tour for your group. Some popular themes include:

  • Medieval
  • Tudors
  • Civil War
  • 18th Century
  • Victorian
  • Charles Darwin
  • Shuts and Passages
  • Brother Cadfael

Charles Dickens - 2012 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. If your group has an interest in Charles Dickens why not book a guided tour of Shrewsbury and learn about the areas of the town that are associated with the author?

Many of our guides have specialist knowledge and interests which they enjoy sharing with others, so do talk to us about other ideas for group tours.

Foreign language tours are currently available in French and Italian.

Prices for Guided Tours

General Historic Tour - £35 per guide.
Themed Tour of the Town - £40 per guide.
Language Supplement - £5 per guide.

You can now pay online for a group tour by following the Walking tours for groups payment online link on this page.

We can also send out town guides and/or maps prior to your visit if you want your party to have copies - please contact us to arrange this.

If you have any questions, please contact Shrewsbury Visitor Information Centre on 01743 281200 or email guided.tours@shropshire.gov.uk

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Shrewsbury Visitor Information Centre
01743 258888
Fax: 01743 258880
Shropshire Council
Shrewsbury Visitor Information Centre
Rowley's House, Barker Street
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1QH
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