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The UK's largest community of professionally qualified Blue & Green Badge Tourists Guides. Discover #London & the #UK with #britainsbestguides Est. 1950
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Other notable Radcliffe patients included Samuel Pepys, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift & Isaac Newton. He prescribed some bizarre treatments but he did emphasise the value of a healthy lifestyle. Discover the stories of Oxford with #britainsbestguides.
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Book a private guided tour of Oxford - the ‘city of dreaming spires’ is home to the oldest English-language university in the world. Here's what you can expect from a guided tour of Oxford.
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RT @storiesbritain: Born #OTD 1797 Mary Shelley. She endured the death of her mother, children and husband. Her legacy is one of the gre….
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Discover the stories of the Tower of London on a private guided tour with #britainsbestguides. 📷 Danny Parlour, London Blue Badge Tourist Guide . #menagerie #bluebadgetouristguides #discovermore.
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Book a guided tour of the Tower of London. Discover 1,000 years of history, legend and mystery (and see the Crown Jewels). Blue Badge Guides are often the ONLY external guides permitted to conduct...
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📍The Tower of London elephant sculpture by artist, Kendra Haste. Diplomatic gift-giving between leaders is an artform, but what to give? In 1255, King Louis IX of France gifted Henry III a 10ft elephant which was housed at the Tower 🧵 . #toweroflondon #history #London
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. outside was a tad wet. And just look at the richly plastered ceiling! Look out for the rare grotesque heads at the west end. A must-see when next you visit the #Cotswolds on a private guided tour with #britainsbestguides 📷 Mark King. #traveltips.
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Book a private tour with a Blue Badge guide of this region – designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is stunning landscape comprising yellow and grey limestone cottages and farms,...
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Step into the Long Gallery at Chastleton House & you’re stepping into Elizabethan/Jacobean England's answer to exercising on a rainy day. This is the longest-surviving barrel-vaulted ceiling of its date in England (1607-1612) a space for strolling when the weather 🧵.#TravelGoals
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RT @storiesbritain: William Terris was the star of the Adelphi Theatre plays. But bit-part actor Richard Prince hated the matinee idol. W….
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. on a private guided tour of the City of London . #postmanspark #heroesdontalwayswearcapes #history #heritage #travelgoals.
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Prepare to be exhilarated by the vibrant character and pulse-pounding excitement of the City of London with your very own City of London Green Badge or London Blue Badge Tourist Guide.
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At Postman's Park #CityofLondon. One of the City's hidden green spaces that holds 'The Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice' - commemorating ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten 💚. Discover the beating heart of #London 🧵
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RT @Look_UpLondon: Public walk dates for September and October will go on sale in this week’s newsletter! .You can subscribe for free to ge….
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. for the local folk who called this place home since the Stone Age. Discover the East of England with #britainsbestguides #wickenfen #cambridgeshire #offthebeatenpath #history #heritage #nature #travel #travelgoals.
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Book a private guided tour in the UK.There are over 1000 Blue Badge Guides in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We guide in all the UK's major tourist attractions, as well as its cities...
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At Wicken Fen discovering the landscape & the lives of the people who worked & lived here. A fascinating off-the-beaten-track destination with stories of the Adventurers, Dutch engineers, prisoners of war, legendary naturalists & the riotous spirit that preserved a way of life 🧵
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A double view of St Paul's Cathedral. We ❤️ London!. #stpaulscathedral #cityoflondon #history #heritage #culture #reflections #bankholidayweekend☀️ #London #travelgoals #bluebadgetouristguides #britainsbestguides
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RT @storiesbritain: Was this the worst job in Victorian London? Pure Finders collected dog faeces from the streets to sell at the Bermonds….
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RT @st_guides: There's more to St Albans monastery than you might think - book through our website for our Monastery Revealed walk. https://….
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Can you add more colour to London's Notting Hill? Yes, you can!. The legendary #NottingHillCarnival2025 is back this weekend! This isn't just a street party, it's a vibrant piece of #London history dating back to 1966. Get ready for amazing music, food & costumes!. #mustsee
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. the "dazzle" camouflage used on ships during World War I. The unique patterns on dazzle ships was designed to confuse enemies & protect vessels - an incredible piece of history still in motion!. Discover Liverpool with #britainsbestguides #travelgoals.
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Book a private guided tour of Liverpool. Home to the Beatles, the Three Graces, the Liver Birds and the port city of Liverpool. Discover all this and more with a private guided tour of Liverpool.
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Spotted on the Mersey #Liverpool the 'Dazzle Ferry' - as far as we know, the only dazzle ship still in operation in the #UK Designed by legendary pop artist Sir Peter Blake (famous for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album cover), this ferry's eye-catching design is a tribute to 🧵
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RT @storiesbritain: Died #OTD 1762, Mary Wortley Montagu travelled to Constantinople where women were inoculating children against smallpox….
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