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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
London
Joined December 2009
over the weekend: 👻 Haunted Cambridge 👻 Hauntings, Hangings & Horrid Lancaster 👻 Dark Chester Browse through our spooky scheduled tours: https://t.co/fXgTzTwlC1 Or tour London's most haunted fortress:The Tower of London https://t.co/NNn4sgT1gP
#Halloween2025
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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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Corpus Christi College, is considered one of the most paranormally active buildings in #Cambridge due to the ghost of one of its C17th Masters, Dr Henry Butts. This #Halloween why not do something completely different ... Spooky guided tours available tomorrow or 🧵 #spooky
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Sir Walter Raleigh died #OTD 1618. The privateer and explorer was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, but was sent to the executioner’s axe at Westminster by King James I. What happened to his head? Find out in our Heads Podcast: https://t.co/vxlYTGhiBS
@BBGuides #halloween
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Varied life of a tourist guide... @BBGuides @MCRGuidedTours @RIBA @bridgewatertour #cumbriaguides
#architecture #churches #historichousesandgardens #industrialheritage #walkingtours #herdwicks #worldheritage
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At a time when body-snatching could fetch the princely sum of £10, grave robbing in the C18th & C19th was a dark, yet lucrative 'occupation'. Just in time for #Halloween read the latest blog by Marc Zakian - 'Diary of a Graverobber: A Halloween Podcast' https://t.co/JAhqhKB6M7
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Discover London landmarks - and the stories behind them, on a private guided tour with #britainsbestguides
https://t.co/1zvPsv0x1h 📷 Danny Parlour, London Blue Badge Tourist Guide #london #history #heritage #TravelGoals
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Book a guided tour of London. Discover one of the world’s great cities with your local Blue Badge Guide. We are the London experts, with the knowledge, experience and skill to give you the insights...
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Nelson, atop a 169ft corinthian column, facing towards the Admiralty, HMS Victory, Portsmouth, & in the direction of Cape Trafalgar, Spain, where he triumphed in 1805, but where he also lost his life. Contrary to popular belief, there's more than one Nelson on this column... 🧵
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Roman plumbing at Bath, Somerset. This is the oldest geothermal spring overflow system in the country. It channels surplus water from the Sacred Spring into the original Roman Great Drain & into the River Avon 400 meters away. Discover Roman #Bath
https://t.co/NKlqcOLUEC
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Opened in 1995, #London's Neasden Temple reflects millennia-old traditions in the construction of Hindu temples; its intricate design of 26K+ hand-carved stone pieces are full of symbolism. Happy #Diwali2025 to our colleagues & visitors celebrating this 5 day festival of light🪔
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Short tour at end of the season and blessed with some Autumn sun. Stop off at #inverarycastle and an opportunity to don mob caps and do a bit of kitchen work!! #tourguide @STGAguides #britainsbestguides
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Phoenix-like, London Bridge is the story of London itself. Discover London's multi-layered #stories on a private guided tour with #britainsbestguides
https://t.co/1zvPsv0x1h
#londonbridge #history #heritage #londonhistory #visitlondon #travelgoals
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Book a guided tour of London. Discover one of the world’s great cities with your local Blue Badge Guide. We are the London experts, with the knowledge, experience and skill to give you the insights...
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A tribute to Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian Man' in Belgrave Square - a green oasis with a wild past and now only frequented by privileged keyholders! Discover London's secret gardens on a private guided tour with #britainsbestguides
#secretgardens #london #history #heritage
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This fascinating tour about our town in WW1 is on Sunday October 19 at 2pm
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At Bankside with the magnificent @GoldenHinde_ 😍 A replica of the legendary vessel Sir Francis Drake captained on his epic 1577-1580 voyage. Join Mr Londoner to explore the only wooden galleon docked on the Thames in his latest #blog 'Hinde Quarters' https://t.co/KQAcazwj0j
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In the 1800s Wombwell’s menagerie travelled England. One performance at Smithfield in London included an elephant that fired a gun. Hear more in our Strange Animal Stories Podcast: https://t.co/XvcQbBml0U
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More architectural tours coming soon @rtpi @ihbc @ihbc @BBGuides Over 600 years of architectural history in #NW #England
@VisitSalford @VisitWorsley @visit_mcr @cumbriatourism Follow me for info...
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For the first time in c300 yrs, 2 versions of Vermeer's 'The Guitar Player' are on display side-by-side @EHKenwood #London One is by Johannes Vermeer (1632-75); the origins of the other have puzzled scholars for decades. Discover the stories of art with #britainsbestguides
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