Dark Chester [pictured above; image via Stuart Robinson Photography] presents Victorian Gothic next week.
It’s a new evening walking tour with a literary motif, delving into Chester’s golden age during the reign of Queen Victoria.
It was an age of innovation, global power and flushing toilets. But the Victorians were also obsessed with ghost stories and the supernatural.
The tour traces a social history of Chester and the statement buildings of its Victorian Gothic makeover, interspersed with some Gothic readings and poetry from the heart of Victorian darkness.
This tour has evolved from the Midsummer Gothic tour I led for the Chester Heritage Festival earlier this summer.
Victorian Gothic departs Wednesday, September 4 from the Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall Square, at 5.30pm. It repeats selected Wednesdays throughout autumn into winter and by appointment for private groups.
Dark Chester, meanwhile, continues throughout the winter, departing at the new time of 5.30pm from September 21.
I’m adding both tours to Viatour from September but you can still also buy tickets directly from the Visitor Information Centre.
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Dark Chester tour [pictured above] shines a flickering candlelight into the darkest corners of Chester’s dark-tourism heritage.