Dark Chester tour shines a flickering candlelight into the darkest recesses of Chester’s 2,000-year heritage, illuminating tales of plague, poltergeists and religious persecution amongst others.
It’s a 90-minute walking tour, hosted early evening, and a storytelling stroll with plenty of dark humour and Horrible Histories-style tales.
Book in person at the Visitor Information Centre (VIC), Town Hall Square, Chester, or call the VIC on 01244 405340.
Dark Chester runs special tours during the Chester Heritage Festival, including visits to places assocaited with dark tales.
Please contact me for details, and follow my Instagram @darkchestertour for images and videos from the tour.
Leave a review at Tripadvisor @Dark Chester Tour. Watch a preview clip of Dark Chester via YouTube – The Coffin in the Wall.
Join me and let’s take a walk on the dark side.
Dark Chester presents Victorian Gothic — new for autumn 2024
August 30, 2024Dark 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… Read more
Dark Chester named winner at the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Award 2024
March 28, 2024Photo: Kat Hannon photography Dark Chester picked up an award last week at the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards [pictured above]. My walking tour of Chester was named the winner in the New Tourism Business of the Year category. The ceremony was hosted at Chester Cathedral and Nicola Said, Regional lead… Read more
Check out my Dark Chester tour via the new Kayak Chester travel guide
February 14, 2024My Dark Chester tour resumes this week after a winter break. I’m back with new ideas, fresh takes on Chester folk tales and plenty of fire-and-brimstone dark-tourism heritage from my historic home city. I’m also up for new collaborations and editorial coverage, including being featured in the new Chester guide from… Read more
Dark Chester named finalist in the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards
October 13, 2023It’s official: Dark Chester has been named as a finalist at the Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards. The dark-tourism walking tour of the heritage city of Chester received the nod as a finalist for Experience of the Year. It picked up a second nomination for New Tourism Business of the Year.… Read more
Dark Chester presents: Dark Dinner — the spookiest supper in Chester
September 28, 2023Dark Chester tour [pictured above] shines a flickering candlelight into the darkest corners of Chester’s dark-tourism heritage. You may have already seen us walking around Chester, or previously joined us for a walk through the mists of dark history. But now it’s time to explore the city afresh. And, what’s more,… Read more
Dark Chester runs special spooky tours for Chester Heritage Festival
June 27, 2023Image: Stuart Robinson Photography [www.stuartrobinson.photography] Dark Chester ran some special walking tours as part of the Chester Heritage Festival this month. Each time, we finished the regular tour by doing something we’ve ever done before: going into a Chester building to hear a spooky story first hand. First up was… Read more
Bookings open for Dark Chester special tours for the Chester Heritage Festival
May 9, 2023Dark Chester / Chester Heritage Festival specials — bookings are now open I’ll be leading a couple of special walking tours of Chester next month for the Chester Heritage Festival (CHF). Bookings are now open and spaces are limited. Book Dark Chester: Spooks & Stories (June 17) at https://lnkd.in/eEajidex. Book Dark Chester: Ales &… Read more
Dark Chester highlights dark tourism trend in Cheshire Life magazine feature
May 9, 2023Dark Chester was featured in the April issue of Cheshire Life magazine [pictured above]. I wrote a feature about the rise of dark tourism in Chester and how my tour taps into this trend to explore the darker side of our history. Here’s an extract: Dark Chester is a storytelling… Read more
Take a walk on the dark side for the British Guild of Tourist Guides blog
May 9, 2023When Dark Chester first launched, I write a guest blog post for the British Guild of Tourist Guides (BGTG) to explain my ideas behind the tour [pictured above in Chester]. Here’s an extract: I wanted to compile a 90-minute dark-tourism tour, exploring some of the favourite folk tales, legends and… Read more