Chester Ghost City

13/02/2025

Viking Chester Tours return on Saturdays at 11am and 3.15pm, June-October 2025 departing from the Town Hall Square with a warrior or a Shield Maiden. On the 2nd Saturday of the month, we visit the Viking Living History Encampment outside St John's Church.

Tickets are available online at www.vikingchester.com or at Chester Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340.

Everyone taking part receives a replica Viking coin.

You can also enjoy a private Viking Chester Tour at any time for any group size.

We are also available to deliver classroom presentations focused on Key Stage 2 studies or make an appearance at special events and promotions.

Contact: [email protected] or 07790498898

The age of the Vikings returns, Invaders from across the North Sea swept across much of Britain over 1000 years ago Come on tour with a Viking warrior or Shield Maiden and uncover the lasting impact they made.

16/12/2024

The Chester Ghost Tour on Saturday 21st December is taking place on the shortest day and longest night of the year, marking the start of winter in the Northern hemisphere. It's the ideal time to explore the haunted heritage of the 2000 year old city with our experienced and knowledgeable guides. We've been running tours for over 40 years and our service is probably the oldest of its kind in the UK. We are constantly updating content as people approach us with tales of their own paranormal experiences.
Tickets are available from Chester Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or visit www.ghostcity.co.uk

We depart at 7.30pm from the Town Hall Square in Northgate Street.

Picture courtesy of Ian Baker

16/12/2024

We've added an extra Chester Ghost Tour on New Year's Eve (Tuesday 31st December) exploring the city's haunted heritage from the past 2000 years. It departs from the Town Hall Square at 7.30pm and tickets are bookable at the Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or at www.ghostcity.co.uk Picture courtesy of Ian Baker.

04/12/2024

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Our Chester Ghost Tour on Saturday 7th December is extra special because it's led by Mary Ann Cameron, who has written two volumes of books about the city's haunted heritage and is signing copies at the Town Hall Visitor Information Centre on Friday 6th December, 11am-1pm. There are a few spaces available on the Saturday tour departing from the Town Hall Square at 7.30pm and tickets are bookable at the Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or at www.ghostcity.co.uk

16/11/2024

Viking Chester Tours will be back on Saturdays at 11am and 3.15pm, June-October 2025. You can enjoy a private Viking Chester Tour at any time for any group size. We are also available to deliver classroom presentations focused on Key Stage 2 studies or make an appearance at special events and promotions.
Contact: [email protected] or 07790498898

11/10/2024

We teamed up with Cheshire TV recently to give you a taster of what to expect on the Viking Chester Tour. It's only a flavour of what we cover and we omitted some of the stranger content like the flying cats, the undead, wolf warriors and naughty deity, Loki!

Take a look a the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnPnh__WElY

Our tours take place every Saturday at 11am and 3.15pm throughout October.

You can book online at www.vikingchester.com and at the Chester Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340

Vikings feature on Key Stage 2 studies so bring along your children for a fun learning experience!

10/10/2024

Since last Halloween I ve collected a bumper crop of new ghost stories about Chester, the most yet, a full dozen! No wonder Chester is the most actively haunted town in the country. I ll be telling one story every morning on Chester's Dee Radio 106.3 before Halloween. Chester Ghost City

12/09/2024

CHESTER - Horned Viking Helmets Given Heave-Ho

Chester’s new Viking Tour has given the idea of horned Vikings the heave-ho.

It’s just one of many myths that the team behind the project want to debunk as part of their ambition to show what Vikings did in the city 1000 years ago.

The tour organizers say that Vikings never wore horns on their helmets as none have been found so far by archaeologists.

Tour director Gerald Tattum says: ‘It’s more than likely that this myth came about because Vikings were likened to the devil for attacking monasteries, so people imagined they had horns on their helmets’.

‘However, some experts think that the horns were added to Viking helmets by a costume maker for a 19th century opera by Wagner - and that theory has well and truly stuck’!

Another myth that the tour organizers want to debunk is that Vikings used to set fire to ships with the deceased on board surrounded by their treasures as part of a burial ceremony for VIPs.
He added: ‘What we do know is that Vikings buried important people in ships on land with their possessions – and this gives us a real insight into how they lived’.

‘We are updating the tour content all the time to reflect new discoveries from the Age of the Vikings but want to make sure that we debunk myths at the same time’.

‘We want to remind everyone that the Vikings played a significant role in the city’s past’.

Viking Chester Tours not only highlight misleading myths but also recount tales of magical swords, cursed graves, wolf warriors, ‘zombies’ and flying cats!

They take place June-October on Saturdays at 11am and 3.15pm, and bookings can be made at the local Visitor Information Centre or online at www.vikingchester.com

The tour organizers also want to develop a Viking Chester Centre with the Live History organization in the heart of the Viking stronghold in Lower Bridge Street to show visitors and residents how they really lived.

The team behind the project would also like to see the Viking treasure unearthed near the Castle in the 1950’s form part of a special temporary exhibition. Some of the pieces are with the city’s Grosvenor Museum but the main finds are with The British Museum in London reflecting the importance of the discovery.

The team are currently developing the tour content to align with the Vikings element of schools Key Stage 2 studies for classroom presentations or Chester-based visits.

They are also keen to solve the mystery why no Viking graves have yet been uncovered in the city and are keeping their fingers-crossed that one day the discovery will be made.

04/09/2024

Chester Ghost Tours restart their Thursday departures on 5th September 2024 in addition to their Friday and Saturday walks. They leave the Town Hall Square at 7.30pm and last 90 minutes.
We have been providing an evening of fun and phantoms for over 40 years and know the very places to showcase the city's haunted heritage. We don't use any gimmicks or fake things. Our customers do report strange sightings and unusual paranormal events that we cannot explain. We have also added our Halloween tours to our website www.ghostcity.co.uk , where you can book online. The Visitor Information Centre also provide tickets Tel: 01244 405340.

28/08/2024

Viking Chester's Shield Maiden leads both tours at 11am and 3.15pm on Sat 31st August from the Town Hall Square. Tales of magic swords, the undead, cursed graves, flying cats and naughty Loki abound! Ticket: Chester Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or visit www.vikingchester.com Ideal introduction to Key Stage 2 studies too!

20/08/2024

Viking Chester Tours return on Saturday 24th August 2024 at 11am & 3.15pm from the Town Hall with a new guide in period costume! Discover the true story of Vikings here 1000 years ago on a 90 minute tour & listen to tales of magic swords, cursed graves, flying cats, zombies, wolf warriors and naughty deity Loki! Book at Chester Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or www.vikingchester.com Ideal introduction to Key Stage 2 studies!

14/08/2024

The Chester Ghost Tour on Friday 16th August 2024 will be extra special because it's led by local author and highly experienced guide, Mary Ann Cameron, who has written two volumes of stories about ghostly goings-on in the city over the past 2000 years.

Tickets are available from the Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 at the Town Hall, where the tour departs at 7.30pm.

You can also book online at www.ghostcity.co.uk

09/08/2024

The Viking Chester Tour on Sat 10th August is extra special as it visits the Unknown Vikings Living History outside St John's Church. The tour departs at 11am from the Town Hall with the Shield Maiden and is ideal for the Key Stage 2 studies on Vikings. Book at Chester Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or online at http://vikingchester.com

06/08/2024

The Viking Chester Tour next Saturday morning will be extra special because it includes a visit to the Unknown Vikings Living History encampment outside St John's Church by the Amphitheatre.

The Viking Chester Tour departs at 11am from outside the Town Hall and is ideal for providing information for the Key Stage 2 element of the school syllabus on Vikings.

Our 90 minute walk around areas of the city associated with the Vikings features tales of magic swords, flying cats, zombies and wolf warriors and is both entertaining and educational!

You can book tickets at the Town Hall Visitor Information Centre Tel: 01244 405340 or online at www.vikingchester.com

The tour is led by a Shield Maiden in the morning and with a Viking Warrior in the afternoon departing at 3.15pm