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Multi award winning free, pre-paid and private walking tour experiences through the streets of historic Lincoln. Est. 2021.
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20/11/2024

Lincoln's stunning, historic High Bridge dating from the 16th Century is notable for many reasons...

⚜️ It is one of several fantastic examples of timber framed buildings in the city from this period
⚜️ It sits atop a bridge of Norman origin, making it the oldest bridge in the country with buildings atop
⚜️ The area beneath and behind the building is known as the 'Glory Hole' due to the narrow passage of the river below
⚜️ It is home to a company trading in tea and coffee in the building since 1937

We are pleased to be partnered with Stokes of Lincoln alongside several other local businesses and attractions to provide discounts for our guests to these businesses. Every little helps 💛

So if you are visiting what not come along on a tour, find out more about our beautiful city and walk away with some fantastic recommendations and discounts for the rest of your trip 😊

18/11/2024

What an afternoon we had on Saturday on our Historic Pubs Walking Tour 💛

A great time had by all visiting some of Lincoln's finest drinking establishments, sampling an array of local ales and craft beer, and learning about the city's fascinating history. If you came along, feel free to leave us a review on TripAdvisor, you'll find the link in our bio 🍻

If you would like to join us on the next pub tour, we have one more before Christmas on Saturday 7th December! It always promises to be a fun afternoon. Tickets are £30 each and include a drink in each pub as well as some small plates along the way. Visit our website to book your spot...

Finally as Christmas is around the corner, why not consider giving the gift of a pub tour to your friends and family? We offer online gift cards for this very reason which can also be purchased via our website 👍

Local beers this month from .a.bcraftbrewery

17/11/2024

Lovely group picture from yesterday morning's free walking tour of the entire city with our guide Matt 💛

It's been a busy weekend of tours, and there are more pictures to come, if you've been on a tour with us over the weekend please consider leaving your guides a review via TripAdvisor, Google or Facebook 👍

Remember if you enjoyed your tour and are ready for more, we have plenty of different tour experiences for people to choose from including our Christmas Lights walking tours next month 🎄

15/11/2024

Winter is the perfect time to visit Lincoln! Lots of reasons to visit our historic city at this time of year ❄️💛

⚜️ The darker evenings give a perfect opportunity to see the cathedral and our other historic buildings in a new light!
⚜️ It's usually a tad quieter, so you'll get a more personal experience (including on our walking tours)
⚜️ It's nearly time for Lincoln's fantastic Christmas lights which make Lincoln look even more stunning
⚜️ You can attend one of the many Christmas events going on in the city 🎄

So why not visit the city in the coming weeks and see what we are all about? Join us on a walking tour and find out more about our fascinating city; or if you want to see the Christmas lights book on one of our Christmas Lights walking tours where we have a bit of festive fun, see the lights and learn abit about the city's history 👍

And if you are in Lincoln this weekend, we have a busy itinerary for you including our usual free walking tour on Saturday morning, our pub tour on Saturday afternoon (we have one spot remaining!) and our Roman walking tour on Sunday morning...

All our tours are available to book via our website (link in our bio).

14/11/2024

Lincoln's impressive Newport Arch, one of several architectural remains from the city's origins as a significant Roman city known as Lincoln Colonia 😮

Want to find out more? Join our knowledgeable guide Matt this Sunday from 10am for our Roman Lincoln walking tour as he pieces together these architectural treasures and explains how the city would have looked 1600 years ago!

To find out more and book your free spot, follow the link in our bio to our website and click BOOK NOW...

12/11/2024

The moon out over the Brayford Pool 🌜

The area looks lovely lit up at night time, and is a great place for a winter wander, evening meal or cocktails with friends at the various restaurants and bars including our local partners at the 💛

Perfect place to go after a walking tour of the city with us 👍 Follow the links in our bio to book a spot on one of our award winning walking tours...

10/11/2024

On Remembrance Sunday, as we remember those that have fallen in conflict, we wanted to share a story with you all that we recently featured on our walking tour of Lincoln Arboretum...

Amy Beechey was the mother of eight sons and six daughters. After her husband William, a vicar, died of cancer in 1912, she moved her family from the village of Friesthorpe to Avondale Street in Lincoln (close to Lincoln Arboretum). Following the outset of the first world war, all eight of her sons would serve in military action, with five of them sadly not making it home.

Amy paid a huge sacrifice in losing five sons and holds an unwanted record for the amount of children she lost in the war. King George V and Queen Mary personally thanked Amy for her sacrifice in 1918. So along with many others, we remember the names of Harold, Charles, Frank, Barnard and Leonard (the Beechey boys) who paid such a heavy toll in the name of peace.

Their sacrifice, as well as Amy's, is remembered in a special plaque and bench located within Lincoln Arboretum, close to where Amy and her family would have lived.

08/11/2024

Come and join us for a wander around historic Lincoln from 10am tomorrow 👍

Our award winning free walking tour of the city sets off from Castle Square and covers its fascinating history from the ancient Roman city of Lindum Colonia to the present day, via Vikings, Medieval battles, kings and queens, spectacular Norman architecture, saints, grisly executions and the Industrial Revolution!

Our passionate guides will take you on a three hour journey through the city finishing by the modern Brayford Pool. To book your place for free, simply follow the link in our bio to our website and click 'BOOK NOW' ☺️

We will see you tomorrow morning...

07/11/2024

Looking for something fun to do in the lead up to Christmas? Enjoy real ale and craft beer (or perhaps another tipple) and history? Why not get a group of friends together and join us on our Historic Pubs Walking Tour 🍻

As part of the tour we will visit several of Lincoln's best public houses and enjoy a drink in each over the course of an afternoon. We will also enjoy a bit of food along the way as well as sharing the fascinating history of the pubs, coaching inns and breweries in Lincoln. Some of the interesting characters and stories include...

⚜️ The Battle of the Snake Pit
⚜️ Notorious Hangman William Marwood
⚜️ Lawrence of Arabia
⚜️ John 'Ratty' Fulton the Rat Catcher
⚜️ Spying Grotesques
⚜️ Ghostly Sightings and much more...

Tickets are £30 per person and can be booked via our website (link in our bio). We have available dates on Saturday 16th November and Saturday 7th December from 1pm. You can also buy gift vouchers on our website for those wishing to treat their loved ones for Christmas 🎁

Please join us for what is always a fun filled afternoon ☺️

06/11/2024

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for TWO awards at the Destination Lincolnshire Tourism Excellence Awards this year! Both 'Experience of the Year' and the 'Arts, Heritage & Culture Award' 🎉

This is the third year in a row we have been shortlisted at this awards ceremony, having previously won the 'Arts, Heritage & Culture Award' in 2022. It is also off the back of a fantastic year, winning the Lincolnshire Show's 'Grow with the Show' competition earlier in the year and retaining our TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Award for 2024.

Being shortlisted for these awards highlights the hard work and talent our guides have put into our walking tours this year as well as the wonderful reviews we have received from guests. We are passionate about Lincoln and it's history and love sharing it with others 💛

Fingers crossed for at least one win at the ceremony next year, but to be honest it's just fantastic to have been shortlisted again ☺️

05/11/2024

🦌🎄🎅 OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WALKING TOUR IS BACK FOR 2024 🎅🎄🦌

That's right, by popular demand, our Christmas tours are back for another year! These tours are designed as a bit of festive fun. We will take an evening wander from St Paul's Square, following the lights through the Bailgate, through Castle Square into the lower city, ending in the beautiful Cornhill Quarter. Along the way you will learn about the history of Lincoln with some festive stories thrown in for good measure ☺️

Tours are Thursday 5th, 13th and 19th December from 5.30pm and will last approx. 1 hour and 30 mins. They take place on late night shopping evening so you can go off and enjoy the shops afterwards or a winter warmer somewhere in the Cornhill ☕

Tours are limited so book now to avoid disappointment, these tours are popular and will fill up. Please also be considerate with your booking, if you can't attend after booking, please let us know so we can offer the spot to others 👍

To book for free, please visit our website using the link in our bio, and click book a tour...

02/11/2024

Nice to see plenty of people out and about on a November morning with our guide Matt today ready to find out more about the fascinating history of Lincoln ☺️

If you enjoyed your wander with Matt, please do let him know and share your experience with a review via TripAdvisor, Google or Facebook. Just follow the links in our bio 👍

Finally, if you missed the tour today, you can join our guide Hannah for a slightly shorter version of the tour tomorrow morning from 10am. Book online by following the link to our website...

31/10/2024

👻 🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃 👻

We hope everyone has had a spooktacular day today. If you are out tonight trick or treating or at a Halloween party, stay safe and enjoy 👍

We are back this weekend with our usual free walking tours of Lincoln. If you are looking for something to do, or are visiting and want to get a feel for the city, join one of our experienced and passionate guides 💛

Head across to our website to find out more and book your spot...

28/10/2024

Some photos from Hannah's tour of the historic uphill area of Lincoln on Sunday. Nice to see plenty of people out and some autumn sunshine ☀️

Thanks to everyone that joined her, we hope you all had a fantastic time! If you enjoyed your experience please do let Hannah know by leaving her a review via TripAdvisor, Google or Facebook 👍

Extra points to Hannah also for undertaking the tour in period costume!

26/10/2024

A little reminder that the clocks go back tonight ⌚

If you are joining us for a tour tomorrow morning, don't forget to enjoy your extra hour in bed first 😜

Still time to book your spot for our 2 hour free tour of the city. The city is looking lovely at the bottom with the beautiful autumn colours. Click the link in our bio to join us...

24/10/2024

Its this Saturday and its free ! Why not bring a friend ?

24/10/2024

Who is this spooky looking chap peeking over the Exchequergate?

Lots of people out in Lincoln today exploring Lincoln's Monster Invasion and waiting to see the Skeleton Parade! The Big Spook is well and truly underway to celebrate Halloween 🎃👻💀

If you are considering visiting the city to enjoy the Halloween festivities, why not tie it in with a walking tour? You can see many of the inflatable monsters as we wander around the city taking in the atmosphere 😊

Book your spot using the link in our bio...

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Enjoy history? Enjoy craft beer and real ale? Enjoy meeting new people? Our Historic Pubs Walking Tour of Lincoln is the tour for you 🍻 Join award winning guides as they take you on a journey through the fascinating (and sometimes gory) history of Lincoln's public houses, inns and breweries. Along the way you'll get the opportunity to try craft beer and real ale from local brewers and visit some of the city's historic watering holes. Tours happen once a month on a Saturday afternoon and can be booked via our website (link in our bio). Dates for October and November are currently live to book. Tickets are £30 and include a drink in each of the five pubs we visit and a light snack along the way. #lincolnfreewalkingtour #freewalkingtour #walkingtour #lincoln #lincolnshire #visitlincoln #visitlincolnshire #visitengland #visitbritain #discoverlincoln #discoverlincolnshire #destinationlincolnshire #historiclincoln #lincsconnect #lincolnbloggers #lovelincoln #history #heritage #travel #travelphotography #travelpics #wanderlust #travelblog #realale #craftbeer #pubsofinstagram #pubs #greatbritishpubs