The Weird Walk of Warwick

02/02/2025

That's right, we even tour on Sundays! ☠️

31/01/2025

The number 1 question we get asked: are dogs allowed on our walking tour of Warwick? 🐶

The answer: Yes!

Well behaved dogs are more than welcome on our terrifying tours of Warwick. In fact they are encouraged.

Best of all? They can come along absolutely free. No need to buy a ticket for your dog, since they can't understand what we're saying, and won't be learning any history or ghost stories themselves.

(Note: photo was taken at Christmas time, actual costume will be different. We don't think it was our fault that this particular dog looked very sad.)

30/01/2025

Do you know about the demon dog that leapt from Warwick Castle?

Our ghost and history tours of Warwick are back this February, with this Friday already sold out, and only 2 tickets left for Saturday.

This is the ONLY experience that explores the real-life ghost stories of Warwick, and the bloody side of history that actually happened on that spot.

You'll be led by your creepy guide through the streets of Warwick, and hear terrifying tales from 1000 years of history.

Join your guide on the streets of Warwick, to discover the ghosts, murders, legends and famous faces from history.

28/01/2025

Hey, that's our spot!

We had a special visitor today!

26/01/2025

We have rejigged our Ghost and History Walks of Warwick for Feburary!

Daytime tours didn't look to be getting much traction, so we have instead released new dates and time back to our usual, late nights.

That means from 7:30pm, from outside The Lord Leycester Hospital, you can meet us to hear about the hauntings, crimes and legends of Warwick, on the actual spot where that history happened.

But... we are currently preparing new daytime tours to launch in 2025.

Want to be the first to try them out? Watch this space for more!

25/01/2025

We've found alternative paradise at Red Brick Market in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Just a short trip on the train from Warwick, there's a load of independent sellers with hilarious, gothic, and vintage finds that we absolutely adore.

Have you ever been?

23/01/2025

We can always count on Two Brothers Bakery in Warwick to serve us a croissant the size of our head!

15/01/2025

Actors of Warwick (and nearby) we need you!

We are looking to hire paid tour guides on a freelance basis, to help run our walking tours of Warwick all about death, ghosts and legends from history.

Our tours take place in the evening from approximately 7.30pm until 9pm, so evening availability is a must.

Ideally you'll be free most evenings, but especially Fridays and Saturdays (and Halloween!)

There is the possibility of further events and tours to be involved in as we expand, including daytime tours.

To apply, send us a message on Facebook, Instagram or send an email to [email protected] with the following:

- Age
- Location
- ANY acting experience you have (amateur, professional, school play, it's all good!)

We will then tell you the next stage of the process (spoilers: it'll be an audition of some form)

You must be aged 18+.

The longer you stay with us, the more potential to earn and grow with us too!

Know anyone who would be perfect for this?

14/01/2025

This sounds amazing! An absolute must inside one of our favourite buildings in Warwick.

🕯️ Candlelit Tours 🕯️

Be greeted by a costumed character and enjoy a glass of ale or soft drink as you explore the candlelit Lord Leycester on an exclusive after hours tour! Hear the tale of how during Elizabeth I’s reign, Robert Dudley founded his legacy, this philanthropic organisation, in the beautiful half-timbered buildings built by the Guilds of Warwick in the 1300’s.

Price: £15.00
Duration: 90 minutes
Dates: 24th January and 14th February
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm

For more information and to book your spot on this exclusive tour, please visit: https://www.lordleycester.com/tours/




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10/01/2025

Warwick, a town frozen in time (literally) ❄️

08/01/2025

The money we would pay to see this unroll across the Castle floor while a man in a feathered cap clears his throat and reads from it...

05/01/2025

We're back for 2025 baby!

Join the walking tour of Warwick that ONLY covers the darkest and weirdest parts of history, from ghosts, to murders and legends of Warwick and beyond.

Nominated for New Tourism Business 2024 in the West Midlands Tourism Awards, come and find out why so many people rate this tour 5* every time!

The Weird Walk of Warwick January dates are available now:

Join your guide on the streets of Warwick, to discover the ghosts, murders, legends and famous faces from history.

03/01/2025

Happy 132nd birthday to the late, great JRR Tolkien, who lived in Warwick for several years.

It was here he married the love of his life, Edith Bratt, who was a few years older than him. Their love is said to have inspired Tolkien to write of Aragorn and Arwen, the human and the elf who fall in love in the Lord of the Rings.

They married at St Marys Immaculate Church in Warwick in 1916, with a blue plaque commemorating their marriage.

But Warwick is believed to have influenced Tolkien's locations in Middle Earth.

This ancient Saxon Town, once surrounded by forest, and with its medieval halls and great castle on a hill is said to have inspired much of the kingdom of Rohan, said to be reflections of the Anglo-Saxons themselves.

Could Warwick Castle even be what the great Minas Tirith of Gondor was based on? This heavily fortified castle was once surrounded by the town walls of Warwick after all!

01/01/2025

We always love going to Coffee #1 in Warwick, not just for the food and drinks, but their decorations featuring some of our best local folklore.

Are any good myths or legends missing?

31/12/2024

Here's a selfie from the first ever Weird Walk of Warwick in October 2023.

And now we're saying goodbye to 2024!

Thank you to everyone who has joined us to discover Warwick's dark past. We will be back in 2025, with plans for new and exciting surprises!

Have a happy new year. See you on the other side.

29/12/2024

POV you've been cornered at the New Year's Eve party and about to hear about ghosts for 2 hours

25/12/2024

Not just a merry Christmas, but a happy 382nd anniversary to the only Ghost Sighting is English history to be officially recognised in the national archives.

Down here in South Warwickshire, the Battle of Edge Hill took place, in October 1642. This major conflict in the English Civil War left hundreds dead.

However, it was Christmas that year when some shepherds from nearby came across a great ghostly battle taking place in the sky above Edge Hill.

The shepherds alerted the local officials who went the following day to investigate.

The officials returned, on Christmas Night 1642, and witnessed in awe as they saw the battle of edge hill take place again, amongst two great ghostly armies. They saw details including their weapons, armour, the flags they carried and even their horses.

The King himself eventually heard news of this and had his royal officers investigate and publish a report of their findings.

"A Great Wonder in Heaven" was published in January 1643, describing the ghostly sightings above Edge Hill, and it remains in the National Archive today.

For those who live near Edge Hill, it's said that on cold, dark winter nights, sounds from that battle can still be heard...

Merry Christmas all! 🎄