Live History Virtual Tours

27/11/2024

NEW FOR 2025! More VoiceMap tours will be appearing next year in Lancaster and...Carlisle!

21/11/2024

Only seven slots left for our Dickensian Grotto at the Grosvenor Museum on Saturday 7th December. Book tickets now at: https://livehistory.co.uk/event/the-original-father-christmas-dickensian-grotto-at-the-grosvenor-museum/ Experience the past!

20/11/2024

Ever thought of doing an audio tour? Book them through our website: www.livehistory.co.uk Will you time travel thirteen hundred years in Chester, past Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans OR will you solve a Lancaster murder in 1916? Experience the past with Live History! Love Lancaster BID Chester BID Big Heritage Lancaster University History, University of Chester

19/11/2024

Only seven slots left for our Dickensian Grotto, launching at the Grosvenor Museum on Saturday 30th November. Meet Father and Mother Christmas in traditional Victorian costume with Victorian-inspired gifts in a grotto set within the stunningly beautiful Grosvenor Museum. Inspired by 'A Christmas Carol' and one of Dickens' visits to Chester, why not try something unique this Christmas? Book tickets now at: https://livehistory.co.uk/event/the-original-father-christmas-dickensian-grotto-at-the-grosvenor-museum/ Experience the past! Cheshire Military Museum Neil Chesters Big Heritage Chester Model Centre Kings Head, Chester Christmas Lovers 🎅🌲 Beautiful Christmas Vintage Christmas Countdown to Christmas Christmas & Nature Lovers By:Jy Roberts Christmas All Things and Everything Christmas Christmas for Kids Christmas For Everyone Christmas Carol a Christmas Carol Musical

16/11/2024

Like wartime history? Check out Lancaster and soon Chester for murder mysteries, set during the first world War. With real characters voiced by local actors and the use of real historic photos from local archives, experience self guided audio War Tours, downloadable from vouceMap and through our website

What would you like to do in Chester? Tudor and Stuart Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Chester Family Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Romans to Knights Self-guided, downloadable tour. View Tour School Workshops Key Stages 1 & 2 workshop sessions, set within a real Tudor b...

16/11/2024

Algernon Eccleston made some friends! Good turn out for the Victorian flashmob in Chester last night! thank you everyone for coming along and spreading Christmas cheer! Remember that if you want to book tickets for the Dickensian Grotto at the Grosvenor Museum or Stanley Palace, you can do so through www.livehistory.co.uk

15/11/2024

Have you tried our self-guided audio tours, courtesy of Voice Map? We have them in Chester and Lancaster, with a new one launching later this month! Check them out here: https://livehistory.co.uk/self-guided-virtual-tours/ Experience the past with Live History! History, University of Chester Lancaster University Lancaster City Museum Lancaster Maritime Museum Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone Chester BID Love Lancaster BID Lancaster BID Big Heritage

Self Guided Virtual Tours Self-Guided Virtual Tours In addition to face-to-face walking tours with a costumed guide, we also offer app based, self-guided virtual walking tours of Chester and Lancaster. Our virtual tours allow the participants the freedom to explore the city and its history at their....

12/11/2024

Don't want to do a tour with a tour guide, face-to-face? Want to do something at your own pace, whenever you want to? Don't want to leave the house even but still experience some immersive history remotely? Whatever your situation, we've got you covered! If you like romans, explore a unique roman shrine in Handbridge with a soldier of the second legion; admire the Roman Gardens with a roman slave; hear the roar of the crowds with a gladiatrix at the amphitheatre! Don't like Romans? Check out the oldest church in Chester with Lady Aethelflaed of Mercia before discovering Chester's Viking quarter with Ingimundr! Prefer medieval stuff? Track down the site of St Mary's Nunnery with Lady Alice de la Haye or view Chester's infamous rows with Sir Walter de Stanleigh. Experience the past with Live History, in collaboration with Voice Map...all you need is a phone and some ear plugs.

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09/11/2024

We had planned to launch the Chester War Tour tomorrow on Remembrance Sunday however not, due to editing delays, it has been delayed by about a week or so. Nevertheless it is coming to www.livehistory.co.uk soon, courtesy of Voice Map, a downloadable app for your phone. All you'll need is a set of ear plugs and you can explore Chester in September of 1914. Join Charles Smith, Arthur Eccleston and Chief Constable Lane on an investigation like no other. Discover a local home front during the First World War as you glimpse historical images and hear local actors bring to life the voices of those living here in 1916. In the meantime, we would recommend a visit to the Cheshire Military Museum. Tomorrow we remember the sacrifice of those men, women and animals that have given their lives in the world wars and since. Rest in peace, we will never forget you.

What would you like to do in Chester? Tudor and Stuart Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Family Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Romans to Knights Self-guided, downloadable tour. View Tour School Workshops Key Stages 1 & 2 workshop sessions, set within a real Tudor building....

09/11/2024

Love history but don't want to meet a guide at at particular time? Download the 'Chester Childrens Tour, Romans to Knights', courtesy of VoiceMap, through our website www.livehistory.co.uk. All you need is a phone and some ear plugs. Hear local actors bring to life the voices of those living in Chester between the first and thirteenth centuries. Accompany the second legion's Gaius Calventius Celer at the Roman quarry in Handbridge; refortify Chester's walls against Viking attacks with Aethelflaed, Lady of Mercia; be at the beckon call of Sir Walter de Stanleigh on Brisge Street. Time travel with Isla Mason of the Time Travel Commission through thirteen hundred years of history. Experience the past at your own pace with Live History!

What would you like to do in Chester? Tudor and Stuart Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Family Tour Guided, themed, costumed tour. View Tour Romans to Knights Self-guided, downloadable tour. View Tour School Workshops Key Stages 1 & 2 workshop sessions, set within a real Tudor building....

09/11/2024

With the approach of Remembrance Sunday, why not download a Lancaster War Tour via VoiceMap? Starting in Dalton Square and ending outside Westfield Memorial Village, meet correspondent Arthur Eccleston and Chief Constable Lane on an investigation. Discover a local home front during the First World War as you glimpse historical images and hear local actors bring to life the voices of those living in Lancaster in 1916. Otherwise, we would recommend a visit to the King's Own Regimental Museum or even the Police Museum inside Lancaster Castle. Whatever you choose to do, remember the sacrifice of those men, women and animals that have given their lives in the world wars and since. Rest in peace, we will never forget you.

06/11/2024

The Chester War Tour, although a tad behind schedule, is currently in the process of having its audio recorded. Thank you everyone for your patience.

04/11/2024

'Remember, Remember...the history of Chester' - nine local history talks today inside the stunning Grosvenor Museum between 1pm and 6pm, from Romans hailing from a unique heritage project in the North of Wales to Chester's upcoming War Tour Murder mystery set in 1914. Collect flyers and discover some of Chester's historic attractions and tours. Purchase refreshments and browse a range of secondhand books, tour t-shirts, pewter collectables and historically-inspired Christmas cards. Join Live History and many others today at the Grosvenor Museum! History, University of Chester Lancaster University Visit Chester and Cheshire Lancaster High Streets Heritage Action Zone Chester BID Chester Town Hall

03/11/2024

Tomorrow, Grosvenor Museum, Chester, 1pm-6pm. Be there for 'Remember, Remember...the history of Chester!'