Blue Badge
Tourist Guides throughout the
United Kingdom
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The national professional association for Blue Badge Tourist Guides
with members in every part of Britain
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East of England
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The East of England Region covers the counties of
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
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EAST OF ENGLAND Blue Badge Tourist Guides
East of England Blue Badge Tourist Guides are qualified to guide throughout the region. They will have first gained a qualification in one of the following towns/cities: Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Colchester, Ely, Ipswich, Norwich or St Albans |
The region covers a varied landscape from the Chiltern Hills in the West to the unique Cambridgeshire fens, the Norfolk Broads and the pretty, rolling Suffolk countryside. Among English landscape artists John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough were inspired by their native scenery. The historic market towns and cities offer as much variety: the fine cathedrals at Norwich and Ely, the half-timbered medieval “wool towns” of Suffolk, such as Lavenham, the picturesque Abbey ruins at Bury St Edmunds and the historic waterfront at Ipswich. Add to this the Roman heritage of St Albans and Colchester and the ancient colleges of Cambridge University. All these can be brought to life by our knowledgeable tourist guides listed below.
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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ASSOCIATION OF CITY OF NORWICH GUIDES
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Mrs Carol Robinson
Maytree Farm
Wattlefield
Wymondham
Norfolk
NR18 9LD
Tel: 01953-789346
E-mail: kcuniver@aol.com
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LANGUAGES |
English, German |
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Coach Tours of City of Norwich, Norfolk and Suffolk |
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Tours of Norwich: Historic, Georgian, Merchants and Markets, Over-the-Water, Riverside, Women of Norwich, Norwich at Work, Architects and Architecture, "if stones could speak". |
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED TOURIST GUIDES |
Mr Geoffrey Pickess
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LANGUAGES |
French, German |
| TOURS |
The Abbey and the Historic Town of Bury St. Edmunds |
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Inns and Alehouses, Georgian Bury, Crime and Punishment, Bury on Fire, Who Lived Here?, Literary Bury, Victorian Bury, Looking Up, Churches and Chapels, The Ladies of the Town, The Grim Reaper, Bury at War, A Town Within A Town. A-Z of Bury St Edmunds, Written in Stone, Princes & Paupers, The Bristols of Bury. |
| Web site: www.burystedmundstourguides.org |
| CITY OF ST ALBANS TOUR GUIDES |
c/o
Tourist Information Centre
Old Town Hall
Market Place
ST ALBANS
AL3 5DJ
Tel: 01438 716165
Email: elizabeth@dynce.co.uk
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LANGUAGES |
French |
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Coach tours of the City of St Albans, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. |
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Historic St Albans, Verulamium in a nutshell, the Roman Theatre, Pubs and Chapels, Aristocrats, paupers and philanthropists, War of the Roses, Ghostly sites, Street War Memorials, Victorian St Albans, Crime and Punishment, A Round with Sam Ryder, Amble in the Shambles, Tudor St Albans, Walks in Redbourn, Harpenden and Wheathampsead. |
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COLCHESTER TOURIST GUIDES' ASSOCIATION |
Claire Partner
19 Harvest End
Stanway
Colchester
Essex
CO3 0YX
Tel: 01206 364542
Email:
partner.family@tiscali.co.uk
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LANGUAGES |
French German |
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Coach and walking tours of Colchester and East Anglia, including Constable Country, Lavenham, Maldon, Long Melford, Wivenhoe and others. |
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Walking tours as above and themed tours led by constumed guides including Roman, Saxon, Gorgian, Edwardian Colchester, Siege of Colchester 1648, the 1920s. Also Colchester Castle and Bloodcurdling Colchester. |
| Web site www.ctga.co.uk |
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IPSWICH ASSOCIATION OF BLUE BADGE GUIDES |
Ipswich Tourist Information Centre
St Stephens Church
St Stephens Lane
IPSWICH
IP1 1DP
Telephone: 01473 258070
E Mail: tourist@ipswich.gov.uk
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LANGUAGES |
French German Welsh Italian |
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Ipswich Town and Waterfront.
Guides covering surrounding towns (woodbridge, Felixstowe, Hadleigh, Lavenham, Framlingham, Aldeburgh, Heritage Coast, Suffolk Cloth Towns and Villages) are subject to availability.
Contact us or see East of England Regional Guides.
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Ipswich Town Centre, Ipswich, Waterfront, Anglo Saxon Ipswich, Tudor Ipswich, Victoria Ipswich, Literary Ipswich, Woodbridge, Felixstowe, Hadleigh, Lavenham, Framlingham, Aldeburgh, Suffolk Cloth Towns and Villages. Other themed walks on request.
Walks for Children - Horrible History of Ipswich. Heraldry, Green Corners. |
PETERBOROUGH & AREA TOURIST GUIDES ASSOCIATION (PATGA).
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Jean A. Hooper
"Rydal"
31 Dunsberry Bretton
Peterborough.
PE3 8LA
Tel: 01733-267961
E-mail:
jean_ann_hooper@hotmail.com
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LANGUAGES |
French |
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John Clare, An introduction to the Fens (Thorney, Ely, March)
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City & Cathedral in Peterborough, Famous Women, Victorian Peterborough, Tudor and Stuart times in Peterborough. |
| Web site: www.patga.co.uk |
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SOCIETY OF CAMBRIDGE TOURIST GUIDES |
Mr David Wright
Clifton House
Rickards
Whittlesford
CAMBRIDGE
CB22 4YT
Tel: 01223 833063
Email:
dmw@wrightstwo.freeserve.co.uk
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LANGUAGES |
Dutch French German Italian Japanese Moldovan Portuguese Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Greek Danish |
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Constable Country, Cromwell Country, Ely, Kings Lynn/Norfolk, Norwich/West Norfolk, Saffron Walden, Suffolk Wool Towns, Anglesey Abbey, Audley End, Sandringham, Wimpole Hall, Duxford, (Imperial War Museum) |
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Cambridge City, Cambridge Colleges, Fitzwilliam Museum, Literary Cambridge, Royal Cambridge, Cambridge Architecture and other specialist Cambridge Walks e.g. Science Tours, Treasure Hunt, Junior Explorers (Walks for children), Ghost Tours and Historic Drama Tours (Summer Evenings only) |
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LINKS TO MEMBERS' WEB SITES
For a list of East of England members' web sites click here
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Tel: 020-7403 1115 . Fax: 020-7378 1705
E-mail: guild@blue-badge.org.uk
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