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COLCHESTER GUIDED TOURS   COLCHESTER TALKS   ASTRONOMY TALKS

If you’d like a tour of the UK's oldest and newest city, you have chosen the right guide! My name is Andrew Mowbray and I am a fully qualified and experienced Colchester Tour Guide who loves sharing the history of our city with everyone who visits. Every location I go to has a story to tell and I love being the storyteller. ​I offer walking tours of Colchester, either at prearranged times, or at a time to suit you.

 

If you would like a tour of Colchester, but can’t get here, you wish to do a preview before you visit or you just don’t want to go out in the cold, I can take you on a virtual tour from the comfort of your own home or wherever you happen to be.

 

As well as tours I offer talks on local history and also astronomy which can be held at your meeting venue or online.

"We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Andrew today and recommend him to anybody interested in learning more about Colchester! The city has a lot to offer!"

"Had an amazing day with Andrew and all things Colchester! I contacted Andrew earlier this year to see if he did low-impact tours as I use a cane and I have vertigo so I can't move at the same pace as many walking tours. He took me many places and angles that were friendly to that and I don't think I missed a thing. Low-impact tours are hard to come by and he was glad to move at my pace. So make sure you hit him up for that!" - TripAdvisor

"Thank you for an excellent tour today, everyone enjoyed it.  It was good to see the buildings which had featured in your talk and learn more about Colchester's rich history." - U3A History Group South Woodham Ferrers

"I felt I must write to thank you personally for the splendid talk you gave to the Peterborough Family History Society last Wednesday.
It was so rewarding because you went into tremendous depth to make sure we had realised all the possibilities, and I appreciated that.   In our part of the world we go back a long way, having fenland settlements in the area, and as I travel around I shall view place-names in a new light.  So - thank you again.  I will always be pleased to recommend you."

"Thank you on behalf of the Committee of 'Felsted Talks'. We have enjoyed your presentation, and have learned a lot  of new name derivations. Many, many thanks."

"The ladies really enjoyed your talk, as did I.  You are certainly an accomplished speaker and fluent in your subject.  It was a pleasure to listen and learn and we enjoyed being involved." - Springfield Afternoon WI

"Thank you for you talk, it was really entertaining and informative." - Blackwater Probus

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