Bedford Guided Walks
Bedford Guided
Walks
Wednesday 3rd August
Bedford Guided Walk: Who Lived in a
House Like This – starts at the Tourist Information
Centre, 7.00pm.
Ever walked past an interesting house and
wondered about its past? Hear more about some of our oldest houses
and the fascinating characters who designed and lived in them.
Booking is essential, £3 for adults and children over 8 years
£1.50. For more information please call 01234 221712 or visit
www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Sunday 7th
August
Bedford Guided Walk: I Never Knew That
– starting from outside the Tourist Information Centre, St Pauls
Sq, Bedford,
11.00am.
I Never Knew That Bedford has a story waiting
to be told around every corner. This walk will give you answers to
all those questions about the town, but didn’t know who to ask. For
more information please call 01234 221712 or visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Wednesday 10th
August
Bedford Guided Walk – The Jewel in
Bedford’s Crown from outside the Tourist Information
Centre, 7.00pm.
The Jewel in Bedford’s Crown, this
entertaining and informative circular walk along the riverbank,
described as being one of the finest riverside settings in England,
takes in the Victorian Embankment, its bridges and ornamental
gardens. Booking is essential, the tour is £3 for adults and £1.50
for children over 8 years. For more information please call 01234
221712 or visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Sunday 14th
August
Bedford Guided Walk: The Silent Faces
of Bedford – starts from the Embankment War Memorial,
11.00am.
Why not find out more about statues and
memorials in the town. NB: This walk starts at the Embankment War
Memorial opposite Rothsay Road. Booking is essential, the tour
costs £3 for adults and £1.50 for children over 8 years. For more
information please call 01234 221712 or visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Wednesday 17th
August
Bedford Guided Walk: The Rise and Fall
of Bedford Castle – starts from outside the Tourist Information
Centre, St Paul’s sq, Bedford,
7.00pm.
A Royal Charter, a not so ‘civil’ war and a
castle removed stone by stone. View the castle mound and the site
where Bedford’s motte and bailey castle once stood. Booking is
essential. The tour is £3 for adults and £1.50 for children over 8
years. For more information please call 01234 221712 or visit
www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Sunday 21st
August
BedfordGuided Walk:
Are You Being Served? – Starts from outside the Tourist Information
Centre, St Paul’s
Square, Bedford,
11.00am.
A historical look down the High Street and
around Bedford’s shopping centre. See how shopping has changed over
the last two hundred years for both shoppers and shopkeepers and
the part which individual family businesses played. You may have
seen BBC1’s TV series “Turn Back Time”. This walk is our own ‘shop
window’ into the past. Booking is essential, the tour is £3 for
adults and £1.50 for children over 8 years. For more information
please call 01234 221712 or visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Wednesday 24th
August
Bedford Guided Walk: WWII Bedford Walk
– Starts from outside the Tourist Information Centre, St Paul’s Sq,
Bedford, 7.00pm.
Discover Bedford’s wartime secrets. How the
town became a centre for the nation’s entertainment, played its
part in the secret war and as a ‘liberty town’ played host to the
‘friendly invasion’. Booking is essential. The tour is £3 for
adults and £1.50 for children over 8 years. For more information
please call 01234 221712 or visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Sunday 28th
August
Bedford guided Walk: The Jewel in
Bedford’s Crown – Starts from outside the Tourist Information
Centre, St Paul’s Sq, Bedford, 11.00am.
This entertaining and informative circular
walk along the riverbank, described as being one of the finest
riverside settings in England, takes in the Victorian Embankment,
its bridges and ornamental gardens. Pre booking only, the tour is
£3 for adults and £1.50 for children over 8. For more information
please call 01234 221712 or visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.
Wednesday 31st
August
Bedford Guided Walk: The Life and
Times of John Bunyan – starts from outside the Tourist Information
Centre, St Paul’s Sq, Bedford,
7.00pm.
Follow in the footsteps of the ‘Immortal
Tinker’ the author of the famous book ‘The Pilgrims Progress’ to
various town sites connected with his life and works, including the
Bunyan Meeting Free Church. Pre booking only, the tour is £3 for
adults, £1.50 for children over 8 years. For more information
please visit www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism.