Guided Tours & Walks March to October 2020
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All tours need to be booked in advance with the individual tour guide as indicated by their initials AF Alexandra Fairclough 07956 226699 [email protected] Alexatours.eventbrite.com @bricks_andwater DB David Barnes 07961 535163 Bridgewater Canal Guided Tours are all [email protected] Green Badge tourist guides qualified with the EC Elizabeth Charnley Institute of Tourist Guiding. 07979 232817 Our expertise covers many subjects and we Guided Tours & Walks [email protected] elizabethcharnleytours.eventbrite.com offer private group & coach tours, school group @tourswalkstalks tours, special interest talks, lectures and tours March to October 2020 in addition to our public walks programme EF Emma Fox 07500 774200 [email protected] showmemcr.eventbrite.com All walks and tours are £10 per person @showmemcr unless otherwise stated. MC Mark Charnley Booking is required for all tours, please 07884 121021 [email protected] contact the guide directly or book via the Eventbrite links MT Michele Thompson 07786 992053 [email protected] @gotguided Looking for a more personalised experience? Looking for a more personalised experience? Bespoke tours available Bespoke tours available Contact: Mobile: 07979 232817 Contact: Mobile: 07979 232817 email: [email protected] Discover the history, heritage, stories, people, food, drink, email: [email protected] Twitter: @bridgewatertour wildlife, architecture, industry and creative world of the Bridgewater Canal in Salford with our Twitter: @bridgewatertour qualified Green Badge Tourist Guides Supported by: bridgewatercanalguidedtours.com [email protected] Our latest 2020 tours…. New tours are being added so see our website (bridgwatercanalguidedtours.com,) call us on 07979 232817 or contact the individual guides for their latest tours. Booking essential for all tours – click the guide’s initials for booking link or see the tour guides’ information page. All tours £10 unless indicated. The environs of RHS Bridgewater, the Bridgewater Canal, the Delph Outside Worsley Park Marriott Hotel, Sunday 15 March 2020 Explore Worsley EF 13:00 and a Gilbert-Scott church. Walkden Road, Worsley M28 2QT Chapel Street, the evolving heart of Part of the Not Quite Light Festival: a walk at dusk visiting the historic Saturday 28 March 2020 AF Foodwell, New Bailey, Salford M5 5JL 17.00 Salford heart of the old city £12 A life before rush hour on the Part of the ‘Not Quite Light’ festival: a walk along the Bridgewater John Gilbert pub, Worsley Brow, Sunday 29 March 2020 EF 18.00 Bridgewater Canal canal ending at dusk £12 M28 2YA Salford's University & Museum Outside Salford Art Gallery, Salford M5 Saturday 04 April 2020 Art, architecture, landscapes and literature AF 11.00 Heritage 4WU Worsley Delph , School Brow, Sunday 12 April 2020 Worsley Wonder at Easter A family-friendly Easter treasure hunt & guided walking tour EC 14.00 Worsley, M28 2NL Explore the town that’s not just famous for Cakes with the only guide Outside Eccles Parish Church, Saturday 18 April 2020 Eccles Explorer EC 11.00 who’s also an Eccles Cake baking champion. Church St Eccles M30 0DL A Celebration of English Tourism Week -a lighthouse 36 miles In front of the Church, Monton Friday 24 April 2020 Discover Monton EC 11.00 from the sea & a man who weighed the earth Green, M30 8AP The environs of RHS Bridgewater, the Bridgewater Canal, the Delph Outside Worsley Old Hall, Sunday 26 April 2020 Explore Worsley AF 10.00 and a Gilbert-Scott Church Walkden Rd, Worsley, M28 2QT Outside Worsley Old Hall, Friday 01 May 2020 Creative Canal Art, architecture, music & literature in Worsley AF 10.00 Walkden Rd, Worsley, M28 2QT Greengate Square, Victoria Bridge Saturday 02 May 2020 Discover Salford Ancient & modern the medieval heart of Salford AF 10.00 Street, M3 5AS Rebels, Royalty, a cathedral in miniature plus Manchester’s first air- Saturday 09 May 2020 The Bridges of Barton EC Barton Pocket Park M30 7AE 10.00 port in its 90th year The environs of RHS Bridgewater, the Bridgewater Canal, the Delph Outside Worsley Old Hall, Saturday 16 May 2020 Explore Worsley MT 10.00 and a Gilbert-Scott Church Walkden Rd, Worsley, M28 2QT Explore the town that’s not just famous for Cakes with the only guide Outside Eccles Parish Church, Saturday 16 May2020 Eccles Explorer EC 10.30 who’s also an Eccles Cake baking champion. Church St, Eccles M30 0DL Following in the footsteps, carriage roads and barge routes of royalty Car park, Dukes Drive Country Park, Saturday 30 May 2020 QED: Queens, Earls & Dukes MC 11.00 & nobility between Monton, Patricroft & Worsley Parrin Lane, Eccles, M30 8AP Salford's University & Museum Outside Salford Art Gallery, Saturday 06 June 2020 Art, architecture, landscapes and literature AF 10.00 Heritage Salford M5 4WU Wander around this chocolate box village that is actually the cradle of Opposite Bridgewater Hotel Saturday 13 June 2020 Worsley Wonder EC 11.00 the industrial revolution! Worsley M28 2PD Icons & mermaids: explore the 18th & 19th century waterways, the art, The Lowry, Pier 8, Salford Quays Saturday 13 June 2020 Creative Quays AF 10.00 music and buildings M50 3AZ A tour of the Eccles transport & industrial history: includes world’s Eccles Metrolink Station, Regent Street, Saturday 27 June 2020 TTT: Towpath, Turnpike & Train MC 11.00 firsts and a unique aqueduct Eccles, M30 0BP Greengate Square, Victoria Bridge St, Saturday 04 July 2020 Discover Salford Ancient & modern: the medieval heart of Salford AF 10.00 Salford M3 5AS Explore historic bridges, the canal, a mini-cathedral Barton Swing Road Bridge, Old Barton Saturday 11 July 2020 Discover Barton & Patricroft AF 13.00 and Patricroft’s ‘firsts’ Road, Stretford, M41 7LF The history of Worsley, its woodlands and green spaces. Beesley Green, Greenleach Lane, Monday 27 July 2020 Worsley’s Woodlands EC 10.30 FREE TOUR— Book via [email protected] Worsley, Manchester M28 2RT Salford's University & Museum Outside Salford Art Gallery, Saturday 01 August 2020 Art, architecture, landscapes and literature AF 10.00 heritage Salford M5 4WU Discover Worsley’s halls, the Canal & the new RHS Garden (RHS Worsley Delph, School Brow, Worsley Sunday 02 August 2020 Worsley’s Halls & RHS Bridgewater AF 10.30 entrance fee extra or free to RHS members) M28 2GD Tour the environs of RHS Bridgewater, the Bridgewater Canal, Delph Outside Worsley Old Hall Saturday 29 August 2020 Explore Worsley EF 14:00 and a Gilbert-Scott church. Walkden Road, Worsley M28 2QT Discover Worsley’s halls, the Canal & the new RHS Garden (RHS Worsley Delph, School Brow, Worsley Sunday 02 August 2020 Worsley’s Halls & RHS Bridgewater AF 10.30 entrance fee extra or free to RHS members) M28 2GD From the iron age to the railway age via the coming of the canals to Friday 18 September 2020 Discover Irlam AF Irlam Station, Station Rd Irlam M44 5ZR 13.00 ‘Irwelham’ Whitehead Hall Meadows entrance, Astley Green – Carbon Capital of the Explore earthly elements from the 18th century to today from Astley Saturday 03 October 2020 DB Lower Green Lane, 14.00 Bridgewater Canal? Green to Boothstown & back Astley Green M29 7JE Walk the canal route taken by Queen Victoria on her visit to Worsley Front of Patricroft Railway Station, Saturday 10 October 2020 Walking with Royalty EC 12.00 on this day in 1851 Green Lane, Eccles, M30 0UR More tours of Barton, Boothstown, Eccles, Monton & Worsley are being added, please check our website for latest dates, contact the guide directly or call 07979 232817 RHS Garden Bridgewater opens 30th July 2020—contact us to book your guided tour of the gardens and the area .