Cheltenham Walking Tour: Explore Regency History

Explore Cheltenham, the party capital of Regency era England, at your own pace with this self-guided audio tour. Discover the town’s transformation, hear from a local guide, and enjoy complete control over your experience.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum - The tour starts in front of The Wilson, an art gallery and museum. You’ll hear a bit about the gallery and museum, be introduced to how VoiceMap works and learn a bit about Cheltenham’s history before the tour officially starts.
What's Included
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
  • Lifetime access to the self-guided tour in English
What's Not Included
  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
  • Smarphone and headphones
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation
Additional Information

Interested in discovering Cheltenham, the regency era’s lively centre of England, independently? Unleash your curiosity with this reasonably priced self-guided walking tour.
• Uncover how a simple pigeon turned the city into a major Regency destination attracting royalty
• Listen to the narratives from Owen Bowles, an accredited Blue Badge Guide for the…

Location
The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum and The Wilson Kitchen arts café
Clarence Street
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Laura
Dec 15, 2024
A brilliant way to get to know Cheltenham - Great way to get to know a city especially when you’re on your own. The app worked well - the only time I went slightly off route it was easy enough to find my way back on and the tour was interesting and the guide lovely to listen to. Sometimes you do feel a bit weird standing still in random places (like next to the coach station) but just look confident and it’s fine!
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Cathie_h
Nov 19, 2024
Cheltenham is 90 mins - Easy to follow and interesting and just about the right length. We'd been there a day already but would have missed loads without this tour.
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Ellsbels
Oct 8, 2024
Explore Cheltenham at your own pace guided by an expert. - An excellent way to explore Cheltenham at my own pace. Informative commentary which kept pace with the route. I was able to stop and explore the sites that were of most interest to me. A highlight was the Cheltenham Minster where I was guided by lovely volunteers. This is so easy to access and has opened up new your options for me elsewhere. Great value for money.
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Carol_o
Sep 17, 2024
Fun adventure - Loved learning more about Cheltenhsm. The tour worked well except for a little hard to follow at St. Stephens Square.
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Claire_p
Aug 27, 2024
Really informative hour and a half. - We were really impressed by this tour. Sat nav ensured that we were given information of each site at exactly the right time. The level of information was perfect.
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Portisheadjon
May 1, 2024
Great way to explore Cheltenham - It was a great way to discover Cheltenham. The guide was easy to use and the guide was very knowledgeable about the town. A few glitches on the way round which were probably our fault but we soon got back on track!
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Dannielle_f
Apr 18, 2024
Good self tour - Good walk around Cheltenham with GPS allowing to guide to start and stop talking while telling you where to go.
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Johnson21228
Apr 15, 2024
Leverage technology for a walk with history - This is a great tour! Loved how the app teed up the talk track with my location! I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the walk too.
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Kimberlyhelenbell
Apr 5, 2024
Fab self-paced audio tour - My family and I had a day in Cheltenham and wanted to make the most of it. This tour is a great way to see the main sights of the town and learn some local history. We stopped for lunch at Montpellier half way round and were able to go at our own pace. The app was easy to download and use. We have already recommended the tour to several friends who live in Cheltenham but don’t know much about the history and architecture. You won’t regret using this. If you need WiFi just head to one of the local cafes for a coffee whilst getting set up and borrow their WiFi
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G07
Apr 21, 2024
Very interesting and easy to use - A very interesting audio tour of Cheltenham. My wife and I shared an earpiece each and found the tour easy to follow and very informative. This is the second tour of this kind we have used, and we enjoyed them both. I like the clever gps technology it uses and look forward to using the app again sometime.
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