Events and features

Ten key facts about the Guild of Registered Tour Guides

  • Blue badge guides can be found all through the United Kingdom.
  • We are Britain’s official tourist guides recognised by VisitBritain.
  • We will guide you on foot, on a coach, in private cars, on bike tours, boat cruises and - if you have one  -  by private jet.
  • We guide in over 30 different languages and have 50 years of guiding experience.
  • We are insured, trained and examined to the highest standards of knowledge and practical skills.
  • Blue badges guide in museums and galleries – from the British Museum to the Tate.
  • We will take you to the great outdoors – from Snowdonia to the Cotswolds.
  • We do tours of churches – from York Minster to Salisbury Cathedral, or ancient monuments – from Stonehenge to Hadrian’s Wall.
  • We provide specialist tours on any topic – from sports to Shakespeare, from Harry Potter to Beatrix Potter.
  • If it can be guided, a blue badge guide will guide it for you.

Regional Diploma events

The Diploma in Travel and Tourism SSAT regional networks are now all up and running with several events taking place during the coming weeks:

25 Feb - Yorkshire & Humberside regional Travel & Tourism network meeting Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Carnegie Stadium Campus.

15 March - West Midlands regional Travel & Tourism network meeting, Black Country Living Museum, Dudley

15 March - Yorkshire & Humberside regional Travel & Tourism network meeting, National Railway Museum, York

16 March - North East regional Travel & Tourism network meeting, Segedunum Roman Fort Museum, Wallsend

17 March - Eastern regional Travel & Tourism network meeting, Luton Airport

17 March - London regional Travel & Tourism network event, LHR Terminal 5

22 March - South West regional Travel & Tourism network event Crealy Adventure Park, Exeter

23 March - North West regional Travel & Tourism network event  Knowsley Safari Park, St Helens

For details of these events, how to book your place and lots more information, go to www.diploma-support.org/communities.

16-11-2009