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Private tour in Birmingham Diane C
In the footsteps of the Lunar Society
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Hello and welcome to the Heart of England region. After a career in fashion manufacturing I qualified as a Blue Badge Tour Guide in 2001. Since then I have specialised in providing personalised, private tours of Birmingham and surrounding region. I love to share my enthusiasm with visitors from UK and abroad. As a 'born and bred Brummie', I have seen many changes to Birmingham over the last 25 years; from a city with a reputation for heavy industry Birmingham has become a highly regarded centre of excellence in all areas of business and culture. A wide variety of restaurants, great shopping, museums and galleries plus numerous local attractions make Birmingham a popular tourist destination with leisure and business visitors alike. Just a forty minute drive from Birmingham city centre are the famous 'Shakespeare Country' towns of Stratford upon Avon and Warwick with the Cotswold hills beyond. Whatever your reason for visiting and however much or little time you have to spare, I would be delighted to tailor a walking and/or driving tour that will help you discover the hidden. . . Heart of England. Hope to see you soon. Diane Qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide Member of the British Guild of Registered Tourist Guides Member of the Institute of Tourist Guides Criminal Records Bureau - Security clearance Full private hire licenses and insured for hire & reward
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Land of the 'Lunaticks'
Overview of your Birmingham tour
Our full day tour follows the life and times of the members of the group of 'free thinkers' known as the Lunar Society.
Your Birmingham tour itinerary
Our full day tour begins in Birmingham with a visit to Soho House, home of Mathew Boulton and meeting place of the Lunar Society whose many members included Josiah Wedgewood, James Watt and Joseph Priestley. From here we follow in the footsteps of various members of the Lunar Society , as closely as possible along the old road to Lichfield where we visit the home of Erasmus Darwin, which is situated within the Cathedral close. Lichfield is also where we can visit the birthplace of Dr Samuel Johnson - author of the first dictionary.
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Type: Private Transportation
We will be travelling in my modern VW Transporter with comfortable seats and air conditioning. There will be some easy walking involved.
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