Alison was a knowledgeable, thoughtful, witty guide and her love for York and its history is contagious. Thanks to her and AVG for this wonderful experience.

I know nothing about history and knew nothing about York before our visit. To try and address this I decided a walking tour was a perfect introduction to both. Our tour guide Richard was just superb – so knowledgeable, friendly and funny . He encouraged questions and made it clear no question is a silly one meaning that anyone like me who knew nothing felt comfortable to ask as many questions as we wanted . No one asked anything he couldn’t answer . The tour piqued my interest in both history and York and have found myself seeking out more history since the tour , who’d have thought – no one that knows me ! Anyway I’d highly recommend this tour and a big thank you to Richard for making it so interesting and engaging

We where visiting York for the first time today and stumbled over this lovely tour, right before it started
Our guide, Katy, told us so many amazing stories about this beautiful city that alone made us want to visit again. The best part is seeing some of the more hidden historical spots around the city, especially the small church and Gerald the cat right in front of it.

The tour guide today was superb (katey), good historical knowledge and spoke clearly and concise

Just had a really informative tour of York it was great well worth looking at a tour if you have time

We had a very interesting and informative afternoon tour led by Richard of York. The 2 hours passed very quickly.
Would recommend anyone interested in the history of York from its earliest beginnings to its more recent past to sign up

We caught a last minute tour with Richard of York. You can tell he loves history and teaching people about the history of York. During the commutes between points of interests it was nice to get to know him and share stories. Was nice to share places where to go and eat.

Would love to grab a pint and hear his stories when I come back to York. Thank you Richard of York!

Richard of York was fantastic! Great flow of information and really displayed all the highlights of York. Highly recommend taking this tour!

Richard of York was very good with he’s delivery and had good knowledge. Was an interesting tour and we’ll worth the time.

Had an excellent tour with Fraiser this morning. Fraiser was from Scotland but loves York and history . So knowledgeable. These tours are free and the guides don’t take tips. One of the very best walking tours we’ve taken.

My partner and I visited York from South Yorkshire. It’s not the first time we’ve visited, but it’s the first time we have taken a guided tour.

Our tour guide was Fraser a man from north of the English border, who has fell in love with and made the city his home for the past 12 years.

I didn’t know what to expect, but joined the tour open minded with a sense of anticipation. From the get go Fraser had me with his Scottish accent and his depth of knowledge.

He knew his subject and guided us through key historical facts from Roman times to the present day with aplomb, sprinkled with good humor and an at times, a self deprecating manner which just added to the experience.

History fascinates me and to hear it brought to life in such a professional but relaxed and easy to understand manner, was an absolute pleasure to behold. His obvious enthusiasm for this voluntary vocational exercise made the tour that more special.

I would highly recommend the experience to anyone who is looking to visit York and leave better informed and enriched by rich the history of this great city. I still can’t believe the tour was FREE. I would gladly have paid for it.

Fraser did a fantastic job showing us around York. Very interesting stories and a good sense of humor. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about York!!

Fraser led our tour this morning and he was brilliant. So knowledgeable, fun, and easy to talk to. It was a good pace with lots of history and stories thrown in. We couldn’t believe it was free, thank you so much

Hi
Three of my family had the pleasure of being on an AVG tour of York lead by Joanna, this morning.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the way in which Joanna shared interesting history and stories at the same time as looking out for our safety on steps etc as we made our way around the route.
It is so generous of folk like Joanna to volunteer to guide tours like this, and we really appreciated Joanna’s knowledge and skill as a guide this morning.

With thanks

Helena

Glyn was an amazing guide. So knowledgable and shared his interests in such a friendly and entertaining way. Although I’d been to York many times before I felt that I’d got down to the very beginning itself and the way it had been changed so many times throughout its history. The time passed by so quickly. Thank you very much indeed.

Had a great time on the tour with Richard, super knowledgeable and really made the tour informative, but also fun and funny.
Thanks again!

This was one of the best tours I’ve done. Glyn was both incredible informative and also entertaining. I learnt so much about York history. Absolutely amazing.

We thoroughly enjoyed our 2.5 hour afternoon adventure with Kevin. We saw a broad spread of the old city and learned about the history and explanation of what we saw.

Great way to start our visit to York

Our knowledgeable guide Fraser informed us about so many interesting details about York. This afternoon tour definitely exceeded my expectations and I will come back to York to explore more of York’s history. Thank you so much for your time.

Heidi from Germany

We did the tour with Glyn. Excellent guide! The tour was very entertainig and it gave a very rich overview of York’s amazing history.

Excellent tour by Mike. Friendly, welcoming to everyone, knowledgeable and paced perfectly to allow time to do other things. If you’re going to do a tour this is the one I’d recommend.

Mike was our guide- very informative, so much history discussed. Lots of sites shown including many little details you would miss if not on the tour. This was an excellent background to York and would highly recommend!

Our guide Glyn was very competent and friendly. This tour seems to me an excellent way to discover the city and gives excellent ideas to properly occupy the available time in York. Merci !

We had a fabulous tour with Nic our guide this morning. Nic was hugely entertaining, made history learning fun, and was passionate about sharing his knowledge of York. As an awesome and captivating story teller the 2 hours flew by. Highly recommend these tours.

I took a group of engineering students on Glyn’s tour, and it was absolutely perfect for international students. Glyn spoke clearly, was extremely knowledgeable and engaging, and did a fantastic job of keeping the students’ attention throughout. They really enjoyed the tour and found it both interesting and informative. Highly recommended!

Kevin was such a brilliant tour guide! Full of fascinating historical information. Such an intetesting tour!
5 star, highly recommended.

We had a lovely tour with John W.
He was a very knowledgeable and funny. We got a great overview of York’s history and learned a lot.

Love that the tours are free and accessible and the volunteers are so good. Thank you!!

Hi, we did a tour today at 10.30am with Alan. We had a fantastic time and learned so much about the history of York. We thought we’d covered most of York but Alan took us to places we hadn’t known about. We’re sorry we had to leave the tour slightly early. We’d booked the train museum tickets and didn’t want to miss our time slot. Afterwards we found a few snickelways and had fun exploring. Thanks Alan, we enjoyed the English/Scots banter too and hope to meet you again in the future x

The York tour was brilliant!
Glyn was our guide. From the start he put us at our ease with his humorous and knowledgeable delivery.
After he set the scene and timeline of his talk we were treated with engaging stories spanning 2000 years. We were hearing tales of buildings, walls, ruins and historical characters all fascinating in their connections.
We learnt so much and enjoyed conversation within the group.
This tour is a must!
Thanks Glyn
John and Kath

We had a fantastic tour with Richard. As first timers to the area, our knowledge was limited but he gave great summaries of the many different periods of York’s history. We are now keen to read further about this amazing city.

John was a wonderful tour guide: knowledgable, enthusiastic and engaging; at times whimsical and sarcastic, full of local lore and keen historical insights. We were there as a large family group (6 adults, 4 kids), and all of us greatly enjoyed it. His free tour was much better than some of the paid tours we took in other UK cities.

This was such a fabulous tour!! I really appreciated that our guide Glyn made historical life, so vivid for us. A lot of texture around making a analogies to what it would have been like, and discussion of social empowered dynamics. Could not recommend more!

We went on the afternoon tour with Kevin today and he was so welcoming and knowledgeable! My two kids, aged 9 and 11, came away from the tour with a great understanding of the history of the city, as did we! It was wonderful experience and perfect way to start our time in York!

We had the loveliest experience walking around York with Ken. He was really passionate about the city and transmitted that to the group. He was extremely knowledgeable and we really enjoy taking the tour with him. York is an incredible city, full of history and beauty and Ken made it come to life!

Fraser was full of information and kept the pace at the perfect speed. Excellent tour and such a friendly guide. Would recommend 100%

I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your work. I find it truly fascinating to see the passion Judy put into this tour. Her enthusiasm, knowledge, and the way she brings history to life made the experience so much more meaningful. Thank you Judy for sharing your passion with us—it really made a difference.

My family and I just had a delightful morning with Richard, a Historian and a highly qualified teacher, who volunteered to share his knowledge with visitors to York. I would recommend everybody join this tour.

We really enjoyed our guided walking tour with Debbie who was so knowledgeable and had a good sense of humour. Thank you Debbie!

We had the pleasure of enjoying a fantastic walking tour with Fraser today. It was very informative and interesting. Fraser is an open, friendly, and knowledgeable guide. I would definitely recommend it.

Our tour with Richard was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about York. I would highly recommend this tour.

Many thanks to Richard for a most enlightening tour today. He gave a great overview of the history of York and I would highly recommend joining this tour when you visit York.

It was hot, and the tour still lasted over 2 hours, every opportunity we had to go in the shade we all did It was very informative and a nice small group

We had a wonderful tour with Richard. He brought the history of York to life, pointing out details and background of what we were looking at.
So interesting, many thanks.

5 stars. Richard did a fantastic job of presenting a comprehensive and concise perspective of York’s history, spanning thousands of years no less. We really enjoyed it and would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting York.

Glynn was such a good tour guide. Informative, relatable, funny too. I would recommend this tour to anyone going to York. I intend to come back and will take my family on the tour.

Today’s tour hosted by Glyn was really interesting and enjoyable. Definitely a highlight of our mini break in York. Highly recommended.

Well. Glyn was absolutely excellent. Learned so much by his relaxed and knowledgeable style. Nice balance of humour insight and warmth to his subject. Spoke clearly with us not at us. Saw amd learned about places we could so easily have walked past. This tour made my visit to York. Thank you

Glyn
Truly superb Storyteller, provided an excellent narrative covering many hundreds of years of both National and Yorks rich history..brilliant