Steve the tour guide from start to finish of our walk today was very knowledgeable, patient and informative of the city of York. His historical accounts helped both me and my wife to picture how it was then within Roman, Viking, tutor and victoriana times in York. Would very highly recommend people visiting York to attend and although totally free of charge would ask people to please contribute some money whatever they can afford to this volunteer initiative.

We live in the York area and booked to join a walking tour In June. It was fascinating, in fact nothing else would have induced us to walk through York in torrential rain for 2 hours. Thank you Alan, we feel both entertained and much better informed.

Our family thoroughly enjoyed our free walking tour with AVG! Richard, our guide was extremely knowledgeable and had a wealth of great stories to keep us entertained. He was also very approachable and answered all questions with aplomb. We highly recommend the tour as a way to make sense of the immense history of York.

A couple of weeks ago we had the great pleasure of joining the walking tour around York guided by Kevin who is one of the York Association of Voluntary Guides volunteers. It was a small group of 6 people which was the perfect size for a comfortable walking pace and for the opportunity to ask all of our questions. Kevin generously shared his passion for the city and deep knowledge of facinating York and English history. I have learnt a lot about the incredible history of York during this 2 plus hours tour. rnKevin, many thanks to you for making our trip to York unforgettable! I would definitely recommend joining one of the tours offered by the AVG when you are in York.

We really enjoyed our tour with Liz last Wednesday. rnShe was a very informative and inspiring guide for sharing the fascinating story of York. rnWell done Liz and many thanks to the Association of City Guides and the City of York!

Thoroughly enjoyed the tour, very informative, and ray was fabulous! She was a wealth of knowledge and a wonderful individual.

I really enjoyed the tour with Mike. He was so passionate about the history of the city that made you want to know more and more about it. I really recommend it.

Alison, our tour guide, was excellent! I learned so much and she brought the history of York to life. The two hours went by in a flash. Thank you so much.

We spent a wonderful afternoon learning about the beautiful city of York . Wendy was engaging and knowledgeable . It was well paced and well delivered and I would highly recommend this tour . Makes me want to revisit York to learn more . Thankyou Wendy

What a wonderful tour we had with Wendy today. At each stop on the tour we were given interesting facts on the location. Time was taken to make sure we all heard and understood everything. I thought it was lovely how inclusive Wendy was as we were a mixture of ages and Nationalities she managed to chat to everyone as we walked between stops. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon. Pam x(from Skipton)

We have done the tour with Wendy, we loved her humour, she made the visit very entertaining, she gave us very interesting information and she kindly responded to our queries. Highly recommended!

The guided walking tour of York was interesting and informative. Our guide was knowledgeable, entertaining, and quite engaging. We enjoyed her amusing asides and stories which made the history come alive. The walk was not difficult for average walkers and the terrain was easy to traverse. We had parents with a baby in a stroller and they were able to complete the enjoyable walk. So we recommend this walk for everyone. Thank you so much for providing this service for visitors to York. It is well worth the time.

We really enjoyed the tour with Debby.rnNormally a tour guide gives you interesting information. Sometimes a tour guide is a real storyteller and occasionally a tour guide is a native. Debby United all these features and made this tour unforgettable. Thank you so much.

Liz was lovely and engaging and brought our group together very informative and passionate about York we did not feel rushed, recommend highly!!

Excellent tour! Ian was our guide and he did a great job explaining so many interesting facts about the city and showing us beautiful sites in York. I strongly recommend this walking tour to anyone who would enjoy exploring the city. Thank you very much!

Excellent tour! Ian was our guide and he did a great job explaining so many interesting facts about the city and showing us beautiful sites in York. I strongly recommend this walking tour to anyone who would enjoy exploring the city. Thank you very much!

We had a wonderful entertaining and informative tour of York with Kevin. We saw sights and gathered information on this walk which we probably would not have gotten on our own. He effortlessly led us through this beautiful city enlightening us with his knowledge while ensuring that no one was left behind. It was a great way to familiarize ourselves with the history and the layout of York. Kevin’s love of the city shone through in this tour.

We enjoyed our walking tour with Martin this morning. He was very friendly and knowledgeable about the places he showed us around York. Being from the US and visiting York for the first time, Martin was very patient with our questions and understanding that we lacked the background history to fully connect to the events and information that he was giving us. We so appreciate the Mayor’s tour program in York. Thank you very much!

Richard gave us a highly informative tour which made for a good starting point for the rest of our stay. He is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about York’s history. Thank you!

Had a wonderful couple of hours with Richard who gave us an entertaining tourrna lovely man.rnI live near York but saw things I wouldn’t have seem on my own.rnGreat day

Of the walking tours my family did in the UK, this was the most enjoyable, organized and well-timed! Our guide was very knowledgeable and paced the tour perfectly. Learned a ton about York’s Roman and Medieval history, as well as some quirky trivia. Highly recommend!

Such an enjoyable tour of York with Richard on Friday. His knowledge is outstanding and delivered clearly and with great humours he obviously loves York and his job. Very well and many thanks.

My friends and I had a fantastic time on the tour led by Mick. It was great to be introduced to such a lovely city by someone so passionate about it, and born and raised in York too! We will be coming back, seems there is so much more to see.. rn

Having Richard of York as our guide was most enjoyable. He was friendly and informative. He showed us the sights and told many stories of this fascinating city.

I recently had the pleasure of taking a tour of York with guide Ian and I have to say it was one of the best experiences. Ian was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the town, and his passion for sharing that knowledge was evident throughout the tour.rnIan took us on a journey from the medieval period all the way back to Roman times, introducing us to the fascinating legend of Legion 9 Roman and leaving us wanting to learn more about this mysterious part of York’s past. I would highly recommend Ian as a guide to anyone visiting York. Thank you, Ian, for such a great experience!

My brother and I joined our guide Helen on one of the York AVG walking tours. We learned so many interesting details about the city, buildings, and history. This truly free tour was our favorite part of our stay in York. I would highly recommend to anyone visiting the city, especially in the early part of a visit to York. Outstanding!

We used your service on Monday 24th April and thoroughly enjoyed it. The leader was knowledgeable. Thank you.

Had an amazing tour today with Keith. He was so engaging and seemed to know just about everything that had happened in the city for the last 2000 years! Any questions we had he knew the answers to and it’s the best city tour I’ve ever been on. Thank you so much for an amazing day!

What a wonderful introduction to York. Our guide, Ken, was engaging, informative, and funny; we covered a ton of ground, learned so much, and the time flew by. We’re so appreciative of him, and of the AVG!

We were very fortunate to be with Mick on Easter Saturday afternoon walking tour. Absolutely brilliant. Mick was very informative, knowledgeable and funny. There was no way we would have discovered the places he took us on our own either. It was just fantastic and a brilliant introduction to the history of this amazing place. We left a little bit early as wanted to get into York Minster before closing and didn’t get chance to say thank you. Highly recommend! Maria and Gavin, Ipswich.

Kevin gave us a fascinating insight into York’s history. His delivery was detailed, knowledgeable and wasn’t rushed. The 2 hours passed so quickly and was so enjoyable.

Keith’s tour was really good. We loved to learn about the history of York, at the same history in general because he explained about the different periods and it’s characteristics. He is a very passionate guide and would definitely recommend him.

A lovely introduction to our visit to York. Liz was a great guide with lots of interesting facts and \dqhidden gems\dq that we would have missed without her! Thank you Liz! 100% recommended!

Our tour guide Nick, was most excellent. Remembering where each of us were from. We were Wakefield he was an almost bottomless font of information and knowledge peppered with good humour and banter. The free 2 hour tour lasted 3 hours and he was like the pied Piper picking up new interested people along the way. I can’t recommend this tour enough learnt lots and he took us to little nooks and crannies we would have never found for ourselves. Top notch dude.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and found it to be very informative. We have been visiting York for many years but Laurie still introduced us to places that we had never visited before. rn

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and found it to be very informative. We have been visiting York for many years but Laurie still introduced us to places that we had never visited before. rn

The tour was excellent, informative and interesting and Tom did a great job of making it fun, too.

We had a really informative tour this afternoon with Tom/John (sorry couldn’t remember his name) rnWe really enjoyed finding out such interesting stories about York’s history & going to places that we would have walked straight past.rnWould have loved to have tipped/donated as well worth itrnThank you to AVG for providing free Tour will be recommending to all friends & family

A great tour today with Alan. We learnt a lot and he was very interesting and extremely knowledgeable. rnIt was absolutely freezing but this did not put him off his stride. He gave us a full 2.5 hours and I would heartly recommend this tour.

Great tour today with Debbie (not Sally!!).rnVery informative, well paced and delivered with good helping of Yorkshire humour rnKeep up the great work. rnAppreciate it’s totally free but wish there was a link to a Just Giving (or similar) site to reward a local charity as a small thank you.

Debbie was lovely! rnKnowledgable and fun, she had us smiling all the way round. I’d do it again tomorrow!

We had a really informative tour this afternoon with Nick. Despite the cold he kept the group interested and engaged. We really enjoyed finding out such interesting stories about York’s history. Many thanks to Nick and all the guides who give up their time free of charge.

Had a wonderful tour with Liz today! She is so passionate about this city. I booked this tour as I was making a stopover from London to Edinburgh, but I wish I had stayed 1 night here in this lovely city (and one less in London). Thank you for offering these beautiful walks!

Had a great tour with Keith (the architect). The tour was informative and included parts of York that I haven’t seen before and most people wouldn’t know existed. Keith took his time to explain the different historic periods we were walking through and made it relevant to our group and was always happy to take questions. Thank you for a great tour.

An excellent tour hosted by Allan. Amongst our group were not only visitors to York but also residents of the city. Allan’s knowledge was thorough especially of the layers of history including the Romans, Vikings, Anglo Saxons and the major part the city played in the English Civil War.rnI would recommend this free tour to anyone wanting to know more of the history of the wonderful city of York.

Alison gave us a super insight into the history of York and it was wonderful to see the details we would otherwise be oblivious to. Thanks to her and all the other volunteers for making history free and accessible. Sharon & Elaine 25 Feb

I really recommend going on this tour! It was super interesting and I got to see and learn a lot. York is a beautiful city and I am glad I joined the tour that day to learn more about the past of this city.

My family and I had the most amazing day, on a tour of York with a tour guide, Helen. We learnt so much and were able to learn about the history of York in an easy to understand and condenses way. Helen was fantastic and we will always remember a terrific day visiting York. Highly recommend.