Rochester: Bespoke After Hours Tour with a Costumed Guide｜United Kingdom

Take a guided walking tour of Rochester, the city that inspired Charles Dickens, and see the town through the eyes of a character from a different time period. Choose from a variety of characters, including Charles Dickens' estranged wife, a Napoleonic officer, and more.

Start your tour on Corporation Street, opposite the Rochester station main exit, by the coach bays. Enter the High Street via a discreet entrance via the French Hospital. Discover tales of pilgrims, refugees, agitators, soldiers, sailors, and prisoners from around the world, seeking release and sanctuary, with a new life in the historic streets of Rochester.

Gain an understanding of the place that directly inspired the great works of Charles Dickens and Rochester's part in world events. Along the way, learn about the evolution of a cathedral city through time, built on wealth from the river and the dockyard at Chatham.

See Almshouses, Dean's Gate, Rochester Cathedral, the church of St. Nicholas, Jasper's Gate, Two Post Alley, the George Vaults, the Guildhall, The Bull Hotel, the Royal Crown, Rochester Bridge Trust, Castle Gardens, Rochester Castle, Baker's Walk, Satis House, Longley House, Boley Hill, Minor Canons Row, The Vines, Restoration House, the memorial to the last known sighting of Dickens, Eastgate House, the Swiss Chalet, and the Six Poor Travellers.

Choose which period you want to see the old city in, through the eyes of a character from that time, pointing out the visible and invisible remains of the influence of that time on modern Medway. The walking tour takes in close-up views of the castle and cathedral and illuminates 22 sites, 4 city gates, and many hidden delights in ways which only a time traveler can discover.