INTRA - The Historic High Street Heritage Action Zone - Medway Arts Tours
Medway Arts Tours
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Book Medway Arts Tours tickets for some of the best history tours in Rochester, Kent
Home to an array of historical figures, Mrs Baker's Medway Theatre Company are proud to provide Rochester and Kent with Medway Arts Tours! Delve into Rochester's past with an authentic Victorian tour guide as you listen to tales from the past and see some of the most historical sights in Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham, before experiencing an unforgettable workshop that'll lead to you self-discovery.
"THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT - AND WE WILL NEVER LOOK AT A BRICK WALL THE SAME WAY AGAIN! THANK YOU SO MUCH JAMES HULKES, ESQ!"
INTRA; The Historic High Street Heritage Action Zone with Medway Arts Tours
"If anybody knows to a nicety where Rochester ends and Chatham begins, is more than I do!" - Charles Dickens
Join famous - or infamous - characters on a formal investigation into the Intra, discovering the history, importance and impact on the original 'in-between' between Chatham and Rochester:
- Enjoy a characters in costume taking you on a tour of the city, immersing you into history
- Experience a one-of-a-kind workshop led by Medway's leading edge practitioners
- Embark on a unique tour that's just as hysterical as it is historical
- Join an accurately-informed, wildly entertaining and beautifully-costumed historical character
- Investigate the high street heritage action zone that's filled with listed buildings and unusual places of interest
- Be transported back to the history of the dynamic and fascinating street that mixes business with pleasure
- Witness evidence of breweries, theatres, LGBT pubs with historical importance, synagogues, horses, hangmen, mortuaries and so much more...
- Discover the communities that created their own ecosystem upon being 'excluded' from the 'respectable' centres of Rochester & Chatham
- Enjoy a time-travelling adventure with idyllic views of the mighty river
- Meet a surprise guide! Your guide could be Florence Nightingale, a suffragette or a Victorian Mayor - amongst many more!
Everything you need-to-know about Victorian Costume Guided Tour of Rochester:
- Meeting Point: Outside Chatham House
- What3Words: single.gangs.trick
- Times: 2pm
- Minimum Booking: 2 people
- Age Restriction: Suitable for all ages; under 7's go free!
- Duration: 90 minutes
"Mrs Dickens tour was very informative, funny & knowledgable. Extremely interesting and interactive. More please!"
Book Medway Arts Tours tickets and experience some of the best tours and workshops in Rochester on a great day out discovering the history and culture behind one of Kent's most popular towns.
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How to find us
Address: Outside Chatham House, Intra.
What3Words: single.gangs.trick
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the tours, Medway Arts are not wheelchair accessible.
There is no food and drink included in the tour, however there are plenty of eateries, pubs and restaurants available in the surrounding areas of Rochester.
There are a handful of age restrictions on Medway Arts events. Please ensure you are checking the correct age restriction for your chosen tour.
- The Intra' - The Historic 'High Street Heritage Action Zone tour has an age restriction of 16+.