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Heart of England Tourist Guides' Association HETGA is the association of professional, trained, qualified and insured "Blue Badge" tourist guides

A virtual tour of the Midland city of Stoke on Trent live online TONIGHT at 1930GMT or on 14 day "view again".Details an...
12/03/2025

A virtual tour of the Midland city of Stoke on Trent live online TONIGHT at 1930GMT or on 14 day "view again".

Details and booking at:

A virtual trip through the "six towns" that make up the world famous Staffordshire Potteries.

Welcome to this week’s update on the selection of virtual tours currently on sale.If you’ve not done one or many of thes...
18/02/2025

Welcome to this week’s update on the selection of virtual tours currently on sale.

If you’ve not done one or many of these before, a reminder of how they work. You book in advance through Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/ian-jelf-18435077503 and then you can either tune in “live” at 1930GMT on Wednesdays or else watch a recording via a link I’ll send you after the tour for up to 14 days afterwards. The online tours consist of a mixture of picture, maps and stories and if you’d like to see a free example go and look at the Burnham on Sea one at https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/MeweEn6SXDZHMY8c22SImQfOjrPHwWmClEfqgTOgBJCoRQ2fNdRl6-UPLNIhg0N9.0HD_qOQNnraLpwqI using Passcode: .3P%7+rN .

IO had soke lovely feedback from last week’s Hackney tour…….and if you’re intrigued by some of the lesser-known bits of London you might also be interested in my forthcoming Croydon virtual tour on Wednesday 26 February 2025. The others on sale are both in the Heart of England though, beginning this Wednesday evening with a double bill looking t the neighbouring but very different towns of Bewdley and Stourport-on-Severn. Bewdley is an historic inland port which had managed to integrate the River Severn beautifully into its townscape, while Stourport was created in the C18th as Britain’s first and probably only “canal town”. Although both of them have much more to discover than that, so if you’re intrigued I’d love you to join me!

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Ian Jelf's Virtual Trip Along the A34 Road TOMORROW EVENING! What do Shakespeare, curry, England’s oldest university, Pr...
14/01/2025

Ian Jelf's Virtual Trip Along the A34 Road TOMORROW EVENING! What do Shakespeare, curry, England’s oldest university, Profumo, ice cream, Theresa May and Alfred the Great have in common? Well, they all feature along one of England’s main roads, the A34!
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Ian Jelf's Virtual Trip Along the A34 Road
Another virtual road trip.......this time from Manchester to Wi******er by way of Birmingham.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ian-jelfs-virtual-trip-along-the-a34-road-tickets-1132185730999?aff=oddtdtcreator

Another virtual road trip.......this time from Manchester to Wi******er by way of Birmingham.

This started off as a way of keeping my tour guiding business going through lockdown but the demand has kept it going.Fo...
11/11/2024

This started off as a way of keeping my tour guiding business going through lockdown but the demand has kept it going.

For a different way of doing a different kind of tour.......take a look at my virtual tours pages. Book through Eventbrite then watch live online or up to 14 days later. And tell your friends. And anyone else you think might be interested!

Ian Jelf is a qualified "Blue Badge" tourist guide for the Heart of England, London and South West England, with nearly 30 years' experience in tourist guiding. He loves taking people around surprising places, both famous and obscure.Check out his Tripadvisor profile.The "Blue Badge" is Britain's na...

Live online at 1900 BST tomorrow evening, or on 7 day "view again" join me for a virtual tour of a diverse, surprising a...
14/05/2024

Live online at 1900 BST tomorrow evening, or on 7 day "view again" join me for a virtual tour of a diverse, surprising and fascinating tour of the six towns which make up the English Midland local government district of Sandwell.

A virtual guided tour of the towns that make up the West Midlands Borough of Sandwell

20/04/2024

I’m putting some new tours on sale over the next day or so…….

Coming up this Wednesday (that's 3 April 2024 at 1900 BST or on 7-day "view again"), Ian Jelf's "What's in a Place Name?...
01/04/2024

Coming up this Wednesday (that's 3 April 2024 at 1900 BST or on 7-day "view again"), Ian Jelf's "What's in a Place Name?" a look at the variety of origins and meanings of place names throughout England and beyond.......

Join Ian Jelf's "What's in a Place Name?" online event to uncover the fascinating stories behind our favorite locations!

Tonight live online at 1900 GMT or on 7 day "view again":
26/03/2024

Tonight live online at 1900 GMT or on 7 day "view again":

Comparing pictures of Birmingham of yesteryear with those of today.

Next Wednesday, watch live online or on 7 day view again”.Come and discover the many and varied stories, old and new in ...
11/03/2024

Next Wednesday, watch live online or on 7 day view again”.

Come and discover the many and varied stories, old and new in the East London
district of Poplar.

Join Ian Jelf on a thrilling virtual adventure as he takes you on a tour of the vibrant neighborhood of Poplar – expect fascinating stories,

10/03/2024

Join Ian Jelf on a virtual journey through Leominster, exploring its hidden gems and historical landmarks,,all from the comfort of home!

I'm running a virtual tour tonight following in the footstep of the young King Charles II on the run from Parliamentary ...
21/02/2024

I'm running a virtual tour tonight following in the footstep of the young King Charles II on the run from Parliamentary or Roundhead forces following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

It's one of those "tours" that actually lends itself best to virtual presentation and we can cover a vast c***k of England in just 90 minutes or so!

From Worcester to Shropshire, Bristol, Dorset and Sussex, the young king and his entourage were seldom far from danger and the whole thing reads like a work of fiction. A work of fiction which happens to be true.

You can join online live tonight at 1900GMT or else watch on "view again" for at least a week afterwards, longer by arrangement.

All the details and booking link are at:

A virtual tour of the adventure-filled escape of Charles II, from Worcester to Shroeham in Sussex, by way of an Oak Tree and Stonehenge!

I’ve just put some new virtual tours on sale;
01/01/2024

I’ve just put some new virtual tours on sale;

Ian Jelf is a qualified "Blue Badge" tourist guide for the Heart of England, London and South West England, with nearly 30 years' experience in tourist guiding. He loves taking people around surprising places, both famous and obscure.Check out his Tripadvisor profile.The "Blue Badge" is Britain's na...

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