PrivateTours of Richmond
Let us put together a private custom tour to satisfy your exact requirements including languages other than English.
Your tour can be on foot, by bike, riverboat, luxury car, coach or any combination to suit your preference.
Available all year round with your own personal guide and covering the Richmond area, Central London and surrounding attractions.
We can also help you find the perfect place to stay, eat and drink.
Walking tours for groups, clubs, friends & family, and individuals
We can plan a special guided walking tour of the area just for you and your group to suit their interests and the time you have available.
Start: at mutually convenient location such as a railway station, coach/car park or local hotel.
Duration: tours can be from 1-3 hours, either morning, afternoon or evening (during the summer). You may want to include a short break.
Finish: at a venue of your choice.
Corporate and conferences
A walk is a great way to take a break from the conference room and re-energise. It’s also good for team-building. Enjoy the vistas and green spaces of the Richmond area on your way to dinner, or just to stretch your legs at some point during the day. We can even include a local pub, or two!
Start: from your hotel, meeting venue, offices, coach park or restaurant.
Duration: 1-2 hours depending on your schedule.
Finish: at a restaurant, pub, your hotel, coach park or other mutually convenient location.
Heathrow Airport Layover Tours
If you have 6 hours or more between your connecting flights, stretch your legs and experience London’s countryside with a historic and scenic guided walking tour of Richmond. Your experienced personal guide will meet you in Richmond, which you can reach by private car, taxi, bus or train. When you choose to travel by private car, your driver will meet and return you to any terminal in time to make your connection.
American-themed walking tours
Discover Richmond’s remarkable connections with North America – from Yale, Franklin, Washington and the Penns to Dwight D. Eisenhower and Jerry Hall, plus the naming of
Richmond Virginia and Vancouver. We’ll cover some British heritage too! Perfect for American visitors wishing to uncover hidden history that you won’t find in the guidebooks.
Start: at mutually convenient location such as a local hotel, railway station, or coach/car park.
Duration: tours can be from 1.5 to 2.5 hours, either morning or afternoon. You may want to include a short break.
Finish: at a venue of your choice.
Coach tours – group travel organisers
Are you planning a visit to Richmond attractions such as Strawberry Hill House, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Ham House, Barnes Wetlands, The Poppy Factory or Twickenham Rugby Stadium & World Rugby Museum?
Why not explore more of the beautiful borough of Richmond upon Thames by booking a local Blue Badge Tourist Guide for the rest of your day out?
Itinerary: let us design a tour just for your group according to the time you have available. This will save you a lot of time planning your day and help you get the most out of your visit.
Some ideas:
– A coach tour of the borough highlights.
– Include a stop for a short walking tour of Richmond with its Green, Old Palace Yard, riverside, Terrace Gardens and famous view from the Hill.
– Or a short walking tour of Twickenham riverside with its historic houses and gardens, Eel Pie Island, music and sports connections.
– a boat trip is a great way to see the wonderful riverside landscape, passing many rustic green spaces, great houses and places of interest.
Start & Finish: we can meet you at a mutually convenient location such as a venue, coach park, hotel or airport.
Duration: Tours can be a half day 1-4 hours, either morning or afternoon, or a full day up to 8 hours.
Familiarisation Tours
Have you just moved into the Richmond area, or are you a local employer with new members of staff from further afield? We can run a customised familiarisation tour on, foot, by bike or car to introduce you or your people to Richmond and its many attractions, from sightseeing and places to visit, to where to shop, eat and drink.
Sports Tours
Are you a group of sports fans, a supporters club or corporate organisation planning a visit to London around a sporting event? We can help you plan an entertaining day out with a difference, viewing some of London’s important sporting sites.
Talk to us about booking one of our sporting tours. Tours can be combined with a visit to Twickenham Rugby Stadium and the World Rugby Museum, Wimbledon Tennis, Wembley Stadium and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Talks for Organisations
We deliver informative illustrated talks about the Richmond area to all types of organisations including business and special interest groups.