Only in Brighton! Tours
Only in Brighton! Tours and offers a professional and friendly team to help you have a great time and enjoy the experiences available.
I hold the Blue Badge in Tourist Guiding (in fact three Blue Badges: Southern, South East England and London). This is the UK's highest professional qualification for tourist guiding - the training is detailed and comprehensive. I’m a Member of the Institute of Tourist Guiding and I am accountable to their Code of Professional Conduct.
From 2001-2013 I worked on the LGBTQ History Tour of Soho with the community development organisation centred where I researched and developed tour content and trained new accredited guides.
Activities at Only in Brighton! Tours include:
- Secrets of the Lanes Tour
- Piers & Queers Tour
- Only in Brighton Walking Tour
We have also included their opening times and contact details. If you have any questions, you can contact the venue directly.
Facilities
Activities available in this location
Open Times
Contact
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1EE
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Secrets of the Lanes Tour
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
Brighton's most beautiful and historic quarter
Brighton's Lanes are the city's prettiest and most historic quarter. Narrow streets of 18th century fishermen's cottages contrast with the modern buzz of funky independent shops and cafes. This atmospheric tour by a qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide takes you down the hidden passageways to reveal life in Brighton from Tudor times to the present day.
- Atmospheric streets and narrow 'twittens' (passageways)
- Characteristic local architecture and 18th century buildings
- Smuggler's tales
- The origins of the seaside holiday
- Local legends and characters
- Fashionable Regency Brighton
- The bad behaviour of Prince George, his friends and his lovers
- One of Europe's finest 19th century synagogues
- Popular entertainers and musicians
- The birth of the British film industry
- Led by a qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide
Useful Information
- Duration: 90 minutes
- What to bring: Please wear appropriate outdoor footwear and clothing
- Small group experience - maximum group size 12 total
Piers & Queers Tour
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
A tour of Brighton's LGBTQ history
Peers and Queers is a tour of Brighton from a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer perspective, in a colourful 90-minute walk along the beach and historic city centre.
We take in over 200 years of history including Regency Dandies, 1950s lesbian and gay life, and political activism. We learn about Anne Lister's trip to Brighton (subject of BBC/HBO series Gentleman Jack), as well as Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde and Dusty Springfield. We uncover some extraordinary unsung heroes, including a pioneering doctor who passed as man decades before women were allowed to practice medicine, an Edwardian 'drag king' and a 'same-sex' marriage in 1923.
Useful Information
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Maximum group size 12
- Led by a qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide
- What to bring: Appropriate outdoor clothing and footwear
Only in Brighton Walking Tour
Age Appropriate
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
Location
- Outdoor
A walking tour celebrating all that's peculiar to Brighton
What makes Brighton unique?
The beach pebbles…a bizarre fairytale palace…eccentric characters…lesbian and gay life…Green politics…vibrant graffiti…colourful Regency architecture…the feeling that you're somewhere a bit… different ?
Only in Brighton! is a 90-minute fact-filled and tongue-in-cheek walk around the main sights and hidden corners of the city. For the visitor, it is an insider's introduction; for the hardened Brightonian, a revelation and celebration.
Useful Information
- Duration: 90 mins
- Led by a qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guide
- Private or small group tours only
- Maximum group size 12
- What to bring: Please bring appropriate footwear and clothing