West Midlands Travel Guides (Updated September 2026)

Absolutely amazing time once again at Alton Towers. First time at the ScareFest and was brilliant to ride in the dark especially The Wicker Man as a family. We booked the trick n treat in the town - good costumes, friendly - was NOT worth £10 each for a family of 4 - music very loud inside so you couldn't hear any the actors speaking, was in about 10 minutes!Very busy, queuing was long as some rides were closed during the day but we still had a very good time .The Crakes

Great experience this scarefeast great actors and amazing friendly staff team its great to see that they have made the scare mazes more thrilling, overall great experience and definitely worth the price.

Strongly recommended. Margot is a great and interesting guide who will make the tour very enjoyable. Go for it

Wilfred Warden did a real good job of telling us the stories of the place. Lovely building. Perfect for family or with mates, nice end to an evening. If you like old stories, lore and history would definitely recommend. Lighthearted but interesting too.

Margot gave the most fantastic tour. Sbe was wonderfully knowledgeable about Shakespeare’s life and his family and the history of the town. And she brought it all marvellously to life a very accessible way. She was also very attentive to the group’s needs and although we were quite a large group there was opportunity to ask questions which she always responded to very informatively. Altogether really top-rate. We enjoyed it immensely. Highly recommended if you are curious about Stratford and Shakespeare. Thank you

We loved hop on hop off bus ( next to tourist info place). Great commentary and full of historic facts. Anne's cottage really interesting.

My partner and I have just been to visit Warwick Castle what a fantastic place to visit if I could give it 100 stars I would every member of staff I interacted with was marvelous and very friendly and helpful and polite i was blown away by the Falconry display

We had a fantastic day Warwick is one of the best castles we have visited great value for money , all the rooms are so beautifully laid out and there's so much to see . The falconry display was on I have never seen a display like it, it was wonderful I would highly recommend the whole experience

This was a fun history tour. Can you spot Wilfred the Warden in the photo.

This was a present from our boys. The whole process from booking through to the actual day was very smooth. The tour and tasting was brilliant. Our guides are obviously knowledgeable and passionate about the processes and products they make. The gin and rum tasting was informative and tasted great - we learnt lots. Both were absolutely fabulous and we duly bought some for ourselves and Christmas presents too. Would most definitely recommend this. We really want to go back to create our own gin at some point.

Pete our guide was very well informed and very good company.

An absolutely brilliant experience! The presentaion, tour and tasting session was extremely interesting, informative and most of all fun! So good to tastle some of the wonderful gins that are produce by the Shakespeare Distillary (and Rums!) Would highly recommend this tour without doubt and give it 5 stars out of 5!

We had a great day here and met a lovely gentleman called greybeard who worked there, he enhanced our experience with his clownfish knowledge and educating us on the otters being a protected species. 10/10 recommend

Very nice, short cruise on the River Avon. The audio guide highlights the main sites that you see, and also gives some history of the area.

Had such a wonderful time at Sea life Birmingham! Greybeard was amazing, kept telling us so many interesting facts about the creatures, really made the visit special!

Pete was an excellent guide. He took us to lots of interesting places and explained the history. It's a fascinating city. Highly recommended.