This free walking tour (1.5 hours) will run from 10am on each Saturday and Sunday during November 2021. The tour will take you around Belfast, linking the city’s built environment, public art and urban landscape to its political traditions, social history and cultural heritage. Booking is essential.

On the guided walk, you will discover the amazing street art of the city, the stunning architecture and the blue plaques that tell the amazing history and the stunning stories of Belfast’s residents from the Plantation of Ulster to the Troubles.

You will also learn why Belfast has few connections with the Transatlantic slave trade, visit the places where people were publicly executed, find out why the first Catholic church built in Belfast in 1783 was funded by donations from the Presbyterian community and stand on the spot location that (probably) gave Belfast its name.

The tour will be led by guides who are trainee or qualified Blue or Green Badge tour guides. The tour is in association with Dr Tom Thorpe, an Independent Scholar/Public Historian/Tour Guide and Professor Keith D. Lilley from the Heritage Hub, Queen’s University Belfast.

Remember that booking is essential.

Please assemble outside Belfast City Hall (in front of Queen Victoria statue) from 9.45am. Tours will depart promptly at 10am and will finish at 11:30. The tour may take place in cold, inclement, and wet weather; please come prepared. Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring an umbrella/anorak just in case. Walks will seek to practice social distancing to help reduced COVID infection. The tours will take place on the flat and are wheelchair accessible.