About
A Passionate Traveler
As a professional Blue Badge Tour Guide, I enjoy nothing more than showing visitors my home city and all the great locations out of London. After a very satisfactory career in the City I decided to go to university in my 40s and now hold a First Class Honours Degree in War Studies from King's College, London, and a Master's Degree in Naval History from Exeter University. My area of special interest is British history and Britain's imperial impact on the wider world.
Welcome To Mike Dickson Blue Badge Tour Guide
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I am a fully qualified Blue Badge Tour Guide and I offer a variety of tours, all promising that added personal touch. My trips always try to match an itinerary to meet your requirements, while delivering a truly knowledgeable and authentic travel experience. Take a look at the examples of tours below, and get in touch if you would like to learn how you can book a tour with me today. Not only do I hold the highest qualification in the UK, the Blue Badge, I am also a fully insured and registered driver-guide offering tours further afield in my comfortable, latest edition Mercedes E class station wagon. I can offer a huge variety of options including multi-day road trips. Please just ask.
London Highlights Tour
£400.00
Ideal for the first time visitor to London. There is so much to see in this great city. The idea behind this tour is to show you the best that London has to offer and, at the same time, give you ideas for further exploration. Maximum 10 people. 8 hours on foot and public transport. Price covers my services as a private Blue Badge guide.
Stonehenge and medieval England
£795.00
The most famous neolithic site in Europe. In this age of digitally available knowledge it is a real treat to visit somewhere about which we actually know very little. We will examine the theories behind who, why and how this extraordinary site came into being. Additionally this day will include Salisbury with the most beautiful cathedral in England with its copy of the Magna Carta. We could replace Salisbury with Georgian and Roman Bath or King Alfred's Winchester. 10-11 hours. By car maximum four guests although three may be more comfortable. Price covers my services as a private Blue Badge Driver-Guide and use of my car.
Windsor Castle
£450.00
Windsor is the largest and longest continually inhabited Royal residence in the world (so long as you ignore the brief period from 1649 to 1660 when we had no monarch!). It is said to be the Queen's favourite home, somewhere she likes to be when she doesn't have to be anywhere else. The artworks and furniture collections are extraordinary and St George's Chapel is a thing of beauty containing many tombs of past Kings and Queens. 5 hours by car maximum 4 passengers. Can be added to Hampton Court for a full day out. Price covers my services as a private Blue Badge Driver-Guide and use of my car.
Hampton Court
£450.00
This is the finest Tudor building in Britain. Hampton Court was built by Cardinal Wolsey, right hand man to Henry VIII. Foreseeing his downfall, Wolsey gifted the Palace to Henry VIII in a vain attempt to curry favour. It didn't work! Much later, King William III employed Sir Christopher Wren to attach a second Palace in the then new Baroque style. Two palaces for the price of one! 5 Hours by car maximum 4 passengers. Can be added to Windsor to make a full day out. Price covers my services as a private Blue Badge Driver-Guide and use of my car.
"Not what we have but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance"
Epicurus
