Become a Colchester Tour Guide

Visit Colchester is proud to have a long-standing association with the Colchester Tourist Guides Association (CTGA). The Association was founded over 25 years ago and all its members are professionally qualified Blue or Green Badge Guides, subject to independent reassessment every five years.

All our tour guides are members of the association (but not all members of the association guide for us), and at present membership is essential for anyone wishing to guide for us.

Courses to become a guide are thorough, running over several months, and are usually organised several years apart. The next course is scheduled to run from September 2021 to March 2022, followed by written and practical exam assessment days in April and May 2022. 

The deadline for applications to take part in this course has now passed, however you can find the most up to date information, including the possibility of any late slots opening up, on the Colchester Tourist Guide Association website, linked below.

 http://www.colchestertouristguidesassociation.co.uk/becoming-a-guide/