The Rochester Spooky Tour

04/03/2026

Some corners of Rochester look perfectly ordinary in daylight…

But after dark, places like Two Post Alley begin to feel very different.

On Friday evening I’ll be leading the Rochester Old City Ghost Tour — a walk through the darker side of the city’s history.

Strange feelings. Unexplained sightings.
And stories that have lingered in these streets for centuries.

At the moment bookings are very light, which means anyone joining will experience something quite rare — a very small group tour, where the stories can properly breathe in the places where they actually happened.

If you’ve ever thought about joining one of the ghost walks, this Friday might be a rather good night to do it.

🎟 Advance booking recommended using this link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-gladzaj

29/01/2026

🕯️ Spooky Tour followers — you asked, so I’ve done it.

The Friday the 13th Special Ghost Tours are now completely SOLD OUT…

…but the waiting list has been growing.

So we’ve added one additional evening:

The Eve of Friday the 13th Edition
📅 Thursday 12th March

We begin where we always begin…
at the doorway of the Queen Charlotte.

The night before.
Same stories, same shadows…
and perhaps an even stranger feeling in the town.

Some people don’t like the night before Friday the 13th…
Rochester — the one where certain former inhabitants have ‘stayed’ — rather enjoys it.

Places are very limited. Over 18's ONLY due to ... content..

Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/e-lozozr

26/11/2025

Rochester + Christmas + Dickens = Ghost Stories.
It’s practically a local tradition.

From the moment A Christmas Carol appeared in 1843, Dickens published a new ghost story almost every Christmas — right up until the festive season before he died. In Rochester… with its fog, its shadows, its cathedral precinct, and its knack for stirring the imagination ... we continue his tradition with the last 'Spooky Tour' of the year.

The Final Original Rochester Spooky Tour of 2025
Friday 19th December — 7.30pm

A night of eerie tales, local legends, strange sightings and unsettling history… all delivered by lantern-light, just days before Christmas.

Adults (over 18) only due to content.

Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-pqemzqm

And a little gift from us:
Our ‘Ticket-For-Two’ offer saves you £12 — no code needed (you'll find it in the ticket shop). Think of it as covering the price of a round of drinks afterwards… assuming your nerves can take the pub.

Wrap up warm. Bring your bravest mate.

And follow in the footsteps of Dickens — where Christmas, Rochester and ghost stories meet.

20/11/2025

Grab our TICKET FOR TWO tomorrow night and get a ghoulish our around Rochester's dark side - with enough left over for a stiff drink after!

Book using this link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-lnpdyyq

Our TICKET FOR TWO is still available for The Original Rochester Spooky Tour tomorrow evening, Friday 21st November.

You don't need a special code - the ticket is right there in our booking shop!

And you'll save £12 - about a round of drinks for two beforehand... or you may need it after when you've heard some of the ghoulish things we have to tell you about the dark side of Rochester!

Book using this link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-lnpdyyq

01/11/2025

The clocks have changed... Bonfire night will be out of the way in a few days... so what else is there between now and Christmas apart from a certain couple of 'celebrity gameshows'..???

Well, you and your partner/friend/confidant (delete as appropriate!) could take advantage of our EXCEEEEEDINGLY attractive TICKET-4-TWO offer on The Original Rochester Spooky Tour - one of the most popular tours in the South East outside 'Lundin'!!

And... you'll save TWELVE QUID into the bargain - now that's a couple of drinks before or after sorted!

Come and join us for tales of ghosts, ex*****ons and weird ... er... stuff in the historic backstreets of Rochester any Friday evening up to 19th December.
Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/e-zvkkqg

30/10/2025

If you've got an ME Card, you can get a discount off The Original Rochester Spooky Tour and more.....

26/10/2025

Not had a spooky night out in Maidstone yet? This is your last chance this year!

Save £12 per couple with our 'Ticket for Two'.

IT'S YOUR LAST CHANCE FOR A SPOOKY SATURDAY EVENING THIS YEAR! Saturday 8th November at 7.30pm.

Join me on the final Maidstone Spooky Tour of 2025 — the very last chance to walk these stories this year.

When the shutters fall and the town exhales, Maidstone remembers what the living prefer to bury. Beneath the traffic and shopfronts lies a chapter in which this place became ex*****on central — not merely for Kent, but a stage upon which the State proved a point to the entire country. The gallows here did more than punish — they made examples. I’ll explain how, and who paid the price for other people’s fear.

You’ll also hear of Victorian shopkeepers convinced something 'made itself known' at closing time, the macabre link between a modern coffee shop and Charles Dickens’ celebrity pet, and finally the factual life — and death — of a man whose story the local establishment would rather the public forgot.

Why?

Because he killed the King...

Book now at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-lnqqkgr — our Ticket-for-Two saves £12 per couple.

Saturday, 8th November
Tour starts 7.30pm (meeting point in booking confirmation).
Please allow two hours. Walking distance approx. half a mile.

19/10/2025

If you’re thinking of how to treat Mum & Dad (or any over-55 in your life) to something different this weekend — here it is.

For this Friday 24th & Saturday 25th only, anyone aged 55+ can book a Seniors ticket with 16.7% off directly through the Tour-Rochester website. (Ignore where it says 65+ — the offer applies from 55 upwards on these two nights.)

The Original Rochester Spooky Tour — one of the most popular tours in the South East.

Two of the strongest ghost stories told anywhere in the city, delivered in full detail on the very streets where they happened… three of the most ghastly ex*****ons in English history — every one of them a Rochester resident… plus those few strange, dark and downright unsettling episodes you won’t hear on any other tour.

Think of it as a quieter, candle-glow prelude to Halloween week — the sort of October night you remember not for the noise and the crowds, but for the story that follows you home.

Book the Seniors ticket via the Tour-Rochester website only using this link: https://www.tour-rochester.com/spooky-ghost-stories-rochester

14/10/2025

The pumpkins will fade, the costumes packed away — but this Halloween night will stay with you long after the lights go out.

Beneath the glow of Rochester’s old lamps, shadows stir and history breathes again. Step into the strange, dark and ghostly — a guided walk through true tales that still haunt the High Street.

One night. Four centuries of secrets. Are you brave enough to hear them?

Book if you dare.... https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-rpvzeea

Over 18s only. Please leave pets at home.

12/10/2025

Want to join us this Friday..?

🎥 Ever wanted to be in a ghost story?

This Friday 17th October at 7.30pm, The Original Rochester Spooky Tour will be joined by a social media film crew — and a select few guests are being invited to join the tour free of charge as part of the filming audience.

You’ll experience the full tour exactly as normal — every eerie tale, every shiver, every ghastly twist — and help capture the dark magic that’s made this tour a Rochester favourite for nearly a decade.

It’s a rare chance to be part of the story, not just hear it.

If you'd like to join us, here's the specific link to book your FREE place: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-oeljrxd

🎃 Can’t make this Friday?
Then keep your courage for the Halloween Special – Friday 31st October. A strictly adults-only night when the veil between the living and the dead is said to be at its thinnest. The one evening of the year when Rochester’s haunted streets truly come alive... or something very close to it.

Book Halloween at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rochesterhistoryguidedtours/t-rpvzeea