About Ye Olde England Tours

Ye Olde England Tours is our privately owned and operated business. We have lived in Southern England since 1982 and have a comprehensive knowledge of this beautiful area and its fascinating history. We specialise in private walking tours in London to not just the big sites but all the places most tourists get to see. Often they are the best of all and we have dozens of such well loved tours! We are committed to providing a professional, courteous and knowledgeable service. We have no driving convictions. Our cars are very comfortable and fully insured and can also offer day tours from the London area to surrounding historical, cultural and tourist sights. We are also Green Tourism certified which means we are kind to the planet too. A good day our with Ye Olde England Tours needn’t cost the Earth!

Private London Walking Tours are our thing!

Stephen Liddell has travelled extensively through 21 European nations as well as throughout North Africa and the Middle-East. Stephen has organised holidays and tours in several countries outside of the U.K. for 25 years. He travels extensively throughout the whole of the U.K. having organised guided tours to dozens of historic sites and visited hundreds more. With both a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in History, you can be sure you won’t miss a thing.

Our longest standing guide Kevin, is born and bred in the East End of London. Our private London tours will take you away from the crowds of tourists. Often even Londoners are amazed they’ve not been to any place on their chosen tour.

Stephen has also written a number of history related books and has four #1 best-sellers including Secret Gardens of the City of London which is based on not just our most popular tour but also Viator/Trip Advisors #1 ‘authentic London experience’

Day Trips from London

We can create themed tours depending on your interests such as to the country homes of great Prime Ministers such as Churchill and Disraeli. For over a decade we’ve been going to magnificent palaces such as Blenheim or Highclere. If medieval England is more to your liking, then tours of many castles are possible such as at Windsor or Warwick. How about a trip to Shakespeare sites at Stratford Upon Avon. We also have an unmatched wealth of beautiful churches and Cathedrals or beautiful cities such as Bath, Cambridge and Winchester. How about the Roman city of St. Albans with its magnificent Abbey, ancient pubs and markets and Roman ruins. Our history goes back much further than that though with Stonehenge & Avebury being the tip of an iceberg.

Every visitor is special to us and our prime motivating factor is to give you the best holiday possible. Travel with us and experience good old fashioned British hospitality.

Ye Olde England Tours have been used by many corporate organisations as well as the British government and global political figures. We have been used by production crews for BBC and Netflix shows, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, national and international TV news, BBC TV, Comic Relief, BBC national and regional radio, LBC Radio, Harrods, Bloomberg TV, British and foreign military and the national newspapers but most of all by thousands of visitors from all over the world, every age and every background.