UNITED KINGDOM
Britain's best.
The 15 most popular self-guided tours in the UK. What each one actually includes, who runs it, and what it costs to book.
Explore Emirates Stadium with an audio guide, then step into the Arsenal Museum with famous trophies, artifacts, and hands-on matchday spaces.
“The audio tour was great!! Great experience for fans.”
Roman Baths in Bath: entry ticket with multilingual audio guide and spa water tasting. See Great Bath, museum treasures, and 43-mineral spring.
“Audio phone was excellent Interesting history and social facts Easy to navigate Thank you”
Step into Canterbury Cathedral’s 1,400-year story with an entry ticket plus handset audio guide, covering cloisters, gardens, and exhibits.
“The cathedral tour is wonderful. Obviously, the building is spectacular, but the story behind it is even more. I love history and you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere with more history. The audio guide is very clear and thorough. I actually spent much longer than the allocated time & it wasn't a problem.”
Explore Churchill’s underground War Rooms and political London via self-guided multilingual audio, with a digital map and timed entry.
“It was an amazing experience that we could see rooms where Mr Churchill made every strategies on WW II. Seeing all the ashtrays also brought us to the time when he couldn’t go without his cigars😃”
Walk St James Park to The Mall, then skip into Buckingham Palace with audio stories and the King’s Tour Artists exhibit.
“Our guide, Sophie, was incredibly knowledgeable, enthusiastic and very friendly. She made the whole experience interesting, engaging and fun!”
Self-guided English audio walk in Bristol hitting landmarks, Banksy street art, markets, and the docks. Cost is low and pace is yours.
“Loved the realness of the tour. I especially thought it was funny when at some point during the recorded tour I ran into a physical tour talking about the same thing on site. I thought my info was more informative lol. The only thing I wish would happen is that the recording could be updated…”
Self-guided Notting Hill walk with the Trippy Tour Guide app: movie spots, quiet mews, Portobello Road, Electric Cinema, 20+ audio points.
“I really enjoyed this self-guided Notting Hill walking tour. The app was easy to use and took me to all the key spots, including famous locations from the Notting Hill and Love Actually movie scenes, plus so much more. A great way to explore the area at your own pace and really soak in the…”
Buckingham Palace State Rooms entry plus a Royal London audio app: 19 rooms, coronation chairs, master paintings, self-paced royal sights.
“Everything”
Walk Harry Potter filming spots from Westminster to Tower Bridge with a self-guided audio app, including Platform 9¾ and Diagon Alley scenes.
“veel informatie. de filmscenes worden duidelijk beschreven bij iedere locatie. de tour is erg lang. we redden het niet binnen de tijd. omdat we nog iets anders geboekt hadden, hebben we hem de volgende dag afgemaakt.”
Explore Edinburgh Old Town at your pace with GPS audio on your phone, hitting the Royal Mile, St Giles, the Castle, Grassmarket, and Greyfriars.
“On peut visiter à son rythme”
Drive Scotland’s Isle of Skye self-guided with GPS-linked audio points, free roadside stops, and dinosaur-era sights, starting from Portree.
“The app does not give you adequate warning before turns. Additionally, it does not provide very much history or information. We used a similar app in Iceland, which was much better.”
A fast, 45-minute guided walk through Oxford’s university highlights plus a Vox City audio app for even more self-guided routes.
“Penny did a great job in summarizing the tour briefly about Oxford and the unversities! Short, succinct and express tour! Well-recommended if you wish to do short walking to explore Oxford on feet.”
Short Edwardian River Avon cruise plus Stratford self-guided audio tour with Shakespeare sights, photo stops, multilingual commentary.
“I enjoyed seeing the sights, from the Avon & listening to the audio, giving us some interesting facts about, very relaxing .”
Self-drive Isle of Skye from Portree with the Trippy Tour Guide app. Audio stops cover Loch Fada, Old Man of Storr, Quiraing, and more.
“The app was easy to follow and very informative. Perhaps more information about the time the hikes are likely to take would be good.”
A 3-hour self-guided London history walk via the Trippy Tour Guide app, from Sky Garden to St Paul’s, with 30+ audio stops.
“Nous n’avons pas pu terminer le tour l’application a eu un bug en plein milieu et impossible de finir… très déçu”
