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Upcoming walks are listed here with past walks archived below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Perth in Georgian Times<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A guided walk with Sabrina Willekens
Sunday 24 May 2026 from 14.00 – 16.00<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Come along to a guided walk to discover Perth\u2019s Georgian history and elegant architecture. This was a time of dramatic change for the royal burgh and it is still visible today. In various locations, your guide Sabrina Willekens will bring to live decisions and aspirations of people that were influential in Georgian Perth and who turned a small medieval craftis toun into the large modern, industrious, attractive and elegant destination we still see today. She will tell you about Perth\u2019s Georgian inhabitants, how they felt and what they did to negotiate the long century with all its challenges, improvements and innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We meet at 2pm on the River Tay viewing platform at the junction of Tay Street and High Street. The tour will take two hours and will cover about 2km of walking in total with frequent stops and opportunities to sit. Please come suitably equipped for the weather on the day and wear comfortable shoes to walk in. The tour will be completely outdoors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a38.50 for PCT members, \u00a316.50 for non-members. (Includes additional booking fee)<\/strong>
Places are limited and pre-booking is essential.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Book here:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.perthshireboxoffice.com\/whats-on\/perth-in-georgian-times<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n

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Perth and the Jacobites<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A guided walk with Sabrina Willekens
Sunday 12th April 2026 from 11.00 – 13.00
Sunday 12 April 2026 from 14.00 – 16.00 SOLD OUT<\/mark>
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Sabrina took us on a guided walk through Perth’s city centre to discover how the Jacobites impacted the life of Perth’s people during the period of the Jacobite times. She included stories and locations where events became very real for the people of Perth. She told us about moments when the burgh was thrust into the limelight of international affairs and how other related events shaped the history of the Royal Burgh, Scotland and Britain in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tour started at the River Tay viewing platform on Tay Street, took two hours and covered about 2km of walking in total with frequent stops and opportunities to sit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets were available via Perthshire Box Office
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Life in Medieval Perth<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A guided walk with Sabrina Willekens
Sunday 20th July 2025 from 14.00 – 16.00<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We joined Sabrina on an entertaining stroll through the city centre of Perth to explore stories and remnants of the city\u2019s fascinating past. We discovered how people in early and late Medieval Perth lived, got to know some of their characters and stories and dived into selected aspects of ordinary and not-so-ordinary life and anecdotes of the town\u2019s vibrant history. We met some well-kent famous and infamous names and made new acquaintances, were touched by happy and shocking stories, and saw some of the remaining traces of bygone life still visible in today\u2019s cityscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biography: <\/strong>Hailing from Berlin in Germany, Sabrina Willekens has been resident in Scotland for over 20 years, obtaining valuable experiences, qualifications and insight into the Scottish tourism product, heritage, history and education on her path to becoming a Heritage Interpreter. Her passion for delivering an exciting, engaging and true product for heritage sites has been guiding her approach towards developing and delivering attractive content for the German- and English-speaking heritage tourism market with her own company, Pavo Interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With almost ten years of experience as personal interpreter in English and German for Scottish heritage and a burning passion to deliver knowledge through entertaining an engaging storytelling, Sabrina has developed high-energy guided storytelling tours around properties and townscapes. Sabrina\u2019s engaging delivery of content through applied storytelling methods have enhanced encounters with Scottish attractions for visitors from all over the world for years, including Stirling Castle, Scone Palace, Perth Museum and Perth city\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her most recent collaboration with the Soroptimist\u2019s branch in Perth resulted in a walking tour highlighting interesting and fascinating women of note connected with the town. A further set of walks pertaining to interesting facts and stories related to the history of Perth are currently being developed and will include a walk on the city\u2019s history, and more specialised tours on Medieval Perth, Georgian Perth, Victorian Perth and the Industries of Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets were available at Perthshire Box Office<\/a> This event was SOLD OUT
\u00a37.50 for PCT members, \u00a315 for non-members. A booking fee applies.<\/h3>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n\n\n\n
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From St Leonard’s to the Royal George : a guided historical walk<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 22nd September 2024 from 14.30 – 16.00 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A guided Sunday afternoon stroll through some of Perth’s built history with local expert Felicity Graham<\/strong>. Approx. 1 mile on paths\/pavements. Meet at 14.25 outside St Leonards Church on Marshall Place. Entry by ticket only<\/strong> – see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our walk began at St Leonard’s in the Fields Church<\/strong> in Marshall Place, Perth and ended 2 hours later at the Royal George Hotel in George Street<\/strong>. Perth Civic Trust’s own local expert Felicity Graham<\/strong> took us on a guided walking tour of some of Perth’s most notable historical buildings including St Johns Kirk, Perth Waterworks, Greyfriars Burial Ground, the Fair Maid’s House and more, weaving historical fact with moving human stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Felicity has provided a link to a page of illustrated notes concerning this walk – LINK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n\n\n\n

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Felicity Graham<\/strong> was born in Germany and travelled extensively thereafter. She began studying English literature & French language culture before pursuing a career in international software consultancy. She moved to Perth in 2007 where she has campaigned for improving urban spaces for people in Perth alongside her many other interests including dance, music, wild plants and language teaching. She gives tours and talks on local history within the wider context. Her main interests are language(s), history and sustainable communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets were available online at EVENTBRITE<\/a><\/strong> \u00a35 for Perth Civic Trust members, \u00a310 for non-members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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King James VI walk (self-guided)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This short walk (0.6 miles) takes in all the plaques in Perth that mention King James VI of Scotland. It begins at the site of King James Hospital founded by him in 1587. Click on each of the waymarks then on ‘More details’ to learn more. Moving on to Tay Street you can walk along the river beside the site of Gowrie House, where an infamous attempt on the life of the king was made in 1600, just two years before he became King James I of England and the first monarch of both Scotland and England. These events and a visit he made to Perth in 1601 are commemorated on the waymarked plaques along Tay Street. The walk ends at the Old Ship Inn in Skinnergate, which dates from Mediaeval times. A series of mock newspaper headline boards outside give a sensational account of the Gowrie House Conspiracy and other events in Perth’s history. <\/p>\n\n\n

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