Roger Bailey is a professional Heart of England Blue Badge Tourist Guide, offering guided coach and walking tours of the region.
He can offer a variety of coach tours of Birmingham and the surrounding area, giving a good balance of what the city has to offer. Follow the trail of its musical heritage, with over 100 artists and groups originating from here. Discover the links to Tolkien and find out where he grew up and what influenced him. Visit Bournville village, home of Cadbury’s where you can have a coffee stop, followed with the Jewellery Quarter, with its Jewellery Quarter Discovery Centre and Pen Museum.
On a walking tour, visit the Birmingham Art Gallery and Museum which currently houses part of the Staffordshire Hoard, discover its industrial heritage including the eight canals that meet in the city, and visit St Philips Cathedral which is surrounded by a fine collection of Victorian buildings. Come sightseeing to Birmingham and be amazed!
Also visit Coventry, Stratford upon Avon(Cradle to grave), The Black Country, The Cotswolds, Oxford and much more in the Heart of England. Roger also offers conference support, meet & greet, employee familiarisation and transfers from airports and hotels. He is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He gained the 2012 Venues endorsement in 2007, being the first regional tourist guide to do so.
Roger was awarded ‘Outstanding Contribution to Tourism’ in the 2010 Heart of England Excellence in Tourism Awards. By early 2012, he will have conducted 3,000 guided tours since his first guiding job in 1995.
