Invisible Cities is a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city.

City tours guided by people who tell incredible untold stories of their homes, local history and culture.

Lonely planet best in travel 2021 community award.

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Our Tours

Our experienced tour guides, all of whom have been affected by homelessness, simply live and breathe their cities.

Invisible Cities is a social enterprise offering walking tours in cities across the UK.

All of our tour guides have incredible stories to tell about their cities and we have tours in Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, York and Cardiff.

Looking for things to do during your trip and want to see a city beyond the postcard and take life-changing stories home with you?  

Come on a walking tour with us.

We train people affected by homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city and offer these alternative tours to tourists and locals.

Our training focuses on confidence building, public speaking and customer service.

We partner with professional tour guides to build bespoke tours and practice our routes. All of our guides choose their topics, themes and stories based on their own interests and experiences.

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York

The Health and Wealth of York

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Our Health and Wealth York city tour is an expedition through time, which explores just some of the most significant buildings and their influence on the city’s economic growth.
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Manchester

Wonderwalk Through Manchester with Nic

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This tour of Manchester maps the city’s illustrious history of music and art, focusing on the venues and musicians which have helped to shape Manchester’s music scene.
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Cardiff

City of Layers: Monopoly to Metropolis

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History has acted as Muse in the cubist-like mapping of my guided walking tour entitled City of Layers: Monopoly to Metropolis, exploring Modern Cardiff’s evolution as a city through the wealth of the South Wales Coalfield.
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    Today, His Royal Highness Prince William officially launched Invisible Cities Aberdeen, a ground-breaking social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides. With the support...
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