Dafydd Phillips
Profile updated 4/03/21
Regional Qualification(s):
London
Language(s):
Welsh, English
Phone Number(s):
07899 778169, 020 8567 5816
Website:
Contact guide
Introduction:
"an affable Welshman with an encyclopaedic knowledge of almost everything....[with]... enough information to fill a mighty leather bound tome and .... enough facts to look smart in front of friends for many a year." - Islington Gazette.
Born and bred in North Wales, bilingual in Welsh and English. Graduated with a BA Hons in German with French (London), followed by five years studying singing at the Royal Academy of Music. Guiding since 2007. Offering tours in and around London.
Since 2018 Company Secretary of the Institute of Tourist Guiding
Personal Interests:
| Classical Music |
| Maritime Britain |
| Pubs & beer |
| Welsh Connections |
| Religion |
Special Interests:
| Art/Paintings & Sculpture | National Gallery; Courtauld Gallery; Wallace Collection; Tate Britain; Tate Modern |
| Museums | British Museum; British Library; Sir John Soane; Victoria & Albert Museum; National History Museum; London Transport Museum. |
| Music | Various musical themed walking tours in London such as Moments Musicaux in Marylebone; Handel in the Strand |
| Walking Tours | City of London; Clerkenwell; Islington; Westminster; Marylebone; Mayfair; St James; Little Venice & Maida Vale; Pimlico;St John's Wood; Bayswater & Padington; Southwark; Bloomsbury; Docklands |
| Churches & Cathedrals | St Paul's Cathedral; City of London Churches; St George's Windsor; Westminster Abbey; Monasteries & priories of medieval London. |
| Religion | Non-conformity; John & Charles Wesley; George Whitefield; Monasteries & priories of medieval London Rev Mary Dow, Ware |
| Regional Tours | Bath; Canterbury; Cotswolds; Oxford; Salisbury, Stonehenge & Old Sarum; Stratford-upon-Avon; Runnymede & Windsor. |
Endorsements:
Windsor & Eton, City of London, City of Westminster, Clerkenwell & Islington
Additional Qualifications:
City of London; City of Westminster; Clerkenwell
Driver Guide:
No