Dafydd Phillips
Profile updated 22/03/23
Regional Qualification(s):
London
Language(s):
Welsh, English
Phone Number(s):
07899 778169
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. I also lead tours at the Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick.
Currently studying for the Wales Blue Badge
Served as Director of the Institute of Tourist Guiding from 2016 - 2022 and appointed Fellow of the Institute in November 2022.
Personal Interests:
| Postal History |
| Family History |
| 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 Westminster, Clerkenwell & Islington
Additional Qualifications:
City of London; City of Westminster; Clerkenwell
Driver Guide:
No