Welcome to my website! I’m Dr Tom Thorpe, and seek to unveil Belfast’s messy past to curious travellers, history enthusiasts & locals eager to rediscover their city. I am a Belfast resident, Belfast Green Badge Tour guide and local historian.
Walking tours are also available as gift experiences, offering a thoughtful and memorable way to share Belfast’s history with someone special.
TOURS
People & Places: a general introduction to the fascinating individuals, places and events that have shaped Belfast’s history.
Diseases & Drs: learn about Belfast’s medical past detailing the plagues and pestilence that affected the health and wellbeing of the population from the 1750s.
Buildings & Bricks: explore the rich and diverse religious, municipal and commercial architecture of the city centre.
Queen’s Quarter: discover the interesting buildings, gardens and public art around Queen’s University in south Belfast.
Belfast Blitz during the Second World War: learn about the aerial bombing raids which extensively damaged Belfast’s city centre and claimed over 1,000 lives during April and May 1941.
Titanic Quarter and Maritime Belfast: a voyage through Belfast’s historic Titanic Quarter to discover the city’s docks, shipyards, naval heritage and how the Titanic was built.
Belfast’s Troubles Walking Tour A journey through divided communities and a shared complex history.
AntiSlavery Belfast: delve into Belfast’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and its role in slavery’s abolition. This link takes you to another website. This is a project that I run with colleague and friend Mark Doherty.
For more information, contact me on contact@drtomstours.com or use the form here.
I also do bespoke private tours for individuals and groups.
Why choose me?
- I am a qualified professional Belfast Green Badge Tour Guide, certified to deliver walking tours in Belfast as an affiliate of the Institute of Tourist Guiding. I am also a member of the Northern Ireland Tourist Guide Association.
- I am a published professional historian, holding a PhD from King’s College London and having been involved in many local Belfast history projects such as The Men Behind the Glass and Epidemic Belfast.
- I am also a professional communicator, having previously had a career as a public relations professional before I became a Belfast tour guide. I have done many broadcast media interviews as a historical expert, given many public lectures and am an avid podcaster and currently present and produce two history podcasts: the Combat Morale Podcast and Mentioned in Dispatches for the history society, the Western Front Association.
For more information, contact me on contact@drtomstours.com or use the form here.
Latest Posts
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