Derby Uncovered Walks
Tickets £10 per person | Various dates throughout the year
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Description
Derby Uncovered offers a series of guided walking tours that explore the darker, stranger, and lesser-known stories hidden within Derby’s streets. Led by knowledgeable local guides, these walks uncover tales of murder, mystery, superstition, and remarkable people who shaped the city’s past.
Walk options
Dark Derby Walk
A 90-minute walk full of revelations, curses, deaths, superstitions, evil-doers and unsettling stories from Derby’s darker past.
- Dates: Various dates
- Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
- Start point: Lock-Up Yard, Derby Fish Market, DE1 2DG
Derby Murder Walk
Discover the chilling stories of Derby’s most notorious murders and murderers on this not-for-the-faint-hearted walking tour.
- Dates: Various dates
- Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
- Start point: Lock-Up Yard, Derby Fish Market, DE1 2DG
Ancestors Walks
Cemetery tours revealing fascinating histories of Derby’s burial grounds and some of the city’s most notable ancestors.
- Dates: Various dates
- Times & locations:
- 1.30pm – 3.30pm, Nottingham Road Cemetery
- 1.30pm – 3.00pm, Uttoxeter New Road Cemetery
Weird Derby Walk
True but strange stories from Derby’s past, including frogs falling from the sky, roaming ghouls, historic hot dogs, and mummified cats.
- Dates: Various dates
- Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
- Start point: Lock-Up Yard, Derby Fish Market, DE1 2DG
Hauntings & Hangings Walk
A spine-tingling walk featuring tortured spirits, grisly executions, murderers and their victims from Derby’s history.
- Dates: Various dates
- Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
- Start point: Lock-Up Yard, Derby Fish Market, DE1 2DG
Pioneers Walk
A guided tour celebrating pioneers who left a lasting legacy on Derby and influenced the wider world.
- Dates: Various dates
- Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
- Start point: Lock-Up Yard, Derby Fish Market, DE1 2DG
Parallels Walk
A unique walking tour exploring the historical and cultural parallels between Derby and its twin city, Osnabrück.
- Dates: Various dates
- Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
- Start point: Lock-Up Yard, Derby Fish Market, DE1 2DG