WALKING TOUR: Yards, Courts and Alleys – Conditions in Victorian Lancaster

This guided walking tour around Lancaster city centre is part of the 2026 Story Tours & Talks programme by Lancaster Museums. Visit the Museums website to see the full list of events and book online.

Yards, Courts & Alleys – Living Conditions in Victorian Lancaster, with Naomi Parsons

Using Richard Owen’s Health of Town’s Report as our guide, we head down Lancaster’s lesser used thoroughfares to discover the dreadful conditions that families lived in and the changes that helped to overcome the epidemics that plagued them.

This tour lasts about 1.5 hours and starts from Lancaster City Museum in Market Square.

Tickets £10. Visit the Museums website to book.