AudaTours Coventry Audio Tour: Hands to the Work
Holy Trinity Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5RR
This self-guided audio walk follows 10 stops from Holy Trinity Church through the streets and buildings that still hold Coventry’s working history. Put on headphones, follow the route in the app, and listen as you walk past St John the Baptist, medieval Spon Street, the Weaver’s House, Ford’s Hospital, St Mary’s Guildhall, Whitefriars Gatehouse, Coventry Transport Museum, Cook Street Gate and on to the ruins and new cathedral.
The tour runs for about 1 hour of audio, or around 2 hours in total including the walk between stops. What makes this Coventry version distinctive is the way it threads together the city’s making trades and civic life: the narrow-loom weavers of Spon Street, the guild dyers behind Coventry Blue, watchmakers and outworkers, drapers and merchants, mystery plays on wagons, the cyclists and motor workers of the modern city, and the cathedral stonemason Jock Forbes, who made a cross from charred beams after the fire. It is a route through lanes, gates, guild buildings and ruins, with the city’s labour and repair left visible in the places you pass.
Timings
Available anytime
Location & directions
Holy Trinity Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5RR
- Directions:
- Starts at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, visits 10 stops, and finishes at Coventry Cathedral Ruins and New Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry.
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Book on day
- Booking conditions:
- Visit the booking link and click the "Get Tour" button to receive a redemption code. Follow the link to download the AudaTours app, enter your redemption code, and you're ready to go.
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://audatours.com/tour/united-kingdom/coventry/p-1766-hands-to-the-work
Accessibility details
This is an outdoor, self-guided audio walking tour. The route follows public streets and pavements and does not include access to the interior of any of the sites — they are to be admired from the outside. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
Additional information
You can start the tour whenever suits you during the festival and pause, resume or revisit it at any point — the route plays at your own pace from your phone. Once redeemed, the tour stays in your AudaTours library so you can come back to it any time. Headphones (or one earbud if walking with a companion) are recommended, and the tour works best in daylight hours.
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s)
