Jane Austen Walking Tour

Event Information

2025 is Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. However, on her first trip to Southampton aged seven she caught endemic typhus and nearly did not survive to give us her thoughts on the unmeaning luxuries of Bath and the stinking fish of Southampton. Join Dr Cheryl Butler for this special tour and discover Jane’s experience of walking the streets of Southampton as a seventeen year-old teenager and a burgeoning novelist and find out how Southampton may have inspired the plots and characters in her novels.

Please meet in St Michael’s Square a few minutes before the tour is due to start. Regrettably this tour is not suitable for people with mobility concerns. This tour may be cancelled or postponed at short notice in bad weather.

Cancellations

In the unlikely event of our having to cancel a session, we will offer a full refund. Unfortunately tickets are otherwise non-refundable. Please contact us if you wish to transfer your ticket to a friend if you cannot attend for any reason.