About Cambridge Tour Guides
Cambridge Tour Guides has been operating since 2011. It is owned and run by Chris Skilton. Our key aim is to make our tours fun as well as informative. We only work with accredited Cambridge Green Badge guides. Only Cambridge guides are allowed to take groups inside the Cambridge colleges, including King's College Chapel.
Green Badge Guides undergo an intensive one-year training course and pass written and practical exams accredited by the Institute of Tourist Guiding. All of our guides have third-party liability insurance.
Chris Skilton
Chris joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the tender age of 17. His 34-year career took him to Germany, Chile, Argentina (as a Swiss diplomat after the Falklands War) and Spain (twice). His final posting was as Deputy High Commissioner in Kampala, Uganda. Along the way he took two years out to run a hotel/marina by a lake in Chile. After very early retirement in 2005 he worked for Great Rail Journeys as a Tour Manager. He is a Spanish speaker. Chris has lived in Cambridge since 1994. When not guiding: bad golf, dodgy guitar and books on Cambridge.
