: Institute of Tourist Guiding

The Institute accredits Tourist Guide training programmes. It does not run training courses, these are generally organised by local tourist guide associations, specific sites or other local organisations in response to demand for new guides in their specific areas.

Owing to the ongoing public health crisis, please contact Course Directors for revised start dates for courses scheduled to start between April 2020 and August 2021.

Institute courses are open to all applicants. You do not need previous guiding experience or qualifications, except in the case of Train the Trainers courses. Courses planned or pending approval are listed below, while courses that are currently running or that run regularly are linked to in the side bar.

Courses recruiting, pending final approval or planned:

Course	Course name / region	More information and contact	Enrolment closing date and status
Blue Badge	Devon and Cornwall	Starting November 2022, interviews to be held in October 2022 Closing Date for Applications 30th September 2022 The Prospectus can be found here. For an Application Form please contact training@ptgtraining.co.uk	Course approved Applicatons open
Blue Badge	East Midlands	This course has been delayed and will now start in 2022 For more information and to apply please contact the training team via this link	Course pending Applications open
Blue Badge	London	The London Blue Badge Course takes place each year. Further information on the course can be found here and details on how to apply can be found here	Course approved
Blue Badge	South Central England	Proposed start date November 2022, interviews to be held in September. Contact southcentralbbgtraining@gmail.com for an application form.	Course Approved Applications open
Blue Badge	South East England	Proposed start date January 2023, interviews to be held in October 2022 Applications open, all enquiries to enquiries@southeastbestguides.org	Course Approved Applications open
Green Badge	City of London	The City of London Green Badge Course takes place each year. Further information on the course and how to apply can be found here.	Course approved
Green Badge	Oxford	Course start date 3rd October 2022 See here for further details and how to apply.	Course approved Applications close 15th April 2022 Interviews to be held in May 2022

For more details about our qualification definitions see Our Qualifications Explained

Please note that the Institute accredits courses but does not run any itself. These are usually provided by local tourist guide associations, specific sites or other local organisations in the visitor economy, in response to demand for new guides in their areas.

If you cannot see a course that aligns with your preferred city, area or region, you may want to contact the relevant organisation(s) listed with the British Guild of Tourist Guides to register your interest in any upcoming or planned courses.If you wish to run a course with Institute accreditation, please review the materials here.

The British Guild of Tourist Guides - Project 2020 - Bursary