Historic Walking Tour of Glebe Discount Tickets

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Get your discount tickets for the Glebe: Where Mansions Met the Working Class Walking Tour, save up to 13% !

Overview

Wander along beautiful tree-lined streets lined with Victorian mansions, elegant Edwardian townhouses and magnificent churches, while uncovering the extraordinary people and surprising stories behind them. From wealthy eccentrics and ambitious families to workers, reformers and characters who helped shape Sydney, Glebe’s streets reveal a fascinating mix of wealth, industry, religion, scandal and social change. Discover how this once-rural estate became one of Sydney’s most distinctive neighbourhoods and meet some of the remarkable people who left their mark on it. The tour follows an easy, accessible route and is dog-friendly, with plenty of places to sit and toilets available along the way. Come for the mansions. Stay for the characters. Leave knowing Glebe in a whole new way.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

For the Glebe tour we meet at the Glebe Point Road entrance of Dr H J Foley Rest Park

End Point

End point

For the Glebe tour we finish out the front of St Scholastica's college.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. 138A Glebe Point Rd
St Johns Anglican Church This massive Gothic Revival building dominates the Glebe streetscape. With a towering spire and beautiful grounds it has an extremely interesting history.
Duration: 10 mins
2. 158 Bridge Rd
Glebe Presbyterian Church is a dominating sandstone building that has has quite an interesting nomadic life.
Duration: 10 mins
3. 2 Woolley St
St James' Catholic Church This magnificent church is located in a very rich complex of differing heritage architectural styles. It showcases detailed stained-glass windows and an intriguing back story.
Duration: 10 mins
4. 357 Glebe Point Rd
Bidura House This is a beautiful 1860s gentleman's residence with a chequered past. from life as a prominent mansion to a massive children's detention centre, it is an intriguing building.
Duration: 10 mins
5. 244 Glebe Point Rd
Hartford House is an elaborate mansion and an example of one of Glebe's most prestigious houses.
Duration: 10 mins
6. St Scholasticas College
The Former Toxteth Park House This is the most impressive house in Glebe. Toxteth Park House is a former mansion of one of the richest families in Sydney.
Duration: 10 mins

Inclusion

Guided historical tour of one of Sydney's most historically rich suburbs

Exclusion

Tea and coffee

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Pets are welcome!

Supplied by Real History Walking Tours

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