About
Who we are
The East Anglia Tourist Guides Association brings together professionally trained and accredited tour guides from all over East Anglia. All of our members have been trained to guide within a specific town or wider region.
Our aim is to encourage good tourist guiding generally within East Anglia, to encourage the development of knowledge of guiding skills of members and to foster contacts and good fellowship between members.
Regional guiding associations represented
Our members come from guiding associations across the region including: Bury St Edmunds; Cambridge; Colchester; Hadleigh; Ipswich; Norwich; St Albans; Kings Lynn.
Whether a Blue, green or white badge guide, we would welcome new members from other guiding groups in the region - contact any committee member for further details.
Who we are and what we do
The Association was established over thirty years ago, following the first regional training course for East Anglia.
Today we have members from all the major centres in the East of England.
EATGA exists to encourage good tourist guiding within East Anglia, to help its members in the continuous development of knowledge and guiding skills and to foster contacts and good fellowship between tourist guides throughout the region.
Membership is open to all qualified and badged tourist guides in East Anglia who have been trained and examined by a recognised authority competent to do so. If you are not qualified as an East Anglian/East of England regional guide or don't think you will be guiding outside your own 'patch' you should still consider becoming a member.
Here’s why:
1. You’ll be able to increase your knowledge of East Anglia by attending our ‘day out’ event in spring and an annual weekend away in October (charges for these events are additional to the membership fee but are very reasonable)
2. You will have the opportunity to gain access to places - sometimes ones never usually open to the public (such as Felixstowe docks-which requires a police escort!) and there will be special talks and presentations
3. You meet guides from centres other than your own, you make new contacts and also have time to get to know your local colleagues much better
4. Above all you will be able to use your newly acquired knowledge to promote East Anglia and its specialist guides to our visitors