STORY TOUR: Going to Botany Bay - Lancaster's Transported Women

Schedule

Tue Jun 02 2026 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Starting from Lancaster City Museum | Lancaster, EN

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Repeat tour due to popular demand!
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW: www.lancaster.gov.uk/storytours
This 1.5 hour walking tour around Lancaster city centre is led by expert guide and local historian Naomi Parsons:
Going to Botany Bay - Lancaster's Transported Women
Travelling around the city centre to the sites of their crimes, we explore the stories of six of the Lancaster women who were sentenced to transportation to Australia. Did they flourish or fail on the other side of the world?
BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW: www.lancaster.gov.uk/storytours
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Starting from Lancaster City Museum, Lancaster Music Library, Market Street, Lancaster, LA1 1JG, United Kingdom

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