The Story of Agatha Christie's Life

Embark on a captivating Agatha Christie Walking Tour in Torquay. Discover the extraordinary life of the world’s most successful author and the inspiration behind her legendary characters and plots.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • TQ2 5JG - This walking tour takes guests around Torquay’s beautiful sea front, past the places that played a significant part in Agatha’s life and influenced her writing, such as The Pavilion, The Grand hotel, the Princess Pier, Torre Abbey and Torquay’s Victorian train station. You’ll be walking in the foot steps of the world’s greatest author!
What's Included
  • All fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

This tour has garnered over 400 five-star reviews!
It has been honored with Trip Advisor’s Badge of Excellence and the Traveller’s Choice award, recognizing it as the top tour in Torquay!
In 2024, Visit Devon awarded the tour a Gold for International Tourism.
The operator is the only full-time walking tour guide in Torquay.
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Location
English Riviera Visitor Information Centre
Vaughan Parade
We meet outside English Riviera Visitor Information Centre on Vaughan Parade, Torquay TQ2 5JG and depending on numbers, the tour ends either at the Grand Hotel TQ2 6N or back at the start On arrival, please introduce yourselves to the tour guide who will be wearing in a yellow fluorescent jacket.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lindadlm
May 2, 2025
Informative and Fun - I am not a big Agatha Christie fan, but my wife is, and so I accompanied her on this 2-hour walking tour around Torquay. I've been on a number of walking tours, but this was definitely the best! Graham, our guide, made the walk so interesting and interactive. As well as visiting sites around the town associated with Agatha Christie, we got to enact a murder and have our picture taken wearing Poirot or Miss Marple masks. This made the whole thing fun as well as informative. I learnt a lot, and the time flew by. I would thoroughly recommend this tour, whether you are a fan or not, and Graham is an excellent guide.
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Scenic43185128587
Apr 22, 2025
Fun and fact-packed walking tour - This was a really fun and informative walking tour. I didn’t know what an interesting life Agatha Christie had lead before I went on this tour. I also learned lots more about the history of Torquay.
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Katherineml8895lc
Apr 21, 2025
Great tour - Thankyou for a great tour. So much information and fun. Would highly recommend this tour. Great value for money Kath and steve
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Dupeyabu
Apr 20, 2025
A morning well spent - I did 'The story of Agatha Christie's extraordinary life' walking tour and was most impressed. I urge any visitor to Torquay who has even a passing interest in Agatha Christie (or even no interest but wants an interesting and informative walk round Torquay), to spend a couple of hours on this tour. Graham is knowledgeable about Agatha Christie's life spent in the town and in general about the society surrounding her at the time (more or less late Victorian and into Edwardian). It was also interesting to learn something about how Torquay evolved into a fashionable spa town where fairly affluent people from as far away as London came, for what was considered health benefits, facilitated by railway travel. We went to some Agatha Christie landmarks including Torre Abbey where she met the character which she developed into Hercule Poirot (Belgian refugees stayed in the town during WWI) - she was a volunteer nurse and I believe the abbey was used for the war effort for convalescing soldiers. Some fun photo opportunities and quizzes plus a useful portfolio of old photos shown at appropriate stops on the tour. Graham was genuinely interested in Agatha Christie and Torquay, and put a lot of effort into including some fun activities (which you can join in with or not). All in all the trip was about 2.5 hours with plenty of stops - a perfect amount of time. It is well worth the £20 ticket price.
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Masteringmatt
Apr 15, 2025
Superb tour by a passionate guide - This was such a brilliant tour. Our guide Graham was superb. He was very knowledgeable, welcomed questions, was passionate & enthusiastic and made it fun. We learnt so much about Agatha’s life. So interesting. Thank you Graham. We can highly recommend this tour.
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Peteryz1327kc
Apr 13, 2025
Christie Tour April 2025 - Very knowledgeable guide, Graham Kerr, filled his talk with interesting stories of her growing up in Torquay. Many photo opportunities in the gently paced walk.
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Giovanna_e
Apr 6, 2025
Brilliant tour - A very good tour. Graham the tour guide was fantastic. Very friendly, funny and very informative about Dame Agatha.
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Betty
Mar 22, 2025
Nice to meet you! - Very nice visit, Graham is professional, attentive and has a lot of humor! Expect some surprises... Highly recommend! Betty & Shirley
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Arlene
Mar 18, 2025
Inspiring Agatha Christie experience! - Graham was a passionate, knowledgeable and interesting tour guide. The background history of Agatha Christie’s extraordinary life was inspiring and combined with the locations visited made this a special experience.
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Chelseagirl07
Mar 17, 2025
Great, fun walk - Graham provides a fun and informative tour of Torquay and gave us lots of tips for things to do there and the surrounding area. We got the ground running and using his advise walked to Cockington which is thought to be the inspiration for St Mary Mead, walked to Brixham along the SW coastal walk and finished with fish and chips before heading back to Essex on the train
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up to 12 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).