“This tour has it all. I was able to see an Edinburgh I had not imagined I would see and was enraptured from the beginning.”

Katie L. in Broadway Baby (August 2025)

“A seasoned pro at making even the shakiest poetry fans feel comfortable and engaged, [Ken] is the perfect poet-historian to guide you along an intimate amble through the city’s historied Royal Mile.”

Grace Wallis in A Youngish Perspective (August 2025)

I’m offering poetry walks as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2026. I’ve scheduled 10 walks between 7th and 26th August, starting and ending at the Scottish Poetry Library. Full details including how to book can be found on the Fringe website here.

“An excellent tour for both the historian and the poetry lover: Ken is a brilliant guide and his love for the poems shines out and illuminates them for us.”

Mary Woodward in Scotsgay (2016)

These walking tours weave in and out of streets, closes, gardens and graveyards. You’ll hear works by Robert Burns, Dorothy Wordsworth, Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, the great Anon and many others.

I’ve lived in Edinburgh for over thirty years and have led poetry walks since 2007 for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Scottish Storytelling Festival, for the Scottish Poetry Library and Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, and for private groups.

I can also offer illustrated talks of walks on the Mile.

For enquiries and private tour bookings, click here.

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