Chelmsford’s Dark History of Witches 2026

A guided walking tour exploring Chelmsford's witch trials and modern witch history, starting at Chelmsford Market.

Chelmsford's Witch Tours leads a 90-minute in-person walking tour beginning at the end of Chelmsford's indoor market opposite the park entrance. Participants stroll to points of interest connected to the town's witch trials, from the first woman in England to be tried and hanged to Matthew Hopkins, with references to kings and queens. The group stands on the site where the trials took place and hears facts and modern terminology stemming from that era.