About

About Us

Matthew and Luke started Dark Wales tours in 2019 after many years of conducting Ghost Tours with a successful company called Cardiff History and Hauntings around various locations in South Wales. Both Matthew and Luke have a passion for history and the paranormal and aim to share this passion with others by starting up their own venture.

Dark Wales Tours will give customers exclusive night time access to some of the most historic and haunted sites in the country including the renowned St Fagans Museum and the majestic Cardiff Castle in the capital, alleged to be among the most haunted sites in the country.

All our tours are professionally conducted and explore the History, Myths, Legends and Ghostly phenomena of the various sites. There are no gimmicks and every story told has been faithfully researched and nobody is planted to jump out on us and there are no cheap scares.

On our tours we can't always guarantee anything paranormal will happen of course. Our aim is to give a historic and atmospheric insight to the venues we visit. That being said, a number of strange occurrences have happened on the tours over the years, so you never know what may happen.

So are you brave enough to Join Matthew and Luke on their next tour, where you too may encounter something from beyond our realm and where you'll unlock the secrets and history of this mystical land of Dark Wales...

Meet Our Team

Matthew Rose

Matthew grew up in Kenfig which is home to some of Wales most famous ghost stories and legends so he has always had a keen interest in History and the Paranormal from a young age. He was doing Ghost tours for 5 years at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff Castle and Margam Castle with 'Cardiff History and Hauntings' which has recently disbanded but is delighted to be able to set up Dark Wales Tours with his business partner Luke in order to carry on doing tours at various locations
Matthew also works as an Assistant Operations and Retail Manager at the Royal Mint Experience but his passion and heart lies with the History and Ghosts of Wales which he loves sharing with visitors on the tours.

Luke Allcock

Luke came to Wales from Nottingham in 2011 and absolutely fell in love with the landscape and the history of this land especially after his visits to St Fagans National Museum of History. He studied History at University achieving a 2:1 degree with his dissertation about Jack the Ripper. Luke was doing ghost tours for 4 years with a different company that has disbanded and is excited to continue exploring the ghosts, myths and legends of Wales with Dark Wales Tours, which he recently founded with his business partner Matthew.

Cheryl Williams
The latest member of Dark Wales Tours is Cheryl Williams. She is an ex-teacher with 40 years experience teaching English, Drama, Welsh and Media Studies in local secondary schools. She recently retired as Education Officer at The Royal Mint Experience where she was also a tour guide.

Cheryl especially enjoys film and theatre, music and reading as well as visiting places of Historical significance. She is thrilled to join the team where she will alongside her vast skill set and experience also be able to offer Welsh Tours for certain sites.

Cheryl confesses, "Working with Dark Wales Tours rolls all my hobbies and interests into one neat package!"

Conveniently, she also believes in ghosts!

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