John McNeill is one of Martin Randall Travel's longest-serving lecturers. In the thirty years he has worked for us he has guided hundreds of our clients through the medieval fabric of the UK, France, Italy and Spain. In his other life, John lectures for Oxford University’s Department of Continuing Education and is Honorary Secretary of the British Archaeological Association.

What follows is a video of the Romanesque parish church at Kilpeck in Herefordshire. It was made at a particular moment during the Coronavirus lockdown when travel restrictions had been lifted but churches were not yet open.

Tours with John McNeill in 2025

Basilicata & Calabria – Italy's undiscovered south (10–18 October March 2025)

Normans in the South – castles and cathedrals in Puglia, Basilicata and Campania (1–9 April 2025)

Medieval Toulouse & Languedoc – art & architecture in south-west France (9–14 May 2025)

Medieval Burgundy – abbeys and churches of the High Middle Ages (30 May–7 June 2025)

The Welsh Marches – castles, abbeys and parish churches (16–20 June 2025)

Lincolnshire Churches – major and minor, from cathedral to parish (23–27 June 2025)

Medieval Oxfordshire – and the southern Cotswolds (30 June–4 July 2025)

Civilisations of Sicily – Mediterranean crossroads: three thousand years of creativity (20 October–1 November 2025)

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'John McNeill has an impressive command of his subjects, excellent vocabulary and presentation skills. And most impressively, a boundless enthusiasm to enhance the experience. The afternoon readings from Thucydides were an inspired choice.' 

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