What is a 360\u00b0 Google Maps virtual tour?

A 360\u00b0 Google Maps virtual tour is an immersive walkthrough of your business \u2014 captured as a series of 360\u00b0 photos and published directly to your Google Business Profile, Google Maps and Street View. Visitors navigate from room to room in their browser, exactly as if they were there.

How long does a 360\u00b0 virtual tour shoot take?

A typical small business shoot (caf\u00e9, retail unit, gym studio) takes 2\u20134 hours on site. Larger venues such as hotels, car showrooms or universities take a half or full day. We deliver the live, hosted tour within 5\u201310 working days of capture.

How much does a 360\u00b0 virtual tour cost in the UK?

Pricing starts from around \u00a3300 for a small retail outlet, and scales based on the number of 360\u00b0 points captured, travel to your UK location, and whether you need Google Street View publishing, custom-hosted tour, or both. We shoot all shapes and sizes of business and offer a free quote on every project.

Do virtual tours improve Google Business Profile rankings?

Google Business Profiles with a published 360\u00b0 virtual tour typically receive significantly more customer interest than profiles without one \u2014 per Google's own internal data. Tours increase dwell time on your listing, signal to Google that the business is verified and active, and appear directly on Google Maps and Search.

Where in the UK does Trusted Photography work?

We cover the whole of the United Kingdom \u2014 all 51 English counties, plus Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our HQ is in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and our team travels UK-wide for shoots.

What types of business is a virtual tour good for?

360\u00b0 virtual tours work especially well for hotels and resorts, car dealerships, restaurants and caf\u00e9s, retail stores and showrooms, gyms and fitness centres, pubs and bars, property and estate agents, and universities and schools. Any business where customers benefit from seeing the space before they visit.

What's the difference between Google Street View and Matterport?

Google Street View tours are published directly to your Google Business Profile and Google Maps and are free to host. Matterport tours are hosted on Matterport's platform with a small ongoing subscription, but offer 3D walkthrough and floor-plan features. We offer both and can advise which suits your business.

Do you still publish to Google Maps now the Trusted Photographer programme has ended?

Yes. Google retired its formal Trusted Photographer programme, but the underlying ability to publish 360\u00b0 tours to Google Maps and Street View remains fully available via Google's Street View Studio. Trusted Photography has been publishing tours to Google Maps since 2012 and continues to do so today.

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Matterport virtual tours UK

Matterport virtual tours UK for property agents, hotels, restaurants, retail, motor showrooms and universities. A trusted UK Matterport studio publishing 3D dolly-house tours since 2012 — fixed-fee from £400, no per-photo surcharges, free quote in one working day.

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What are Matterport virtual tours UK?

Matterport virtual tours UK are immersive 3D walkthroughs captured with a Matterport Pro3 LiDAR camera. Each capture stitches dozens of 360° panoramas plus depth data into a navigable digital twin — users walk through your space, jump between rooms, drop into dollhouse view, or measure dimensions with millimetre accuracy.

Unlike a flat 360° tour, Matterport virtual tours UK include accurate 3D geometry, schematic floor plans and measurement tools — making them the standard format for premium UK property listings, architectural records and digital twins. They can also be embedded on your own website, sent as a single link to clients, or syndicated to Rightmove, Zoopla and Matterport’s own discovery platform.

For Matterport’s own platform documentation, see the official Pro3 camera specification and the Matterport tour guide.

Why use our Matterport virtual tours UK service?

Matterport Pro3 throughout

All our Matterport virtual tours UK are captured on the latest Matterport Pro3 LiDAR camera — outdoor-ready, sub-millimetre measurements, faster scan times than older Pro2 kit.

14 years of UK 360° heritage

We've been publishing tours to Google Maps and Google Street View since 2012. Matterport virtual tours UK sit alongside our Google Maps work, not instead of it — many clients book both.

Fixed-fee from £400

Matterport virtual tours UK pricing starts at £400 for a small property and scales by square footage. No per-scan surcharges or hidden travel costs — the quote you get is the quote you pay.

Hosted on Matterport Cloud

Every Matterport virtual tours UK project is hosted on Matterport's own platform — reliable, embeddable, and free to view for your audience. Annual hosting included for the first year.

UK team, UK-wide coverage

Matterport virtual tours UK delivered by our UK team based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, with capture coverage across England, Scotland and Wales — see our UK coverage map.

Trusted by major brands

Clients for our Matterport virtual tours UK include LEGO, BMW, Currys, Hamleys, Wren Kitchens, Marco Pierre White, the Post Office and the Universities of Nottingham and Salford.

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Matterport virtual tours UK — FAQs

Honest answers to the 8 questions UK businesses ask before booking Matterport virtual tours UK with us.

How much do Matterport virtual tours UK cost in 2026?

Matterport virtual tours UK from Trusted Photography start at £400 for a small property and scale by square footage. Fixed-fee, no per-scan surcharges or hidden travel costs. Average UK Matterport tour for a 3-4 bed property is £450–£650 including first-year hosting.

What camera do you use for Matterport virtual tours UK?

We capture every Matterport virtual tour UK on the latest Matterport Pro3 LiDAR camera — outdoor-ready, with sub-millimetre measurement accuracy and significantly faster scan times than older Pro2 kit. We don't use phone-based 360 cameras for client work.

Can Matterport virtual tours UK be embedded on my own website?

Yes. Every Matterport virtual tour UK we deliver hosts on Matterport's own cloud and provides a single embed snippet that drops into any website — WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, custom builds. We can also share the embed code directly with your web team.

How long does a Matterport virtual tour UK take to capture?

On-site capture for a typical Matterport virtual tour UK takes 1.5–4 hours depending on size — a 3-bed property is around 2 hours, a small hotel 4 hours. Post-production and Matterport processing adds 24–72 hours before the tour is live.

Do Matterport virtual tours UK include floor plans?

Yes — every Matterport virtual tour UK we deliver includes auto-generated schematic floor plans extracted from the Pro3 scan data. Floor plans are accurate to a few centimetres and can be downloaded as PNG/PDF for property listings or printed materials.

How do Matterport virtual tours UK compare to Google Street View tours?

Matterport virtual tours UK give richer interaction (dollhouse view, measurements, floor plans) and a self-hosted brand presence. Google Street View virtual tours give discovery on Google Maps and Search. Many of our clients book both — they answer different briefs.

Are Matterport virtual tours UK suitable for commercial property?

Absolutely. Matterport virtual tours UK are heavily used by commercial agents, hotels, retail, restaurants, motor dealerships and universities. Larger commercial properties benefit most from the measurement tools, floor plans and dollhouse navigation.

Do you cover Matterport virtual tours UK-wide?

Yes. Our UK team is based in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, and we travel across England, Scotland and Wales for Matterport virtual tours UK briefs. Travel for distant briefs is quoted upfront — no surprise surcharges after the shoot.

Our wider 360° service portfolio

Beyond 3D digital-twin scanning, Trusted Photography also delivers Google Street View 360° tour publishing, drone aerial photography, and full business video production. Many of our briefs combine two or three: a hotel may want a 3D scan for the website, a Street View tour for Google Maps discovery and aerial drone shots for the homepage hero.

We work UK-wide from a Derbyshire base, with 12+ years of immersive content publishing behind us. The Pro3 LiDAR camera is the latest in the platform — a step up from older Pro2 hardware, with sub-millimetre measurement accuracy and outdoor-ready performance. We use Insta360 Pro 2 cameras for our Google Street View work and full DSLR kit for traditional photography assignments.

Long-standing brand partners include LEGO, BMW, Currys, Hamleys, Wren Kitchens, Marco Pierre White, the Post Office, and the Universities of Nottingham and Salford. Hospitality, motor retail, education and commercial property are our regular sectors.

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