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Welcome to Newcastle City Guides website.
We are a group of enthusiastic, well-trained volunteers who, with NewcastleGateshead Initiative, share a passion for the history, heritage and culture of our great city.
The links below highlight our entertaining and fully researched historical walks around Newcastle, Gateshead and surrounding areas.
To keep up to date with our activity, sign up here for regular information.
For more information please contact us by email: info@ngi.org.uk
View the Newcastle Association of City Guides Accessibility Guide online, or Download the Newcastle Association of City Guides Accessibility Guide PDF | 347 KB.
Click on each link to discover more about our range of walking tours for the coming season.
CITY HIGHLIGHTS DAILY WALKING TOURS
This walk is an ideal introduction to Newcastle, its history and culture.
NEWCASTLE CITY GUIDES - SEASON TICKETS
Season tickets offer access to over 40 different heritage walks throughout the year, as well as the City Highlights tours which run daily during the summer. The tickets cost £30 for adults and £25 for concessions. Season tickets make a fantastic gift for anyone interested in the history, heritage and culture of NewcastleGateshead.
NEWCASTLE CITY GUIDES: CITY TOURS 2018 BROCHURE
Download the City Tours 2018 brochure, or read online.
These detailed walks provide fascinating facts and stories about historical events in Newcastle, Gateshead and surrounding areas
Climb the 164 steps of this monument in the centre of the city and let Newcastle City Guides show you the sights.
As part of this annual event in September we will be leading additional walking tours.
If you’ve ever thought “I’d like to do that”, then here’s some things you ought to know.
Looking for something a bit different? Experience the sounds of a wartime air raid and, follow a guide underground to discover Victoria Tunnel's role as a colliery waggonway. Tours run regularly throughout the year. See the Victoria Tunnel website for tour times.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Daily walking tour which offers a fascinating introduction to the history and culture of our wonderful city.
Newcastle upon Tyne
As Inspired By the Great Exhibition of the North, we are opening the historic areas of the Guildhall to visitors on four dates this summer
Gateshead
Walk around this beautiful Victorian park discovering stories of past and present. Explore the oddities of Saltwell Towers and hear tales of the park’s oldest inhabitant and the story of the disappearing bandstands!
South Shields
Join our re-named walk around the centre and riverside of South Shields. Sitting at the mouth of the Tyne, South Shields has a long history from Roman times to the modern day
Dunston
A unique walk exploring the history of Dunston Staithes and the industry that would have been visible on both banks of the Tyne. The walk will take us onto the actual Staithes, one of Europe’s largest timber structure.
Gateshead
Explore Gateshead’s first Victorian Civic Cemetery and discover the earlier St Edmund’s burial ground.
Tynemouth
Stroll down the centuries in this historic coastal village to hear stories of seafarers, saints, inhabitants and invaders of old Tynemouth on this re-titled circular walk.
Newcastle upon Tyne
A walk that encompasses all that is beautiful in Newcastle's classical architecture, from the curved lines of Grey Street and it’s majestic Theatre Royal to the imposing Grainger Market. Hear about Richard Grainger, the man who made it all possible.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Music hall was one of the most popular forms of affordable entertainment in the Victorian period.
Newcastle upon Tyne
A special visit on the Civic Centre's 50th Birthday takes you behind the sc enes. Walk the corridors of our Civic Centre, with a rare opportunity to climb the Carillon tower to look across the city.
Climb the 164 steps of this monument in the centre of the city and let Newcastle City Guides show you the sights.
These detailed walks provide fascinating facts and stories about historical events in Newcastle, Gateshead and surrounding areas
As part of this annual event in September we will be leading additional walking tours. Watch this space for further details.
The latest edition of the Newcastle City Guides City Tours brochure
If you’ve ever thought “I’d like to do that”, then here’s some things you ought to know.
This walk is an ideal introduction to Newcastle, its history and culture.
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