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These detailed walks provide fascinating facts and stories about historical events in Newcastle, Gateshead and surrounding areas
This walk is an ideal introduction to Newcastle, its history and culture.
Climb the 164 steps of this monument in the centre of the city and let Newcastle City Guides show you the sights.
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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.
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For more information please contact us by email: info@ngi.org.uk
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Jesmond
A new walk that combines the development of West Jesmond with an exploration of St Andrew's Cemetery taking in the lives of some of the interesting people to have been buried here and a surprise hidden orchard.
Newcastle upon Tyne
A circular route around the Quayside from the Guildhall, covering both Gateshead and Newcastle and their contribution to the coal industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. This walk will also cover the decline of coal and the re-invention of...
Newcastle upon Tyne
Daily walking tour which offers a fascinating introduction to the history and culture of our wonderful city.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Climb the 164 steps to the top of Grey’s Monument on a tour with Newcastle City Guides. The Monument is named after the 2nd Earl Grey, Charles Grey, who hailed from the North East and was British Prime Minister in the 1830s
South Shields
Pilots guide ships safely into the harbour. Walk where the pilots lived and worked. Their proud maritime heritage is still in evidence today. Look at some of the buildings that were important in their work and social lives.
Dunston
A unique walk exploring the history of Dunston Staithes and the industry that would have been visible from them on both banks of the Tyne. The walk will take us onto the actual Staithes, one of Europe’s largest timber structure.
Gateshead
A walk remembering the life and times of Geordie Ridley, the places he knew and the people he wrote songs about, from bobbies to muck men, from Chambers to Stephenson.
Newcastle upon Tyne
From a rural landscape to an industrial mining vista and community, now virtually disappeared, discover the history of Backworth with a visit to a Grade 1 listed building with its diverse history from the Greys to a miner’s welfare establishment.
Gateshead
Explore Gateshead’s first Victorian Civic Cemetery and discover the earlier St Edmund’s burial ground.
Cullercoats
Learn something of the history of this fascinating coastal village including the important industries of the past, the people who lived and worked here and its landmark church.
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