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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
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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
Explore the history of Newcastle pubs from Haymarket to Quayside with characters and stories to whet your appetite if not your palate.
Newcastle upon Tyne
This walk looks at many religious buildings and sites, including monasteries, parish churches and cathedrals and explores the political, economic, and religious implications of the Reformation on Newcastle.
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
Low Fell
Discover how a pitman, an enterprising publican and the development of a new road changed Low Fell from an area of desolate waste to a prosperous Victorian suburb.
South Shields
This walk focusses on the maritime heritage of South Shields and the town’s motto ‘Always Ready’. It includes Arbeia Roman Fort and the Lawe Top area with spectacular views of the harbour and mouth of the Tyne.
Jesmond
A tour of Sir Andrew Noble’s purpose built (1882) Real Tennis Court, including an exhibition display of the game by a professional, and an explanation of the rules. Real or Royal Tennis was the sport of Kings and today’s lawn tennis is a relative...
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.
Sunderland
An interesting walk through the 19th century Fawcett and Sunniside estate, one of Sunderland’s hidden gems.
North Tyneside
See how the little village of Whitley grew into a major seaside resort. A stroll around Whitley Bay.
Gosforth
A gentle walk looking at the religious side of Gosforth, starting at St Nicholas’ Church, with an inside visit and tour of the churchyard and its graves.
The latest edition of the Newcastle City Guides City Tours brochure
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.
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.
If you’ve ever thought “I’d like to do that”, then here’s some things you ought to know.
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