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Guided City Walking Tour of Newcastle: Exploring Historical Sights and Interesting Characters
4.9
447 Ratings
Tyne and Wear
Embark on a guided city walking tour of Newcastle and explore its historical sights and fascinating characters. Discover the city's rich history from the Iron Age to present day. Prepare for a 3.5km journey with steps, road crossings, and uneven pavement. Check the weather forecast and contact the tour guide in case of bad weather.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Grey’s Monument - Hear the history of Grainger Town and the man on the monument.
- Grainger Market - More history of Grainger Town, and the market built to replace those demolished to build it.
- Blackfriars Medieval Friary - Learn about the history of the Blackfriars, and the mark they left on Newcastle.
- The Newcastle Town Wall - Hear about the town wall and it’s towers, the siege of Newcastle in 1644, and the Gallowgate leadworks.
- St. Mary’s Cathedral - The first cathedral in Newcastle (but not the oldest). Hear the history of the cathedrals in the city, and how this one came to be built.
- Newcastle Castle - Hear about the history of the site from the Iron Age to the Roman fort, and the building, and rebuilding, of the castle.
What's Included
- English-speaking tour guide
Additional Information
Embark on an enthralling journey around the enticing city of Newcastle where you will discover intriguing sites. You’ll be enlightened about the city’s progression from the Iron Age to modern times, along with intriguing narratives about some distinctive city residents.
This tour covers a path of roughly 3.5km (2.2 miles) and involves several steps, road crossings, and some uneven pavement underfoot.
Ensure to gear up based on the predicted weather conditions for the day.
If adverse weather conditions emerge, feel free to get in touch via the messaging option available on TripAdvisor to confirm if the tour is proceeding. Cancelations due to weather conditions will be quite infrequent.
Location
Société Café Bar
Grey Street
From December 1st 2023 NO TOURS will meet at Grey's Monument due to disruption from the Christmas market and from weekend demonstrations. After this date ALL TOURS will begin at Societe Cafe where the staff are selling hot drinks, including some festive mulled wine!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Curiosity26531615894
Jun 22, 2024
Excellent guided tour - Thoroughly enjoyable and informative tour. THere were only 3 of us on the tour so it made it very personal and interactive. We saw loads of sights we would otherwise have missed.
Highly recommended.
Thanks J&D
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Colleen
Jun 21, 2024
The History of Newcastle While Getting in Your Steps - I tagged along with a group of university students in town for the session. Our tour guide, Rob, was so very knowledgeable and entertaining. I had done the Toon Tour Bus earlier in the day so I recognized several of the places. It was so good to have Rob’s insights to learn more about the key places. As a huge history buff, this tour fed my soul!
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Cindy_r
Jun 18, 2024
Rob was fantastic!! He had a plethora of knowledge on Newcastle and recommend him to anyone. - Being in Newcastle was an experience in itself. Rob was an amazing guide with so much information and he knew something about everything
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Patricia_s
Jun 18, 2024
Great experience - Awesome tour. Very informative. Lots of info. Loved it. We learned a lot and would take it again. Thanks
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Colin_m
Jun 14, 2024
Made the rest of our stay in Newcastle more interesting - Was very informative and took us to parts of Newcastle that we hadn’t given a second glance to when seen previously but with the guides interesting information gave it a new meaning!
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Eric_w
Jun 5, 2024
Great private tour - We were the only two on our tour. But the guide was great. Very patient and very knowledgeable. I’d recommend it
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Chrisci7070nr
Jun 3, 2024
Great Newcastle tour - We had a great tour of Newcastle from Rob. He was very knowledgeable and gave us a great overview of the city and it’s history. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone!
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James_o
Jun 1, 2024
Great choice to learn more about Newcastle. - Rob was extremely knowledgeable and thorough; clearly passionate about the subject. Great guide. Easy walking tour with several key stops.
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Lonnie_p
Jun 1, 2024
Great tour to learn about the city of Newcastle. - Loved learning about Newcastle. All the information was great. Totally enjoyed the tour. I would recommend a restroom stop about midway into the tour and maybe a fest stop.
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Pamela_b
Jun 3, 2024
Extremely knowledgeable guide with intriguing sights - Grainger market was very interesting especially with our guide's narrative. Also the remains of Newcastle Castle were great!
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