Guided City Walking Tour of Newcastle: Exploring Historical Sights and Interesting Characters

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: 24 hours
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 -…
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…

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.

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Hsd186525
Mar 23, 2025
Great walking tour - A comprehensive, informative and interesting tour of Newcastle city centre and its history. I really enjoyed it. Thank you, Rob.
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Pcvh2024
Mar 14, 2025
Fascinating walking tour of Newcastle - Rob was a superb guide. He imparted a great deal of information with skill and a lightness of touch which made everything he said accessible. We would recommend this tour to anyone.
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Sherpa24038505300
Mar 14, 2025
Great Walking Tour! - We had an amazing time on our recent Newcastle walking tour! Our guide, Rob, was incredibly knowledgeable and engaging, bringing the city’s history to life with fascinating stories and insights. He had a great sense of humor and made us feel involved. The tour was well-paced, covering all the key sights while allowing plenty of time for questions and photos. We left with a much deeper appreciation for Newcastle’s rich heritage. Highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting to explore the city—thank you, Rob!
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I8050bjmartinw
Mar 2, 2025
Great walking tour - recommended based on our experience. - Loved this walking tour. Rob is engaging, knowledgeable, enthusiastic and amusing. We saw sights that we would otherwise have missed. Everything is more interesting when you understand more about what you are looking at. Our only regret was not putting on an extra layer but the locals told us it was mild! We are Southern Softies!
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Mark
Feb 15, 2025
Fantastic tour for first time visitors - This was a great walking tour, and Rob was very knowledgeable and congenial. We were impressed with the information about the market and the friary. The tour was so good that the two and a half hours flew by. I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Newcastle for the first time.
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280richardf
Feb 13, 2025
So you believe you know Newcastle, then book this tour - Booked a three hour trip with Rob who took me and two others through some of the many places of interest the history and those associated people born who contributed to the city of Newcastle. Extremely knowledgeable and pointed out some even the locals would miss. Would recommend without any hesitation to have Rob do another as very courteous. I have no hesitation to recommend this to others visitors to the city.
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Catherinei666
Jan 12, 2025
Don't miss this tour! - Myself and my three teenagers took this tour of Newcastle and highly recommend it. Rob is so knowledgeable on English and Newcastle history and the tour is so interesting. Not to be missed, a highlight of our stay!
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Michael_f
Nov 27, 2024
Well worth it.. - Our tour guide Rob was very knowledgable & personable - thanks. It was an informal tour but well worth it.
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Michael
Nov 26, 2024
Fun, funny, and insightful - Rob was vert kind and intelligent. He asked about the background of each person and was able to ask questions related to each person’s background, to enrich his story or just out of sincere interest. I’m glad I did this tour on day 1 of my visit to Newcastle, because I was able to enjoy Newcastle better on day 2 thanks to Rob.
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Andrewcv3337lr
Nov 13, 2024
An excellent walking tour - This was an excellent walking tour of Newcastle upon Tyne. We covered many sites and Martin was knowledgeable and entertaining.
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