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Newcastle upon Tyne City Tours begin again this week from Sunday 12th April 2015.

You can see the Newcastle upon Tyne City Tours 8 page tour leaflet for 2015 below…

The 2015 Newcastle upon Tyne guided walks are as follows…

Riverside Ramble
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Finish at Sage Gateshead.

The River Tyne has been the lifeblood of the region for almost 2,000 years.

Take a walk with us along the riverside to see panoramic and close-up views of both Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne, and hear how it has developed from a busy port to a vibrant and lively area on both sides of the River Tyne.

Jesmond Old Cemetery (West)
Meet at Jesmond Old Cemetery gates, on the south side of Jesmond Road.

Explore this 19th century private cemetery – the resting place for many of Newcastle upon Tyne’s eminent citizens.

Shopping Spree
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish on Market Street.

A look at famous retailers in Newcastle upon Tyne past and present.

Learn about local names, their history and beginnings, some of whom are still trading.

Jesmond Old Cemetery (East)
Meet at Jesmond Old Cemetery gates, on the south side of Jesmond Road.

Explore this 19th century private cemetery – the resting place for many of Newcastle upon Tyne’s eminent citizens.

Art of the Town
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at Central Square, behind Central Station.

This is a walk to discover some of Newcastle upon Tyne’s artworks, mostly new, some conspicuous and some unnoticed under your feet.

Dickensian Newcastle
Meet at the Royal Station Hotel, Neville Street.

Finish at The Guildhall, Quayside.

What did Charles Dickens think of Newcastle upon Tyne?

Find out on this literary tour and explore where his theatre group performed, where he carried out his celebrated readings and what he would have seen on his visits.

Merchants Mansions
Meet at Alderman Fenwick’s House, Pilgrim Street.

Finish at the Redhouse, Sandhill.

Visit the remaining buildings where prosperous merchants conducted their businesses and family lives.

Detailed inside visits to Alderman Fenwick’s House and Bessie Surtees House with an external study of The Cooperage and House of Tides, finishing at the Redhouse inside and out.

Gateshead’s Hidden History
Meet at the West door of Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays.

Finish at Tesco, Trinity Square, Gateshead.

A look at some of the hidden clues to Gateshead’s past including beehives, Old Father Time and Archimedes.

Heaton Highlights
Meet and finish outside St Teresa’s Church, Heaton Road, Heaton.

Enjoy a pleasant summer afternoon stroll through Heaton Park and the surrounding area.

Recently revitalised, this is one of Newcastle upon Tyne’s best Victorian parks, with a surprising history and many intriguing features.

Grainger Town
Meet and finish at Grey’s Monument in Grainger Town.

A walk that encompasses all that is beautiful in classical architecture, from the curved lines of Grey Street with the majestic Theatre Royal to the imposing Central Station.

Is there a Doctor in the House?
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at Broad Chare.

From medieval alms houses to the beginnings of Newcastle University School of Medicine, join this walk to discover parts of the town that were, and still are, linked to the medical profession and the care of Newcastle upon Tyne’s residents.

Nostalgia in North Shields
Start and finish at North Shields Metro Station, North Shields.

From the origins of a small fishing port to the growth of a town, discover buildings and stories – why coal caused conflict, where a Hollywood legend spent his youth and how he is now remembered.

Burt and Erick
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish on Northumberland Street.

An unexpectedly interesting tour which looks at part of the city not often seen, behind the shops and office blocks of Northumberland Street and beyond.

Discovering Bensham
Meet outside St Cuthbert’s Church, Bensham Road, Bensham.

Finish on Barrington Place, Bensham Road.

Bensham was Gateshead’s first suburb but how did it begin and why?

How has it changed?

Roll back the years and discover something of Bensham’s unique but often very hidden history.

Saints and Sinners
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at St John the Baptist Church.

A stroll around central Newcastle upon Tyne with stories of the real goodies and baddies who lived here – true historical gossip!

Park Life
Meet at the Bobby Robson Statue, St James’ Park.

Finish at the Bobby Robson Garden, Gallowgate.

St James’ Park is the oldest football stadium in the North East and Leazes Park was Newcastle upon Tyne’s first public park, both originally part of the Town Moor.

Walk around the outside of St James’ Park and inside Leazes Park and hear of the development of the two parks featuring intense local politics over the years.

Gannin te Blaydon Races
Meet and finish at Grey’s Monument.

Discover how race goers of 1862 would have seen Newcastle upon Tyne as they set off for Blaydon Races – see the sites on this walk and hear about the characters as they left Newcastle upon Tyne for a day out at Blaydon Races.

Cullercoats Promenade
Meet at Cullercoats Metro Station, Cullercoats.

Finish at the Grand Hotel Tynemouth, Tynemouth.

A beautiful bay which started as a quay for the export of coal, then later a fishing village described as the best fish market in the North of England where an artists colony also lived and worked.

Central Station, Old and New
Meet at Cardinal Hume Statue, opposite Central Station, Neville Street.

Finish at the International Centre for Life.

Inspect Central Station’s latest facelift, and find out what other changes have taken place in a walk round this great building which has dominated the town since 1850.

Spital Tongues
Meet and finish at the main entrance to Exhibition Park, Claremont Road, Spital Tongues.

Visit a small village tucked away where coal mining, furniture making, brewing and a lunatic asylum sat cheek by jowl with upper class housing.

Industry and Invention
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at Quayside.

Industry and innovation flourished in Newcastle upon Tyne in the nineteenth century.

Find out where Stephenson built locomotives, where Swan first demonstrated his electric light bulb and how Armstrong and Parsons established factories which eventually employed thousands of workers.

The 1800’s were described as the ‘Wonderful Century’ and Newcastle upon Tyne played a major part in it.

Saltwell Park Stroll
Meet and finish at Saltwell Park entrance opposite the Little Theatre Gateshead at the corner of Saltwell View and East Park Road, Gateshead.

Walk around this beautiful Victorian park discovering stories of past and present.

Find out the oddities of Saltwell Towers, the tale of the park’s oldest inhabitant and the story of the disappearing bandstands!

Lord Armstrong’s River Tyne
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Finish at Newcastle Business Park.

Join Newcastle City Tours for a riverside walk from Lord Armstrong’s Swing Bridge to the site of his famous Elswick Works.

Summerhill Sunday
Meet at Cardinal Hume Statue opposite Central Station, Neville Street.

Finish at Discovery Museum.

An early 19th century development, Summerhill is a delightful but little-known backwater.

Come and explore this hidden area, home to some of Newcastle upon Tyne’s prominent Quaker families.

Find out where Robert Stephenson lived and where the Victorian cricketer W G Grace played bowls.

Pilgrims and Pandon
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at Sandhill.

From one of the city’s oldest streets, drop down into one of its oldest suburbs and then enjoy a walk along the Quayside, with memories of medieval fairs, friars, travellers, mariners and merchants.

The Guildhall
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Once the centre of administration and justice in the city, see the Mayor’s Parlour, Merchant Adventurers’ Room and the old courtroom where many a felon met his fate.

Gone But Not Quite Forgotten
Meet at Haymarket Metro Station.

Finish at St Nicholas Cathedral.

Discover some men of note who don’t always get the attention they deserve.

On this walk we will try to redress the balance with a look at John Bruce, John Clayton, John Green, John and James Hall and others and associate them with places on the route.

Wonderful Newcastle Women
Meet at Haymarket Metro Station.

Finish at Sandhill.

Women with a pioneering spirit, women who were “the power behind the throne” and women who went against the tide and risked their lives in the process!

Join Newcastle City Tours on a walk to celebrate womankind.

Newcastle Port
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Finish outside The Tyne Bar pub in Ouseburn.

Take a walk along Newcastle upon Tyne’s Quayside looking at how it has developed from an overcrowded slum area to a Victorian port and, most recently, an exciting place to live and work.

Lest We Forget
Meet at St Thomas’ Church, Haymarket.

Finish at Grainger Market.

This is a walk about Newcastle upon Tyne in time of conflict, not just in the Great War whose centenary falls this year, but throughout the centuries.

Join Newcastle City Tours to remember the fallen as well as some of those who survived.

Peacocks and Crows
Meet and finish at Haymarket Metro Station.

Looking at the links between health and education, this walk follows the story of two great Newcastle upon Tyne institutions.

We will find some old brewery offices, an Edwardian gem and Victorian tiles preserved in a 21st century building.

Gorgeous Gosforth
Meet at the corner of High Street and Moor Road South, Gosforth.

Finish at All Saints Church.

Enjoy a stroll around Gosforth looking at many of the great houses, remembering when this was the place for the seriously rich to live.

Saints, Sailors and Sea Air – Tynemouth
Meet and finish at Queen Victoria’s statue on the village green near Tynemouth Metro Station, Tynemouth.

Stroll down the centuries in this historic coastal village to hear the stories of seafarers and saints, inhabitants and invaders of old Tynemouth on this re-titled Tynemouth circular walk.

Secret Garden
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish opposite Central Station, Neville Street.

The route via Chinatown covers familiar territory but there are unusual things to see including a banana warehouse and secret walled garden.

Wallsend Walkabout
Meet at Wallsend Metro Station, Wallsend.

Finish at The Green area.

Memories of Wallsend with its name derived from the days of the Romans at Segedunum Roman Fort and remembering former industries such as shipbuilding and coal mining.

Walk past the ‘Penny Wet’ to finish at the quiet village green.

Unfinished Vision
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at Quayside.

Hidden among the famed cityscapes of Newcastle upon Tyne is a lost city of the 1960’s, scorned and forgotten.

Explore walkways in the sky, deserted squares, subways, a bridge to nowhere and views from Newcastle upon Tyne’s first multi storey car park.

This is a walk with a difference.

Swinging 60’s Newcastle upon Tyne
Meet under the Council Chamber, Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Finish on Westgate Road.

These boots are made for walking – are yours?

This tour will recreate the social culture of the swinging 1960’s.

Visit the hip and trendy places of the day, see the modern buildings and recall your shopping sprees.

Put on your mini skirts and flares and join Newcastle City Tours on a magical mystery tour of yesteryear, when man stepped on the moon, Strawberry Fields were forever and a pound in your pocket could last you all week.

Within the Walls
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Finish at St John the Baptist Church, Grainger Street.

A perambulation around today’s Newcastle upon Tyne to trace the town within the walls from the 1300’s.

We will trace the extent of the walled Newcastle upon Tyne East, West, North and South locating the churches, monasteries, markets, civic administration, walls, steps, streams and fairs.

This is a good brisk walk with a surprising number of surviving buildings and spaces.

North Shields Quayside and Surrounds
Meet at North Shields Metro Station, North Shields.

Finish at end of North Shields Fish Quay.

See where industry and fishing once thrived.

Discover a hidden WW2 structure, the notorious ‘Jungle’ and a famous ‘Wooden Dolly’.

Treading the Boards
Meet at Theatre Royal, Grey Street.

Finish at Live Theatre, Broad Chare.

From Newcastle upon Tyne’s oldest theatre, discover other places where plays were performed, where actors hung out with rogues and vagabonds and follow the history of theatre back to the Guilds Mystery plays.

We finish at the Live Theatre, a new venue in an historical building.

Whitley Bay Wander
Meet and finish outside Whitley Bay Metro Station entrance on the town centre/coast side of Whitley Bay.

See how the little village of Whitley grew into the major seaside resort of Whitley Bay.

Hear how the famous Spanish City developed into a landmark tourist attraction, how its popularity declined and what the present plans are to restore it to its former glory.

Walk along the Promenade, visit the giant sand castles, historic street lamps that burned sewer gas and discover one of the rarest telephone boxes in the country.

Grass Roots Gosforth
Meet at the car park of The County hotel, High Street, Gosforth.

Finish at St Nicholas Church, opposite South Gosforth Metro Station.

A park, a pit and some prefabs.

A look at the east side of the High Street and how ordinary people lived, worked and spent their leisure time.

Jesmond and St George’s
Meet and finish at St George’s Church, junction of Osborne Road and Lindisfarne Road, Jesmond.

Nearest Tyne & Wear Metro station – West Jesmond Metro Station.

This tour goes through North Jesmond and part of Jesmond Dene and visits the sites of some of the magnificent mansions and grand houses in the area including those of shipbuilder Charles Mitchell and industrialist Sir William Armstrong.

After this two hour walk a guided tour will be available of the Grade 1 listed St George’s Church with optional refreshments afterwards.

Lovely Low Fell
Meet and finish at Barclays Bank, Durham Road, 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.

Railways and Riverside
Meet at the west door of the Sage Gateshead.

Finish at the Swing Bridge (Gateshead end).

Discover how early railways, industries and bridges have now been joined by modern art and find out just what the Sage Gateshead’s car park was originally used for!

Ghostly and Grisly Quayside Tales
Meet and finish at The Guildhall, Quayside.

A circular walk with ghost stories, witches, bodies fished out of the river and murders on both sides of the River Tyne.

Deeds Not Words
Meet at Haymarket Metro Station.

Finish at Central Station, Neville Street.

This is a walk to celebrate the life of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison.

Find out where she was arrested in Newcastle upon Tyne and how Newcastle women met, marched, and behaved badly, in order to win the vote.

Grisly Tales
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at the Castle Keep, Castle Garth.

Enjoy some historical gossip about some of the grisly goings on in Newcastle upon Tyne in centuries past.

Ouseburn Valley
Meet and finish at the Ship Inn, bottom of Stepney Bank, Ouseburn.

A kaleidoscope of old and new with bridges towering above and a burn down below.

Today the old industrial buildings are being reborn and include art studios, music venues and the like.

Walk on the Dark Side
Meet at Grey’s Monument.

Finish at Quayside.

Do you dare join Newcastle City Tours at Halloween?

Who will we bump into on this walk around haunted Newcastle upon Tyne?

Winter Warmer Wander – Doon the Quay
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Finish at St Mary’s Heritage Centre, Gateshead Quays.

One hour informal walk crossing the Gateshead Millennium Bridge with seasonal refreshments at St Mary’s Heritage Centre.

Winter Warmer Wander – Along the Riverside
Meet at The Guildhall, Quayside.

Finish at St Mary’s Heritage Centre, Gateshead Quays.

Enjoy a short tour along Close and Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead’s historic riverside with seasonal refreshments at St Mary’s Heritage Centre.

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Published on 10th April 2015 20:41.

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