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Newcastle True Crime Walking Tour: An Exploration of Gruesome History
4.9
80 Ratings
Tyne and Wear
Experience the Newcastle True Crime Walking Tour and immerse yourself in the city’s gruesome history. Uncover dark tales and hidden streets on this unique and captivating journey.
Experience the Newcastle True Crime Walking Tour and immerse yourself in the city’s gruesome history. Uncover dark tales and hidden streets on this unique and captivating journey.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Grainger Town - Venture through Grainger Town and witness some of the dark histories and stories surrounding Newcastle’s most elegant streets!
- Chinatown - Explore the area around the oldest church in town (St. Andrews) and venture into the churchyard itself - home to some of the most gruesome witch killings in English history.
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- Grainger Town - Venture through Grainger Town and witness some of the dark histories and stories surrounding Newcastle’s most elegant streets!
- Chinatown - Explore the area around the oldest church in town (St. Andrews) and venture into the churchyard itself - home to some of the most gruesome witch killings in English history.
- Bigg Market - Not only known for drinking and partying - noooo, also known in history for thieving and bar fights! Discover some of the most famous outbreaks of violence whilst wandering the streets of Bigg Market & places surrounding Newcastle’s oldest pub, The Old George.
- Newcastle Castle - Walk through the old prison of Newcastle Castle and hear the stories surrounding this medieval masterpiece!
- Long Stairs - Many little alleys that take you down to the river meander their way from top end to Quayside. None as notorious as the Long Stairs… Your local expert will reveal all!
- Quayside - Discover some of the dark stories surrounding the historic Quayside - not so beautiful in olden days…
- Sandhill - Sandhill and Akenside Hills… Oh the stories (and the atmosphere to go with them!). Enjoy some fabulous tales of intrigue and murder whilst enjoying the atmosphere, architecture and views form these landmarks.
What's Included
- Receive memorable historic images through Whatsapp or email
- Guided by a professional storyteller/tourist guide
- Receive memorable historic images through Whatsapp or email
- Guided by a professional storyteller/tourist guide
What's Not Included
- Food & Drink
- Private transportation
- Gratuities
- Food & Drink
- Private transportation
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This tour is unique - it’s not a ghost tour.
Embark on an authentic crime odyssey in Newcastle and delve into some of the city’s most ghastly historical occurrences (all animatedly presented by your local aficionado).
Alongside some of the city’s most renowned spots, your tour detours into some of the city’s most concealed lanes brimming with fascinating tales!
This tour is unique - it’s not a ghost tour.
Embark on an authentic crime odyssey in Newcastle and delve into some of the city’s most ghastly historical occurrences (all animatedly presented by your local aficionado).
Alongside some of the city’s most renowned spots, your tour detours into some of the city’s most concealed lanes brimming with fascinating tales!
Location
Tickets Bar Newcastle
Neville Street
We'll meet you right inside Tickets Bar near Newcastle Central Station. Your guide will have a sign with "Newcastle Tour Company" and/or "Newcastle True Crime Tour" written on it. Super easy to spot!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(80 Ratings)
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Ruthbz4018ct
Mar 24, 2026
Interesting historical tour - The tour was very interesting with good clear history of events centred on the areas we walked to. The pace was good. The tour guide had a friendly and amusing manner. She was very knowledgeable. Although we have in in or near Newcastle for over 50 years we went to places we had not been before.
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Lisa
Mar 2, 2026
Jo made it for us - We had a girl called Jo she was lovely and told us a lot she really new her stuff. She give us quirky and wonderful stories of history and murder we learned a good bit about the city well worth a visit. Loved her little snip bits.
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388lyndsayr
Nov 21, 2025
Newcastle crime tour - We really enjoyed our crime tour and josh was brilliant with his knowledge of newcastle and a really funny and friendly guy and made us feel like we had known him a long time we will definitely be booking another tour and would recommend this tour to friends and family
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Mariecavogreco
Nov 16, 2025
True Crime Woven Into The Local Landmarks - I booked this with a friend and wasn't sure what to expect. Josh was amazing, telling us stories of local crimes and how they tied into the places around the city. It was very interactive and there were a couple of detours from the programme. First, a story about the railway station lights as we were passing, and also a detour to Blackfriars when my friend commented about the lights. Here it was evident how knowledgeable Josh was when he shared the history, even though it wasn't officially part of the tours.
I will definitely booking another tour at some point in the near future.
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Jasonlo3042ot
Sep 12, 2025
Great tour of Newcastle’s most sordid crimes - Jo took us on an engaging tour of the various sites of murder and mayhem, delivering her true crime stories with intrigue, humour and a storyteller’s flair. She gave insightful historical context about each of the murder sites, conveying a sense of Newcastle’s sweeping history with some of its most infamous murders and heinous fiends. Especially loved the part about Heron’s oubliette. Very creepy to see a pit of despair at night knowing what happened down there centuries ago! Came away feeling like I learned a lot about Newcastle as a historical city in the process, and would definitely recommend this tour to friends and family!
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Paul_w
Aug 29, 2025
Interesting & highly recommended - Really interesting tour full of interesting information. I have lived in Newcastle 54 years and I learned a few facts about the city I didn’t know as well as a few little lanes I have never seen before!!
Highly recommend
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D9386gpadamg
Aug 22, 2025
Great tour! - Had a great tour with our guide Josh he was very knowledgeable and made the tour a delight with his jokes and funny stories. Would recommend!
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N8903btrachelb
Jul 13, 2025
Interesting and Informative - My friend and I really enjoyed this tour.
Anna, our guide was very informative and told us about interesting things that we did not know about. The time flew by and before we knew it the tour was at an end. We would certainly recommend this tour.
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Nspayne
Mar 9, 2026
Good but not great - Josh did a great job of walking us around Newcastle on a busy, cold march evening. The tour was interesting and nice to see local landmarks and find out unusual facts we’d not know otherwise. However as someone else has written, it’s a shame it only runs on a Friday evening, as the town was very busy with drinkers, stag/hen dos and this was distracting from the tour itself. At one point we had a few teenagers tag along as well which wasn’t great. Definitely worth doing and pleased we did as got some great photos but would have preferred if this had more date/time options.
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Intrepidtara
Oct 25, 2025
Not for us - We didn't enjoy this at all unfortunately. We didn't find the history very interesting, or maybe it was how it was delivered. It was like following a school teacher around. We had done a brilliant tour on the morning so were looking forward to this one but it didn't deliver.
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