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.

Customer Ratings
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Mary
Nov 2, 2025
Interesting, fun, knowledgeable, easy walk - Rob was very knowledgeable told us interesting and varied stories of Newcastle's past and more recent events and way of life.
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Abigailmv3788vq
Oct 31, 2025
An excellent introduction to Newcastle - Rob was amazing. Really knowledgeable and fun. Learned a lot and was so impressed by Rob’s love of history with a good, solid side serving of trivia. Thoroughly recommend
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Anitabosmajones123
Oct 31, 2025
Such fun! - We had such fun on the tour, with our tour guide Rob. Everything was so interesting, and relaxing. We bought bits and pieces of bibs along the way, like sausage rolls, and pease pudding. Stotties! Rob is very happy for you to ask questions, and has a great sense of humour. He is interested in his guests too, which was nice I learnt things about Newcastle that I wasn’t expecting at all. And inspired me to come back. I highly recommend this tour Good value for money, because you get a really substantial amount of time together. Is not too exhausting. But you visit key areas of the city. It’s also a lovely way to get to know other people who are visiting Newcastle
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Dan_c
Oct 31, 2025
Great Way To Spend An Afternoon - Rob was excellent. Very informative and a pleasure to be around. Thanks Rob, we really enjoyed the tour.
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Sugarspicesnowandice
Oct 30, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - We had walk booked and bought for us and wasn't sure what to expect but it surpassed anything I imagined. The guide Rob has a brilliant personality and he included everyone in conversation he definitely knew his stuff he was very knowledgable. It was a good tour full of information and as I said already, conversation. The weather was awful but aside from that we had a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ experience. Thanks to Red Beard Tours and dad for gifting us it.
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Europeaddict
Oct 26, 2025
Wonderful tour of Newcastle. - Rob is a fantastic guide. We had a small group for our tour of Newcastle. We walked all around the city. Rob knows so much about the city and its history and its buildings. In fact, he also mentioned other places that could be accessed by the metro or train. I love learning about new places and Rob is very passionate about his city and it was a great tour.
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Ursulabk1811ia
Oct 13, 2025
Entertaining tour from a knowledgeable local - A very interesting tour with lots of quirky stories told in a humourous way. It’s good for seeing the sights in the city centre but doesn’t go down to the river, so best to do those parts by yourself.
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Peterd_197111
Oct 11, 2025
Great Experience - Great experience and learned a lot about the city I've lived in all my life. Really knowledgeable guide and I would recommend this tour to anyone looking to understand a little bit of Newcastle's history wether you are a visitor or a resident.
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Pattimi1949vr
Oct 9, 2025
Wonderful walk around Newcastle! - Rob was excellent on all fronts. Personally interested and caring; administratively organized. The tour itself a wonderful way to get to know Newcastle ... and learn a ton about its history and culture. Was a purely delightful and uplifting little journey. Recommend it highly.
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Clairw682
Oct 6, 2025
Three of the Best - This is an excellent tour, tge guide, Rob was friendly, knowledgable ans padsionate about history. This was a thoroughly enjoyable day.
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From $40
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).