Votes for Women: Newcastle Walking Tour

Explore Newcastle’s history with a walking tour on women’s suffrage. Discover stories of bravery and resilience that shaped British history.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Grey’s Monument - Meet your fellow guide and fellow guests.

  • Grey Street - Pass by one of the UK’s most picturesque streets.

  • 59 Pilgrim Street Building - Discover the old sites that played significant parts in the story of Woman’s suffrage.

  • Newcastle Cathedral - The dangerous extreme tactics.

  • Castle Garth - Hear of the bombing which took place in the early 20th Century.

What's Included
  • Experienced and qualified tour guide.
What's Not Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

‘Votes For Women - The Power of Protest’ Guided Walking Tour
“Recommend the tour to anyone!” “Brilliant evening” “100% recommend this” “Highly recommend!!” “Brought the stories to life” “So good I did it twice”
Join this engaging walk through the lively city center of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, as a historical conflict that unfolded on these streets just a…

Location
Grey's Monument
Grainger Street
Bottom of the Monument by the steps. Your guide will be wearing a dark blue Adventours jacket and ID badge.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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_cjm2008
Mar 22, 2026
Great insight into Women’s local history - A great experience. I learned lots, despite thinking I knew plenty! Helen was a fount of knowledge and knows her subject inside out. However, without minimising the horrors that the Sufragettes experienced, she made the tour entertaining and had great anecdotes. I thoroughly recommend this tour.
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Marymorton1
Mar 14, 2026
Great tour! - Thank you Helen for a fun and informative tour this morning. It set us up for the day! Mary and Siobhán
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Joannegh9482pp
Mar 9, 2026
Votes for women tour Newcastle - Helen is such a wonderful storyteller! I took my 11 year old daughter along with me & we had such a lovely morning with her and the other ladies on the tour. We are both history lovers & learnt so much about our local Suffragettes as well as the movement in general. 10/10 I would definitely recommend & will be looking out for future tours 💜🤍💚
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Weronikas837
Mar 8, 2026
Highly recommended - The tour was such a fun way to learn more about the women's suffrage movement! The walk around Newcastle was fairly short but packed with stops around various spots of interest and the tour took approx 1,5hrs in total. Helen was superb! She brought history to life in such an engaging way and was kind to share additional reading list when the tour ended. This tour definitely made me reflect and appreciate the times we live in. I'd highly recommend.
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Navigate37648838488
Mar 8, 2026
Enjoyable, interesting, passionate walking tour bringing the Suffragettes past history to life - Really enjoyed the tour - plenty of content with a passionate delivery from Helen who brought past history to life for us all. It was great seeing the various haunts where the Suffragettes had frequented around Newcastle city centre. It was also a bonus to get a bit of fitness in walking - always a win!
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Kathryngy6632uc
Mar 8, 2026
Fantastic Tour-A must do! - I found this tour while googling, looking for something ‘different’ to do, and it did not disappoint. Helen conducted the tour with enthusiasm, a vast amount of knowledge and professionalism. Never mind all the information she had on the Suffragette movement in Newcastle, Helen’s mind was also full of fun facts about the city and pointed out various bits of interest. Helen also does other tours locally (which I will be booking onto), and mentioned she is working on another couple of different tours in Newcastle, which when I see advertised I will be booking. Thank you for such an enjoyable, interesting and thought provoking hour and a half.
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Colinst2415hr
Mar 7, 2026
Excellent guide - Excellent guide-informative and great fun
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380kitc
Mar 7, 2026
Fascinating stories, expertly told - The Adventours Votes for Women tour was truly fascinating. Helen really knows her stuff and brings the stories of these inspiring women to life in such an engaging way. It was a lovely, welcoming group and a well thought-out route. I thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you!
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I5672ivcarolineb
Mar 7, 2026
A fun and informative afternoon out in Newcastle - I attended a walking tour about the Suffragettes in Newcastle. From the moment the tour started, Helen was captivating in her story telling. It was informative but also dramatic, emotional and funny! I was impressed by her knowledge of the subject and she could answer every question the group had. The walk was a gentle stroll through town in the sunshine and just the right distance for a mixed ability group. As well as stopping at and pointing out buildings relevant to this tour, I also learned extra facts about sites I had never even noticed before! I would recommend these tours as an interesting and fun way to learn more about Newcastle.
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Paul_w
Jan 10, 2026
Well worth it - Informative and engaging full of information and even some things I didn’t know in the city I’ve lived in all my life!
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up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).