A gruesome tour of Newcastle is giving people the chance to discover little-known stories that give a fascinating insight into the city’s bone-chilling past.
Warning that the trip is only for those with nerves of steel, the 90-minute Gory Newcastle City Tour promises to unveil “tales of body snatchers, mysterious murders and big explosions”. Starting off at Grey’s Monument, tour-goers will walk along Dean Street, the Quayside and High Bridge, stopping off at sites including the Castle Keep and the Bigg Market to “hear tales of Newcastle’s ghosts, criminals, magicians and gangsters”.
Tour guide Alex Iles has shared some of the goriest stops to give tour-goers a taster of what to expect when they take a spine-tingling trip around the city. One of the most well-known stops on the tour is the site of the Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead on the Quayside, where many of the original buildings were destroyed following the tragic event in 1854 which killed 53 people and left hundreds more injured.
