City Guides Accessibility Guide

The Newcastle Association of City Guides has been providing walking tours in Newcastle, Gateshead and surrounding areas for more than 60 years.

Where possible we seek to incorporate wheelchair negotiable routes within our tours – please see our website for details.

We will choose routes with official road crossing points, as far as is possible.

We will go at the speed of the slowest person.

Guides may be able to advise on accessible toilets and restaurants.

Guides will speak clearly at all times and make sure they are facing attendees to facilitate lip-reading.

Extra care will be taken with regard to road safety.

There will be an extended description of what is being “seen”.

We will provide extra opportunity for feeling/touching/hearing, where appropriate.

Assistance dogs are welcome, but otherwise attendees are not allowed to bring dogs on our tours.