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Welcome to the Red Kite Ramblers Web Site

A walking club based in North Tyneside in the North East of England

Who Are We?

We are a walking club located in North Tyneside in the North East of England close to Newcastle upon Tyne. We run a walking programme with planned walks every other Saturday throughout the year. You can download the walk programme for 2024 by clicking here.

What Do We Do?

Walking distances are from around 8 miles up to 13 and the areas covered range from Northumbria, the Lake District, the Scottish Borders, the North Yorkshire Moors and Yorkshire Dales. Clicking here will take you to the About Page with more infromation.

How Do We Get There?

On walk days there are usually 3 planned walks depending on the numbers of walkers out on the day. A coach from a local coach company is used for the journey. Clicking here will take you to the Contact Page where you can check the pick-up locations and get in touch with us.

How Much Does It Cost?

Walks cost £15.00 and membership for the year is £20.00.

Some of our recent walks

A Salubrious Coach JourneyNorthumberland

A Salubrious Coach Journey

Powburn to Glanton - 2 March 2024 We are going on a salubrious coach journey, all the way from North Tyneside to Glanton in Northumberland. In 1895 when the Northumberland historian David Dippie Dixon came to this part of Northumberland he called Glanton a salubrious little village. David probably arrived in the area by train because a branch line to…
Covid Stopped Us Going OutCumbria

Covid Stopped Us Going Out

Lambley to Alston - 17 February 2024 Covid stopped us going out may seem an odd title for this post but bear with it and all shall be explained. The year 2020 started quite normally. We had a walking programme set up and we had already completed the first five walks of that programme. The last one was from Masham…
This Side of the RiverNorthumberland

This Side of the River

Hexham to Slaley - 3 February 2024 It is not exactly a repeat of our last time out on the 20th of January because this time we are on this side of the river, the south side of the River Tyne that is. We are also walking south towards Slaley but the 9-mile route starts one bus stop away from…
Just Across the BridgeNorthumberland

Just Across the Bridge

Hexham to Warden - 20 January 2024 It's just across the bridge. Warden that is, actually the little village of Warden is a bit further up the road. Just across the bridge is a place called Bridge End, consisting of a pub called the Boatside Inn and an old church converted into small office suites. Why is it called Bridge…