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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.
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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.
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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.
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How Much Does It Cost?

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

Some of our recent walks

If You Go Down To The Woods TodayNorthumberlandIf You Go Down To The Woods Today

If You Go Down To The Woods Today

Knowesgate to Elsdon - 23 November 2024 If you go down to the woods today you're in for a big surprise. That's mainly because the woods are slowly being cut down with large areas cleared of all trees. And we are walking through the woods on the routes this week. The woods we are walking in comprise part of Harwood…
A Change of PlanNorthumberlandA Change of Plan

A Change of Plan

Hexham to Catton - 9 November 2024 There has been a change of plan for this walk and the next two walks on the programme. Originally, we were going to finish at Wolsingham on November 9th, but finding a place for the coach to park for the day, coupled with the main pub being up for sale, makes it a…
Going Round in CirclesYorkshire DalesGoing Round in Circles

Going Round in Circles

Leyburn Circulars - 26 October 2024 This is the last of our longer-distance routes for this year. As the days get shorter, we have to restrict our journey times for the rest of this year and into the start of 2025. So it's into the Yorkshire Dales and a visit to Leyburn where we are going to do some circular…
Just This Side of the BorderNorthumberlandJust This Side of the Border

Just This Side of the Border

Milfield to Cornhill-on-Tweed - 12 October 2024 We are just this side of the border for this trip out. We are heading to Cornhill-on-Tweed on the southern side of the River Tweed, go across the Coldstream Bridge and you will be in Scotland. Originally we had the start of the routes as Horncliffe but this would have meant a trip…