Thursday 12th November 2026 - Newcastle with Optional Tour. Cost £18 or £25 with Tour. Join Guisborough u3a’s excursion to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  We will arrive at the drop off point at Theatre Royal on Grey Street at approximately 10:30am and you will have the day free to explore.

We have arranged a talk and tour of the ‘PRE-RAPHAELITES: ART AND POETRY’ at the Laing Art Gallery at 11am. This exhibition is a highlight in the year for the Laing and the North-East and will show the interconnection between decorative art and the written word and features over 100 masterpiece paintings, drawings, and objects, some of which have never been displayed in Newcastle before. The artists on display include Hunt, Millais, and Rossetti, as well as Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris.

You will have the opportunity to start Christmas shopping and see the Christmas display in Fenwick’s window or you could visit the Grainger Market or one of Newcastle’s many museums.

The coach will depart Fountain Street car park at 9:00am and thereafter St Paulinus, The Avenue. Pick up for return journey will be approximately 3:30pm with expected arrival in Guisborough at 5pm. Booking will begin at September meeting. For queries please contact excursion coordinator Moira Stokoe - 07719 698954.