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The Phoenix Walking Club, based in North Tyneside, is very active, with a walk day each week.

We meet most* Wednesday mornings between 10:30 - 11:30 in the community room situated on the first floor of North Shields Central Library. We always welcome new members and encourage anyone who may be interested to visit us when we are at the library, check out our website, or send us a message / email. (* We do not meet on the Wednesdays when we are out walking - check the pinned list at the top of this page.)

24/10/2026

In my message to collaborator Michael O'Toole, I hoped he'd dried out, clearly a bit more of a challenging walk. Here's his account.
"On Friday we set out on a rather wet walk led by Florence. From our dropoff we headed to Talkin Tarn where we had a brief coffee stop in the bird hide, we then continued around the tarn then into gelt woods.
Our lunch break we sat in a deluge of rain and were soaked to the skin!
We continued on through the trees and headed for Castle Carrock where we arrived at the very warm and welcoming Duke of Cumberland for refreshments.

We walked 9.5 miles and it's the wettest I've been in a long time."

23/10/2026

Well, all the supermarkets seem to have gone into Christmas Mode, so...

Here are all the walks to the end of the year including the all important Christmas Walk.

Thursday 29th October - Staithes
Wednesday 4th November - Great Ayton
Tuesday 10th November - Belford
Monday 16th November - Bamburgh
Saturday 21st November - Haydon Bridge (Single coach)
Friday 27th November - Lanchester
Thursday 3rd December - Alnwick
Wednesday 9th December - Rothbury
TUESDAY 15th DECEMBER - HEXHAM - 🧑‍🎄CHRISTMAS WALK🧑‍🎄
Monday 21st December - Causey (Single coach)
Wednesday 30th December Morpeth (Single coach)

and to kick start 2027:
Tuesday 5th January - Wylam

HAPPY WALKING 🥾🥾🥾

19/10/2026

Another set of photos and commentary from Michael O'Toole for the walk last Saturday to Middleton in Teesdale. Looks like a great day.

"Saturday's walk to Middleton, our walk leader was Bob Thompson, there was 7 of us. We set of from Middleton up over the grouse moors it was a perfect day for walking the sun was shining and it was a very enjoyable walk .
We had a few challenging streams to cross and some tricky descents , when we got to the river Bob said we could go to High Force which added on to the 12 mile we were doing in the end we walked a total of 14 miles.
Thanks Bob for a really enjoyable day."

07/10/2026

Once again, many thanks to Michael O'Toole for the following account and photos from this week's walk ending at Wooler.
He says. -
"Yesterday's visit to Wooler.
We were a group of 13 led by Florence, who, yet again gave us a great walk. We were dropped off at Ingram and headed out towards South Middleton, then to North Middleton and Wooler. The weather was perfect for walking with no wind or rain. Everyone in the group was friendly and fun to be with. We finished our walk in the 'Tipsy Angel' - unfortunately - no chips. ☹️☹️☹️ "
(Ed - X🍟X 🍟X🍟 - I feel for you!!)

28/09/2026

Last week the club visited Kirk Yetholm, SCOTLAND!! And many thanks to Simon Cotterill for the following photos and text.

"We had a every enjoyable day out in the Cheviots with Phoenix Walking Club last week. As always, a great choice of several walks of different lengths and elevation on offer. I chose a 13 mile walk, led by Charles Bragg, which incorporated sections of the Pennine Way, St Cuthbert’s Way and several smaller trails. The coach dropped us off in Kirknewton, and we were straight into a climb, rewarded by an early coffee stop at the Iron Age hillfort on St Gregory's Hill. We then passed through Hethpool and then along the very picturesque College Valley, where we had lunch by the Cheviot Memorial, which commemorates the 58 airmen lost in the hills here during the Second World War. From there we ascended to walk along the Border Ridge, with it’s stunning views of England and Scotland. We descended into Kirk Yetholm (the northern end of the Pennine Way) and met up with the other groups, to enjoy a pint at the Border Hotel, before getting the coach home. Here are a few of the many photos I took on the day."

Many thanks Simon.

27/09/2026

Sadly, due to injury, I have not been out walking for a few weeks. So, in place or a standard 'walk' post, I add below a sequence of photos, all taken on previous Phoneix Walks. We began this page back in 2022, so there are 2 photos for each year. They are in chronological order. Can you guess the location? Add any thoughts in comments.

05/09/2026

Well I've been planning to do this for days, but... (We all know about best laid plans!)
So, here are some photos from Blencathra when Michael O'Toole visited earlier this week when the walk was in the Keswick area.
He wrote,
"Yesterday's walk from Scales to Keswick via Blencathra, the weather was wet and windy up top but still a very enjoyable walk, led by Paul."

27/08/2026

Once again we have Michael O'Toole to thank for these photos from the club's walk this week to Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales.

23/08/2026

Simon Cotterill has given us permission to view his Glenridding photos which are stored in his Flickr account. This is the link, which you need to click in order to open.
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Explore this photo album by Simon Cotterill on Flickr!

20/08/2026

Member Michael O'Toole has forwarded some photos of the walk around Glenridding which took place yesterday, Wednesday, 19th August. The weather was fine and he walked with Florence.

Address

North Shields Central Library, Northumberland Square
North Shields
NE301QU

Opening Hours

10:30am - 11:30am

Website

https://phoenixwalkingclub.org/

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