Friars Wynd is a narrow passage leading from the market place to the Friary. At the far end is the Georgian Theatre.

The Tram lines, leading through the arch, were laid down in 1895 by ironmonger Robert Spence who had a well-stocked shop in the Market Place and two warehouses flanking the Postern Gate in Friars Wynd. The tramway ran from the Market Place, where heavy goods brought from Richmond Station by horse and cart were off-loaded onto a trolley mounted on the rails and pushed by two men. The business, founded in 1788, closed in 1970 and the Market Place section of the tramway was removed.

The warehouse, now the Georgian Theatre Museum, is on the site of the Quaker Meeting House c1677 - c1750.

The Postern Gate was one of the entrances to the walled town. The inhabitants would have frequently used this to get water from the town's well located in the Friary

The two images below show the Bar, a gate in the original town walls constructed in the early 14th century. The walls were built to keep out Scottish invaders.