Welcome to Visit Barwell Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Barwell
Visit Barwell places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Barwell places to visit. A unique way to experience Barwell’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Barwell as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Barwell is a large village in Leicestershire, with a population of around 8,750 people. The name literally translates as “Stream of the Boar” and is said to originate from a boar that used to drink from a well near a brook in Barwell. The village has successful football clubs Barwell FC and AFC Barwell as well cricket teams and a large indoor bowling complex. When you visit Barwell, Walkfo brings Barwell places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Barwell Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Barwell
Visit Barwell – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 15 audio plaques & Barwell places for you to explore in the Barwell area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Barwell places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Barwell history
In old English, “wella” is the word for stream and “bar” the name for boar. In 1043, Earl Leofric and his wife, Godiva, established a Benedictine Abbey at Coventry and gave the Abbot and his twenty-four attendant monks lands for their upkeep. Barwelle was still held by the Abbey of Coventry following the Norman Conquest. In 1564 there were 48 families living in Barwell, according to a church census.
Barwell meteorite
On Christmas Eve 1965, one of the largest meteorite falls recorded in British history landed close to Barwell. The 4.5 billion-year-old rock exploded into hundreds of pieces. One meteorite went through the front of a car, destroying its engine. A piece of the meteorite is on display at the Herbert Museum, Coventry.
Why visit Barwell with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Barwell places with Walkfo Barwell to hear history at Barwell’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Barwell has 15 places to visit in our interactive Barwell map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Barwell, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Barwell places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Barwell & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo: Visit Barwell Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Barwell places to visit
Barwell has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Barwell’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Barwell’s information audio spots:
Earl Shilton
Earl Shilton is a market town in Leicestershire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) from Hinckley. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 10,047.
Visit Barwell plaques
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here Barwell has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Barwell plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Barwell using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Barwell plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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