Welcome to Visit Burwash Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Burwash
Visit Burwash places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Burwash places to visit. A unique way to experience Burwash’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Burwash as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Burwash, archaically known as Burghersh, is a rural village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex. Its main claim to fame is that for half of his life Rudyard Kipling lived in the village at Bateman’s. Kipling used the village as the setting for many of his stories in Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906) and the sequel Rewards and Fairies. When you visit Burwash, Walkfo brings Burwash places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Burwash Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Burwash
Visit Burwash – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 5 audio plaques & Burwash places for you to explore in the Burwash area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Burwash places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Burwash history
The village developed as a trading place when King Henry III authorised a weekly market in 1252. The main road through Burwash, today’s A265, was improved in the 18th and 19th centuries. The first section of road to be turnpiked ran from Hurst Green to Burwash; the rest followed three years later. A number of toll gates and bars were erected in the Burwash area on the principal highway.
Burwash landmarks
The High Street has been designated a Conservation area by Rother District Council. The Bateman’s mansion, a Jacobean architecture formerly owned by Rudyard Kipling, is now a National Trust property. The location was used while shooting the film My Boy Jack (2007)
Why visit Burwash with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Burwash places with Walkfo Burwash to hear history at Burwash’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Burwash has 5 places to visit in our interactive Burwash 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 Burwash, 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 Burwash places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Burwash & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Burwash Places Map
5 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Walkfo Burwash tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Burwash |
Best Burwash places to visit
Burwash has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Burwash’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Burwash’s information audio spots:
Bateman’s
Bateman’s is a 17th-century house located in Burwash, East Sussex. It was the home of Rudyard Kipling from 1902 until his death in 1936. Kipling’s widow Caroline bequeathed the house to the National Trust in 1939.
Holmshurst Manor
Holmshurst Manor is a Jacobean country house located near Burwash in East Sussex, England. In 1970 it was purchased by Roger Daltrey of The Who.
Visit Burwash plaques
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plaques
here Burwash has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Burwash 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 Burwash using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Burwash plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.