Welcome to Visit Eggleston Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Eggleston
Visit Eggleston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Eggleston places to visit. A unique way to experience Eggleston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Eggleston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Eggleston is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated in Teesdale, a few miles north-west of Barnard Castle. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 448. When you visit Eggleston, Walkfo brings Eggleston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Eggleston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Eggleston
Visit Eggleston – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 13 audio plaques & Eggleston places for you to explore in the Eggleston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Eggleston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Eggleston history
The village is first mentioned in tax records of 1196. Many of the cottages date from the 18th century and were built by the Society of Friends. Forty men were employed as miners until 1904 when the company closed the smelting mills.
Eggleston etymology
Local lore notes the presence of a large stone (near Eggleston Hall) with iron eyelets affixed. The story is that eagles to be used in falconry, while in training, were tied to the stone with long leads. According to local knowledge the stone long ago was known as the Eagle Stone.
Why visit Eggleston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Eggleston places with Walkfo Eggleston to hear history at Eggleston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Eggleston has 13 places to visit in our interactive Eggleston 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 Eggleston, 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 Eggleston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Eggleston & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo: Visit Eggleston Places Map
13 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Eggleston places to visit
Eggleston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Eggleston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Eggleston’s information audio spots:
Eggleston Hall
Eggleston Hall is a privately owned 19th-century English country house near Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Visit Eggleston plaques
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here Eggleston has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Eggleston 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 Eggleston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Eggleston plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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