Welcome to Visit Gargrave Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Gargrave
Visit Gargrave places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Gargrave places to visit. A unique way to experience Gargrave’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Gargrave as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Gargrave is located 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Skipton in North Yorkshire. The River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal pass through the village. It had a population of 1,764 in 2001 reducing slightly to 1,755 at 2011 census. When you visit Gargrave, Walkfo brings Gargrave places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Gargrave Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Gargrave
Visit Gargrave – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 11 audio plaques & Gargrave places for you to explore in the Gargrave area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Gargrave places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Gargrave history
At Kirk Sink in the second century the Romans built a villa in flat meadowland near the River Aire. Its central room had a seven-metre square mosaic floor and a bath house was built alongside. The villa was excavated in 1968–1974 by Brian Hartley.
Gargrave etymology
Multiple etymologies have been proposed for the name Gargrave. The name may contain Old English gāra in its original meaning of “spear” The element -grave may be a Celtic lenited variant of Craven.
Why visit Gargrave with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Gargrave places with Walkfo Gargrave to hear history at Gargrave’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Gargrave has 11 places to visit in our interactive Gargrave 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 Gargrave, 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 Gargrave places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Gargrave & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 11 audio facts unique to Gargrave places in an interactive Gargrave map you can explore.”
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11 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Gargrave places to visit
Gargrave has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Gargrave’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Gargrave’s information audio spots:
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here Gargrave has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Gargrave 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 Gargrave using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Gargrave plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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