Welcome to Visit Haroldswick Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Haroldswick
Visit Haroldswick places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Haroldswick places to visit. A unique way to experience Haroldswick’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Haroldswick as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Haroldswick or Harold’s Wick is one of the most northerly settlements in the British Isles. Haroldswick is on Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. When you visit Haroldswick, Walkfo brings Haroldswick places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Haroldswick Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Haroldswick
Visit Haroldswick – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 7 audio plaques & Haroldswick places for you to explore in the Haroldswick area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Haroldswick places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Haroldswick history
The wick takes its name from the Viking King Harald I Fairhair. It is reputed to be the first landing point for the Vikings in the Shetland Islands. A Viking grave attributed to Harold has been found on the nearby Setter’s Hill.
Haroldswick geography / climate
A small bay in a crescent moon shape with a hill on either side, with steep cliffs and rough waters with good mackerel fishing grounds underneath. The beach is rocky until it comes to an old ruin of a pier, then it has huge boulders blocking traveller’s way. Lining the beach are little cottages with their only barrier against the winds from the sea being a small wall on the other side of the road.
Why visit Haroldswick with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Haroldswick places with Walkfo Haroldswick to hear history at Haroldswick’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Haroldswick has 7 places to visit in our interactive Haroldswick 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 Haroldswick, 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 Haroldswick places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Haroldswick & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Haroldswick Places Map
7 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Haroldswick places to visit
Haroldswick has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Haroldswick’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Haroldswick’s information audio spots:
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here Haroldswick has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Haroldswick 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 Haroldswick using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Haroldswick plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.