Welcome to Visit Marldon Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Marldon
Visit Marldon places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Marldon places to visit. A unique way to experience Marldon’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Marldon as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Marldon Walkfo Preview Marldon is the most northeasterly Civil Parish in the South Hams in Devon. It includes the village of Compton with Compton Castle. Beacon Hill transmitting station is on the highest point in the parish. When you visit Marldon, Walkfo brings Marldon places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Marldon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Marldon
Visit Marldon – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 36 audio plaques & Marldon places for you to explore in the Marldon area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Marldon places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Marldon history
Marldon was a small village until the 1960s when major residential development took place. The parish was in the Haytor Hundred and is known locally for its Apple Pie fair which originated in the nineteenth century.
Why visit Marldon with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Marldon places with Walkfo Marldon to hear history at Marldon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Marldon has 36 places to visit in our interactive Marldon 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 Marldon, 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 Marldon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Marldon & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 36 audio facts unique to Marldon places in an interactive Marldon map you can explore.”
Walkfo Marldon tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Marldon
Best Marldon places to visit
Marldon has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Marldon’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Marldon’s information audio spots:
Paignton Zoo Paignton Zoo is a registered educational and scientific charity. It currently employs over 100 permanent staff and an additional 120 seasonally. The zoo is owned by Wild Planet Trust, formerly known as the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Wild Planet Trust Wild Planet Trust, formerly known as the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, is a registered charity. Set up to run Paignton Zoo after the death of its founder, Herbert Whitley, who established the zoo on his estate at Primley in the 1920s. Since 2003 it has owned and operated Newquay Zoo and Living Coasts.
St Michael’s Church, Paignton St Michael’s Church is a former Church of England church in Paignton, Devon. Built in 1939, the church closed in 1979 and is now part of a residential development.
Paignton Cemetery Paignton Cemetery is a burial ground situated within the town of Paigntan, Devon, England. It is situated in the centre of the town and is located in the middle of Devon.
Palace Theatre, Paignton The Palace Theatre was built in 1890 and is the oldest working theatre in Torbay. The theatre underwent a major refurbishment in 2005 and has a seating capacity of 380.
Torbay Picture House The Torbay Picture House was opened on 16 March 1914. It is believed to be the oldest surviving purpose-built cinema in Europe. In its early days it featured a 21-piece orchestra, with each member paid a guinea to perform.
Kirkham House Kirkham House is a late medieval stone house in Paignton, Devon. It is believed to be a 14th or 15th century building. The house was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1951.
Festival Theatre, Paignton The Festival Theatre was a seafront theatre located on the Paignton Esplanade. It was in direct competition with the Princess and Pavilion theatres in Torquay. The theatre closed at the end of 1998 and re-opened in October 1999 as a multiscreen cinema.
Christ Church, Paignton Christ Church is a Church of England, Evangelical parish church in Paignton, Devon. Designed by Walter G. Couldrey and Edward Gabriel, the church was built in 1887–88 and has been a Grade II listed building since 1993.
Compton Castle Compton Castle in the parish of Marldon in Devon, is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton (formerly “Compton Pole”), about 5 miles (8 km) west of Torquay. The castle has been home to the Gilbert family for most of the time since it was built. It has been a National Trust property since 1951.
Visit Marldon plaques
11 plaques hereMarldon has 11 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Marldon 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 Marldon using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Marldon plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Marldon audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Marldon allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Marldon’s 36 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Marldon freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Marldon Map App
Our visit Marldon map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Marldon & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Marldon tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Marldon centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Marldon area at LONG:-3.599, LAT:50.459.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Marldon, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Getting to / around Marldon – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Marldon using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Marldon places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Marldon Public Transport Stations
Marldon Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Torquay railway station
Beacon Hill transmitting station
Paignton railway station
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Local Marldon historians & Marldon tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Marldon? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Marldon’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Marldon place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Marldon Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Marldon destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Marldon’ web pages (for example: www.visitMarldon.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Marldon places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Marldon places to visit. A unique way to experience Marldon’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Marldon as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Marldon places with Walkfo Marldon to hear history at Marldon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Marldon has 36 places to visit in our interactive Marldon 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 Marldon, 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 Marldon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Marldon & the surrounding areas.
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