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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Newbattle
Visit Newbattle places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Newbattle places to visit. A unique way to experience Newbattle’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Newbattle as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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There was an abbey there founded about 1140, being the second of the six Cistercian Monasteries established by King David I of Scotland. The civil parish had a population of 21,534 (in 2011) When you visit Newbattle, Walkfo brings Newbattle places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Newbattle Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newbattle
Visit Newbattle – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 33 audio plaques & Newbattle places for you to explore in the Newbattle area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Newbattle places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Newbattle with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Newbattle places with Walkfo Newbattle to hear history at Newbattle’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newbattle has 33 places to visit in our interactive Newbattle 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 Newbattle, 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 Newbattle places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newbattle & the surrounding areas.
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33 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Walkfo Newbattle tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Newbattle |
Best Newbattle places to visit
Newbattle has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Newbattle’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Newbattle’s information audio spots:
National Mining Museum Scotland
The National Mining Museum Scotland was created in 1984 to preserve the physical surface remains of Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland. The colliery, sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890, came into production in 1894. It was nationalised in 1947 and closed in 1981.
Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church
Cockpen and Carrington Parish Church is located to the south of the town of Bonnyrigg in Midlothian, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The current arrangement dates from 1975, when the two churches were united. The church’s tower is unusually tall for a comparatively small church and its design was copied for Kilconquhar Parish Church in Fife.
St David’s Church, Dalkeith
St David’s Church was founded in 1854 by Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian. It was designed by Joseph Hansom and is a category A listed building.
Melville Castle
Melville Castle is a three-storey Gothic castellated mansion situated less than a mile (2 km) west-south-west of Dalkeith, Midlothian, near the North Esk.
Gorebridge
Gorebridge is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland. It has four primary schools, Gorebridge Primary, Stobhill, St Andrews RC Primary and Gore Glen Primary. There are 29 listed buildings in Gorebridge including one Category B building (Harvieston Lodge), and two Category C buildings (Gorebridge old station and the Post Office)
Newbyres Castle
Newbyres Castle was a 16th-century tower house, in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland. The tower occupied a roughly triangular position, which was naturally defended by deeply worn water-courses.
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here Newbattle has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Newbattle 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 Newbattle using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Newbattle plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.