Welcome to Visit Parkstone Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Parkstone
Visit Parkstone places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Parkstone places to visit. A unique way to experience Parkstone’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Parkstone as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Parkstone is divided into ‘Lower’ and ‘Upper’ Parkstone in Poole, Dorset. Lower Parkstone centred on Ashley Cross, the original location of Parkstone Grammar School. Upper Parkstone – “Up-on-ill” – is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of ‘The Village’ It includes areas adjacent to Poole Harbour. When you visit Parkstone, Walkfo brings Parkstone places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Parkstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Parkstone
Visit Parkstone – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 60 audio plaques & Parkstone places for you to explore in the Parkstone area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Parkstone places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Parkstone history
“Upper Parkstone Estate” was a significant area of land vested in the local authority by the Great Canford Award of 1831. Much of Upper Parkstone was developed during the Victorian era and is typical for a development of that period. Most of the main shops are situated along a main road (Ashley Road) together with a few pubs and churches.
Why visit Parkstone with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Parkstone places with Walkfo Parkstone to hear history at Parkstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Parkstone has 60 places to visit in our interactive Parkstone 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 Parkstone, 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 Parkstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Parkstone & the surrounding areas.
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60 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Parkstone places to visit
Parkstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Parkstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Parkstone’s information audio spots:
Branksome Park
Branksome Park is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, which adjoins Branksomes, Dorset . The area covers approximately 360 acres (1.5 km) and is mostly occupied by housing . It includes a chine which leads to the award-winning blue-flagged beaches .
Newtown, Dorset
Newtown is a suburb in the town of Poole in Dorset . It has a population of 11,132, increasing to 12,515 at the 2011 census .
Poole Museum
Poole Museum (formerly known as the Waterfront Museum) is a local history museum situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of Poole, Dorset . The museum is the fifth most visited free attraction in South West England .
Oakdale, Dorset
Oakdale is a suburb of Poole in Dorset with a population of 10,949, increasing to 11,554 at the 2011 Census . It shares boundaries with Creekmoor, Poole Town, Parkstone, Newtown and Canford Heath .
Lilliput, Dorset
Lilliput is a district of Poole, Dorset. It borders on Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Lower Parkstone, and Whitecliff. It has a shoreline within Poole Harbour with views of Brownsea Island and Purbeck Hills.
Baiter Park
Baiter Park is part of Harbourside Park along with Whitecliff Park . The park is bordered to the north by Labrador Drive and Catalina Drive . It is to the east of Poole Town Centre .
Visit Parkstone plaques
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here Parkstone has 8 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Parkstone 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 Parkstone using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Parkstone plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.