Welcome to Visit Prestongrange Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Prestongrange
Visit Prestongrange places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Prestongrange places to visit. A unique way to experience Prestongrange’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Prestongrange as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Prestongrange Walkfo Preview Prestongrange is a place in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, situated between Musselburgh to the west, and Prestonpans in the east. The placename derives from “Preston”, meaning “priest’s town”, and a grange (or granary) which was worked by the Cistercian monks of Newbattle Abbey. When you visit Prestongrange, Walkfo brings Prestongrange places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Prestongrange Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Prestongrange
Visit Prestongrange – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 47 audio plaques & Prestongrange places for you to explore in the Prestongrange area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Prestongrange places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Prestongrange with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Prestongrange places with Walkfo Prestongrange to hear history at Prestongrange’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Prestongrange has 47 places to visit in our interactive Prestongrange 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 Prestongrange, 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 Prestongrange places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Prestongrange & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Prestongrange tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Prestongrange
Best Prestongrange places to visit
Prestongrange has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Prestongrange’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Prestongrange’s information audio spots:
Cockenzie power station Cockenzie power station was a coal-fired power station in East Lothian, Scotland. It was situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, near the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 8 mi (13 km) east of Edinburgh. The station dominated the local coastline with its distinctive twin chimneys from 1967 until the chimneys’ demolition in September 2015.
Prestongrange Parish Church Prestongrange Parish Church is a Church of Scotland kirk situated in the small, former mining town of Prestonpans in East Lothian. The church was built in 1596, one of the first churches to be built in Scotland following the Scottish Reformation in 1560. In 1606, the town was created a parish in its own right following centuries of being part of the parish of Tranent.
Preston Tower, East Lothian Preston Tower is a ruined L-plan keep in the ancient Scottish village of Prestonpans. It is situated within a few metres of two other historic houses, Hamilton House and Northfield House.
Northfield House, East Lothian Northfield House is a seventeenth-century historic house at Preston, East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated very close to Hamilton House and Preston Tower, and one mile east to Prestongrange House and the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
Tranent Parish Church Tranent Parish Church is a kirk belonging to the Church of Scotland. It is situated in the East Lothian town of Tranent 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Edinburgh.
Tranent Tower Tranent Tower is a ruined L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument.
Levenhall Links Levenhall Links is a coastal, industrial, and recreational area at Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Its western boundary is the River Esk and its eastern is at Morrison’s Haven.
Musselburgh Links Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course, is one of the oldest golf courses in the world. It is currently a publicly owned course, administered by East Lothian Council. The course has nine holes and is a par 34.
Pinkie House Pinkie House is located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The house dates from the 16th century, was substantially enlarged in the early 17th century. It is not far from the site of the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, fought in 1547.
River Esk, Lothian The River Esk (Brythonic: Isca (water), Scottish Gaelic: Easg (water) is also called the Lothian Esk. It initially runs as two separate rivers: the North Esk and the South Esk.
Visit Prestongrange plaques
1 plaques herePrestongrange has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Prestongrange 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 Prestongrange using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Prestongrange plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Prestongrange audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Prestongrange allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Prestongrange’s 47 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Prestongrange freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Prestongrange Map App
Our visit Prestongrange map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Prestongrange & 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 Prestongrange tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Prestongrange centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Prestongrange area at LONG:-2.996, LAT:55.952.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Prestongrange, 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.
Things to do & visit in Prestongrange / surrounding areas
● Cockenzie and Port Seton ● Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway ● Prestonpans ● Battle of Prestonpans ● Prestongrange Parish Church ● Blindwells ● Preston Tower, East Lothian ● Bankton House ● Preston, Prestonpans ● Hamilton House, East Lothian ● Northfield House, East Lothian ● Tranent Parish Church ● Tranent ● Tranent Tower ● Radio Saltire ● Tranent Juniors F.C. ● Levenhall Links ● Musselburgh Links ● Musselburgh Racecourse ● Wallyford ● Pinkie House ● 1889 Open Championship ● 1877 Open Championship ● 1880 Open Championship ● 1874 Open Championship ● 1886 Open Championship ● 1883 Open Championship ● Morrison’s Haven ● Inveresk ● Battle of Pinkie
● River Esk, Lothian ● Inveresk Lodge Garden ● Musselburgh ● Brunton Theatre ● Prestongrange House ● Royal Musselburgh Golf Club ● Prestongrange ● Whitecraig ● Fa’side Castle ● Massacre of Tranent ● Elphinstone Research Centre ● Elphinstone, East Lothian ● Ding Dong tree ● Musselburgh Tolbooth ● Prestonpans Town Hall
Getting to / around Prestongrange – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Prestongrange using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Prestongrange places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Prestongrange Public Transport Stations
Prestongrange Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Cockenzie power station
Prestonpans railway station
Wallyford railway station
Inveresk railway station
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Local Prestongrange historians & Prestongrange tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Prestongrange? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Prestongrange’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 Prestongrange 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 Prestongrange 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 Prestongrange 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-Prestongrange’ web pages (for example: www.visitPrestongrange.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