Welcome to Visit Sawtry Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sawtry
Visit Sawtry places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Sawtry places to visit. A unique way to experience Sawtry’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Sawtry as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Sawtry is a village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire. Sawtry lies approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Huntingdon. The village is home to over 6,000 people. When you visit Sawtry, Walkfo brings Sawtry places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Sawtry Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sawtry
Visit Sawtry – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 13 audio plaques & Sawtry places for you to explore in the Sawtry area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Sawtry places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Sawtry history
Sawtry was listed as Saltrede in the Domesday Book in the Hundred of Normancross in Huntingdonshire. Originally got its name from the fact that it was a trading centre for salt, an essential commodity in the Middle Ages. The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary was founded in 1147 by Simon de Senlis grandson of Judith of Lens, niece of William the Conqueror.
Sawtry geography / climate
Sawtry is just west of the Fens, halfway between Peterborough and Huntingdon. Other nearby villages include Folksworth, Alconbury, Holme, Yaxley and Stilton. Being situated in close proximity to the A1(M), it is a sought-after location for commuters.
Why visit Sawtry with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Sawtry places with Walkfo Sawtry to hear history at Sawtry’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sawtry has 13 places to visit in our interactive Sawtry 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 Sawtry, 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 Sawtry places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sawtry & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 13 audio facts unique to Sawtry places in an interactive Sawtry map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Sawtry Places Map
13 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Sawtry historic spots | Sawtry tourist destinations | Sawtry plaques | Sawtry geographic features |
| Walkfo Sawtry tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sawtry | |||
Best Sawtry places to visit
Sawtry has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sawtry’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sawtry’s information audio spots:
Conington Castle
16th-century house in Conington, Huntingdonshire, was built for Sir Robert Cotton. It was demolished in 1956 by the then owner John Horace Broke Heathcote.
Visit Sawtry plaques
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plaques
here Sawtry has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Sawtry 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 Sawtry using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Sawtry plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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