Welcome to Visit Shortstown Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shortstown


Visit Shortstown PlacesVisit Shortstown places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Shortstown places to visit. A unique way to experience Shortstown’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Shortstown as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Shortstown is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford, on a ridge above the River Great Ouse, originally called Tinkers Hill. The name is taken from Short Brothers, who established an airship works for the Admiralty in 1916. When you visit Shortstown, Walkfo brings Shortstown places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Shortstown Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shortstown


Visit Shortstown – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 60 audio plaques & Shortstown places for you to explore in the Shortstown area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Shortstown places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Shortstown with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Shortstown PlacesYou can visit Shortstown places with Walkfo Shortstown to hear history at Shortstown’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shortstown has 60 places to visit in our interactive Shortstown 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 Shortstown, 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 Shortstown places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shortstown & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 60 audio facts unique to Shortstown places in an interactive Shortstown map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Shortstown Places Map
60 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Shortstown historic spots

  Shortstown tourist destinations

  Shortstown plaques

  Shortstown geographic features

Walkfo Shortstown tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Shortstown

  

Best Shortstown places to visit


Shortstown has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shortstown’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shortstown’s information audio spots:

Shortstown photo Statue of John Bunyan, Bedford
The statue was sculpted by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm and unveiled in 1874. It was commissioned by the Ninth Duke of Bedford and presented by him to Bedford town.
Shortstown photo Old Town Hall, Bedford
The Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in Bedford, Bedfordshire. It was the headquarters of Bedford Borough Council from 1892 to 2009.
Shortstown photo Corn Exchange, Bedford
Bedford Corn Exchange is located on St Paul’s Square in the Castle area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is located in the castle area of the Bedfordshire town.
Shortstown photo Statue of John Howard, Bedford
The statue of John Howard was erected in 1890, the centenary of Howard’s death. It stands on an ornate plinth inscribed with his date of birth and death, and the date of the statue’s erection.
Shortstown photo Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot
Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot is a maintenance depot on the Midland Main Line. A four road maintenance depot opened in 2004 to service trains, and was extended to a fifth road in 2009. The depot maintenance facility is currently mothballed. It is still in use for 12 car sidings for Class 700 rolling stock.
Shortstown photo Heart Bedford
Heart Bedford (formerly Chiltern Radio 96.9) was an Independent Local Radio station. It was based in the Priory Business Park in Bedfordshire.
Shortstown photo List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a county in the East of England. It is bounded by Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. It has an area of 1,235 square kilometres (477 sq mi) and population estimated in 2015 at 630,000. The name is first recorded in the treaty in about 879 between King Alfred the Great and Guthrum.
Shortstown photo List of local nature reserves in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is the fourteenth most densely populated county of England. It is governed by three unitary authorities, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton. The county town is Bedford, and the name is first recorded in the treaty in 879 between King Alfred the Great and Guthrum.

Visit Shortstown plaques


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Shortstown has 7 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Shortstown 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 Shortstown using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Shortstown plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.