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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wheldrake


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

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Wheldrake is a village and civil parish located 7 miles (11 km) south-east of York. Administratively it is in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,909, increasing to 2,107 at the 2011 Census. The village was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. When you visit Wheldrake, Walkfo brings Wheldrake places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Wheldrake Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wheldrake

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

With 11 audio plaques & Wheldrake places for you to explore in the Wheldrake area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Wheldrake places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Wheldrake history

Excavation of the site revealed structural remains, four Roman graves, animal bones, pottery and the remains of a main Roman road. In Saxon times Wheldrake was in the Danelaw area of England and so probably consisted of a number of scattered family farming enclosures.

Wheldrake geography / climate

Situation and transport

Wheldrake is situated 7 miles (11 km) to the south east of York. It lies between the A19 trunk road and the River Derwent. The former station is preserved at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming, at Murton near York.

Physical geography

The village is sited on the slightly raised Escrick moraine. This is one of the terminal moraines left in the Vale of York when the ice retreated at the end of the last ice age. The resultant soils vary from thick clay to sand and alluvium.

Climate

Wheldrake is in the more northerly part of England and although it has a typically English temperate climate, it is slightly cooler than London. In the summer months the average maximum temperature is 20 °C and the minimum is 11 °C. The most rainfall in one day was 53.8 mm.

Why visit Wheldrake with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Wheldrake PlacesYou can visit Wheldrake places with Walkfo Wheldrake to hear history at Wheldrake’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wheldrake has 11 places to visit in our interactive Wheldrake 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 Wheldrake, 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 Wheldrake places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wheldrake & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 11 audio facts unique to Wheldrake places in an interactive Wheldrake map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Wheldrake Places Map
11 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Wheldrake historic spots

  Wheldrake tourist destinations

  Wheldrake plaques

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

  

Best Wheldrake places to visit

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

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Visit Wheldrake plaques

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here Wheldrake has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Wheldrake 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 Wheldrake using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Wheldrake plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.