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Visit Biggar, Cumbria places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Biggar, Cumbria places to visit. A unique way to experience Biggar, Cumbria’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Biggar, Cumbria as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Biggar, Cumbria Walkfo Preview Biggar is a village towards the south of Walney Island in Cumbria. Along with North Scale, it is the oldest settlement on the island. Furness Abbey records from 1292 mention a grange at Biggar, of around 100 acres (0.40 km) in size. Biggar Dyke was built in the Sixteenth century as coastal defence for the village and island. When you visit Biggar, Cumbria, Walkfo brings Biggar, Cumbria places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
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With 71 audio plaques & Biggar, Cumbria places for you to explore in the Biggar, Cumbria area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Biggar, Cumbria places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
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You can visit Biggar, Cumbria places with Walkfo Biggar, Cumbria to hear history at Biggar, Cumbria’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Biggar, Cumbria has 71 places to visit in our interactive Biggar, Cumbria 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 Biggar, Cumbria, 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 Biggar, Cumbria places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Biggar, Cumbria & the surrounding areas.
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Best Biggar, Cumbria places to visit
Biggar, Cumbria has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Biggar, Cumbria’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Biggar, Cumbria’s information audio spots:
Barrow-in-Furness power station Barrow-in-Furness power station supplied electricity to the town and wider area of Lancashire from 1899 to about 1960. It was owned and operated by Barrow in-furness Corporation until the nationalisation of the electricity supply industry in 1948.
Nan Tait Centre Nan Tait Centre is a Grade II listed building located in Hindpool area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. It was built for the Barrow Corporation as the town’s new Technical School. The centre was named in honour of Agnes “Nan” Tait, the Mayor of the Borough of Barrows from 1959 to 1960. It is now multifunctional serving as a cultural, exhibition and arts centre.
St Mary of Furness Roman Catholic Church St Mary of Furness is a Roman Catholic church located in Barrow-in-Furness, England. The congregation was founded in 1858, however the current building was constructed between 1866 and 1867. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Trinity Church, Barrow-in-Furness Trinity Church was a Presbyterian church located on School Street in Barrow-in-Furness, England. It is not the same building as the joint Methodist and URC church in Parkside, Barrow, known as the Trinity Church Centre.
Furness Building Society Established in 1865, Furness Building Society is the 17th largest in the United Kingdom based on total assets of £813 million as at 31 December 2010. The Society expanded its call centre in 2009 to deal with investments and insurance queries.
Craven House Craven House (also known as Fisher House) is a large office building in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Constructed in the 1960s the building is noted for its length of roughly 90 m (300 ft) and consists of seven floors. The gross floor area stands at around 8,100 square metres (87,000 sq ft)
Salthouse, Barrow-in-Furness Salthouse is an area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. It was historically a ward in its own right but has since been subsumed into the wards of Risedale and Central Barrow. It has been undergoing the transformation into a modern, outperforming 17-acre industrial site.
Walney Island Walney Island is part of Barrow-in-Furness, separated from the mainland by Walney Channel. Its population at the 2011 UK Census was 10,651, distributed evenly across the two Wards of Walney North and Walney South. Walney is the largest island of the Furness Islands group, both in population and size.
Visit Biggar, Cumbria plaques
2 plaques hereBiggar, Cumbria has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Biggar, Cumbria 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 Biggar, Cumbria using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Biggar, Cumbria plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Biggar, Cumbria audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Biggar, Cumbria allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Biggar, Cumbria’s 71 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Biggar, Cumbria freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Biggar, Cumbria Map App
Our visit Biggar, Cumbria map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Biggar, Cumbria & 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 Biggar, Cumbria tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Biggar, Cumbria centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Biggar, Cumbria area at LONG:-3.243, LAT:54.086.
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Things to do & visit in Biggar, Cumbria / surrounding areas
● St. James’ Church, Barrow-in-Furness ● Emlyn Hughes House ● Ritz Cinema, Barrow-in-Furness ● Hindpool ● Scotch Buildings ● Barrow Park Cenotaph ● The Duke of Edinburgh Hotel ● Oxford Chambers ● Barrow Park ● Cooke’s Building ● Co-operative Building, Barrow-in-Furness ● Nan Tait Centre ● Ramsden Hall ● St Mary of Furness Roman Catholic Church ● Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness ● Barrow-in-Furness Main Public Library ● North Scale ● National Westminster Bank, Barrow-in-Furness ● Ramsden Square ● Roxy Cinema, Barrow-in-Furness ● John Whinnerah Institute ● Barrow-in-Furness Central Fire Station ● Barrow Jute Works ● Custom House, Barrow-in-Furness ● Portland Walk Shopping Centre ● 2002 Barrow-in-Furness legionellosis outbreak ● The Forum, Barrow-in-Furness ● Trinity Church, Barrow-in-Furness ● Hindpool Retail Parks ● Furness Building Society
● Dock Museum ● Barrow-in-Furness Town Hall ● Imperial Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness ● HMS Onyx (S21) ● Majestic Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness ● Craven House ● Schneider Square ● BAE Systems Submarines ● Central Barrow ● St. George’s Church, Barrow-in-Furness ● St. George’s Square, Barrow-in-Furness ● Alfred Barrow Health Centre ● Salthouse, Barrow-in-Furness ● Princess Selandia ● Port of Barrow ● Devonshire Dock ● VSEL Heavy Engineering Workshop ● St. John’s Church, Barrow-in-Furness ● Risedale ● Ramsden Dock ● Buccleuch Dock ● The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness ● Devonshire Buildings ● Cavendish Dock ● Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness ● Walney Bridge ● Walney Channel ● Headin Haw ● St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Walney ● Dova Haw ● Islands of Furness ● Walney Island ● Vickerstown ● Biggar, Cumbria ● Walney South ● Sheep Island (England) ● Barrow-in-Furness ● Devonshire Dock Hall ● Stollers
Getting to / around Biggar, Cumbria – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Biggar, Cumbria using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Biggar, Cumbria places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Biggar, Cumbria historians & Biggar, Cumbria tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Biggar, Cumbria? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Biggar, Cumbria’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 Biggar, Cumbria 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 Biggar, Cumbria 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 Biggar, Cumbria 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-Biggar, Cumbria’ web pages (for example: www.visitBiggar, Cumbria.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
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Visit Biggar, Cumbria places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Biggar, Cumbria places to visit. A unique way to experience Biggar, Cumbria’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Biggar, Cumbria as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
With 71 audio plaques & Biggar, Cumbria places for you to explore in the Biggar, Cumbria area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Biggar, Cumbria places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
You can visit Biggar, Cumbria places with Walkfo Biggar, Cumbria to hear history at Biggar, Cumbria’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Biggar, Cumbria has 71 places to visit in our interactive Biggar, Cumbria 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 Biggar, Cumbria, 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 Biggar, Cumbria places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Biggar, Cumbria & the surrounding areas.
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