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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Blindcrake


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

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Blindcrake is a village and civil parish within the Isel Valley, in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 287, increasing to 348 at the 2011 Census. The village is one of 23 designated conservation areas of the National Park Planning Authority. When you visit Blindcrake, Walkfo brings Blindcrake places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Blindcrake Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Blindcrake


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

With 9 audio plaques & Blindcrake places for you to explore in the Blindcrake area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Blindcrake places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Blindcrake history


Blindcrake is on the site of an Ancient Settlement (possibly dating back to the Iron Age), and a mediaeval field system is in evidence in the northwest sector of the village. Its 70-odd houses are spread on either side of the main street through the village and date from the 18th century. Isel Hall is the centre of the Isel Estate and stands on a steep slope above the River Derwent.

Blindcrake etymology

Blindcrake was recorded in 1246 as Blenckrayk, and is of Brittonic origin. The first element is blajn, in place-names generally meaning “summit” (Welsh blaen) The second is crẹ:g, meaning “a crag” or “prominent rock”

Blindcrake geography / climate

The village is some 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of Cockermouth off the old Roman road to Carlisle (A595) and above the River Derwent. It lies near the northernmost boundary of the Lake District National Park. There are a large variety of butterflies in the countryside around the village, most notably the nationally rare pearl-bordered fritillary.

Why visit Blindcrake with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Blindcrake PlacesYou can visit Blindcrake places with Walkfo Blindcrake to hear history at Blindcrake’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Blindcrake has 9 places to visit in our interactive Blindcrake 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 Blindcrake, 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 Blindcrake places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Blindcrake & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 9 audio facts unique to Blindcrake places in an interactive Blindcrake map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Blindcrake Places Map
9 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Blindcrake historic spots

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

  

Best Blindcrake places to visit


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

Blindcrake photo Setmurthy
Setmurthy is a civil parish in Allerdale, Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, within the Lake District National Park. The spelling “Satmurthawe” is seen in 1473. The River Derwent forms the northern and eastern boundary of the parish, separating it from Blindcrake. The main settlement is the hamlet of Dubwath.
Blindcrake photo St Michael’s Church, Isel
St Michael’s Church is located by the side of the River Derwent in the dispersed settlement of Isel, in the civil parish of Blindcrake, Cumbria. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Derwent, the archdeaconry of West Cumberland and the diocese of Carlisle. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
Blindcrake photo Clints Crags
Clints Crags is a small fell in the north of the English Lake District near Blindcrake, Cumbria. It reaches 804 feet (245 m) It has its own chapter in Alfred Wainwright’s The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Visit Blindcrake plaques


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