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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Broughty Ferry
Visit Broughty Ferry places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Broughty Ferry places to visit. A unique way to experience Broughty Ferry’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Broughty Ferry as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Broughty Ferry is located four miles east of Dundee on the north bank of the Firth of Tay. The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee. It is administered as part of the Dundee City council ward. Several road and rail routes are located within the area. When you visit Broughty Ferry, Walkfo brings Broughty Ferry places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Broughty Ferry Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Broughty Ferry
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With 18 audio plaques & Broughty Ferry places for you to explore in the Broughty Ferry area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Broughty Ferry places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Broughty Ferry history
Evidence exists of a human settlement in pre-historic times. Broughty Ferry was known as the ‘richest square mile in Europe’ in 1495. The area has two Category A listed churches, St Stephen’s Church (the parish church of West Ferry) and St Luke’s Church built in the 19th century.
Broughty Ferry culture & places
New Year’s Day Dook
The “dook” is an annual event where residents enter the waters of the harbour in fancy dress costumes. The Dook is the first annual event in Broughty Ferry and Dundee and can boast being the largest in Scotland of the New Year Dooks.
Media
The fictional character Bob Servant of the self-named books and BBC radio and television series written by Neil Forsyth is depicted as living in the town.
Broughty Ferry toponymy
The name Broughty Ferry may derive from Bruach Tatha meaning “Taybank” in Scottish Gaelic. A piece of folk etymology holds that the name derives from the Lowland Scots broch, meaning some form of fortification, with ‘ty’ being a shortening of the name of the River Tay.
Why visit Broughty Ferry with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Broughty Ferry places with Walkfo Broughty Ferry to hear history at Broughty Ferry’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Broughty Ferry has 18 places to visit in our interactive Broughty Ferry 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 Broughty Ferry, 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 Broughty Ferry places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Broughty Ferry & the surrounding areas.
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18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Broughty Ferry places to visit
Broughty Ferry has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Broughty Ferry’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Broughty Ferry’s information audio spots:
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here Broughty Ferry has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Broughty Ferry 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 Broughty Ferry using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Broughty Ferry plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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