Visit Burnham-on-Crouch – things to do & explore
When you visit Burnham-on-Crouch on a day-trip, weekend away or holiday, Walkfo is the digital tour guide to the hidden history & cultural facts that you can explore in Burnham-on-Crouch. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Burnham-on-Crouch through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Burnham-on-Crouch history & facts by Walkfo
Planning a visit to Burnham-on-Crouch?
Burnham-on-Crouch is a town and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex in the East of England. It lies on the north bank of the River Crouch. It is one of Britain’s leading places for yachting. The civil parish extends 5 miles (8 km) east of the town to the mouth of the River Crouch. It includes the hamlets of Creeksea and Ostend west of the town, Stoneyhills to the north and Dammer Wick, West Wick and East Wick east of the town.
Burnham-on-Crouch history
According to the Domesday Book of 1086, Burnham was held in 1066 by a thegn called Alward and 10 free men. After 1066 it was acquired by a Norman called Tedric Pointel of Coggeshall whose overlord was Ralph Baynard. Historically, it has benefited from its location on the coast – first as a ferry port, later as a fishing port known for its oyster beds, and most recently as a centre for yachting. The parish church of St Mary’s Church, Burnham on Crouch is a large medieval church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The church is first recorded in 1155, when it was given to Little Dunmow Priory, and the Purbeck marble font dates from the twelfth century. The church’s unusual plaster barrel vault dates from 1775, after the previous roof was destroyed by fire in 1774. There is also a United Reformed Church in Station Road in Burnham-on-Crouch. It was built in 1950 as the Congregational Church after its predecessor burnt down in 1946. The URC Church was formed when the Congregational church merged with the local Methodist church in 1984. Also on Station Road is the Baptist Church. There are many listed buildings in the town, including the Grade II* listed Royal Corinthian Yacht Club designed in 1931 by the modernist architect Joseph Emberton. The Mangapps Railway Museum is located nearby. Although the town has a population of little over 7,500, it is the principal settlement in the wider Dengie peninsula area (population 20,000), meaning it has facilities that are uncommon in small towns, such as a cinema, a laundrette, a post office, 22 licensed drinking establishments and three pharmacies. Burnham played a significant role in both world wars. A First World War airfield was established in 1915 on agricultural land next to present-day Wick Farm. It was used until early 1919. It was established for use by Home Defence aircraft in order to defend against Zeppelin attack and as a night flight station. The small grass landing field covered an area of about 150 acres. There were no permanent buildings, and the personnel were billeted in tented accommodation. The base was initially established by the Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS) and two Bristol T.B.8s operated from there. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) took over responsibilities for Home Defence in 1916 and the airfield became a RFC base operating BE type aircraft of 37 Squadron (50th Wing). The airfield was closed in 1919. During the Second World War, Burnham was the training base for one of the first Commando battalions, led by Lt-Col Dunford-Slater. From 1943 to 1945 it was HMS St Mathew, base for up to 1400 sailors training on minor landing craft. The navy occupied the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club and a site at Creeksea. Unconnected with these activities, the area often witnessed Luftwaffe crashes and bomb, mine and V-weapon explosions – German parachute mines caused fatalities in the town and at nearby Southminster. Since 1966 Burnham-on-Crouch has had an RNLI lifeboat presence. Initially it operated only during the sailing season, but from 1987 it has done so all year. The on-shore facilities are in the marina with two floating boathouses in Burnham yacht harbour.
You can visit Burnham-on-Crouch, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Burnham-on-Crouch. Walkfo Burnham-on-Crouch has 300 locations with history, culture & travel facts, that you can explore the same way you can a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Burnham-on-Crouch, being in the moment, without digital distraction and no limitations to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Burnham-on-Crouch will keep up.
When you visit Burnham-on-Crouch
When you visit Burnham-on-Crouch, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Burnham-on-Crouch, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Burnham-on-Crouch & the surrounding areas. Our explore Burnham-on-Crouch app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Burnham-on-Crouch whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Burnham-on-Crouch’s National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets freely, without the restrictions of a predefined walk & walk map.
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 0 audio facts in Burnham-on-Crouch alone that form an interactive Burnham-on-Crouch walking map for you to explore.”
Best Burnham-on-Crouch places to visit
Burnham-on-Crouch has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Burnham-on-Crouch’s best destinations to visit when exploring the area. We have condensed the information with much more detail available within Walkfo when you visit the destinations.
bVisit Burnham-on-Crouch plaques
Burnham-on-Crouch has 0 plaques as part of nation or local tourist plaque schemes for you to explore when you visit. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide a visual geo marker to highlight points of interest things, at the places where they happened. Walkfo has researched each plaque to provide additional content when you visit the Burnham-on-Crouch plaques whilst using the app. Experience the hidden history & stories behind each location as the Walkfo local tourist guide app uses GPS to trigger audio close to each Burnham-on-Crouch plaque. Walkfo also offers millions of additional ‘virtual geo plaques’ that are unique to Walkfo, created across the UK (and the world).
When using Walkfo to explore Burnham-on-Crouch, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Burnham-on-Crouch audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Burnham-on-Crouch on a map. You can explore the area as you wish, as you would do an art gallery or museum, and when you walk close to those locations, our digital tour guide will tell you history, culture & travel facts about the location in audio form. With headphone connected, you can explore Burnham-on-Crouch freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Burnham-on-Crouch with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Burnham-on-Crouch things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Burnham-on-Crouch and surrounding areas with our digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has content for a plaque, a building, a street or general area, providing history, culture or tourism information the you can explore.
| Interactive ‘Explore Burnham-on-Crouch Map’
This Burnham-on-Crouch tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Burnham-on-Crouch centre | Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Burnham-on-Crouch, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
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Things to do & visit in Burnham-on-Crouch and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Burnham-on-Crouch – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Burnham-on-Crouch using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Burnham-on-Crouch public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Burnham-on-Crouch historians, tour guides & Burnham-on-Crouch tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Burnham-on-Crouch?
Whilst Walkfo has millions audio spots already available, Walkfo Creator allows tourist destinations, attractions & landmarks to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & walks using the simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. Creating an audio walk for you destination is free* and can be created in under 15 minutes if you have content ready, with Walkfo Creator doing all the hard work generating audio files for geo spot you simply click on a map.
The 100 Amazing Burnham-on-Crouch Places outdoor museum was created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) as a way for people to safely explore the area during Covid-19 times whilst improving the experience of visiting a city when tourism boards use Walkfo to market their destination.
Walkfo is currently looking to partner with websites who offer things-to-do / what’s on events listings to add to our content on our webpages (for example: www.visitBurnham-on-Crouch.com). If you are interested in being a content provider, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created.