Visit Clifton-upon-Dunsmore – things to do & explore
When you visit Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Clifton-upon-Dunsmore through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore history & facts by Walkfo
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Clifton-upon-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England on the north-eastern outskirts of Rugby, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Rugby town centre. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,304. Clifton is counted as being part of the Rugby built-up area, but is considered separate from the town.
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore history
The area around Clifton was settled during Roman times; around one and a half miles north of Clifton is the former Roman town of Tripontium. The area around Clifton has been suggested as a possible location of the Defeat of Boudica. The name of the village likely derives from ‘Cliffe’ in Old English signifying rocky ground, and ‘Dunsmore’ on top of a hill. During the time of Edward the Confessor Clifton was in the hands of Alwyn, the Sheriff of Warwick who gave his land at Clifton to Coventry Priory; monks from which were likely responsible for building a church here dedicated to St. Mary, which at the time of the Domesday Book was the mother church to the then smaller settlement of Rugby. That church no longer exists, though the present one (of the same name) dates back to the 13th century, with later additions, including the current tower which was added in the 16th century replacing a spire which had collapsed in a storm. The church is now grade II* listed. The ancient parish of Clifton included the nearby settlements of Brownsover and Newton; the former is now part of Rugby, and the latter is now a separate civil parish. To the south-east of the village and within the parish was the former Rugby Radio Station, which operated between 1926 and 2007, and is now being turned into a large housing development called Houlton. The village was once served by Clifton Mill railway station on the former Rugby and Stamford Railway. The station opened in 1864, and was closed in 1953, and the line in 1966. At the village was once Rugby Racecourse, which was used for horse racing from 1862 until 1936. The National Hunt steeplechase, now part of the Cheltenham Festival, was held here in 1862.
You can visit Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Clifton-upon-Dunsmore. Walkfo Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore will keep up.
When you visit Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
When you visit Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Clifton-upon-Dunsmore & the surrounding areas. Our explore Clifton-upon-Dunsmore app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Clifton-upon-Dunsmore whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Clifton-upon-Dunsmore’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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore alone that form an interactive Clifton-upon-Dunsmore walking map for you to explore.”
Best Clifton-upon-Dunsmore places to visit
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore’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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore plaques
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Clifton-upon-Dunsmore audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Clifton-upon-Dunsmore with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Clifton-upon-Dunsmore things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore Map’
This Clifton-upon-Dunsmore tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, 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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Clifton-upon-Dunsmore – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Clifton-upon-Dunsmore using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Clifton-upon-Dunsmore public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Clifton-upon-Dunsmore historians, tour guides & Clifton-upon-Dunsmore tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Clifton-upon-Dunsmore?
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 Clifton-upon-Dunsmore 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.visitClifton-upon-Dunsmore.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.