Welcome to Visit Dawdon Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Dawdon


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

Visiting Dawdon Walkfo Preview
Area of beach near Dawdon (known locally as “the Blast”, a former waste coal dumping site) was used in the opening scenes of the film Alien 3. When you visit Dawdon, Walkfo brings Dawdon places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Dawdon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Dawdon

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

With 17 audio plaques & Dawdon places for you to explore in the Dawdon area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Dawdon places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Dawdon history

The township of Dawdon (commonly spelled Dawden on old records and maps) consisted of an area of 1,088 acres between the Durham coast and the townships of Seaham, Dalton-le-Dale and Cold Hesledon. In 1894 the township was given urban district status under the name Seaham Harbour.

Why visit Dawdon with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Dawdon PlacesYou can visit Dawdon places with Walkfo Dawdon to hear history at Dawdon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dawdon has 17 places to visit in our interactive Dawdon 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 Dawdon, 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 Dawdon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dawdon & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 17 audio facts unique to Dawdon places in an interactive Dawdon map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Dawdon Places Map
17 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Dawdon historic spots

  Dawdon tourist destinations

  Dawdon plaques

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

  

Best Dawdon places to visit

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

Dawdon photo Seaham Hall
Seaham Hall is an English country house, now run as a spa hotel, in County Durham. It is located in the centre of the town, Seaham, County Durham, and is now owned by a hotel.
Dawdon photo Cold Hesledon
Cold Hesledon is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Murton and is situated near Murton.
Dawdon photo Seaham Harbour railway station
Seaham Harbour railway station was the southern terminus of the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway. For much of its existence, it was the. southern passenger terminus. declined in importance after the opening of the nearby Seaham Colliery station and the extension of the line to West Hartlepool.

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Visit Dawdon plaques

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here Dawdon has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Dawdon 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 Dawdon using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Dawdon plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.