Welcome to Visit Duston Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Duston
Visit Duston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Duston places to visit. A unique way to experience Duston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Duston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Duston Walkfo Preview Duston is a suburb of Northampton and a civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. Duston was the first town to be named Duston in Northampton. The name Duston means ‘Duston’ and ‘Door’ in Duston. When you visit Duston, Walkfo brings Duston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Duston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Duston
Visit Duston – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 67 audio plaques & Duston places for you to explore in the Duston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Duston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Duston history
Duston has been a settlement since at least Roman times, and grew as a village in Anglo-Saxon times. The name “Duston” derives from Old English words meaning farmstead on a mound or farmstead with dusty soil. From 1876 to 1995 Duston was home to St Crispin’s Hospital, a county-owned and subsequently NHS mental hospital. The civil parish population was 15,498 at the 2011 census.
Industrial history
Iron ore was first quarried in the district in 1854 and 1855 to the east of the village on land leased from Viscount Palmerston and from Duston Church (St Luke’s.) Quarrying finished on the south side of the road in 1905 and 1908. There was also a limestone quarry to the north side of Bants Lane which closed by 1901.
Why visit Duston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Duston places with Walkfo Duston to hear history at Duston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Duston has 67 places to visit in our interactive Duston 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 Duston, 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 Duston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Duston & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Duston tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Duston
Best Duston places to visit
Duston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Duston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Duston’s information audio spots:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton The Diocese of Northampton is one of the 22 Roman Catholic dioceses in England and Wales. The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury is the mother church of the Diocese.
Northampton Cathedral The Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Northampton, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Northampton and mother church of the Diocese. The cathedral is situated in the north of the town, along the Barrack Road.
Gibraltar Barracks, Northampton Gibraltar Barracks is a former military installation at Northampton in Northamptonshire. It is located in the town of Gibraltar, Northants, and is located on the outskirts of Northampton.
The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton The Holy Sepulchre is a Norman round church in Northampton, England. Dating from circa 1100, it was probably built by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton. There are four medieval round churches still in use in England.
Roadmender (nightclub) Roadmender is a live music venue in Lady’s Lane, Northampton, England. Set in a former school building, the venue has left an indelible print on generations of the town’s teenagers.
Grosvenor Centre Work started in 1972 and the Grosvenor Centre opened in 1976. The two-level centre is located adjacent to Market Square. In 2014 it underwent a £3 million refurbishment.
Northampton Guildhall Northampton Guildhall is a municipal building in St Giles’ Square in Northampton, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Weston Favell Shopping Centre Weston Favell shopping centre sits on the outskirts of Northampton, in the East Midlands region of England and comprises 330,000 sq ft of retail space. The scheme is anchored by Tesco which is one of the Top 10 Tesco Extra format stores in the UK in terms of size.
Sessions House, Northampton The Sessions House is a Grade I listed building on George Row in Northampton. The building is adjacent to County Hall, Northamptonshire County Council’s meeting place. It is currently used as a Tourist Information Centre.
All Saints’ Church, Northampton All Saints’ Church, Northampton is a Church of England parish church in the centre of Northampton. The current church was largely built after a fire and was consecrated in 1680. It is a Grade I listed building.
Visit Duston plaques
3 plaques hereDuston has 3 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Duston 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 Duston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Duston plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Duston audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Duston allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Duston’s 67 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Duston freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Duston Map App
Our visit Duston map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Duston & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Duston tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Duston centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Duston area at LONG:-0.9437, LAT:52.247.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Duston, 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.
Things to do & visit in Duston / surrounding areas
● Kingsthorpe ● Racecourse Ground Promenade ● The Racecourse, Northampton ● Radlands ● White Hills, Northamptonshire ● Heart Northants ● The Lodge Recording Studio ● BBC Radio Northampton ● 78 Derngate ● Mounts Baths ● Kingsthorpe Meadow ● Northampton Spencer F.C. ● Harlestone Heath ● Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton ● Northampton Cathedral ● Gibraltar Barracks, Northampton ● Northampton Crown Court ● The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton ● Roadmender (nightclub) ● Grosvenor Centre ● Northampton Kings Heath Siemens Depot ● Northampton Abbey of St James ● Inspiration FM ● Northampton Medieval Synagogue ● Northampton Guildhall ● Northampton War Memorial ● Weston Favell Shopping Centre ● Northampton’s tunnels ● Sessions House, Northampton ● Cultural Quarter, Northampton
● All Saints’ Church, Northampton ● County Hall, Northampton ● Northampton Museum and Art Gallery ● Great Fire of Northampton ● Victoria Park, Northampton ● Sol Northampton ● St Peter’s Church, Northampton ● Battle of Northampton (1264) ● Northampton Castle ● NLive Radio ● St. James End, Northampton ● Marvel’s Mill ● Northampton ● Franklin’s Gardens ● Duston ● Berrywood Hospital ● St Crispin’s Hospital ● Dallington Heath ● St Michael’s Church, Upton ● Upton, Northamptonshire ● Sixfields ● Sixfields Stadium ● Storton’s Pits ● Duston Mill Meadow ● Harlestone ● Cotton End, Northampton ● Hunsbury Hill ● Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust ● West Hunsbury ● Kislingbury ● Northampton Golf Club ● Harpole ● Wootton Brook ● Hazelrigg House ● Hunsbury Hill Tunnel
Getting to / around Duston – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Duston using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Duston places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Duston Public Transport Stations
Duston Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Greyfriars bus station
Northampton St. John’s Street railway station
Northampton Bridge Street railway station
Church Brampton railway station
North Gate bus station
Northampton railway station
A508 road
Clare Street drill hall, Northampton
St Crispin Street Fair
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Local Duston historians & Duston tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Duston? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Duston’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Duston place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Duston Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Duston destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Duston’ web pages (for example: www.visitDuston.com). If you are interested in partnering, 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. v1.1336
Visit Duston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Duston places to visit. A unique way to experience Duston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Duston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Duston places with Walkfo Duston to hear history at Duston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Duston has 67 places to visit in our interactive Duston 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 Duston, 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 Duston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Duston & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Duston?