Welcome to Visit Eastney Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Eastney
Visit Eastney places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Eastney places to visit. A unique way to experience Eastney’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Eastney as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Eastney is a district in the south-east corner of Portsmouth, England, on Portsea Island. Its electoral ward is called Eastney and Craneswater. At the 2011 Census the population of this ward was 13,591. When you visit Eastney, Walkfo brings Eastney places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Eastney Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Eastney
Visit Eastney – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 78 audio plaques & Eastney places for you to explore in the Eastney area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Eastney places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Eastney history
Barracks and fortifications
Eastney Barracks were built as headquarters for the Royal Marine Artillery, who moved in in 1867. The small hamlet of Eastney and surrounding farmland were developed and absorbed into Portsmouth in the period 1890–1905. The streets were mostly named after famous military and naval engagements in which the Royal Marines had taken part.
Claims to fame
Eastney was the first venue for an underwater hockey game called Octopush, invented by Alan Blake of the newly formed Southsea Sub-Aqua Club. Fraser Range was used in October 1971 as a filming location for The Sea Devils, a serial of Doctor Who.
Why visit Eastney with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Eastney places with Walkfo Eastney to hear history at Eastney’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Eastney has 78 places to visit in our interactive Eastney 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 Eastney, 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 Eastney places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Eastney & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 78 audio facts unique to Eastney places in an interactive Eastney map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Eastney Places Map
78 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Eastney historic spots | Eastney tourist destinations | Eastney plaques | Eastney geographic features |
| Walkfo Eastney tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Eastney | |||
Best Eastney places to visit
Eastney has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Eastney’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Eastney’s information audio spots:
The Bridge Shopping Centre (Portsmouth)
The Bridge Shopping Centre is a small shopping centre located in Portsmouth, England . The centre was opened in May 1989 on land which was formerly home to Portsea Island Central Premises Co-Op .
Visit Eastney plaques
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here Eastney has 29 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Eastney 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 Eastney using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Eastney plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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