Welcome to Visit Elvet Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Elvet
Visit Elvet places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Elvet places to visit. A unique way to experience Elvet’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Elvet as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Elvet Walkfo Preview Elvet is an area of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the opposite side of the River Wear from Durham Cathedral. The word elvet means “swan-stream”, from the Old English elfetu or ilfetu. The Swan and Three Cygnets is a reminder of the historical name given to this part of the city. When you visit Elvet, Walkfo brings Elvet places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Elvet Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Elvet
Visit Elvet – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 86 audio plaques & Elvet places for you to explore in the Elvet area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Elvet places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Elvet with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Elvet places with Walkfo Elvet to hear history at Elvet’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Elvet has 86 places to visit in our interactive Elvet 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 Elvet, 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 Elvet places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Elvet & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 86 audio facts unique to Elvet places in an interactive Elvet map you can explore.”
Walkfo Elvet tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Elvet
Best Elvet places to visit
Elvet has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Elvet’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Elvet’s information audio spots:
St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club (SCSBC) is one of the oldest and most distinguished of Durham’s collegiate clubs. Founded in the summer of 1893 with the aim of representing St.Cuthbert’s Society at collegiate level.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Durham St Cuthbert’s Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Durham. It was opened on 31 May 1827 to replace two previous chapels, one run by the secular clergy and the other by the Jesuits. The church is a protected building, being part of the Elvet Green Conservation Area. From 2012 to 2016 the parish was entrusted, along with the chaplaincy, to the Dominican Order.
Shire Hall, Durham The Old Shire Hall is a Grade II listed building in Old Elvet, Durham. It was the headquarters of Durham County Council from 1898 to 1963.
Durham Amateur Rowing Club Durham Amateur Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Wear. It is based at City Boathouse, Green Lane, Old Elvet, Durham, County Durham.
Purple Radio Purple Radio is Durham University’s Official Student Radio Station. Purple broadcasts online 24 hours a day during term time, from October until June each year.
St Oswald’s Church, Durham St Oswald’s Church is a grade II* listed building and dates from the 12th century. The church is a Church of England parish church in Durham, County Durham.
Institute of Advanced Study (Durham) Institute of Advanced Study was set up to mark Durham’s 175th anniversary. It is intended to attract scholars and public figures from across the world to collaborate on ‘agenda-setting research’ The Institute accepted its first fellows in January 2006 and was formally inaugurated in October 2006.
Cranmer Hall, Durham Cranmer Hall forms part of St John’s College, Durham which is a recognised college of Durham University. It stands in the Open Evangelical tradition and trains ordinands for the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion.
Palace Green Palace Green is an area of grass in the centre of Durham, England, flanked by Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. The Cathedral and Castle together form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area is accessed by two cobbled streets called Owengate and Dun Cow Lane.
Durham University Department of Engineering The Department of Engineering at Durham University was formed following the split of the School of Engineering & Computer Sciences in October 2017. The engineering research covers civil, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering research groups.
Visit Elvet plaques
11 plaques hereElvet has 11 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Elvet 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 Elvet using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Elvet plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Elvet audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Elvet allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Elvet’s 86 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Elvet freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Elvet Map App
Our visit Elvet map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Elvet & 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 Elvet tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Elvet centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Elvet area at LONG:-1.574325, LAT:54.775948.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Elvet, 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.
● Durham–Sunderland line ● The Racecourse ● HM Prison Durham ● Green Lane Cricket Ground ● St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club ● St Cuthbert’s Church, Durham ● Shire Hall, Durham ● The Victoria, Durham ● Durham Amateur Rowing Club ● Purple Radio ● Durham Students’ Union ● Palatinate (newspaper) ● St Giles Church, Durham ● St Oswald’s Church, Durham ● Durham Museum and Heritage Centre ● Assembly Rooms Theatre (Durham) ● Durham University Department of Music ● Institute of Advanced Study (Durham) ● Durham University ● The Bailey ● Kepier ● Cranmer Hall, Durham ● Palace Green ● Cosin’s Library ● Durham Dean and Chapter Library ● Durham W.F.C. ● Durham University Department of Engineering ● Durham Priory ● St Nicholas Church, Durham ● Durham Town Hall
● Durham University Library ● St Cuthbert’s Society, Durham ● Durham University Museum of Archaeology ● Durham Sixth Form Centre ● Old Durham ● Durham Indoor Market ● The Gates Shopping Centre ● Gilesgate ● Kepier Hospital ● Crossgate, County Durham ● Holiday Park (Durham) ● Durham Rural District ● Crook Hall, Durham ● County Hospital, Durham ● Kepier Haughs ● Durham University Botanic Garden ● Houghall ● Teikyo University of Japan in Durham ● Shincliffe ● Oakthorpe Invitational ● Neville’s Cross ● County Hall, Durham ● Durham Miners Heritage Centre ● Mount Oswald ● Lowes Barn ● Battle of Neville’s Cross ● Moor End, County Durham ● University Hospital of North Durham ● Sherburn Hospital ● Whitwell House ● Sherburn House ● Newton Hall, Durham ● Framwelgate ● River Deerness ● High Shincliffe ● Durham District ● Carrville ● Belmont, County Durham ● Brasside Pond ● Brasside ● HM Prison Frankland ● HM Prison Low Newton ● Bearpark ● Framwellgate Moor ● Langley Moor ● Meadowfield ● Broompark ● Butterby Oxbow ● Pity Me ● Maiden Castle, Durham ● Durham, England ● Bishop Cosin’s Hall ● Durham Cathedral ● Dunelm House
Getting to / around Elvet – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Elvet using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Elvet places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Elvet Public Transport Stations
Elvet Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Durham (Gilesgate) railway station
Durham railway station
Kepier power station
Sherburn House railway station
Sherburn Colliery railway station
Frankland railway station
Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station
Durham bus station
South Street (Durham)
A690 road
Lanchester Road Hospital
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Local Elvet historians & Elvet tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Elvet? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Elvet’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 Elvet 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 Elvet 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 Elvet 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-Elvet’ web pages (for example: www.visitElvet.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 Elvet places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Elvet places to visit. A unique way to experience Elvet’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Elvet as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Elvet places with Walkfo Elvet to hear history at Elvet’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Elvet has 86 places to visit in our interactive Elvet 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 Elvet, 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 Elvet places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Elvet & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Elvet?