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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Ayton
Visit Great Ayton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Great Ayton places to visit. A unique way to experience Great Ayton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Great Ayton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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The village lies near Middlesbrough’s built-up area, south-east by less than 3 miles (4.8 km), 7 miles (11.3 km) from its centre. According to the 2011 Census, it has a population of 4,629. From 1894 to 1974, it was in the Stokesley Rural District of the North Riding. When you visit Great Ayton, Walkfo brings Great Ayton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Great Ayton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Ayton
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With 10 audio plaques & Great Ayton places for you to explore in the Great Ayton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Great Ayton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Great Ayton history
In the 18th and 19th centuries Great Ayton was a centre for the industries of weaving, tanning, brewing, and tile making. Subsequently, whinstone for road surfacing was also quarried from the Cleveland Dyke.
Great Ayton etymology
Great Ayton’s name derives from Old English Ea-tun, meaning ‘river farm’ The river flowing through the village is the Leven, a tributary of the River Tees. A later addition of ‘great’ differentiates the village from nearby Little Ayton.
Great Ayton landmarks
A granite obelisk now marks the original site of the Cook family cottage in Great Ayton. The Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum is within a former charity school, founded in 1704 by landowner Michael Postgate.
Great Ayton geography / climate
Great Ayton is at the foot of the Cleveland Hills beneath Easby Moor and the distinctively-shaped Roseberry Topping. River Leven flows through the village and links its two centres, High Green and Low Green. Cleveland Dyke, a narrow band of hard whinstone rock that runs for about 31 miles between Robin Hood’s Bay and Eaglescliffe lies to the north-east of the village.
Why visit Great Ayton with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Great Ayton places with Walkfo Great Ayton to hear history at Great Ayton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Ayton has 10 places to visit in our interactive Great Ayton 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 Great Ayton, 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 Great Ayton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Ayton & the surrounding areas.
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Best Great Ayton places to visit
Great Ayton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Great Ayton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Great Ayton’s information audio spots:
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here Great Ayton has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Great Ayton 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 Great Ayton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Great Ayton plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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