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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Barford
Visit Great Barford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Great Barford places to visit. A unique way to experience Great Barford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Great Barford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Great Barford is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, a few miles north-east of Bedford. It lies on the River Great Ouse at grid reference TL129523. The village is known for its All Saints Church, with a 15th-century tower and its similarly ancient bridge. When you visit Great Barford, Walkfo brings Great Barford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Great Barford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Barford
Visit Great Barford – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 19 audio plaques & Great Barford places for you to explore in the Great Barford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Great Barford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Great Barford history
Great Barford was mentioned in the Domesday Book as an important site, probably as a means of crossing the river that skirts the village. A very early reference to Barford may perhaps be found in a charter by which Offa, King of Mercia, in 792 confirmed various lands to the monastery of St. Albans.
Why visit Great Barford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Great Barford places with Walkfo Great Barford to hear history at Great Barford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Barford has 19 places to visit in our interactive Great Barford 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 Barford, 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 Barford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Barford & the surrounding areas.
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19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Great Barford places to visit
Great Barford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Great Barford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Great Barford’s information audio spots:
Risinghoe Castle
Risinghoe Castle is a 20-foot mound, located in the former village of Goldington, a parish in the hundred of Barford, in the county of Bedfordshire. The mound is located on the north side of the River Ouse, three miles east of Bedford Castle and a mile west of Renhold Castle.
Great Barford Castle
Great Barford Castle was a motte and bailey castle, made of timber, and surrounded by a moat. It is located 1 mile south of Renhold Castle, which is sometimes referred to as the “Second Renhold” The castle is also located near two other castles, Bedford Castle and Gannock Castle.
Visit Great Barford plaques
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here Great Barford has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Great Barford 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 Barford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Great Barford plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.