Welcome to Visit Groby Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Groby
Visit Groby places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Groby places to visit. A unique way to experience Groby’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Groby as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Groby Walkfo Preview Groby (pronounced “GROO-bee”) listen (help·info) is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796. When you visit Groby, Walkfo brings Groby places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Groby Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Groby
Visit Groby – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 21 audio plaques & Groby places for you to explore in the Groby area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Groby places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Groby history
Groby was mentioned in Domesday Book of 1086, when it was described as having “land for 4 ploughs, 10 villagers with 1 Freeman and 5 smallholders have 3 plough’s…the value was 20s; now 60s” By 1800 the village had expanded with the population reaching 250, and by 1920 it had reached 1,000. By 1086 the lord was Hugh de Grandmesnil who was associated with the hundreds of Goscote, Guthlaxton and Gartree in Leicestershire.
Why visit Groby with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Groby places with Walkfo Groby to hear history at Groby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Groby has 21 places to visit in our interactive Groby 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 Groby, 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 Groby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Groby & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Groby places in an interactive Groby map you can explore.”
Walkfo Groby tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Groby
Best Groby places to visit
Groby has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Groby’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Groby’s information audio spots:
Groby Castle Groby Castle is situated in the large village of Groby to the north-west of the city of Leicester. The castle was built in the 18th century and is located in Groby, near Leicester.
Groby Old Hall Groby Old Hall is partly a 15th-century brick-built manor house and grade II* listed building. It is located very near the site of Groby Castle in Groby in Leicestershire.
Groby Groby (pronounced “GROO-bee”) listen (help·info) is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
Newtown Linford Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England. It is located in a valley in the Charnwood Forest area. The population of the civil parish was 1,000 at the 2001 census, including Ulverscroft and increasing to 1,103 at the 2011 census.
Markfield Institute of Higher Education The Markfield Institute of Higher Education is an educational institution based in Leicestershire, in the United Kingdom. The institute was established in 2000 and inaugurated by the Prince of Wales. The fees are £4,500 a year for UK and EU students and £7,500 for international students.
County Hall, Glenfield Leicestershire County Hall is a municipal building on Leicester Road (the A50) in Glenfield. It is the headquarters of Leicesterhire County Council. The building is located in the centre of Glenfield on the A50 in the area.
St Mary’s Church, Anstey St Mary’s Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester.
Anstey, Leicestershire Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was 6,528 at the 2011 census. It is a combination of traditional English village (with two village greens) and industrial town.
Kirby Muxloe F.C. Kirby Muxloe Football Club is a football club based in Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Ratby Lane.
Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe is a village and civil parish that forms part of the Blaby district of Leicestershire. Located to the west of Leicester, its proximity to the city has resulted in its inclusion in the Leicester Urban Area. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 4,523, which had increased to 4,667 at the 2011 census.
Visit Groby plaques
0 plaques hereGroby has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Groby 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 Groby using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Groby plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Groby audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Groby allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Groby’s 21 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Groby freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Groby Map App
Our visit Groby map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Groby & 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 Groby tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Groby centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Groby area at LONG:-1.23267, LAT:52.65824.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Groby, 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.
● Kirby Frith Nature Reserve ● Groby Pool and Woods ● Sheet Hedges Wood ● Groby Castle ● Bradgate House (19th century) ● Groby Old Hall ● Brookvale Groby Learning Campus ● Newtown Linford ● Markfield Institute of Higher Education ● Field Head ● Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir ● Bradgate House (16th century) ● Bradgate Park ● Glenfield Hospital ● County Hall, Glenfield ● St Mary’s Church, Anstey ● Anstey, Leicestershire ● Glenfield, Leicestershire ● Kirby Muxloe Castle ● Kirby Muxloe F.C. ● Kirby Muxloe
Getting to / around Groby – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Groby using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Groby places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Groby Public Transport Stations
Groby Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Kirby Muxloe railway station
A563 road
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Local Groby historians & Groby tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Groby? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Groby’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 Groby 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 Groby 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 Groby 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-Groby’ web pages (for example: www.visitGroby.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 Groby places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Groby places to visit. A unique way to experience Groby’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Groby as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
With 21 audio plaques & Groby places for you to explore in the Groby area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Groby places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
You can visit Groby places with Walkfo Groby to hear history at Groby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Groby has 21 places to visit in our interactive Groby 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 Groby, 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 Groby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Groby & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Groby?