Visit Gunness Places

Welcome to Visit Gunness Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Gunness

  

Gunness Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Gunness

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Gunness history

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In 1933 Kelly’s Directory noted Gunness as: a township and small village… deriving its name from forming a ness or promontory in the River Trent. It was formerly a chapelry in the parish of West Halton, but together with Burringham was formed into an ecclesiastical parish Oct. 15, 1861.

You can visit Gunness places with Walkfo Gunness to hear history at Gunness’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Gunness has 15 places to visit in our interactive Gunness 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 Gunness, 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 Gunness places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Gunness & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 15 audio facts unique to Gunness places in an interactive Gunness map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Gunness Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Gunness historic spots	Gunness tourist destinations	Gunness plaques	Gunness geographic features
Walkfo Gunness tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Gunness

  

Best Gunness places to visit

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Gunness has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Gunness’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Gunness’s information audio spots:

St John the Baptist’s Church, Burringham St John the Baptist’s Church is a redundant Anglican church in Burringham, Lincolnshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building. The church stands at the south end of the village, on the east bank of the River Trent.

Keadby Power Station Keadby Power Station is a 734 MWe gas-fired power station near Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. It lies near the B1392 and the River Trent. Also nearby is the Stainforth and Keady Canal, which is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation.

Flixborough disaster The Flixborough disaster was an explosion at a chemical plant in 1974. It killed 28 people and seriously injured 36 out of a total of 72 people on site at the time. The disaster led to a widespread public outcry over process safety.

Althorpe Althorpe is a small village in North Lincolnshire, England. It is four miles (6 km) west of Scunth orpe and the same distance south-east of Crowle, on the A18 road. The population details are included in the civil parish of Keadby.

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