Welcome to Visit Hincaster Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hincaster
Visit Hincaster places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hincaster places to visit. A unique way to experience Hincaster’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hincaster as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Hincaster Walkfo Preview Hincaster is a small hamlet and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 195, increasing at the 2011 census to 209. “Caster” often suggests a Roman origin (from Old English cæster and Latin castrum for “fort”) When you visit Hincaster, Walkfo brings Hincaster places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hincaster Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hincaster
Visit Hincaster – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 33 audio plaques & Hincaster places for you to explore in the Hincaster area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hincaster places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Hincaster with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hincaster places with Walkfo Hincaster to hear history at Hincaster’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hincaster has 33 places to visit in our interactive Hincaster 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 Hincaster, 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 Hincaster places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hincaster & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 33 audio facts unique to Hincaster places in an interactive Hincaster map you can explore.”
Walkfo Hincaster tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hincaster
Best Hincaster places to visit
Hincaster has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hincaster’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hincaster’s information audio spots:
Peasey Beck Peasey Beck is a 19.6-kilometre-long (12.2 mi) beck flowing through Cumbria. It rises on Lambrigg Fell, flows through Killington Reservoir and converges with Stainton Beck to form the River Bela.
St Thomas’ Church, Milnthorpe St Thomas’ Church is in the village of Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal and the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness.
Dallam Tower Dallam Tower is a grade I listed country house in Beetham parish, near Milnthorpe, South Lakeland, Cumbria. The house is described as “Early C18 with C17 core, remodelled early C19” and has rainwater pipes dated 1722. It has a deer park of 190 acres (75 ha) with a prominent grade II listed 18th-century deer shelter. The shelter was damaged by fire in April 2021.
Heversham railway station Heversham railway station was on the Hincaster branch line. It was located near Carnforth, with trains to Kendal and Grange over Sands.
Heversham Heversham is a small village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 647, increasing at the 2011 census to 699. It is situated above the marshes of the Kent estuary which gives some fine views.
Sedgwick House, Cumbria Sedgwick House was built as a country house, later used as a school, and then converted into apartments. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
River Kent River Kent originates in hills surrounding Kentmere, and flows for around 20 miles (32 km) into the north of Morecambe Bay. The river has been used as a source of power since at least the 13th century. Near Sedgwick, the river passes through a rock gorge which produces a number of low waterfalls. The upper reaches of the river are located within the boundaries of the Lake District National Park.
Hincaster Tunnel The Hincaster Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Lancaster Canal in Cumbria, England. The tunnel is located in a hamlet in the area.
Visit Hincaster plaques
18 plaques hereHincaster has 18 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hincaster 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 Hincaster using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hincaster plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Hincaster audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Hincaster allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Hincaster’s 33 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Hincaster freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Hincaster Map App
Our visit Hincaster map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Hincaster & 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 Hincaster tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Hincaster centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Hincaster area at LONG:-2.763, LAT:54.255.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Hincaster, 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.
Things to do & visit in Hincaster / surrounding areas
● St Patrick’s Church, Preston Patrick ● Crooklands ● Westmorland County Agricultural Society ● Endmoor ● Preston Richard ● Whasset ● Ackenthwaite ● Stainton Beck ● Peasey Beck ● St Thomas’ Church, Milnthorpe ● Milnthorpe ● Dallam Tower ● River Bela ● Deepthwaite ● St Peter’s Church, Heversham ● Heversham ● Barrows Green, Cumbria ● Sedgwick, Cumbria ● Crosscrake ● St Thomas’ Church, Crosscrake ● Sedgwick House, Cumbria ● Sizergh Castle and Garden ● Stainton, South Lakeland ● Hincaster ● Cotes, Cumbria ● Levens, Cumbria ● Causeway End ● River Gilpin ● Levens Hall ● River Kent
● Hincaster Tunnel
Getting to / around Hincaster – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Hincaster using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Hincaster places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Hincaster Public Transport Stations
Hincaster Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Heversham railway station
Hincaster Tunnel
Work to extend the canal from Tewitfield to Kendal began in 1813. The building of the tunnel through Hincaster Hill brought the canal close to gunpowder works at Sedgwick. The tunnel is 378 yards (346 m) long. The tunnel’s entrances, the east and west portals, are faced with limestone and are Grade II listed.
Hincaster Branch Railway
The Hincaster Branch was a single track railway branch line of Furness Railway. It ran from Arnside on the Furness main line to a junction with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. Intermediate stations were provided at Sandside and Heversham. The branch was opened in 1867 but passenger services ended on 4 May 1942.
Local Hincaster historians & Hincaster tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Hincaster? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Hincaster’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 Hincaster 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 Hincaster 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 Hincaster 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-Hincaster’ web pages (for example: www.visitHincaster.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 Hincaster places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hincaster places to visit. A unique way to experience Hincaster’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hincaster as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Hincaster places with Walkfo Hincaster to hear history at Hincaster’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hincaster has 33 places to visit in our interactive Hincaster 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 Hincaster, 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 Hincaster places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hincaster & the surrounding areas.
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