Welcome to Visit Hoswick Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hoswick
Visit Hoswick places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hoswick places to visit. A unique way to experience Hoswick’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hoswick as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in south by the hill on which the settlement is situated. When you visit Hoswick, Walkfo brings Hoswick places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hoswick Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hoswick
Visit Hoswick – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 4 audio plaques & Hoswick places for you to explore in the Hoswick area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hoswick places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Hoswick history
Hoswick isle was also home to a tweed weaving industry post WW2. The name derives from the Old Norse Hausvík and means “skull” in light of the steep hills adjacent in the area.
The “Hoswick Whale Case”
Residents of Hoswick, Shetland, drove 340 whales ashore in 1888. They resisted landowner John Bruce Jnr’s claim for a third share of the profits. The case was heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh (Bruce v Smith) and in July 1889 Sheriff MacKenzie found in the Hoswick residents’ favour.
2003 Flood
Heavy rains in the early morning of 19 September 2003 caused extensive flash flood damage to the village. Eleven houses were flooded, two of which had to be evacuated. The Hoswick bridge was destroyed, a large section of the beach swept away and fresh water supplies cut off.
Why visit Hoswick with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hoswick places with Walkfo Hoswick to hear history at Hoswick’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hoswick has 4 places to visit in our interactive Hoswick 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 Hoswick, 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 Hoswick places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hoswick & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 4 audio facts unique to Hoswick places in an interactive Hoswick map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Hoswick Places Map
4 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Hoswick places to visit
Hoswick has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hoswick’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hoswick’s information audio spots:
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here Hoswick has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hoswick 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 Hoswick using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hoswick plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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