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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Long Preston
Visit Long Preston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Long Preston places to visit. A unique way to experience Long Preston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Long Preston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Long Preston is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire. It lies along the A65 road, and is 12 miles (19 km) from Skipton and 4 miles (6 km) away from Settle. The population of Long Preston in 2001 was 680, increasing to 742 at the 2011 Census. When you visit Long Preston, Walkfo brings Long Preston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Long Preston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Long Preston
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With 6 audio plaques & Long Preston places for you to explore in the Long Preston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Long Preston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Long Preston history
Early times
Humans have been in the Long Preston area since prehistoric times. An axe head dated to the Stone Age was found in the area of Bookil Gill. The presence of a Roman Road through the village led to the discovery of a small fort.
Middle Ages
Long Preston is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Prestune. Prestune means “the priest’s farmstead or town” Long Preston was part of Staincliffe Wapentake. A school was built in the village during the reign of Edward IV (1461–1483)
Industrial age
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Long Preston was dominated by agriculture and the trades associated with it. In the 1750s a turnpike road was constructed from Long Preston to Settle. The railway was opened in 1849 and expanded in 1875 with the Settle-Carlisle Line.
Modern day
Between 1923 and 1935, Long Preston was the railhead for the construction of Stocks Reservoir built by the Fylde Water Board. Steam traction engines hauled material between the FWB depot, to the west of the current station, by road to Tosside where connection was made with a 3-foot gauge industrial railway system that served the dam construction project. Long Preston is the home of audiobook producer Magna Story Sound.
Why visit Long Preston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Long Preston places with Walkfo Long Preston to hear history at Long Preston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Long Preston has 6 places to visit in our interactive Long Preston 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 Long Preston, 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 Long Preston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Long Preston & the surrounding areas.
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Best Long Preston places to visit
Long Preston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Long Preston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Long Preston’s information audio spots:
Long Preston
Long Preston is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire. It lies along the A65 road, and is 12 miles (19 km) from Skipton and 4 miles (6 km) away from Settle. The population of Long Preston in 2001 was 680, increasing to 742 at the 2011 Census.
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here Long Preston has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Long Preston 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 Long Preston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Long Preston plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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