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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Martin Mill
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Martin Mill takes its name from the nearby village of Martin. The windmill which gives Martin Mill its name was operating commercially until about 1923 when Sydney Hogben, the owner and former operator, removed the sails. The remaining structure was demolished in the 1960s. When you visit Martin Mill, Walkfo brings Martin Mill places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Martin Mill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Martin Mill
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With 27 audio plaques & Martin Mill places for you to explore in the Martin Mill area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Martin Mill places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Martin Mill history
The original Martin Mill railway was constructed and operated by Pearson & Son in 1897 for the construction of the Admiralty harbour. The line was laid to standard gauge from Martin Mill station and needed very little earth works until it reached the cliffs where terraces with a gradient of about 1 in 25 were cut into the cliff face to form a switch back path down to the harbour.
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You can visit Martin Mill places with Walkfo Martin Mill to hear history at Martin Mill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Martin Mill has 27 places to visit in our interactive Martin Mill 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 Martin Mill, 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 Martin Mill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Martin Mill & the surrounding areas.
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27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Martin Mill places to visit
Martin Mill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Martin Mill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Martin Mill’s information audio spots:
Sutton, Kent
Sutton is a village and civil parish near Dover in Kent. The quoted population includes the villages of East and West Studdal plus Swingate and the hamlet of Little Mongeham.
Ripple Mill, Ringwould
Ripple Windmill is a Grade II listed smock mill in Ringwould, Kent, that was built in Drellingore and moved to Ringwould in the early nineteenth century. It was stripped of machinery and used as a television mast, it is now under restoration as a working windmill.
Swingate Mill, Guston
Swingate Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Guston, Kent, England. It was built in 1849 and was built on the site of Swingate Lake in the 18th century.
St Margaret’s Bay Windmill
St Margaret’s Bay Windmill is a Grade II listed Smock mill on South Foreland, the southeasternmost point of England. It was built in 1929 to generate electricity for the attached house high on the White Cliffs of Dover.
Dover Patrol
The Dover Patrol formed a discrete unit of the Royal Navy based at Dover and Dunkirk for the duration of the First World War. Its primary task was to prevent enemy German shipping entering the English Channel en route to the Atlantic Ocean.
RAF Swingate Down
RAF Swingate Down is a former Royal Air Force Chain Home Low radar station operational during the Second World War. The site was situated on alongside RAF Dover, another Radar section together on the removed First World War landing ground of RAF Dover.
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here Martin Mill has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Martin Mill 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 Martin Mill using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Martin Mill plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.