Visit Middleton-in-Teesdale – things to do & explore
When you visit Middleton-in-Teesdale on a day-trip, weekend away or holiday, Walkfo is the digital tour guide to the hidden history & cultural facts that you can explore in Middleton-in-Teesdale. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Middleton-in-Teesdale through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Middleton-in-Teesdale history & facts by Walkfo
Planning a visit to Middleton-in-Teesdale?
Middleton-in-Teesdale is a market town in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the north side of Teesdale between Eggleston and Newbiggin, a few miles to the north-west of Barnard Castle. The settlement is surrounded by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Middleton-in-Teesdale history
The small market town in Upper Teesdale expanded in the early 19th century when the London Lead Company moved its northern headquarters there from Blanchland in Northumberland. Much of the architecture from its days as a company town is still clearly visible. This includes Middleton House, formerly the headquarters of the company, the school (which is now an outdoor centre) and some company houses. St Mary’s Church, rebuilt in the late 1870s, has a historic detached bell tower with bells dating back to the 16th century. There are separate chapels for Catholics, Baptists, Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. A fountain was erected in the town in 1877 to honour Robert Walton Bainbridge, superintendent of the London Lead Mining Company. Middleton served as the terminus of a railway line from Barnard Castle until this was closed as part of the Beeching Axe. The Wynch Bridge from 1830 close to the Low Force waterfall was built to allow miners to reach the Middleton mines. It is thought to be one of the oldest suspension bridge in England. On 20 June 1939, a British American Air Services De Havilland Dragon Rapide (Registration:G-AERE) flying from Heston Aerodrome to Newcastle Airport crashed at Forest-in-Teesdale near Middleton-in-Teesdale. The weather was bad and the aircraft was flying low. The accident killed all three passengers and crew on board.
You can visit Middleton-in-Teesdale, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Middleton-in-Teesdale. Walkfo Middleton-in-Teesdale has 300 locations with history, culture & travel facts, that you can explore the same way you can a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Middleton-in-Teesdale, being in the moment, without digital distraction and no limitations to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Middleton-in-Teesdale will keep up.
When you visit Middleton-in-Teesdale
When you visit Middleton-in-Teesdale, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Middleton-in-Teesdale, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Middleton-in-Teesdale & the surrounding areas. Our explore Middleton-in-Teesdale app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Middleton-in-Teesdale whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Middleton-in-Teesdale’s National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets freely, without the restrictions of a predefined walk & walk map.
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 0 audio facts in Middleton-in-Teesdale alone that form an interactive Middleton-in-Teesdale walking map for you to explore.”
Best Middleton-in-Teesdale places to visit
Middleton-in-Teesdale has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Middleton-in-Teesdale’s best destinations to visit when exploring the area. We have condensed the information with much more detail available within Walkfo when you visit the destinations.
bVisit Middleton-in-Teesdale plaques
Middleton-in-Teesdale has 0 plaques as part of nation or local tourist plaque schemes for you to explore when you visit. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide a visual geo marker to highlight points of interest things, at the places where they happened. Walkfo has researched each plaque to provide additional content when you visit the Middleton-in-Teesdale plaques whilst using the app. Experience the hidden history & stories behind each location as the Walkfo local tourist guide app uses GPS to trigger audio close to each Middleton-in-Teesdale plaque. Walkfo also offers millions of additional ‘virtual geo plaques’ that are unique to Walkfo, created across the UK (and the world).
When using Walkfo to explore Middleton-in-Teesdale, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Middleton-in-Teesdale audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Middleton-in-Teesdale on a map. You can explore the area as you wish, as you would do an art gallery or museum, and when you walk close to those locations, our digital tour guide will tell you history, culture & travel facts about the location in audio form. With headphone connected, you can explore Middleton-in-Teesdale freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Middleton-in-Teesdale with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Middleton-in-Teesdale things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Middleton-in-Teesdale and surrounding areas with our digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has content for a plaque, a building, a street or general area, providing history, culture or tourism information the you can explore.
| Interactive ‘Explore Middleton-in-Teesdale Map’
This Middleton-in-Teesdale tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Middleton-in-Teesdale centre | Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Middleton-in-Teesdale, 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.
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Things to do & visit in Middleton-in-Teesdale and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Middleton-in-Teesdale – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Middleton-in-Teesdale using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Middleton-in-Teesdale public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Middleton-in-Teesdale historians, tour guides & Middleton-in-Teesdale tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Middleton-in-Teesdale?
Whilst Walkfo has millions audio spots already available, Walkfo Creator allows tourist destinations, attractions & landmarks to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & walks using the simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. Creating an audio walk for you destination is free* and can be created in under 15 minutes if you have content ready, with Walkfo Creator doing all the hard work generating audio files for geo spot you simply click on a map.
The 100 Amazing Middleton-in-Teesdale Places outdoor museum was created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) as a way for people to safely explore the area during Covid-19 times whilst improving the experience of visiting a city when tourism boards use Walkfo to market their destination.
Walkfo is currently looking to partner with websites who offer things-to-do / what’s on events listings to add to our content on our webpages (for example: www.visitMiddleton-in-Teesdale.com). If you are interested in being a content provider, 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.