Visit Pool-in-Wharfedale – things to do & explore
When you visit Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Pool-in-Wharfedale through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Pool-in-Wharfedale history & facts by Walkfo
Planning a visit to Pool-in-Wharfedale?
Pool-in-Wharfedale or Pool in Wharfedale, usually abbreviated to Pool, is a village and civil parish in the Lower Wharfedale area, 10 miles (16 km) north of Leeds city centre, 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Bradford, and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Otley. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire and within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is in the LS21 (Otley) postcode district. Pool is connected to the rest of West Yorkshire and surrounding areas by trunk roads and buses. It had a railway station, which linked the village to Leeds, until it closed as part of the Beeching Axe, but Weeton railway station is nearby. It had a population of 2,284 at the 2011 Census, up from 1,785 in 2001. Pool is a scenic village and enjoys views in most directions, including The Chevin, the Arthington Viaduct and Almscliffe Crag. Running past the outskirts of Pool is the River Wharfe, which is prone to flooding. Nearby is Pool Bank, a steep hill. The village amenities include two pubs, a post office, a garage, one primary school, a petrol station, a sports and social club and the village hall. It also has two parks and miles of riverside walks. The church of St Wilfred was built in 1839; its architect was Robert Dennis Chantrell. There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government. In recent years the village has rapidly increased in size with the construction of many new homes. On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.
Pool-in-Wharfedale history
The history of Pool-in-Wharfedade is well documented with an archive held by Pool Parish Council. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Pouele in the Liberty of Otley. In 1881 the diarist John Dickinson wrote: “The people down at Pool are chiefly poor working people who are dependent on the paper mill and stone quarry and those trades are very bad just now. But there are several gentlemen’s residences occupied by retired tradesmen from Leeds.”
You can visit Pool-in-Wharfedale, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Pool-in-Wharfedale. Walkfo Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale, 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale will keep up.
When you visit Pool-in-Wharfedale
When you visit Pool-in-Wharfedale, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Pool-in-Wharfedale, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Pool-in-Wharfedale & the surrounding areas. Our explore Pool-in-Wharfedale app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Pool-in-Wharfedale whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Pool-in-Wharfedale’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 Pool-in-Wharfedale alone that form an interactive Pool-in-Wharfedale walking map for you to explore.”
Best Pool-in-Wharfedale places to visit
Pool-in-Wharfedale has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Pool-in-Wharfedale’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 Pool-in-Wharfedale plaques
Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Pool-in-Wharfedale audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Pool-in-Wharfedale with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Pool-in-Wharfedale things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale Map’
This Pool-in-Wharfedale tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Pool-in-Wharfedale 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale, 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 Pool-in-Wharfedale and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Pool-in-Wharfedale – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Pool-in-Wharfedale using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Pool-in-Wharfedale public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Pool-in-Wharfedale historians, tour guides & Pool-in-Wharfedale tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Pool-in-Wharfedale?
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 Pool-in-Wharfedale 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.visitPool-in-Wharfedale.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.