Visit Preston-under-Scar – things to do & explore
When you visit Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Preston-under-Scar through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Preston-under-Scar history & facts by Walkfo
Planning a visit to Preston-under-Scar?
Preston-under-Scar is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (4 km) west of Leyburn. The village population was 120 at the 2001 census, increasing to 170 by the 2011 census. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Thorfin of Ravensworth, but the tenant-in-chief being Count Alan of Bedale. The name of the village derives form a mixture of Old English and Old Norse and was originally prēost tūn sker, which translates as Priests farm (or settlement) under rock (or cliff). The village used to be in the Wapentake of Hang West and in the parish of Wensley. Traditionally, worship was undertaken at the church in Wensley as there was no church in the village save for a small Methodist chapel, but the village does have a small “mission room” (St Margarets Church) that was constructed in 1862 and is now a grade II listed building. However, services are only held twice-monthly. The Wensleydale Railway passes just to the south of the village. Previously, the village and that of neighbouring Wensley were served by Wensley railway station on the line and whilst the line has been re-opened as a heritage railway, the station is in private hands and has not been opened up to passengers. The village is mostly contained in a conservation area that was designated in 1989. It is just outside of the Yorkshire Dales National Park due to quarrying and a military firing range which lie just to the north of the village. Besides quarrying (which is still ongoing in the modern era) the area was also known for its iron ore and lead industries. These were documented as far back as the early 14th century though may have been explored earlier. There are remains of the old lead mining industry in the nearby Condenser Wood. Some of the old lead processing buildings are still standing and are now listed buildings, including the peat store that would house a years’ worth of peat to be used in smelting lead. Various chimneys were built to vent the fumes from the smelting process, but these were quite low in the valley and would cling to the surroundings rather than disperse. Because of this, a flue was constructed that extended for 2 miles (3 km) in a northerly direction and fed into a chimney at Cobscar Mill above Preston-under-Scar at 1,250 feet (381 m) above sea level.
You can visit Preston-under-Scar, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Preston-under-Scar. Walkfo Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar, 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 Preston-under-Scar will keep up.
When you visit Preston-under-Scar
When you visit Preston-under-Scar, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Preston-under-Scar, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Preston-under-Scar & the surrounding areas. Our explore Preston-under-Scar app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Preston-under-Scar whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Preston-under-Scar’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 Preston-under-Scar alone that form an interactive Preston-under-Scar walking map for you to explore.”
Best Preston-under-Scar places to visit
Preston-under-Scar has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Preston-under-Scar’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 Preston-under-Scar plaques
Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Preston-under-Scar audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Preston-under-Scar with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Preston-under-Scar things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar Map’
This Preston-under-Scar tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Preston-under-Scar 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 Preston-under-Scar, 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 Preston-under-Scar and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Preston-under-Scar – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Preston-under-Scar using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Preston-under-Scar public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Preston-under-Scar historians, tour guides & Preston-under-Scar tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Preston-under-Scar?
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 Preston-under-Scar 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.visitPreston-under-Scar.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.