Welcome to Visit Ratby Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ratby
Visit Ratby places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ratby places to visit. A unique way to experience Ratby’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ratby as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Ratby Walkfo Preview Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire. It is situated to the west of Leicester, and just south of the M1 motorway. The population of the civil parish was measured in the 2011 census as 4,468. When you visit Ratby, Walkfo brings Ratby places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Ratby Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ratby
Visit Ratby – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 20 audio plaques & Ratby places for you to explore in the Ratby area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Ratby places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Ratby history
The oldest known human settlement in Ratby was at the Bury Camp on the edge of Ratby, an Iron Age encampment dating back approximately 3,000 years. Roman army adapted the camp for use as a temporary fort in around 50 AD. The next oldest structure is the historic Church of St Philip & St James, called Ratby Church, built in four stages from the 13th century to 15th century.
Why visit Ratby with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Ratby places with Walkfo Ratby to hear history at Ratby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ratby has 20 places to visit in our interactive Ratby 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 Ratby, 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 Ratby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ratby & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Ratby tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Ratby
Best Ratby places to visit
Ratby has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ratby’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ratby’s information audio spots:
Groby Castle Groby Castle is situated in the large village of Groby to the north-west of the city of Leicester. The castle was built in the 18th century and is located in Groby, near Leicester.
Groby Old Hall Groby Old Hall is partly a 15th-century brick-built manor house and grade II* listed building. It is located very near the site of Groby Castle in Groby in Leicestershire.
Groby Groby (pronounced “GROO-bee”) listen (help·info) is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
Newtown Linford Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England. It is located in a valley in the Charnwood Forest area. The population of the civil parish was 1,000 at the 2001 census, including Ulverscroft and increasing to 1,103 at the 2011 census.
Markfield Institute of Higher Education The Markfield Institute of Higher Education is an educational institution based in Leicestershire, in the United Kingdom. The institute was established in 2000 and inaugurated by the Prince of Wales. The fees are £4,500 a year for UK and EU students and £7,500 for international students.
County Hall, Glenfield Leicestershire County Hall is a municipal building on Leicester Road (the A50) in Glenfield. It is the headquarters of Leicesterhire County Council. The building is located in the centre of Glenfield on the A50 in the area.
Kirby Muxloe F.C. Kirby Muxloe Football Club is a football club based in Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at Ratby Lane.
Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe is a village and civil parish that forms part of the Blaby district of Leicestershire. Located to the west of Leicester, its proximity to the city has resulted in its inclusion in the Leicester Urban Area. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 4,523, which had increased to 4,667 at the 2011 census.
Ratby Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire. It is situated to the west of Leicester, and just south of the M1 motorway. The population of the civil parish was measured in the 2011 census as 4,468.
Visit Ratby plaques
0 plaques hereRatby has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Ratby 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 Ratby using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Ratby plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Ratby audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Ratby allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Ratby’s 20 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Ratby freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Ratby Map App
Our visit Ratby map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Ratby & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Ratby tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Ratby centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Ratby area at LONG:-1.242, LAT:52.648.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Ratby, 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.
● Leicester Forest East ● Kirby Frith Nature Reserve ● Leicester Ivanhoe Cricket Club Ground ● Groby Pool and Woods ● Sheet Hedges Wood ● Groby Castle ● Bradgate House (19th century) ● Groby Old Hall ● Brookvale Groby Learning Campus ● Newtown Linford ● Markfield Institute of Higher Education ● County Hall, Glenfield ● Glenfield, Leicestershire ● Kirby Muxloe Castle ● Kirby Muxloe F.C. ● Kirby Muxloe ● Leicester Forest ● Newtown Unthank ● Botcheston Bog ● Botcheston
Getting to / around Ratby – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Ratby using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Ratby places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Ratby Public Transport Stations
Ratby Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Kirby Muxloe railway station
Desford railway station
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Local Ratby historians & Ratby tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Ratby? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Ratby’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Ratby place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Ratby Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Ratby destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Ratby’ web pages (for example: www.visitRatby.com). If you are interested in partnering, 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. v1.1336