Welcome to Visit Ruishton Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ruishton
Visit Ruishton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ruishton places to visit. A unique way to experience Ruishton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ruishton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Ruishton Walkfo Preview Ruishton is situated on the River Tone and A358 road 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Taunton. The village has a population of 1,473. The parish includes the hamlet of Henlade. When you visit Ruishton, Walkfo brings Ruishton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Ruishton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ruishton
Visit Ruishton – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 49 audio plaques & Ruishton places for you to explore in the Ruishton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Ruishton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Ruishton history
Cambria Farm was the site of a Bronze and Iron Age settlement and Roman farm. The name Ruishton means settlement where rushes grow. The parish was part of the Taunton Deane Hundred from the 9th century.
Why visit Ruishton with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Ruishton places with Walkfo Ruishton to hear history at Ruishton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ruishton has 49 places to visit in our interactive Ruishton 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 Ruishton, 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 Ruishton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ruishton & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 49 audio facts unique to Ruishton places in an interactive Ruishton map you can explore.”
Walkfo Ruishton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Ruishton
Best Ruishton places to visit
Ruishton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ruishton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ruishton’s information audio spots:
Taunton Stop Line The Taunton Stop Line was a World War II defensive line in southwest England. It was designed to stop an enemy’s advance from the west.
Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa of Lisieux, Taunton The Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa of Lisieux in Taunton, Somerset, dates from 1958–1959. It is the only known church design of Eric Francis, a Chepstow-born architect. St Teresa’s is a functioning parish church within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton.
Somerset Cricket Museum Somerset Cricket Museum in Taunton, Somerset, England, is a small museum housing exhibits on the history of cricket. A particular emphasis is on Somerset County Cricket Club.
Somerset Military Museum The Somerset Military Museum covers Somerset’s military history from 1685 onwards. It is a registered and accredited museum with the British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council.
Gray’s Almshouses Gray’s Almshouses is a terrace of almshouses in Taunton, Somerset, England, founded in 1635 by the wealthy cloth-merchant Robert Gray. It is one of the earliest brick buildings in the county and is a Grade I listed building.
St George’s Roman Catholic Church, Taunton The Church of St George is a Roman Catholic church in Taunton, Somerset, which dates from the mid-19th century. It was the second Catholic church to be built in the town after the Reformation. The main church building is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building, while the rectory is Grade II listed.
Tudor Tavern, Taunton Tudor Tavern at No 15 Fore Street, Taunton, Somerset, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Built in 1578, the house is three storeys high of a timber-frame construction with jettied first and second floors.
Taunton Unitarian Chapel Taunton Unitarian Chapel was built in the early 18th century as a Baptist chapel. The exterior was extensively renovated in the 19th century in an Italianate style. The chapel has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
Taunton bus station Taunton bus station was opened by the Western National Omnibus Company in 1953 and closed in 2020. In 2015 the Transport Trust awarded the station a Red Wheel plaque for its historic value.
Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton Jellalabad Barracks was a military installation in Taunton, England. It was built in the 1930s and was located on the outskirts of the city.
Visit Ruishton plaques
6 plaques hereRuishton has 6 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Ruishton 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 Ruishton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Ruishton plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Ruishton audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Ruishton allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Ruishton’s 49 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Ruishton freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Ruishton Map App
Our visit Ruishton map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Ruishton & 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 Ruishton tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Ruishton centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Ruishton area at LONG:-3.0491, LAT:51.0151.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Ruishton, 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.
Things to do & visit in Ruishton / surrounding areas
● Taunton Stop Line ● St Margaret’s Almshouses ● Taunton Town F.C. ● Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa of Lisieux, Taunton ● Tone FM ● Taunton Priory ● Somerset Cricket Museum ● Somerset Military Museum ● Taunton ● Sieges of Taunton ● Taunton Rural District ● County Ground, Taunton ● Church of St. James, Taunton ● Gray’s Almshouses ● Taunton metro rail ● The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre ● 2011 M5 motorway crash ● St Mary Magdalene, Taunton ● Cambria Farm ● St George’s Roman Catholic Church, Taunton ● St Joseph’s Convent, Taunton ● Tudor Tavern, Taunton ● Castle Hotel, Taunton ● Taunton Castle ● Museum of Somerset ● Municipal Buildings, Taunton ● Taunton Unitarian Chapel ● Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton ● Church of St Mary, Cheddon Fitzpaine ● Cheddon Fitzpaine
● Masonic Hall, Taunton ● The Crescent, Taunton ● Vivary Park ● Ruishton ● Heart Somerset ● Church of St Thomas, Thurlbear ● St Michael’s Church, Orchard Portman ● Taunton Racecourse ● Orchard Portman ● Stoke St Mary ● Church of St Mary, Stoke St Mary ● Creech St Michael ● Thornfalcon ● Walford, Somerset ● Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands ● Harold Redler ● Taunton Flower Show
Getting to / around Ruishton – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Ruishton using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Ruishton places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Ruishton Public Transport Stations
Ruishton Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Taunton railway station
Taunton bus station
Hammet Street, Taunton
No 18, Fore Street, Taunton
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Local Ruishton historians & Ruishton tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Ruishton? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Ruishton’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 Ruishton 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 Ruishton 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 Ruishton 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-Ruishton’ web pages (for example: www.visitRuishton.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
Visit Ruishton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ruishton places to visit. A unique way to experience Ruishton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ruishton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Ruishton places with Walkfo Ruishton to hear history at Ruishton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ruishton has 49 places to visit in our interactive Ruishton 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 Ruishton, 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 Ruishton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ruishton & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Ruishton?