Visit Tintagel Places

Welcome to Visit Tintagel Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tintagel

  

Tintagel Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tintagel

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Tintagel toponymy

The name first occurs in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (c.1136, in Latin) as Tintagol, implying pronunciation with a hard [g] sound as in modern English girl. In Layamon’s Brut, in early Middle English, in. early Middle. English, the letter i in this spelling implies a soft. consonant like modern English j; the second part of the name would be pronounced approximately as -ageul would be in modern French.

You can visit Tintagel places with Walkfo Tintagel to hear history at Tintagel’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tintagel has 22 places to visit in our interactive Tintagel 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 Tintagel, 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 Tintagel places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tintagel & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Tintagel places in an interactive Tintagel map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Tintagel Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Tintagel historic spots	Tintagel tourist destinations	Tintagel plaques	Tintagel geographic features
Walkfo Tintagel tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tintagel

  

Best Tintagel places to visit

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Tintagel has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tintagel’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tintagel’s information audio spots:

St Nectan’s Kieve Saint Nectan’s Kieve (Cornish: Cuva Nathan, meaning Nathan’s tub) is a plunge pool or basin fed by a 60-foot-high (18 m) waterfall on the Trevillet River.

St Piran’s Chapel, Trethevy Saint Piran’s Chapel is a long, single storey slate construction in the hamlet of Trethevy in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, UK. It is a chapel-of-ease in the Anglican parish of Tintagels.

St Materiana’s Church, Tintagel The Parish Church of Saint Materiana at Tintagel is a Church of England parish church in Cornwall. It stands on the cliffs between Trevena and Tintaggel Castle and is listed Grade I. First church on the site was probably in the 6th century, founded as a daughter church of Minster.

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