Welcome to Visit Wallyford Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wallyford
Visit Wallyford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wallyford places to visit. A unique way to experience Wallyford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wallyford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Wallyford Walkfo Preview Wallyford is a village near Musselburgh and approximately seven miles (11 km) east of Edinburgh in East Lothian, Scotland. When you visit Wallyford, Walkfo brings Wallyford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Wallyford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wallyford
Visit Wallyford – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 54 audio plaques & Wallyford places for you to explore in the Wallyford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Wallyford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Wallyford history
The village was initially populated by coal miners and later grew as an overspill/commuter town for workers in Musselburgh and Edinburgh. A coal mine at Wallyford was worked for the profit of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1563 and supplied coal for her own fire at Holyrood Palace.
Wallyford landmarks
Wallyford has a railway station with a Park and Ride facility, on the Edinburgh to North Berwick railway line, operated by ScotRail. It has a primary/nursery school, playgroup, community centre, churches, library, post office and Miners’ social club.
Why visit Wallyford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Wallyford places with Walkfo Wallyford to hear history at Wallyford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wallyford has 54 places to visit in our interactive Wallyford 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 Wallyford, 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 Wallyford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wallyford & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Wallyford tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Wallyford
Best Wallyford places to visit
Wallyford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Wallyford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Wallyford’s information audio spots:
Prestongrange Parish Church Prestongrange Parish Church is a Church of Scotland kirk situated in the small, former mining town of Prestonpans in East Lothian. The church was built in 1596, one of the first churches to be built in Scotland following the Scottish Reformation in 1560. In 1606, the town was created a parish in its own right following centuries of being part of the parish of Tranent.
Preston Tower, East Lothian Preston Tower is a ruined L-plan keep in the ancient Scottish village of Prestonpans. It is situated within a few metres of two other historic houses, Hamilton House and Northfield House.
Northfield House, East Lothian Northfield House is a seventeenth-century historic house at Preston, East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated very close to Hamilton House and Preston Tower, and one mile east to Prestongrange House and the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.
Tranent Parish Church Tranent Parish Church is a kirk belonging to the Church of Scotland. It is situated in the East Lothian town of Tranent 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Edinburgh.
Tranent Tower Tranent Tower is a ruined L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument.
Levenhall Links Levenhall Links is a coastal, industrial, and recreational area at Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Its western boundary is the River Esk and its eastern is at Morrison’s Haven.
Musselburgh Links Musselburgh Links, The Old Golf Course, is one of the oldest golf courses in the world. It is currently a publicly owned course, administered by East Lothian Council. The course has nine holes and is a par 34.
Pinkie House Pinkie House is located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. The house dates from the 16th century, was substantially enlarged in the early 17th century. It is not far from the site of the disastrous Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, fought in 1547.
River Esk, Lothian The River Esk (Brythonic: Isca (water), Scottish Gaelic: Easg (water) is also called the Lothian Esk. It initially runs as two separate rivers: the North Esk and the South Esk.
Inveresk Lodge Garden Inveresk Lodge Garden is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. The lodge lies about 10 km south-east of Edinburgh, and for over a century was one of the Wedderburn family’s homes.
Visit Wallyford plaques
1 plaques hereWallyford has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Wallyford 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 Wallyford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Wallyford plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Wallyford audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Wallyford allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Wallyford’s 54 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Wallyford freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Wallyford Map App
Our visit Wallyford map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Wallyford & 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 Wallyford tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Wallyford centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Wallyford area at LONG:-3.0117, LAT:55.9381.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Wallyford, 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 Wallyford / surrounding areas
● Prestonpans ● Battle of Prestonpans ● Prestongrange Parish Church ● Preston Tower, East Lothian ● Bankton House ● Preston, Prestonpans ● Hamilton House, East Lothian ● Northfield House, East Lothian ● Tranent Parish Church ● Tranent ● Tranent Tower ● Radio Saltire ● Tranent Juniors F.C. ● Levenhall Links ● Musselburgh Links ● Musselburgh Racecourse ● Wallyford ● Pinkie House ● 1889 Open Championship ● 1877 Open Championship ● 1880 Open Championship ● 1874 Open Championship ● 1886 Open Championship ● 1883 Open Championship ● Morrison’s Haven ● Inveresk ● Battle of Pinkie ● River Esk, Lothian ● Inveresk Lodge Garden ● Musselburgh
● Brunton Theatre ● Prestongrange House ● Royal Musselburgh Golf Club ● Prestongrange ● Inveresk Roman Fort ● Fisherrow ● Whitecraig ● Musselburgh Athletic F.C. ● Fa’side Castle ● Carberry, East Lothian ● Massacre of Tranent ● Elphinstone Research Centre ● Elphinstone, East Lothian ● Queen Margaret University ● Smeaton House ● Carberry Tower ● Elphinstone Tower (East Lothian) ● Cousland ● Ding Dong tree ● Musselburgh Tolbooth ● Cousland Castle ● Prestonpans Town Hall
Getting to / around Wallyford – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Wallyford using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Wallyford places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Wallyford Public Transport Stations
Wallyford Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Prestonpans railway station
Wallyford railway station
Inveresk railway station
Musselburgh railway station (1847)
Fisherrow railway station
Musselburgh railway station
Pencaitland railway station
Smeaton railway station
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Local Wallyford historians & Wallyford tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Wallyford? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Wallyford’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 Wallyford 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 Wallyford 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 Wallyford 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-Wallyford’ web pages (for example: www.visitWallyford.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 Wallyford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wallyford places to visit. A unique way to experience Wallyford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wallyford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Wallyford places with Walkfo Wallyford to hear history at Wallyford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wallyford has 54 places to visit in our interactive Wallyford 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 Wallyford, 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 Wallyford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wallyford & the surrounding areas.
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