Welcome to Visit West Linton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in West Linton
Visit West Linton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best West Linton places to visit. A unique way to experience West Linton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore West Linton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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West Linton (Scottish Gaelic: Liontan Ruairidh) is a village and civil parish in southern Scotland. It was formerly in the county of Peeblesshire, but since local government re-organisation in the mid-1990s it is now part of Scottish Borders. When you visit West Linton, Walkfo brings West Linton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
West Linton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about West Linton
Visit West Linton – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 2 audio plaques & West Linton places for you to explore in the West Linton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best West Linton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
West Linton history
The village of Linton is of ancient origin. Its name derives from a Celtic element (cognate with the modern Irish Gaelic linn, Scottish Gaelic linne, and modern Welsh “Llyn” At one time it was known as Lyntoun Roderyck, identified perhaps with the King of Strathclyde, whose territory included this area.
Education
The appointment of a schoolmaster was first recorded in 1604, but there is no note of the schoolhouse until 1657. A new parish school was opened in 1864 as a single-storey building. At one time it was attended by over eighty pupils, all in a single room.
Why visit West Linton with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit West Linton places with Walkfo West Linton to hear history at West Linton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo West Linton has 2 places to visit in our interactive West Linton 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 West Linton, 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 West Linton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to West Linton & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 2 audio facts unique to West Linton places in an interactive West Linton map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit West Linton Places Map
2 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best West Linton places to visit
West Linton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied West Linton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo West Linton’s information audio spots:
Westwater Reservoir
West Water Reservoir (sometimes Westwater Reservoir) is an artificial reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Scottish Borders, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of West Linton, and 26 kilometres (16 mi) south west of Edinburgh. It is an important site for wildfowl and designated as a SSSI and Ramsar site.
Visit West Linton plaques
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here West Linton has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo West Linton 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 West Linton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each West Linton plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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