Welcome to Visit West Marton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in West Marton
Visit West Marton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best West Marton places to visit. A unique way to experience West Marton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore West Marton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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West Marton is a village in the Craven district of North Yorkshire. It is on the A59 road about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Skipton and 8 miles (13 km) north of Colne. When you visit West Marton, Walkfo brings West Marton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
West Marton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about West Marton
Visit West Marton – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 15 audio plaques & West Marton places for you to explore in the West Marton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best West Marton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
West Marton history
Marton is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Gospatric (son of Arnketil) and having two villagers. The name derives from the Old English of mere tūn, a farm near a pool. West Marton has a village Hall and a shop which doubles up as a post office.
Why visit West Marton with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit West Marton places with Walkfo West Marton to hear history at West Marton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo West Marton has 15 places to visit in our interactive West Marton 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 Marton, 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 Marton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to West Marton & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit West Marton Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
West Marton historic spots | West Marton tourist destinations | West Marton plaques | West Marton geographic features |
Walkfo West Marton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in West Marton |
Best West Marton places to visit
West Marton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied West Marton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo West Marton’s information audio spots:
Little Cut
The Little Cut was a short canal connecting the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Barnoldswick to the Rain Hall Rock limestone quarry. The canal ran north-east for 950 yards (870 m) through farmland and a deep cutting before terminating in a small basin.
St Michael’s Church, Bracewell
St Michael’s Church is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Skipton, the archdeaconry of Craven, and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
Visit West Marton plaques
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here West Marton has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo West Marton 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 Marton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each West Marton plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.