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


Visit Whipsnade PlacesVisit Whipsnade places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Whipsnade places to visit. A unique way to experience Whipsnade’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Whipsnade as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, about 2.6 miles south-south-west of Dunstable. When you visit Whipsnade, Walkfo brings Whipsnade places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Whipsnade Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Whipsnade

Visit Whipsnade – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 28 audio plaques & Whipsnade places for you to explore in the Whipsnade area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Whipsnade places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Whipsnade history

The village of Whipsnade was first mentioned in a coroners roll of 1274. The Old Hunters Lodge at the Crossroads in the village is a Grade II Listed Building and was built in the early 17th Century. Edward John Eyre, explorer of Australia, was born in the area in 1815.

Whipsnade etymology

Whipsnade is a compound of the Anglo-Saxon personal name, Wibba, with the word “snæd” an area of woodland. A variation may be seen as “Wystnade” in a legal record of 1460, where named people in Dunstable were accused of trespassing.

Whipsnade landmarks

A chalk image of a lion can be found on Bison Hill and is owned by the zoo. During the Second World War, the lion was covered with a black sheet in order not to attract attention from German bomber planes.

Why visit Whipsnade with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Whipsnade PlacesYou can visit Whipsnade places with Walkfo Whipsnade to hear history at Whipsnade’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Whipsnade has 28 places to visit in our interactive Whipsnade 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 Whipsnade, 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 Whipsnade places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Whipsnade & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 28 audio facts unique to Whipsnade places in an interactive Whipsnade map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Whipsnade Places Map
28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Whipsnade historic spots

  Whipsnade tourist destinations

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Walkfo Whipsnade tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Whipsnade

  

Best Whipsnade places to visit

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

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Visit Whipsnade plaques

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here Whipsnade has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Whipsnade 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 Whipsnade using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Whipsnade plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.