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Baconsthorpe Castle Audio Tour

Discover how the rise and fall of the Heydon family fortunes is reflected in the ruins of this castle.

This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site.

To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file.

The tour begins at the Baconsthorpe Castle car park.

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Baconsthorpe Castle Baconsthorpe Castle Audio Tour
07:38 Discover how the rise and fall of the Heydon family fortunes is reflected in the ruins of this castle. {{{br /}}}{{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}}{{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}}{{{br /}}} The tour begins at the Baconsthorpe Castle car park. {{{br /}}}{{{br /}}} {{{a title="Baconsthorpe Castle" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/baconsthorpe-castle/" class="baconsthorpe-castle"}}}View Baconsthorpe Castle property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}}{{{br /}}} {{{a title="Baconsthorpe Castle Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/baconsthorpe/baconsthorpe.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Chiswick House and Gardens Chiswick Gardens
47:38 From landscape garden to mental asylum to public park, Chiswick House and Gardens have had a colourful past. Now you can explore these stories through the eyes of creative writers, including Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion, in a new downloadable audio tour. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour follows ten easels that are dotted around the gardens at Chiswick, each displaying a picture of the gardens at a different point in its history. At each easel, you can listen to a story or poem inspired by the image: you'll eavesdrop on a conversation between two suffragettes at one, and discover how a giraffe felt when brought to Chiswick to entertain party guests at another. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} You can also learn more about the history of Chiswick House, discovering what makes the gardens there so important. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour takes about an hour and you will need this map to find all the easels {{{a title="Chiswick House and Gardens audio tour map" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/imported-docs/a-e/chiswick-audio-map.pdf" class="chiswick-audio-map"}}}Chiswick House and Gardens Audio Tour Map (428.93 KB){{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} Access {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The route suggested on the map is largely accessible but visitors may find it easier to take more advantage of surfaced paths to find the easels, particularly when the gardens have been subject to poor weather. Signs around the site indicate wheelchair-friendly routes. Stop 2 on the terrace can be entered and exited via a slope beside the steps. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the zip file below and chose the option to save the folder to your computer. Inside the folder you will find the individual mp3 files that make up the tour, with each track corresponding to a number on an easel. Once saved to your computer, you can add these files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the files. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Chiswick House" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/chiswick-house/" class="chiswick-house"}}}View Chiswick House property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Chiswick Gardens Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/zip/chiswick-gardens-audio-tour.zip" class="Audio Tour zip Download"}}}Download Chiswick Gardens Audio Tour (Zip 42.4 MB){{{/a}}} De Grey Mausoleum De Grey Mausoleum
10:11 Find out about the fascinating lives of generations of the De Grey family of Wrest Park, buried in one of the greatest collection of funerary monuments in England. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins just inside the entrance to the mausoleum - to gain access you'll need to contact the key keeper in advance. Please see the visitor information for this site for more information. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="De Grey Mausoleum" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/de-grey-mausoleum/" class="de-grey-mausoleum"}}}View De Grey Mausoleum property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="De Grey Mausoleum Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/degrey/degrey-mausileum.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Garrison Walls, Isles of Scilly Garrison Walls
27:10 English Heritage historian Paul Pattison explores over 350 years of the garrison’s military history; from the 16th century to the Second World War. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the main gatehouse entrance to Garrison Walls. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Garrison Walls" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/garrison-walls/" class="garrison-walls"}}}View Garrison Walls property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Garrison Walls Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/isles-of-scilly/isles-of-scilly-garrison-walls.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Houghton House Houghton House
08:52 Discover how this Jacobean hunting lodge became the main residence of the Bruce family, before being sold and stripped of its fine interiors. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the Houghton House car park. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Houghton House" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/houghton-house/" class="houghton-house"}}}View Houghton House property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Houghton Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/houghtonhouse/houghton-house.mp3"class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Hound Tor Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village
13:11 Walk around this deserted village and discover what life would have been like here in the medieval period. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins in the car park for Hound Tor, located at grid reference SX 7395 7922, 2km south-west of Manaton village. You can download the following map to print and take with you on your trip to help find your way to and around the village. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hound-tor-deserted-medieval-village/" class="hound-tor-deserted-medieval-village"}}}View Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village Accompanying Map" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/imported-docs/f-j/houndtoraudiotourmap.pdf" class="hound-tor-deserted-medieval-village-map"}}}Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village Accompanying Map (328 KB){{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Hound Tor Deserted Medieval Village Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/houndtor/houndtor.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Lydford Castle Lydford Castle and Saxon Town
14:32 Discover 1,000 years of Lydford’s history; from its origins as an Anglo-Saxon town, to its Norman castle and prison which later became notorious for its harsh punishments. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the car park in the centre of the village, opposite The Castle Inn pub. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Lydford Castle and Saxon Town" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/lydford-castle-and-saxon-town/"}}}View Lydford Castle and Saxon Town property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Lydford Castle and Saxon Town Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/lydford/lydford-castle-and-saxon-town.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Maiden Castle Maiden Castle
07:06 Find out how over 2,000 years ago, people lived, worked and died at Maiden Castle. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the Maiden Castle car park. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Maiden Castle" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/maiden-castle/" class="maiden-castle"}}}View Maiden Castle property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Maiden Castle Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/maidencastle/maiden-castle.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Netley Abbey Netley Abbey
07:45 Explore this ruined Cistercian monastery and learn how it was remodelled after the suppression of the monasteries to become a grand Tudor mansion. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the Netley Abbey car park. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Netley Abbey" http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/netley-abbey/" class="netley-abbey"}}}View Netley Abbey property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Netley Abbey Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/netleyabbey/netley-abbey.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Silchester Roman City Walls Silchester Roman City Walls
21:15 Professor Michael Fulford, the director of archaeological excavations at Silchester explores this exceptionally well preserved and important Roman town. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins in the main visitor car park (note: this is not the car park adjacent to the church). {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/baconsthorpe-castle/" class="silchester-roman-city-walls-and-amphitheatre"}}}View Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Silchester Roman City Walls and Amphitheatre Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/silchesterabbey/silchester-roman-city-walls.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} St Mary's Church Kempley St Mary's Church Kempley
11:49 Wall painting expert Professor David Park explains the significance of the rich scheme of medieval paintings, and dendrochonologist Dr Dan Miles tells how tree-ring dating helped establish the church's Norman ancestry. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio can be played here or you may want to download it and listen to it on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="St Marys Church Kempley" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/st-marys-church-kempley/" class="st-marys-church-kempley"}}}View St Marys Church Kempley property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="St Marys Church Kempley audio transcripts" http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/imported-docs/a-e/audio-transcripts.pdf" class="st-marys-church-kempley-transcripts"}}}St Marys Church Kempley audio transcripts (35.49 KB){{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="St Marys Church Kempley Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/st-marys-church-kempley/st_marys_stitched.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} St Paul's Monastery, Jarrow St Paul's Monastery
14:48 Professor Rosemary Cramp, the archaeologist who excavated this site in the 1960s, unravels the story of the monastery, which was probably home to Bede – England’s first historian. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins outside the main entrance to the church. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="St Pauls Monastery" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/st-pauls-monastery-jarrow/" class="st-pauls-monastery"}}}View St Pauls Monastery property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="St Pauls Monastery Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/stpaulsmonastery/st-pauls-monastery.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Titchfield Abbey Titchfield Abbey
09:32 Find out what life was like for the canons that lived and worshipped in this medieval Premonstratensian abbey, and discover how it was later converted into a Tudor mansion. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins in front of the main gatehouse. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Titchfield Abbey" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/titchfield-abbey/" class="titchfield-abbey"}}}View Titchfield Abbey property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Titchfield Abbey Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/titchfieldabbey/titchfield-abbey.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Waverely Abbey Waverley Abbey
21:15 English Heritage historian David Robinson describes the history of the very first Cistercian abbey to be founded in the British Isles. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour right click on the files on the right and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins in the Waverley Abbey car park. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Waverley Abbey" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/waverley-abbey/" class="waverley-abbey"}}}View Waverley Abbey property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Waverley Abbey Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/waverley/waverley-abbey.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Wharram Percy Wharram Percy
22:33 English Heritage archaeologist Alastair Oswald explains how this quiet and deserted village was bustling with life and activity in medieval times. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the Wharram Percy car park. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Wharram Percy" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wharram-percy-deserted-medieval-village/" class="wharram-percy"}}}View Wharram Percy property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Wharram Percy Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/wharrampercy/wharram-percy.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}} Wolvesey Castle Wolvesey Castle
12:36 Learn about one of the greatest medieval buildings in England – the palace of the powerful and wealthy bishops of Winchester. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} This audio tour is designed to be played on an iPod, mobile phone or mp3 player so that you can listen to the guide as you walk around the site. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} To download the tour, right click on the file below and chose the option to save the file to your computer. Once saved to your computer you can add the files to your device as you would songs or any other file. This will vary per device, but you can use any supplied software (such as iTunes), or drag and drop the file. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} The tour begins at the castle entrance at the corner of College Street and College Walk. {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Wolvesey Castle" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wolvesey-castle-old-bishops-palace/" class="wolvesey-castle"}}}View Wolvesey Castle property page{{{/a}}} {{{br /}}} {{{br /}}} {{{a title="Wolvesey Castle Audio Tour" href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/content/audio/audio-tours/wolveseycastle/wolvesey-castle.mp3" class="audioTourDownload"}}}Download mp3{{{/a}}}