Photo: Stuart Wilding (CC BY-SA 2.0)
A self-guided audio tour of Tenby, the walled port on its limestone headland. It starts on the Esplanade at the hotel where a Belgian fighting force was rebuilt in 1940, then the Five Arches barbican of 1328, with its portcullis slots, and St Mary's, with 75 carved bosses in its chancel roof and a memorial to Robert Recorde, who introduced the equals sign. Then the tradition of Henry Tudor hiding in the town in 1471 before escaping by sea, North Beach and Goscar Rock, the Tudor Merchant's House of about 1500, and the harbour with St Julian's, built because the fishermen's work clothes offended the congregation at St Mary's. On Castle Hill it takes in Laston House, the sea-water baths of 1806 to 1809, the lifeboat stations of 1905 and 2005, the castle and museum, Prince Albert in marble, and the view past the Victorian fort on St Catherine's Island to the monks' island of Caldey.
13 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap · 43 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 32 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
The Belgian Brigade plaque on the Esplanade, Five Arches and the town walls.
St Mary's Church, Henry Tudor's escape, North Beach and Goscar Rock, Tudor Merchant's House, The harbour and St Julian's Church, Laston House.
The lifeboat stations, Tenby Castle, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Prince Albert Memorial, St Catherine's Island and the view of Caldey.
The D-shaped barbican of 1328 on the walls that still enclose the landward side of the town.
A large late-medieval church with 75 carved bosses in the chancel roof and a memorial to Robert Recorde.
A three-level merchant's house and shop of about 1500 on Quay Hill, kept by the National Trust since 1937.
The small white fishermen's church of 1874 to 1878 on the harbour, with lobster pots supporting its fonts.
Sir William Paxton's sea-water baths of 1806 to 1809, with a Greek line on the parapet: the sea cleanses all the evils of men.
The Victorian fort on its tidal island, and beyond it Caldey, home to Cistercian monks since 1929.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 13 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 13 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Tenby — the Walled Town, the Harbour and Castle Hill, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
13 narration points, including Five Arches and the town walls, St Mary's Church, Tudor Merchant's House, The harbour and St Julian's Church and Laston House. That is about 22 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~2½ hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 13 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.