AudaTours Northampton Audio Tour: Clicking, Closing and the Sound of the Town
Market Sq, Northampton NN1, UKMarket Sq, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1
This self-guided audio walk starts in Northampton’s Market Square and follows the town’s boot and shoe streets through 14 stops, taking around 98 minutes of audio and about 168 minutes in total with walking. Put on headphones, open the route in the app and go at your own pace, pausing whenever you like. Along the way you will hear about the clickers, closers, factory whistles and shop-floor songs that shaped everyday working life in England’s shoemaking capital. The route links the open square where shoemakers organised against new machinery, St Crispin’s altar at All Saints, the cordwainer chapel where workers learned to organise, the former warehouse site that helped break the parlour trade, and later factory and social buildings including The Deco, GT Hawkins, Tricker’s, Crockett & Jones, Castle Hill URC, the Roadmender, the Guildhall and Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.
Timings
Available anytime
Location & directions
Market Sq, Northampton NN1, UKMarket Sq, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1
- Directions:
- Starts at Market Square, visits 10 stops, and finishes at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Book on day
- Booking conditions:
- Visit the booking link and click the "Get Tour" button to receive a redemption code. Follow the link to download the AudaTours app, enter your redemption code, and you're ready to go.
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://audatours.com/tour/united-kingdom/northampton/p-2691-clicking-and-closing
Accessibility details
This is an outdoor, self-guided audio walking tour. The route follows public streets and pavements and does not include access to the interior of any of the sites — they are to be admired from the outside. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
Additional information
You can start the tour whenever suits you during the festival and pause, resume or revisit it at any point — the route plays at your own pace from your phone. Once redeemed, the tour stays in your AudaTours library so you can come back to it any time. Headphones (or one earbud if walking with a companion) are recommended, and the tour works best in daylight hours.
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s)
