Highlights
- GPS-triggered audio plays automatically as you approach each landmark - explore Lincoln at your own pace, with no group and no fixed start time.
- 15 stops across Lincoln, roughly 98 minutes of narration, walked in whatever order and at whatever speed suits you.
- Works fully offline once downloaded, so you need no data or signal while you walk.
- Your code never expires and there is no fixed date - buy now and use it whenever you next visit.
Explore Lincoln at your own pace
A royal prison once echoed with secrets beneath soaring stone spires as rebels and kings traded power on the ancient streets of Lincoln. The city's grand walls and hidden corners still whisper tales most visitors never hear. Unlock them at your own pace on this self-guided audio tour, roaming from fortress to cathedral and beyond.
Who faced their fate behind the locked gates of Lincoln Castle during the country's most dangerous uprisings? What mysterious ritual linked pilgrims to the heart of Lincoln Cathedral centuries ago? And why did a scandal erupt over a forgotten relic in the quiet halls of the Lincoln Museum?
Venture through cobbled passages and up dramatic hilltops where history collides with legend. Every step peels back layers of political intrigue, defiance, devotion, and transformation that shaped a kingdom.
Photo: matthew Feeney, Unsplash
Tour details
- Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes, entirely at your own pace
- Distance: around 4.1 km (2.5 miles)
- Stops: 15 landmarks, including High Street, Lincoln, Jews' Court, Lincoln, Steep Hill
- Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration
- Starts at: High Street, Lincoln
How it works
- Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
- Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.
- Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
- Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.
There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.
What is included
- Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
- An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
- Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
- Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
- Lifetime access - your code never expires
Where you will stop
- High Street, Lincoln
- Jews' Court, Lincoln
- Steep Hill
- St Mary Magdalene, Bailgate, Lincoln
- Lincoln Cathedral
- St Peter in Eastgate, Lincoln
- BBC Radio Lincolnshire
- Newport Arch
- The Lawn, Lincoln
- Lincoln Castle
- Lincoln College of Art
- Battle of Lincoln
- Lincoln Museum, Lincolnshire
- Lincoln Drill Hall
- Lincoln, England
What is AudaTours?
AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.
- Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
- Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
- At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
- Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release
Good to know
- This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
- It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
- The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
- You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
- Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.
Who it suits
Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.
Image credits
Photos: matthew Feeney, Tom Kulczycki, Jane Sorensen, Adam Birkett, Ethan (Unsplash); Redvers, Matthew Paris (Wikimedia Commons, public domain); AudaTours.
