Burton Chronicles: Echoes of History & Heritage

Explore Burton upon Trent at your own pace

A Benedictine abbey once whispered secrets to kings in Burton upon Trent. Its silent stones and winding streets hold memories of forbidden feasts and rebellions that shook a kingdom.

Walk with this self-guided audio tour through hidden corners and storied plazas where the city's most curious tales still echo. Unlock stories behind bustling Coopers Square, sacred St Modwen's, and tucked-away relics most passersby never notice.

Did royal spies really plot an uprising within these ancient walls? Why do monks' footsteps still haunt the brewery air on misty mornings? Which scandal at St Modwen's split the town for generations over the fate of a single sacred relic?

Photo: Gabriel Mihalcea, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 4.6 km (2.9 miles)
• Stops: 15 landmarks, including St Mary and St Modwen Church, Burton-on-Trent, Burton upon Trent Infirmary, Monumite
• Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration
• Starts at: St Mary and St Modwen Church, Burton-on-Trent

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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

• St Mary and St Modwen Church, Burton-on-Trent
• Burton upon Trent Infirmary
• Monumite
• Peel Croft
• Peel's Cut
• Burton upon Trent War Memorial
• Malt Shovel
• Burton Abbey
• Coopers Square
• St Modwen's, Burton upon Trent
• Growing Form
• Ritz Cinema, Burton upon Trent
• National Brewery Centre
• Horninglow Street drill hall
• Battle of Burton Bridge

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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: Gabriel Mihalcea, David Garrick - Bangbola (Unsplash); AudaTours.