Audio tours for gardens and trails

A visitor welcome without a reception desk

Gardens, trails and outdoor heritage routes often have several arrival points and visitors exploring at different times. An audio tour offers an introduction and a sequence of stories without needing someone to hand out equipment.

We focus on unmanned sites welcoming roughly 20,000 to 300,000 visitors a year. The tour should fit the way people already move through your landscape, whether that means a suggested route or a selection of stops.

Build a route around places worth pausing

Choose the features that benefit from explanation: a garden's design, a surviving structure, a viewpoint or a story associated with the landscape. Use your existing research to give each stop a clear purpose.

WayWyser can combine narration, stop images, text and maps. Outdoor routes can use location-aware stops; tap-through stops provide another way to move through the content. Agree the appropriate approach for the actual route.

Check the route before choosing the technology

1. Walk the intended visitor journey. Identify entrances, junctions and suitable places to pause.
2. Check reception. Test mobile coverage or visitor Wi-Fi along the route and flag gaps during scoping.
3. Agree access points. Choose QR-code locations that visitors can find, with the necessary permission for signs.
4. Review visitor information. Make opening arrangements, route suitability and any site instructions clear alongside the interpretation.

Discuss changing routes or seasonal features with us when setting the scope, so the content and review responsibilities are understood.

Make local knowledge accessible to more visitors

Your team can provide research, panels, guide notes or archive material. Review an initial script before approving narration and the visitor languages that matter to your site. The aim is a useful story at each stop, with language and tone suited to the people visiting.

For a monument or historic site with a more concentrated visitor route, explore audio guides for unmanned heritage sites.

Hear a sample before planning the full route

Send your site name, approximate annual visitor numbers, route information and any existing interpretation. Start by reviewing a short sample stop, then agree the stops, languages and review points for a wider tour.

Agree the content and launch scope

Choose who will approve the interpretation, decide which visitor languages to start with and confirm how corrections will be reviewed. Stops, source material, signage and update arrangements should be clear before committing to the full tour.

Use our planning guide to prepare a brief, or explore multilingual content and narration before requesting your sample.