Stride Guides Audio Walks

A Stride Guide is a download-able audio guide. This web based system acts both as a virtual tour and as an itinerary for an actual visit, with printable map, to provide a personal tour.

Audio clips can be listened to immediately on the computer, or downloaded to an iPod or MP3 player. Places of interest are plotted on the map. The latest walks use Google mapping.

The walks are scripted and voiced by professionals, making them enjoyable and easy to listen to.

The walks have proved very popular with users of all ages.

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Are you thinking about commissioning an audio guide, audio walk or trail?

Stride are committed to producing intelligent and well designed new media, tailored to your needs.

Contact mail@stridedesign.com Vicky Smith or Simon Ruffle 01223 364475

Stride Guides Audio Walks are downloadable audio trails that allow you to see a place in your own time, switching on and off your iPod or MP3 player as you go. You can print off a map too.

Stride Guides make architecture, cultural heritage and tourist destinations come to life. Know more - let Stride be your guide.

Cambridge University Audio Walks
	Walking in Henslow's Garden Take a walk around the Botanic Garden with the Director, Professor Parker, as your guide. You will hear how the vision of its charismatic founder, John Henslow, influenced his student, Charles Darwin.
	Buildings, Lives and Legacies A celebration of the University from its early beginnings to the present day, showcasing some of the outstanding architecture, achievements and people that make Cambridge such a unique place.
	800 Years of Death and Disease Traces the history of illness and its cures over the last eight centuries in Cambridge, revealing just how pestilential this beautiful city once was.
	Following in the Footsteps: A Tour of Cambridge for Prospective Applicants This guide is packed with useful information about the city, the University and how to apply,
Wisbech : The Merchants Trail
	The Merchants Trail Our entertaining guide will bring to life the many famous characters of this town and tell you why Wisbech became one of the most prosperous ports in the country during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Ware : Two Thousand Years of History
	Two Thousand Years of History This leisurely walk mixes architecture, history and countryside. It starts at the Maltmaker statue in the centre of town, ending up with a stroll along the river bank.
Shape Walks
	Cambridge Past and Present A leisurely walk starting with the historic buildings in the city centre, across the Backs and past some of the latest buildings on the Sidgwick Site of the University. Perfect if you are new to Cambridge.
	Change in the City Been wondering about what's going on around the station? What's happening behind all those building site hoardings? This walk guides you around the new developments in the Brooklands Avenue, Hills Road and station area of Cambridge.

What people have said about Stride Guides:

"...innovations like this audio guide are an excellent way to bring...history to a new generation..."

"We enjoyed the tour enormously, the commentary was very interesting and well done. Thanks very much, it certainly made our day."

"I really enjoyed the commentary. It's easy to listen to, the narrator has a good voice and adds humour..."

"An excellent (web) site came across it one wet, dreary morning - so glad I tried it!"

"Clear, concise and very informative! I had not realised Wisbech had so much to offer and I live here - well done!"

"I have just stumbled (no pun intended) across the Shape walks on your website. What a fantastic resource! Well presented, easy to understand, clear information, invitingly displayed – in fact, a model of good information, well delivered!"

"I shall certainly strap on my walking shoes and head out around Cambridge to see all these wonderful locations."