New Cotswolds tourist map and guide app takes traditional visitor information into the digital age

A new mobile phone app to help Cotswolds visitors get the most out of their time in the area has been launched.

The app is the first of a new series of Map and Guide apps being developed by Pocket Places Ltd and provides an alternative to traditional paper leaflets.

Featuring a tourist map of the area, top visitor attractions, places to stay and details about many of the Cotswolds’ towns and villages, the mobile phone app takes a proven formula in tourist information guides and brings it bang up to date for 21st Century technology.

Visitors can download the Cotswolds Map and Guide app before heading out to explore the area, and they can access the information wherever they are - regardless of whether they have a mobile phone signal.

The Cotswolds Map and Guide app includes details about tourist venues, such as historic houses, farm parks and museums.

It also features information about many of the different towns and villages in the area, including Bourton on the Water, Burford, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Gloucester, Stow on the Wold, Oxford and Stroud, as well as street plans of major places.

In addition, the app includes details about where to stay – from bed and breakfast accommodation to hotels.

“The Cotswolds Map and Guide app is the ideal companion for anyone visiting the Cotswolds or who’d like to find out more about what’s available in the area,” said app developer Mark Oakden.

“We’ve taken the tried and tested method of a tourist map and guide book, and turned it into a mobile phone application which provides a wealth of useful information in the palm of your hand. We believe it’s the first mobile phone app of its kind for the Cotswolds.

“Because the information is available offline, it’s ideal for an area such as the Cotswolds where mobile signals can be intermittent.”

The app also links to useful information such as train timetables and local weather details, which can be accessed where data connection is available.

Featuring more than 200 photographs, the Cotswolds Map and Guide app is available from iTunes priced £0.69. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

Details about the Cotswolds Map and Guide app can be seen here http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/cotswolds-map-and-guide/id536569717?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Visit www.pocketplaces.co.uk for more information about the developer behind the app.

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Tourism apps Pocket Places now contain even more things to see and do

Personal tour guide mobile phone app Pocket Places has boosted the content of its apps for some of the UK’s key tourist destinations ahead of the summer of celebrations.

Guided walks, picture puzzles, extra tourist attractions, quiz questions and improved offline Ordnance Survey mapping are just some of the additions added to a number of apps in its Pocket Places series.

The apps feature audio-commentary about an area’s history, information about local tourist attractions, as well as suggested places to visit.

Three apps have just been updated with new information - Pocket Places Cornwall, Pocket Places Lake District, and Pocket Places Norfolk.

The additional content for Pocket Places Lake District includes a series of ten guided walks, suitable for all the family.

Starting from key tourist spots in the Lake District, such as Ambleside and Windermere, each walk can be completed within two or three hours.

Pocket Places Cornwall now includes details of the top ten beaches in the county.

In addition, picture puzzles have been added to both Pocket Places Lake District and Pocket Places Cornwall.

Meanwhile, Pocket Places Norfolk now has details of even more places to visit in the county with a new section on top attractions, including gardens, historic houses and heritage railways.

With information available in the palm of the hand, the Pocket Places apps are the perfect personal tour guide to some of the UK’s most popular tourist areas. More than 100,000 downloads have been made already.

Once downloaded, the app can be used wherever and whenever you like as it does not require an internet connection.

Download the Pocket Places apps for iPhones from iTunes for 69p. www.pocketplaces.co.uk

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