Gower Heritage Centre vs Geoheritage

Discover 1000 years of history inside Gower Heritage Centre, at the heart of the Gower peninsula. The Centre is a visitor attraction and rural life museum based around a working 12th century water-mill. Our app will guide you around the heritage centre and into the wider 500 acre site built by Norman De Broes in the 12th century. Learn about the inner workings of the mill and then explore nearby iconic sites, such as the stunning Three Cliffs Bay and Giant’s Grave (both short walks away). Walking directions are provided in the app. When you start the app you can choose either your device's global language (English, French, Arabic, Bengali, Madarin and Urdu supported) and Welsh. This app uses Bluetooth Beacons to alert you to the key places of interest within the Heritage Centre. Switch on Bluetooth for the optimum experience. It also makes use of GPS to guide you to places of interest within walking distance of the Heritage Centre. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Geoheritage explores the geology, coal and iron mining heritage of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The app includes introductions to the rocks beneath the Forest, how the rocks of the Forest formed over 500 million years of Earth history and the unique ancient tradition of Freemining for minerals. These themes are developed in a number of walks which explore further the rocks and geoheritage of this unique and fascinating area located between the rivers Severn and Wye. The content for the walks you select can be downloaded into the app allowing the walks to used offline. You may also delete walks when no longer required and receive updates as new ones are added. Each walk includes a large scale detailed map, with the route and points of interest marked. GPS continually shows your current location along the route and triggers information as you enter areas of interest. The maps include a geology map of the area, with information about the origins and age of the rock beneath your feet. The map shows the location of former mines, tramways, railways and past industrial activity. 3D sectional diagrams of the landscape, show your current position and how the rocks beneath you have been folded and faulted by past tectonic events.

The app has been developed as part of the Heritage Lottery funded project Foresters’ Forest Landscape Partnership scheme. The principle content contributor to the app has been the Gloucestershire Geology Trust.