Walk Enniskillen is a new way to discover the many gems and facets of the history of Ireland’s only Island Town. The guided walk is accessible through an innovative web based App, which you can access from your smart device.
Simply go to www.ekn.guide there are 30 stops along the way; each one with a story to tell whether it is a church, a pub or a convent! You can follow the route as you wish and pick it up at any of the stops; imagining the footprints and echoes that have been before.
Enniskillen with its many splendid architectural gems is a town with a remarkable past; a past which continues to define its present. The new ‘Walk Enniskillen’ App will allow visitors to explore and uncover Enniskillen’s fascinating past and architectural beauties.
The town has many captivating beauty spots; with its own Victorian secret garden-once Commons Hill, Cammomile Hill-now the Forthill. Standing tall on the west of town are proud reminders of grand Georgian architecture at Willoughby Place. St Michael’s church is celebrating its 140th year in a grand gothic renaissance style; while Blake’s of the Hollow has been described as a “cathedral of a pub” ,“Coming into Blake’s you leave the twentieth century behind.”
Enniskillen has been 400 years in the making. The town has seen many changes over the last 400 years witnessing periods of extensive growth-particularly in the latter part of the nineteenth century. While much change has occurred there is much in Enniskillen today which would be familiar to a traveller from times gone by. There is much still to celebrate in terms of the architectural heritage of Enniskillen and ‘Walk Enniskillen’ is the perfect means to do so!