Free local guide apps for small UK towns.
Pocket Guides helps residents and visitors find places to stay, eat and drink, shop, and explore — with each town getting its own dedicated digital companion.
Choose your town.
Start with a town, then browse places and events without mixing guides together.
Settle
The historic market town of Settle is the gateway to some of Britain's most spectacular limestone scenery. Explore local shops, hidden events, and breathtaking trails.
Skipton
Pocket Guides: Skipton is being prepared as a local guide for the castle, canal, independent shops, places to eat and the wider gateway to the Yorkshire Dales.
What is inside each Pocket Guide?
Each town guide is built around practical local discovery: places, events, maps, and saved favourites that belong to that town.
Local directory
Places to stay, eat and drink, independent shops, attractions, services, walks and nature routes.
Events guide
Town-specific events with clear dates and categories so visitors can see what is happening now and next.
Maps and places
Guide-aware maps help people find nearby businesses, useful services and things to do while exploring.
Saved favourites
App users can keep track of places they want to visit, return to or recommend while exploring a town.
Visitor-friendly
Perfect for weekend visitors, holidaymakers and day-trippers who want a town guide in their pocket.
Local by design
Residents can use the same guide for everyday services, local updates and discovering what is close by.
A town guide that works before, during and after a visit.
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Plan a weekend or day trip without jumping between scattered websites.
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Find independent businesses and visitor info in one place.
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Quickly get back to the places that matter with saved lists.
Bring Pocket Guides to your town.
Each Pocket Guide gives a town its own public directory, app presence, and business tools without mixing listings from nearby places.