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Wandering through a woodland carpeted with vibrant bluebells with not another person in sight, I could have been miles away from civilisation. Instead I was only a short walk away from an activity centre and historic house. 5 The app lets people find places that are otherwise difficult to discover Credit: Catherine Lofthouse 5 What3words can be downloaded for free in app stores Credit: Alamy 5 Each 3m square has its own unique three word address Credit: Alamy But I'd never even have known where to start my bluebell basking if it hadn't been for an app that's helping folk find their way off the beaten track.

The what3words app guided me effortlessly to the start point of the Ulverscroft bluebell walk, simply by putting in the three words that pinpoint the location. Each 3m square has a unique address made up of three words, in this case satin.boldest.



postcard. I've spent many hours wandering the Ulverscroft estate in Leicestershire before, but it is a huge area of land, split across two sites, so it's easy to get confused about where to go once you're off the road. I first found out about this free app when I started wild swimming during lockdown in 2020.

If you need help at a swimspot in the middle of nowhere, how would you tell the emergency services where to come? That's when I installed what3words on my phone. I've only had to use it in an emergency once, when I came across a car that had hit a tree on a country lane one Christmas. Most read in News Travel SHUSH IT Todd Ca.

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