Explore Atherton, Greater Manchester Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Atherton, Greater Manchester plaques & local Atherton, Greater Manchester history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Atherton, Greater Manchester.
About Atherton, Greater Manchester
Atherton is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Wigan, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Leigh and 10+3/4 miles (17.3 km) northwest of Manchester. The town was associated with coal mining and nail manufacture from the 14th century, encouraged by outcropping coal seams. Evidence has been discovered of a Roman road passing through the area.
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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Atherton, Greater Manchester history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Atherton, Greater Manchester plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Atherton, Greater Manchester’s physical Atherton, Greater Manchester plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Atherton, Greater Manchester the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Atherton, Greater Manchester plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 74 unique history facts in Atherton, Greater Manchester plus 3 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Atherton, Greater Manchester history map for you to explore.”