Welcome to Visit Agecroft Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Agecroft
Visit Agecroft places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Agecroft places to visit. A unique way to experience Agecroft’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Agecroft as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Agecroft Walkfo Preview Agecroft is a suburban area of Pendlebury, within the City of Salford, Greater Manchester. It lies within the Irwell Valley, on the west bank of the River Irwell and along the course of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal. Agecroft Bridge railway station was a railway station between 1838 and 1861; Agecroft Colliery opened as a commercial coal mine in 1844. When you visit Agecroft, Walkfo brings Agecroft places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Agecroft Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Agecroft
Visit Agecroft – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 110 audio plaques & Agecroft places for you to explore in the Agecroft area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Agecroft places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Agecroft with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Agecroft places with Walkfo Agecroft to hear history at Agecroft’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Agecroft has 110 places to visit in our interactive Agecroft map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Agecroft, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Agecroft places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Agecroft & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Agecroft tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Agecroft
Best Agecroft places to visit
Agecroft has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Agecroft’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Agecroft’s information audio spots:
Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton The Church of the Ascension is a Grade II listed Anglican church in Lower Broughton, Salford, England. In February 2017 a fire destroyed the roof and interior of the building.
Wet Earth Colliery Wet Earth Colliery was a coal mine located on the Manchester Coalfield, in Clifton, Greater Manchester. The colliery has a unique place in British coal mining history; apart from being one of the earliest pits in the country, it is the place where engineer James Brindley made water run uphill.
Clifton Country Park The park comprises 119 acres (48 hectares) of wooded area, fields and lakes. Industrial heritage is also a feature of the park, the remains of Wet Earth Colliery can be found in the woods, along with Fletcher’s Canal.
Pendlebury (ward) Pendlebury is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Rebecca Long Bailey. A profile of the ward conducted in 2014 recorded a population of 13,434.
Irwell Riverside (ward) Irwell Riverside (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. The ward is bounded by meanders of the River Irwell and includes the main university campus. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP for Salfords and Eccles.
St Thomas’ Church, Pendleton St Thomas’ Church is on Broad Street, Pendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester. It was a Commissioners’ church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
Greater Manchester Built-up Area The Greater Manchester Built-up Area has a population of 2,553,379 according to the United Kingdom Census 2011. It is the second most populous conurbation in the UK after the Greater London built-up area. The area is not conterminous with Greater Manchester, for it excludes settlements such as Wigan and Marple from Greater Manchester.
HM Prison Forest Bank HM Prison Forest Bank is a Category B men’s private prison. It is located in the Agecroft area of Pendlebury in Salford near Manchester. The prison is operated by Sodexo Justice Services.
Irlams o’ th’ Height Irlams o’ th’ Height is a suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the centre of the city’s population.
Salford Acoustics Salford Acoustics is based in two locations: (i) 3 km west of Manchester city centre, UK, and (ii) on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal at MediaCityUK. It undertakes public and industrial research in acoustics and carries out commercial testing.
Visit Agecroft plaques
48 plaques hereAgecroft has 48 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Agecroft plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Agecroft using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Agecroft plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Agecroft audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Agecroft allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Agecroft’s 110 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Agecroft freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Agecroft Map App
Our visit Agecroft map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Agecroft & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Agecroft tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Agecroft centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Agecroft area at LONG:-2.3055943, LAT:53.5105494.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Agecroft, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Agecroft / surrounding areas
● Monton ● Eccles (ward) ● G. P. Codie’s Ground ● Royal Oak, Eccles ● Eccles Town Hall ● Eccles Interchange ● Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles ● Lamb Hotel, Eccles ● 1941 Eccles rail crash ● Ladywell tram stop ● Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust ● Swinton South (ward) ● Salford Royal Hospital ● St Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, Manchester ● Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation ● St James’ Church, Broughton ● Havelock Mills ● Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, Manchester ● Heaton Park tram stop ● Heaton Park Congregational Church ● Salford City F.C. ● The Cliff (training ground) ● Prestwich Cricket, Tennis & Bowling Club ● St Margaret’s Church, Prestwich ● Broughton, Salford ● Prestwich tram stop ● Prestwich ● Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton ● Wheater’s Field ● Besses o’ th’ Barn tram stop
● Prestwich Hospital ● Park Lane (stadium) ● Swinton Lions ● Stand, Greater Manchester ● Philips Park, Prestwich ● Clifton Viaduct ● Clifton Aqueduct ● Fletcher’s Canal ● Barton upon Irwell Rural District ● Clifton, Greater Manchester ● Drinkwater Park ● Wet Earth Colliery ● Clifton Country Park ● Pendlebury (ward) ● Agecroft Power Station ● The Tree of Knowledge (mural) ● Irwell Riverside (ward) ● Agecroft Colliery ● Agecroft Cemetery ● Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal ● Wat Phra Dhammakaya Manchester ● Pendleton, Greater Manchester ● St Thomas’ Church, Pendleton ● Greater Manchester Built-up Area ● Seedley ● County Borough of Salford ● Salford Shopping Centre ● HM Prison Forest Bank ● Agecroft ● Victoria Theatre, Salford ● Irlams o’ th’ Height ● Salford Acoustics ● Langworthy (ward) ● Peel Building ● Salford Museum and Art Gallery ● Centenary Building ● University of Salford ● Working Class Movement Library ● Langworthy, Salford ● Pendlebury ● Claremont (ward) ● Buile Hill Park ● Manchester City Region ● Weaste ● Cross Lane drill hall, Salford ● Pendlebury Children’s Hospital ● Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury ● St Luke’s Church, Pendleton ● The Willows, Salford ● Langworthy tram stop ● Weaste tram stop ● Weaste and Seedley (ward) ● Aldridge UTC@MediaCityUK ● Swinton North (ward) ● Wardley, Greater Manchester ● Swinton, Greater Manchester ● Salford Civic Centre ● Swinton Square ● City of Salford ● Victoria Park, Swinton ● Pendlebury Colliery ● Clifton Hall Tunnel ● St Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury ● Eccles, Greater Manchester ● Ellesmere Park ● 1984 Eccles rail crash ● Kersal Moor ● Kersal ● Church of St Mary the Virgin, Prestwich ● Broughton Suspension Bridge ● Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles ● Clifton Hall Colliery ● Pendleton Colliery ● Peel Park, Salford ● Greater Manchester ● Salford ● Weaste Cemetery ● Moor Lane
Getting to / around Agecroft – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Agecroft using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Agecroft places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Agecroft Public Transport Stations
Agecroft Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Monton Green railway station
Eccles railway station
Trafford power station
Molyneux Brow railway station
Clifton railway station (Greater Manchester)
Dixon Fold railway station
Pendleton Bridge railway station
Pendleton railway station
Agecroft Bridge railway station
Irlams o’ th’ Height railway station
Salford Crescent railway station
Cross Lane railway station
Pendlebury railway station
Seedley railway station
Weaste railway station
Moorside railway station
Swinton railway station (Greater Manchester)
Station Road, Swinton
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Local Agecroft historians & Agecroft tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Agecroft? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Agecroft’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Agecroft place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Agecroft Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Agecroft destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Agecroft’ web pages (for example: www.visitAgecroft.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Agecroft places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Agecroft places to visit. A unique way to experience Agecroft’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Agecroft as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Agecroft places with Walkfo Agecroft to hear history at Agecroft’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Agecroft has 110 places to visit in our interactive Agecroft map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Agecroft, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Agecroft places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Agecroft & the surrounding areas.
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