Welcome to Visit Broompark Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Broompark
Visit Broompark places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Broompark places to visit. A unique way to experience Broompark’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Broompark as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Broompark Walkfo Preview Broompark is 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Durham city. It was once the site of a colliery operated by North Brancepeth Coal company. The oldest remaining buildings in the village are Broom Farm guesthouse, built in 1711. When you visit Broompark, Walkfo brings Broompark places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Broompark Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Broompark
Visit Broompark – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 69 audio plaques & Broompark places for you to explore in the Broompark area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Broompark places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Broompark with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Broompark places with Walkfo Broompark to hear history at Broompark’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Broompark has 69 places to visit in our interactive Broompark 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 Broompark, 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 Broompark places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Broompark & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Broompark tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Broompark
Best Broompark places to visit
Broompark has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Broompark’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Broompark’s information audio spots:
St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club (SCSBC) is one of the oldest and most distinguished of Durham’s collegiate clubs. Founded in the summer of 1893 with the aim of representing St.Cuthbert’s Society at collegiate level.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Durham St Cuthbert’s Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Durham. It was opened on 31 May 1827 to replace two previous chapels, one run by the secular clergy and the other by the Jesuits. The church is a protected building, being part of the Elvet Green Conservation Area. From 2012 to 2016 the parish was entrusted, along with the chaplaincy, to the Dominican Order.
Shire Hall, Durham The Old Shire Hall is a Grade II listed building in Old Elvet, Durham. It was the headquarters of Durham County Council from 1898 to 1963.
Purple Radio Purple Radio is Durham University’s Official Student Radio Station. Purple broadcasts online 24 hours a day during term time, from October until June each year.
St Oswald’s Church, Durham St Oswald’s Church is a grade II* listed building and dates from the 12th century. The church is a Church of England parish church in Durham, County Durham.
Institute of Advanced Study (Durham) Institute of Advanced Study was set up to mark Durham’s 175th anniversary. It is intended to attract scholars and public figures from across the world to collaborate on ‘agenda-setting research’ The Institute accepted its first fellows in January 2006 and was formally inaugurated in October 2006.
Cranmer Hall, Durham Cranmer Hall forms part of St John’s College, Durham which is a recognised college of Durham University. It stands in the Open Evangelical tradition and trains ordinands for the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion.
Palace Green Palace Green is an area of grass in the centre of Durham, England, flanked by Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. The Cathedral and Castle together form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area is accessed by two cobbled streets called Owengate and Dun Cow Lane.
Durham University Department of Engineering The Department of Engineering at Durham University was formed following the split of the School of Engineering & Computer Sciences in October 2017. The engineering research covers civil, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering research groups.
Durham Sixth Form Centre Durham Sixth Form Centre is a community sixth form provision administered by Durham County Council. It enrols students from County Durham, Sunderland and Northumberland. The centre offers a range of A-levels and BTECs as programmes of study for students.
Visit Broompark plaques
11 plaques hereBroompark has 11 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Broompark 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 Broompark using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Broompark plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Broompark audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Broompark allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Broompark’s 69 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Broompark freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Broompark Map App
Our visit Broompark map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Broompark & 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 Broompark tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Broompark centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Broompark area at LONG:-1.6228, LAT:54.7698.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Broompark, 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 Broompark / surrounding areas
● Durham–Sunderland line ● The Racecourse ● HM Prison Durham ● St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club ● St Cuthbert’s Church, Durham ● Shire Hall, Durham ● The Victoria, Durham ● Purple Radio ● Durham Students’ Union ● Palatinate (newspaper) ● St Oswald’s Church, Durham ● Durham Museum and Heritage Centre ● Assembly Rooms Theatre (Durham) ● Durham University Department of Music ● Institute of Advanced Study (Durham) ● Durham University ● The Bailey ● Kepier ● Cranmer Hall, Durham ● Palace Green ● Cosin’s Library ● Durham Dean and Chapter Library ● Durham University Department of Engineering ● Durham Priory ● St Nicholas Church, Durham ● Durham Town Hall ● Durham University Library ● St Cuthbert’s Society, Durham ● Durham University Museum of Archaeology ● Durham Sixth Form Centre
● Durham Indoor Market ● The Gates Shopping Centre ● Crossgate, County Durham ● Holiday Park (Durham) ● Durham Rural District ● Crook Hall, Durham ● County Hospital, Durham ● Durham University Botanic Garden ● Teikyo University of Japan in Durham ● Oakthorpe Invitational ● Neville’s Cross ● County Hall, Durham ● Durham Miners Heritage Centre ● Mount Oswald ● Lowes Barn ● Battle of Neville’s Cross ● University Hospital of North Durham ● Framwelgate ● River Deerness ● Langley Park Wind Farm ● Bearpark ● Framwellgate Moor ● Langley Moor ● Meadowfield ● Brandon United F.C. ● Broompark ● Browney ● Brandon, County Durham ● Burn Hall, County Durham ● New Brancepeth ● Brandon and Byshottles ● Ushaw Moor ● Maiden Castle, Durham ● Durham, England ● Bishop Cosin’s Hall ● Durham Cathedral ● Dunelm House
Getting to / around Broompark – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Broompark using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Broompark places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Broompark Public Transport Stations
Broompark Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Durham (Gilesgate) railway station
Durham railway station
Aldin Grange for Bearpark railway station
Brandon Colliery railway station
Ushaw Moor railway station
Durham bus station
South Street (Durham)
Lanchester Road Hospital
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Local Broompark historians & Broompark tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Broompark? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Broompark’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 Broompark 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 Broompark 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 Broompark 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-Broompark’ web pages (for example: www.visitBroompark.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