Welcome to Visit Crossbank Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Crossbank
Visit Crossbank places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Crossbank places to visit. A unique way to experience Crossbank’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Crossbank as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Crossbank Walkfo Preview Crossbank is an area of Lees, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester. Historically a part of Lancashire, it is thought to derive from the days of the Knights Templar when a cross was etched into an earthen bank to denote lands granted to them. When you visit Crossbank, Walkfo brings Crossbank places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Crossbank Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Crossbank
Visit Crossbank – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 65 audio plaques & Crossbank places for you to explore in the Crossbank area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Crossbank places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Crossbank with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Crossbank places with Walkfo Crossbank to hear history at Crossbank’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crossbank has 65 places to visit in our interactive Crossbank 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 Crossbank, 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 Crossbank places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crossbank & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 65 audio facts unique to Crossbank places in an interactive Crossbank map you can explore.”
Walkfo Crossbank tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Crossbank
Best Crossbank places to visit
Crossbank has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Crossbank’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Crossbank’s information audio spots:
Orme Mill, Waterhead Orme Mill, Waterhead is a cotton spinning mill in Waterhead, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1908 and was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s. Production finished in 1960 and the mill was passed on to Ferranti in 1964.
St James’ Church, Oldham St James’ Church is in Barry Street, Greenacres Moor, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Oldham East, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Rifle Street drill hall, Oldham Rifle Street drill hall is a former military installation in Oldham, Oldham. It is a drill hall used to be used as a military drill hall for training purposes.
Oldham Parish Church The Church of St. Mary with St. Peter, mostly known as Oldham Parish Church, is the Church of England parish church for Oldham in Greater Manchester. It forms part of the Diocese of Manchester, and is one of several Grade II* listed buildings. A church building had existed on the site since 1280 and was replaced by an Early English Gothic Church in the 15th century.
Oldham War Memorial Oldham War Memorial is a large bronze sculpture group on a granite plinth. It was built to commemorate the men of Oldham who were killed in the First World War. Bronze plaques on the wall of the churchyard nearby list the fallen, including Mabel Drinkwater, a nurse who died after an operation at Oldham Royal Infirmary. The memorial became a Grade II listed building in 1973 and was upgraded to Grade II* in December 2016.
Greenhill power station Greenhill power station was built over the period 1921–24 and was decommissioned in 1960. It replaced the older Rhodes Bank generating station and was superseded by Chadderton B power station.
Old Town Hall, Oldham The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in Yorkshire Street, Oldham, England. It is a Grade II listed building. It was built in the 1960s.
Hartshead Pike Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham.
Oldham Civic Centre Oldham Civic Centre is a municipal building in West Street, Oldham, England. It is located in the centre of Oldham’s West Street.
Hathershaw Hall Hathershaw Hall is a 16th-17th century Grade II* listed building in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The present structure is the single surviving range of a once considerably larger manor house.
Visit Crossbank plaques
11 plaques hereCrossbank has 11 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Crossbank 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 Crossbank using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Crossbank plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Crossbank audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Crossbank allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Crossbank’s 65 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Crossbank freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Crossbank Map App
Our visit Crossbank map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Crossbank & 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 Crossbank tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Crossbank centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Crossbank area at LONG:-2.0685632, LAT:53.548365.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Crossbank, 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 Crossbank / surrounding areas
● 2012 Oldham explosion ● Shaw National Distribution Centre ● Shaw and Crompton ● Shaw and Crompton tram stop ● Royton ● Royton branch ● Royton Ring Mill, Royton ● Westwood, Greater Manchester ● Westwood tram stop ● Moorside, Greater Manchester ● Strinesdale Reservoir ● Orme Mill, Waterhead ● Majestic Mill, Waterhead ● Crossbank ● Waterhead, Greater Manchester ● Greenacres, Greater Manchester ● Derker ● Derker tram stop ● St James’ Church, Oldham ● Asa Lees ● Austerlands ● Scouthead ● Salem Moravian Church ● Lees, Greater Manchester ● Lees Urban District ● Glodwick ● Oldham Mumps tram stop ● Oldham Coliseum Theatre ● Springhead, Greater Manchester ● Oldham Parish Church
● Oldham War Memorial ● Coldhurst ● Old Town Hall, Oldham ● Mossley A.F.C. ● Hartshead Pike ● Grotton ● Park Bridge ● Lydgate, Greater Manchester ● Friezland ● Oldham Theatre Workshop ● Oldham Central tram stop ● Oldham Civic Centre ● Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ● Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church, Oldham ● Alexandra Park, Oldham ● Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Oldham ● Royal Oldham Hospital ● Hathershaw ● Coppice, Greater Manchester ● Abbey Hills ● Hathershaw Hall ● Alt, Greater Manchester ● Fitton Hill ● Dobcross ● Heights, Greater Manchester ● Grasscroft ● Springhead Urban District ● Rutland Mill ● Newby Mill, Shaw ● Dawn Mill, Shaw ● Sholver ● Oldham ● Maple Mill, Oldham
Getting to / around Crossbank – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Crossbank using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Crossbank places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Crossbank Public Transport Stations
Crossbank Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Royton railway station
Royton Junction railway station
Park Bridge railway station
Lees railway station
Oldham Glodwick Road railway station
Oldham Mumps railway station (London and North Western Railway)
Oldham Mumps railway station
Greenhill power station
Grotton and Springhead railway station
Grasscroft railway station
Oldham Central railway station
Oldham Clegg Street railway station
Oldham bus station
Delph railway station
Measurements Halt railway station
Dobcross railway station
Moorgate railway station (Greater Manchester)
Greenfield railway station
The Revolution (radio station)
Cop Road tram stop
Rifle Street drill hall, Oldham
Oldham King Street tram stop
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Local Crossbank historians & Crossbank tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Crossbank? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Crossbank’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 Crossbank 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 Crossbank 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 Crossbank 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-Crossbank’ web pages (for example: www.visitCrossbank.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 Crossbank places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Crossbank places to visit. A unique way to experience Crossbank’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Crossbank as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Crossbank places with Walkfo Crossbank to hear history at Crossbank’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crossbank has 65 places to visit in our interactive Crossbank 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 Crossbank, 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 Crossbank places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crossbank & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Crossbank?