Welcome to Visit Evington Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Evington
Visit Evington places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Evington places to visit. A unique way to experience Evington’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Evington as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Evington Walkfo Preview The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 11,133. It comprises the historical village of Evington, as well as the modern ex-council estates of Rowlatts Hill and Goodwood. When you visit Evington, Walkfo brings Evington places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Evington Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Evington
Visit Evington – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 62 audio plaques & Evington places for you to explore in the Evington area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Evington places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Evington history
Evington village
The name Evington comes from the Old English meaning ‘farm/settlement of Eafa/Aefa’ After the Norman conquest the land was given to Hugh de Grentesmesnil.
Council estates
Rowlatts Hill is a council estate established on a hillside to the north of Leicester General Hospital in 1964–67 by the City Architect Stephen George. A later development (1973–77) is of red brick houses. For council housing purposes it is considered separate from Evington.
Why visit Evington with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Evington places with Walkfo Evington to hear history at Evington’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Evington has 62 places to visit in our interactive Evington 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 Evington, 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 Evington places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Evington & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 62 audio facts unique to Evington places in an interactive Evington map you can explore.”
Walkfo Evington tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Evington
Best Evington places to visit
Evington has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Evington’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Evington’s information audio spots:
Oadby and Wigston Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in Leicestershire. It was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. The population of the district at the 2011 census was 56,170. The district forms part of the Harborough constituency.
Leicester Racecourse Leicester Racecourse is a horse racing course in Oadby, Leicestershire. It is located about three miles south of the city centre.
Thurnby Lodge Thurnby Lodge is an estate in eastern Leicester, Leicestershire, England. It consists of the area inside the city boundary which is north of the Uppingham Road, east of the A563 outer ringroad, and south of the Scraptoft Lane. It is near Humberstone (north and west) and Evington (south)
Leicester Nirvana F.C. Leicester Nirvana Football Club is a football club based in the Hamilton area of Leicester in Leicestershire. Formed in 2008 by a merger of Thurnby Rangers and Leicester Nirvana, they are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division North.
Scraptoft Scraptoft is a village in Leicestershire, England. It has a population of about 1,500, measured at the 2011 census as 1,804. It lies north of the A47 road east of Leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of Thurnby and Bushby.
Humberstone & Hamilton Humberstone and Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the City of Leicester. It comprises the north-eastern Leicester suburbs of Humberstones, Garden City, Hamilton and Netherhall.
Towers Hospital The Towers Hospital was a mental health facility in Humberstone, Leicestershire. The administration building, which became known as George Hine House, is a Grade II listed building.
St Saviour’s Church, Leicester St Saviour’s Church, Leicester is a Grade II* listed former parish church in the Church of England in Leicester, Leicestershire.
GNG Oadby Town F.C. GNG Oadby Town Football Club is a Leicestershire association football club. The club plays in the United Counties League Premier Division South.
St James the Greater, Leicester St James the Greater, Leicester is a Grade II* listed parish church in Leicester, Leicestershire. It is located south of the city centre of Leicester, on the London Road (A6), opposite Victoria Park. It has an active congregation and hosts a variety of events, having two church halls.
Visit Evington plaques
11 plaques hereEvington has 11 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Evington 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 Evington using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Evington plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Evington audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Evington allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Evington’s 62 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Evington freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Evington Map App
Our visit Evington map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Evington & 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 Evington tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Evington centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Evington area at LONG:-1.072, LAT:52.621.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Evington, 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 Evington / surrounding areas
● West Knighton, Leicester ● Knighton Spinney ● Knighton, Leicester ● Oadby and Wigston ● Leicester Racecourse ● Thurnby Lodge ● Thurncourt ● Leicester Nirvana F.C. ● Rowlatts Hill ● Leicester General Hospital ● Humberstone Park LNR ● North Evington ● Coleman, Leicester ● Evington ● Scraptoft ● Scraptoft Hall ● Humberstone & Hamilton ● Thurnby ● Thurnby and Bushby ● Bushby ● Scraptoft Nature Reserve ● Towers Hospital ● Arnold Lodge ● Spinney Hills ● Charnwood (ward) ● Stoughton Grange ● Umar Mosque (Leicester) ● Evington Valley ● St Saviour’s Church, Leicester ● Stoughton, Leicestershire
● Latimer, Leicester ● GNG Oadby Town F.C. ● Lucas Marsh ● St James the Greater, Leicester ● Victoria Park, Leicester ● Leicester Caribbean Carnival ● Leicester Pride ● Clarendon Park Congregational Church ● Arch of Remembrance ● Clarendon Park, Leicester ● De Montfort Hall ● Summer Sundae Fringe Festival ● Summer Sundae ● University of Leicester ● Southfields, Leicester ● William Green (British Army soldier) ● Fielding Johnson Building ● St Peter’s Church, Leicester ● Stoneygate ● Highfields, Leicester ● Leicester Museum & Art Gallery ● Leicester Carriage Sidings ● Colton Square Business Park ● Phoenix Square ● University of Leicester Botanic Garden ● Pennbury ● Leicester Airport ● RAF Leicester East ● Attenborough Building ● Via Devana
Getting to / around Evington – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Evington using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Evington places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Evington Public Transport Stations
Evington Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Thurnby and Scraptoft railway station
Humberstone railway station
Humberstone Road railway station
Welford Road railway station
Leicester railway station
Queens Road, Leicester
Welford Road Cemetery
A594 road (Leicester)
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Local Evington historians & Evington tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Evington? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Evington’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 Evington 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 Evington 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 Evington 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-Evington’ web pages (for example: www.visitEvington.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 Evington places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Evington places to visit. A unique way to experience Evington’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Evington as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Evington places with Walkfo Evington to hear history at Evington’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Evington has 62 places to visit in our interactive Evington 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 Evington, 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 Evington places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Evington & the surrounding areas.
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