Welcome to Visit Fixby Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Fixby
Visit Fixby places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Fixby places to visit. A unique way to experience Fixby’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Fixby as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Fixby is a suburb in north-west Kirklees bordering neighbouring Calderdale and is traditionally part of Huddersfield in the English county of West Yorkshire. The name “Fixby” derives from the Gaelic Irish personal name Fiach. In the nineteenth century Fixby was a large estate to which social reformer Richard Oastler was appointed as steward. When you visit Fixby, Walkfo brings Fixby places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Fixby Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Fixby
Visit Fixby – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 72 audio plaques & Fixby places for you to explore in the Fixby area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Fixby places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Fixby with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Fixby places with Walkfo Fixby to hear history at Fixby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Fixby has 72 places to visit in our interactive Fixby 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 Fixby, 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 Fixby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Fixby & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 72 audio facts unique to Fixby places in an interactive Fixby map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Fixby Places Map
72 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Fixby historic spots | Fixby tourist destinations | Fixby plaques | Fixby geographic features |
| Walkfo Fixby tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Fixby | |||
Best Fixby places to visit
Fixby has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Fixby’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Fixby’s information audio spots:
 | Lindley, Huddersfield Lindley is a suburb of Huddersfield, within the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 2 miles (3 km) northwest from the town centre. It was officially opened only in 1967, by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. |
| Birkby, Huddersfield Birkby is a large multi-cultural suburb close to the town centre in Huddersfield, in the Kirklees borough of West Yorkshire. It has a population of 6,700 and sits in the Grimescar Valley, a greenbelt area of the city. It contains Norman Park, a small park with a play area and a war memorial, which commemorates those who died in WWI. |
| Fartown, Huddersfield Fartown is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England that starts 0.6 miles (1 km) north of the town centre. The district area stretches from the top of Woodhouse Hill to the Halifax Old Road with a population of 4,735 according to the 2001 Census. The area has a multi-ethnic population with a significant percentage hailing from South Asian and West Indian backgrounds. |
 | Rugby League Heritage Centre The Rugby League Heritage Centre was formerly located in the basement of the George Hotel, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It was the brainchild of Sky Sports presenter and former Great Britain international Mike Stephenson. |
 | St Patrick’s Church, Huddersfield St Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Built in 1832 for use as a parish church, it was designed by Joseph Kaye, an architect from Bradford. It is situated on the junction between New North Road and Castlegate in the centre of the town. |
 | Kingsgate, Huddersfield The Kingsgate Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Huddersfield. It opened in February 2002 after 12 years of planning and delays. The £50m pound complex took 18 months to complete and contains over 40 stores. |
| Lawrence Batley Theatre The Lawrence Batley Theatre is a theatre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It was originally built in 1819 as a Methodist chapel, called the Queen Street Chapel. The chief mason was Joseph Kaye, who was also responsible for the station. In 1973 the building was converted into an arts centre but serious structural problems were discovered by Kirklees Metropolitan Council in 1975. In 1989 the Kirkless Theatre Trust was given the go ahead to save the building from deterioration. |
 | Huddersfield Town Hall Huddersfield Town Hall is a municipal facility in West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire. It is a Grade II listed building. The town hall is located in the city centre. |
Visit Fixby plaques
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here Fixby has 10 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Fixby 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 Fixby using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Fixby plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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