Welcome to Visit Heyrod Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Heyrod
Visit Heyrod places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Heyrod places to visit. A unique way to experience Heyrod’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Heyrod as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Heyrod Walkfo Preview Heyrod was subsumed into the Municipal Borough of Stalybridge in 1881, a local government district which became part of the administrative county of Cheshire in 1889. Heyrod is the site of the former Hartshead Power Station. When you visit Heyrod, Walkfo brings Heyrod places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Heyrod Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Heyrod
Visit Heyrod – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 73 audio plaques & Heyrod places for you to explore in the Heyrod area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Heyrod places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Heyrod with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Heyrod places with Walkfo Heyrod to hear history at Heyrod’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Heyrod has 73 places to visit in our interactive Heyrod 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 Heyrod, 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 Heyrod places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Heyrod & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Heyrod tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Heyrod
Best Heyrod places to visit
Heyrod has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Heyrod’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Heyrod’s information audio spots:
Curzon Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne Curzon Mill, later known as Alger Mill, was a cotton spinning mill in the Hurst district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1899 and 1902 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. The mill was sold to the Alger Spinning Co. Ltd in 1911, and closed in 1942.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne St. Michael’s Church in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, is a Grade I Listed Building. It is one of 116 surviving medieval parish churches in the North West. The church dates back to at least 1262, and a church on the site was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Stamford Park, Tameside Stamford Park is a park in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The park was Grade II listed with Historic England in 1986.
Ashton Park Parade railway station Ashton Park Parade was a station on the line between Guide Bridge and Stalybridge in Greater Manchester. This station served the town of Ashton-under-Lyne, now served only by Ashton Charlestown, north of this former station.
Minerva Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne Minerva Mill was a cotton spinning mill in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1891 and 1892 for the Minerva Spinning Company. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1920s and was demolished in 1937.
Texas Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne Texas Mill was a cotton spinning mill in the Whitelands district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1905 and 1907 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. The mill was destroyed in a massive fire on 22–23 October 1971.
Ladysmith Barracks Ladysmith Barracks was a British military installation on Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It is located in the area of Manchester.
Old Street drill hall, Ashton-under-Lyne Old Street drill hall is a former military installation in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. The Old Street Drill Hall is located on the Old Street Road, Old Street.
Cavendish Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne Cavendish Mill was built between 1884 and 1885 for the Cavendish Spinning Company by Potts, Pickup & Dixon of Oldham. It ceased spinning cotton in 1934 and was then used for a variety of purposes before it was converted into housing in 1994.
Rock Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne Rock Mill was cotton spinning mill in the Waterloo district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1891 and 1893 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1960s and was demolished in 1971; the site became the location for the town’s first Asda supermarket.
Visit Heyrod plaques
52 plaques hereHeyrod has 52 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Heyrod 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 Heyrod using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Heyrod plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Heyrod audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Heyrod allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Heyrod’s 73 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Heyrod freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Heyrod Map App
Our visit Heyrod map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Heyrod & 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 Heyrod tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Heyrod centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Heyrod area at LONG:-2.045, LAT:53.497.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Heyrod, 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 Heyrod / surrounding areas
● Ashton St. Michael’s (ward) ● Curzon Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Albion Congregational Church ● Cedar Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Tameside General Hospital ● Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust ● St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Stamford Park, Tameside ● Ashton Town Hall ● Waterside Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Ashton Arcades ● Ashton United F.C. ● Ashton-under-Lyne tram stop ● Atlas Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Minerva Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Texas Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Tameside Hippodrome ● Ray Mill, Stalybridge ● Ladysmith Barracks ● The Witchwood ● Ashton Ladysmith Cricket Club ● Cavendish Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Stalybridge Mill, Stalybridge ● Tudor Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Ashton Club Ground ● St George’s Church, Stalybridge ● Oldham Below Town ● Oldham Above Town ● County Borough of Oldham ● Rock Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
● Ashton Canal ● Dukinfield Junction ● Outer Pennine Ring ● St John’s Church, Dukinfield ● Dukinfield Town Hall ● Ashton Hurst (ward) ● Dukinfield ● Ashton Waterloo (ward) ● Dukinfield (ward) ● Dukinfield / Stalybridge (ward) ● Gorse Hall ● Stalybridge North (ward) ● Heyrod ● Dukinfield Moravian Church ● Eastwood Nature Reserve ● Copley, Greater Manchester ● Hartshead Power Station ● Stayley Hall ● Shaw Hall factory ● Mossley ● Mossley A.F.C. ● Mossley (ward) ● Heyheads ● Hartshead Pike ● Carrbrook ● Buckton Castle ● Millbrook, Greater Manchester ● Park Bridge ● Harridge Pike ● Walkerwood Reservoir ● Wild Bank ● Matley ● Bower Fold ● Brushes Reservoir ● Stalybridge South (ward) ● Lower Swineshaw Reservoir ● Higher Swineshaw Reservoir ● Tameside ● Ashton-under-Lyne ● Huddersfield Narrow Canal Pylon ● Stalybridge
Getting to / around Heyrod – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Heyrod using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Heyrod places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Heyrod Public Transport Stations
Heyrod Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Ashton-under-Lyne railway station
Ashton Park Parade railway station
Ashton-under-Lyne bus station
Oldham Road railway station (Ashton-under-Lyne)
Dukinfield and Ashton railway station
Stalybridge railway station
Dukinfield Central railway station
Staley and Millbrook railway station
Park Bridge railway station
Mossley railway station
Micklehurst railway station
Old Street drill hall, Ashton-under-Lyne
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Local Heyrod historians & Heyrod tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Heyrod? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Heyrod’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 Heyrod 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 Heyrod 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 Heyrod 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-Heyrod’ web pages (for example: www.visitHeyrod.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