Welcome to Visit Hindsford Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hindsford
Visit Hindsford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hindsford places to visit. A unique way to experience Hindsford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hindsford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Hindsford Walkfo Preview Hindsford is a suburb of Atherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is situated to the west of an ancient boundary between Tyldesley cum Shakerley and the Chanters Brook in the ancient parish of Leigh. When you visit Hindsford, Walkfo brings Hindsford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hindsford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hindsford
Visit Hindsford – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 79 audio plaques & Hindsford places for you to explore in the Hindsford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hindsford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Hindsford history
Historically in Lancashire, Hindsford developed in the middle of the 19th century. Rows of terraced housing were built for the influx of workers, many from Ireland. The Fletchers owned a coal mine at Chanters Colliery from the 1850s.
Why visit Hindsford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hindsford places with Walkfo Hindsford to hear history at Hindsford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hindsford has 79 places to visit in our interactive Hindsford 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 Hindsford, 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 Hindsford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hindsford & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 79 audio facts unique to Hindsford places in an interactive Hindsford map you can explore.”
Walkfo Hindsford tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hindsford
Best Hindsford places to visit
Hindsford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hindsford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hindsford’s information audio spots:
Parsonage Colliery Parsonage Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Lancashire Coalfield . It was sunk between 1913 and 1920 by the Wigan Coal and Iron Company . For many years its shafts to the Arley mine were the deepest in the country .
Mather Lane Mill Mather Lane Mills was a complex of cotton mills built by the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh in Lancashire . The No 2 mill and its former warehouse are grade II listed buildings .
Howe Bridge Colliery Howe Bridge Colliery was part of Fletcher, Burrows and Company’s collieries at Howe Bridge in Atherton, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire .
Leigh Spinners Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is a Grade II* listed double cotton spinning mill in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester . The mill was built in the 1930s .
New Manchester New Manchester or The City was an isolated mining community on the Manchester Coalfield. It lies west of a boundary stone at Ellenbrook which marks the ancient boundary of the Hundreds of Salford and West Derby. The Roman road from Manchester to Wigan and the Tyldesley Loopline passed south of the village.
St John’s Church, Mosley Common St John’s Church is an active church built in 1886. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.
Garrett Hall Garrett Hall or The Garrett is a former manor house in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester. The hall was designated a grade II listed building in 1987.
Great Boys Colliery Great Boys Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield in the second half of the 19th century. It was sunk on Great Boys farm, which in 1778 was described as a “messuage with eight Cheshire acres of land” The offices and lamproom for the pit occupied the building that is now the Colliers Arms public house, on Sale Lane.
Little Hulton (ward) Little Hulton (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.
St Paul’s Church, Peel St Paul’s is an active Anglican parish church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester. It is part of the Diocese of Manchester and is a Grade II listed building.
Visit Hindsford plaques
1 plaques hereHindsford has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hindsford 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 Hindsford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hindsford plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Hindsford audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Hindsford allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Hindsford’s 79 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Hindsford freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Hindsford Map App
Our visit Hindsford map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Hindsford & 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 Hindsford tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Hindsford centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Hindsford area at LONG:-2.4785, LAT:53.5173.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Hindsford, 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 Hindsford / surrounding areas
● Parsonage Colliery ● Hilton Park (stadium) ● Municipal Borough of Leigh ● Westleigh, Greater Manchester ● St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh ● Leigh Town Hall ● Leigh, Greater Manchester ● Leigh Union workhouse ● Leigh Infirmary ● Mather Lane Mill ● St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Leigh ● Howe Bridge Colliery ● Red Rose Forest ● Pennington, Greater Manchester ● Bedford, Greater Manchester ● Atherton Hall, Leigh ● Bedford Colliery disaster ● Bedford Colliery ● Howe Bridge Mines Rescue Station ● St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Howe Bridge ● Leigh Spinners ● Atherton Urban District ● Howe Bridge ● New Manchester ● Boothstown ● Mosley Common ● St John’s Church, Mosley Common ● Chaddock Hall ● New Lester Colliery ● Garrett Hall
● Great Boys Colliery ● Yew Tree Colliery ● Astley, Greater Manchester ● Little Hulton (ward) ● St Paul’s Church, Peel ● Astley Green Colliery Museum ● Astley Green Colliery ● New Hall moated site ● Cleworth Hall Colliery ● Damhouse ● St Stephen’s Church, Astley ● Bedford Hall ● Higher Folds ● Wellington Pit ● Tyldesley Town Hall ● Combermere Colliery ● Tyldesley Top Chapel ● Tyldesley Urban District ● Nelson Pit ● Barnfield Mills ● Tyldesley Little Theatre ● Shakerley Colliery (Greens) ● St George’s Church, Tyldesley ● Chanters Colliery ● Nook Colliery ● St George’s Colliery ● Shakerley ● Peelwood Colliery ● Gin Pit Colliery ● Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hindsford ● Hindsford ● St Anne’s Church, Hindsford ● Atherton Collieries A.F.C. ● Chowbent Chapel ● Leigh Rural District ● Atherton Town Hall ● St John the Baptist’s Church, Atherton ● Middle Hulton ● Atherton Laburnum Rovers F.C. ● Morleys Hall ● Over Hulton ● Pretoria Pit disaster ● Atherton, Greater Manchester ● Gibfield Colliery ● St James’ Church, Daisy Hill ● Daisy Hill F.C. ● Tyldesley
Getting to / around Hindsford – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Hindsford using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Hindsford places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Hindsford Public Transport Stations
Hindsford Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Westleigh railway station
Atherleigh railway station
Leigh railway station (Lancashire)
Howe Bridge railway station
Tyldesley railway station
Atherton railway station
Chequerbent railway station
Chequerbent railway station (Bolton and Leigh Railway)
Hag Fold railway station
Atherton Bag Lane railway station
Daisy Hill railway station
A572 road
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Local Hindsford historians & Hindsford tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Hindsford? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Hindsford’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 Hindsford 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 Hindsford 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 Hindsford 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-Hindsford’ web pages (for example: www.visitHindsford.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 Hindsford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hindsford places to visit. A unique way to experience Hindsford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hindsford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Hindsford places with Walkfo Hindsford to hear history at Hindsford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hindsford has 79 places to visit in our interactive Hindsford 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 Hindsford, 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 Hindsford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hindsford & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Hindsford?