Welcome to Visit Hoyland Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hoyland
Visit Hoyland places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hoyland places to visit. A unique way to experience Hoyland’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hoyland as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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The town developed from the hamlets of Upper Hoyland, Hoyland and Hoyland Common. It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire. It lies within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 2001 it had a population of 15,497. When you visit Hoyland, Walkfo brings Hoyland places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hoyland Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hoyland
Visit Hoyland – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 32 audio plaques & Hoyland places for you to explore in the Hoyland area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hoyland places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Hoyland with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hoyland places with Walkfo Hoyland to hear history at Hoyland’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hoyland has 32 places to visit in our interactive Hoyland 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 Hoyland, 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 Hoyland places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hoyland & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 32 audio facts unique to Hoyland places in an interactive Hoyland map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Hoyland Places Map
32 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Hoyland places to visit
Hoyland has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hoyland’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hoyland’s information audio spots:
Lundhill Colliery explosion
The Lundhill Colliery explosion took place on 19 February 1857 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, UK. 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died. It was the first disaster to appear on the front page of the Illustrated London News.
Wombwell Main F.C.
Wombwell Main Football Club is a football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They are currently members of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division and play at Hough Lane.
Elsecar
Elsecar is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It was for many years a colliery village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. It is thought to derive from the Old English personal name of Aelfsige.
Milton Ironworks
Milton Ironworks was an iron works established in the 19th century in the Elsecar area of Barnsley, West Yorkshire, England.
Elsecar Ironworks
The Elsecar Ironworks opened in 1795 in the village near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company was bankrupted in 1827 and taken over by the Wentworth estate who owned the land it stood on.
Visit Hoyland plaques
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plaques
here Hoyland has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hoyland 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 Hoyland using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hoyland plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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