Visit Huncoat Places

Welcome to Visit Huncoat Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Huncoat

  

Huncoat Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Huncoat

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Huncoat history

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Huncoat was sunk by George Hargreaves and Company between 1890 and 1893. Colliery was nationalised in 1947 and closed after its coal was exhausted in 1968. Coal-fired Huncoat Power Station was located at the eastern end of the village.

You can visit Huncoat places with Walkfo Huncoat to hear history at Huncoat’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Huncoat has 32 places to visit in our interactive Huncoat 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 Huncoat, 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 Huncoat places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Huncoat & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 32 audio facts unique to Huncoat places in an interactive Huncoat map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Huncoat Places Map
32 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Huncoat historic spots	Huncoat tourist destinations	Huncoat plaques	Huncoat geographic features
Walkfo Huncoat tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Huncoat

  

Best Huncoat places to visit

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Huncoat has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Huncoat’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Huncoat’s information audio spots:

Accrington power station Accrington power station was a coal and refuse fired electricity generating station located in the centre of Accrington, Lancashire. The station supplied electricity to Accrington and to Haslingden and the Altham and Clayton-le-Moors areas between 1900 and 1958.

Globe Works, Accrington The Globe Centre is made up of the remainder of The Globe Works, which created machinery and looms for the cotton industry under management of the Howard & Bullough firm. Following refurbishment contains rented offices and conference rooms.

Thorneyholme Road Thorneyholme Road is a cricket and former football ground in Accrington, England. It was the home ground of Accrington F.C. from 1878 until 1894 when they moved to Moorhead Park.

St James’ Church, Church Kirk St James’ Church was an active Anglican parish church in Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn until November 2015 when it was closed. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Padiham F.C. Padiham Football Club are an English football team. They play in the North West Counties League Premier Division. As of 2019–20, they play in Premier Division North West.

Hameldon Hill Hameldon Hill is a Carboniferous sandstone hill with a summit elevation of 409 metres (1,342 ft) It is listed as a “HuMP” or “Hundred Metre Prominence”, its parent being Freeholds Top, a Marilyn near Bacup.

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