Visit Huyton Places

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

  

Huyton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Huyton

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Huyton history

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Medieval

Huyton was first settled about 600–650 AD by Angles. The settlement was founded on a low hill surrounded by inaccessible marshy land. The first part of the name may suggest a landing-place on the banks of the River Alt.

Industrial development

Huyton-with-Roby is situated near to the south-western extremity of the former Lancashire coalfield. Welsh workers settled in the area to work in nearby collieries. Nearby Cronton Colliery finally ceased production in March 1984, shortly before the UK miners’ strike.

Second World War

Schoolchildren were not evacuated from Huyton, instead schools and homes were provided with air-raid shelters. Internees included artists Martin Bloch, Hugo Dachinger, and Walter Nessler, dancer Kurt Jooss, musicians, sociologist Norbert Elias, anthropologist Eric Wolf and composer Hans Gál. Some inmates “went native”, stayed in Britain and married local women.

Murders

Huyton was brought to national attention in 2005 after the racially motivated murder of black teenager Anthony Walker in McGoldrick Park. Two white local youths were later found guilty of his murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In July 2008, an 18-year-old man, Michael Causer was battered to death in a homophobic attack.

You can visit Huyton places with Walkfo Huyton to hear history at Huyton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Huyton has 52 places to visit in our interactive Huyton 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 Huyton, 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 Huyton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Huyton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 52 audio facts unique to Huyton places in an interactive Huyton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Huyton Places Map
52 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Huyton places to visit

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

St Stephen’s Church, Gateacre St Stephen’s Church is in Belle Vale Road, Gateacre, Liverpool, Merseyside. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Reynolds Park Reynolds Park is a 14-acre (57,000 m) park in Woolton, Liverpool. The origins of the park are 200 years ago, it was bequeathed to the City Council in 1926.

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