Welcome to Visit Marchwood Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Marchwood
Visit Marchwood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Marchwood places to visit. A unique way to experience Marchwood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Marchwood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Marchwood Walkfo Preview Marchwood is a village and civil parish located in Hampshire. It lies on the western shore of Southampton Water and directly east of the New Forest. The population of the village in the 2011 census was 6,141. When you visit Marchwood, Walkfo brings Marchwood places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Marchwood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Marchwood
Visit Marchwood – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 76 audio plaques & Marchwood places for you to explore in the Marchwood area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Marchwood places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Marchwood history
The Roman road from the Calshot/Lepe area passed through here on its way to Nursling (Onna) Roman coins have been found at Bury Farm. Marchwood Military Port was built here during World War II. The Royal Navy Ordnance Depot was where the famous Mulberry harbours were made.
Why visit Marchwood with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Marchwood places with Walkfo Marchwood to hear history at Marchwood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Marchwood has 76 places to visit in our interactive Marchwood 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 Marchwood, 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 Marchwood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Marchwood & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 76 audio facts unique to Marchwood places in an interactive Marchwood map you can explore.”
Walkfo Marchwood tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Marchwood
Best Marchwood places to visit
Marchwood has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Marchwood’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Marchwood’s information audio spots:
Watts Park Watts Park is named in honour of Isaac Watts, a Congregationalist minister and hymn writer. It was built between 1854 and 1866 and was designated Grade II* in 1995.
Southampton Tunnel Southampton Tunnel is a 528-yard railway tunnel that runs close to the Civic Centre in the centre of the city of Southampton. It was constructed by the Southampton and Dorchester Railway to join the London and Southampton Railway. The tunnel suffered a collapse during construction, and subsequent movement of the structure delayed its opening until two months after that of the rest of the line.
Above Bar Church, Southampton Above Bar Church is affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building is on the corner of Above Bar Street and Ogle Road in Southampton City Centre.
Southampton District Energy Scheme The Southampton District Energy Scheme is a district heating and cooling system in Southampton, United Kingdom. The system is owned and operated by ENGIE.
Christ Church, Freemantle Christ Church is the parish church for Freemantle in Southampton. The church building is grade II listed. It is located in Freemantle, south-west of Southampton.
Western Community Hospital The Western Community Hospital is a health facility in the Shirley / Millbrook area of Southampton, England. It is managed by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Marchwood ERF Marchwood ERF (or Marchwood Energy Recovery Facility) is a waste incineration plant in Marchwood, near Southampton, England. It burns municipal waste and produces electricity for the National Grid.
Westquay Westquay (formerly WestQuay) is a shopping centre in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has an area of 95,600 m (1,029,000 sq ft) of retail and leisure space and contains around 130 shops. It is situated in the city centre, close to the docks, with entrances on the main High Street (Above Bar Street), on Portland Terrace, through Waterstone’s and through John Lewis.
Carnival House Carnival House is a landmark office building in Southampton, Hampshire. It is a purpose-built headquarters for Carnival UK, the United Kingdom operating company of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping company. The building was officially opened in July 2009.
Marchwood Power Station Marchwood Power Station is an 898.1 MW gas-fired power station in Marchwood, near Southampton. It is situated beside estuary of the River Test where it meets Southampton Water, opposite the Port of Southampton. The station is operated by SSE Thermal.
Visit Marchwood plaques
5 plaques hereMarchwood has 5 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Marchwood 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 Marchwood using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Marchwood plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Marchwood audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Marchwood allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Marchwood’s 76 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Marchwood freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Marchwood Map App
Our visit Marchwood map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Marchwood & 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 Marchwood tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Marchwood centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Marchwood area at LONG:-1.454, LAT:50.89.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Marchwood, 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 Marchwood / surrounding areas
● Holyrood estate ● Bargate (ward) ● Southampton Old Bowling Green ● God’s House Hospital ● God’s House Tower ● Red Lion Inn, Southampton ● St. Julien’s Church, Southampton ● Holyrood Church ● Timeline of Southampton ● Dolphin Hotel, Southampton ● Canute’s Palace ● Medieval Merchant’s House ● Southampton City Centre ● St. Michael’s Church, Southampton ● World Sailing ● Eling Tide Mill ● Bartley Water ● Redbridge, Southampton ● Unity 101 ● Central Baptist Church, Southampton ● Watts Park ● The Polygon, Southampton ● Southampton City Art Gallery ● Southampton Guildhall ● John Hansard Gallery ● Southampton Civic Centre ● Southampton Archives ● Mayflower Theatre ● SeaCity Museum ● Wyndham Court
● Shirley, Southampton ● Shirley Baptist Church, Southampton ● Southampton Tunnel ● Blechynden Terrace Park ● Marlands Shopping Centre ● Southampton Power Station ● Above Bar Church, Southampton ● Freemantle ● Southampton District Energy Scheme ● Christ Church, Freemantle ● Western Community Hospital ● Tanner’s Brook ● Regents Park, Southampton ● Millbrook, Southampton ● King George V Graving Dock ● Eling and Bury Marshes ● Marchwood ERF ● Westquay ● Carnival House ● Marchwood Power Station ● Bargate ● All Saints’ Church, Southampton ● Southampton town walls ● Southampton Castle ● King John’s Palace, Southampton ● Tudor House and Garden ● St Joseph’s Church, Southampton ● Southampton Boat Show ● Theatre Royal, Southampton ● Marchwood Military Port ● The Wool House ● Royal Pier, Southampton ● Town Quay ● Dibden Bay ● Fawley branch line ● Dibden ● Hythe & Dibden F.C. ● Marchwood ● Staplewood Campus ● Colbury ● New Forest Wildlife Park ● Southampton ● The Dell, Southampton ● SS Shieldhall
Getting to / around Marchwood – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Marchwood using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Marchwood places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Marchwood Public Transport Stations
Marchwood Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Totton railway station
Redbridge railway station
Southampton West End railway station
Southampton Central railway station
Millbrook railway station (Hampshire)
Marchwood railway station
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Local Marchwood historians & Marchwood tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Marchwood? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Marchwood’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 Marchwood 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 Marchwood 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 Marchwood 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-Marchwood’ web pages (for example: www.visitMarchwood.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 Marchwood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Marchwood places to visit. A unique way to experience Marchwood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Marchwood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Marchwood places with Walkfo Marchwood to hear history at Marchwood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Marchwood has 76 places to visit in our interactive Marchwood 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 Marchwood, 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 Marchwood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Marchwood & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Marchwood?