Welcome to Visit Monton Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Monton
Visit Monton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Monton places to visit. A unique way to experience Monton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Monton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Monton Walkfo Preview When you visit Monton, Walkfo brings Monton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Monton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Monton
Visit Monton – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 99 audio plaques & Monton places for you to explore in the Monton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Monton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Monton landmarks
Monton Shelter was completed in June 1930 following a campaign by the local vicar and a local Councillor for a shelter where ‘Veterans of Industry’ could meet during inclement weather. The shelter has recently been refurbished.
Why visit Monton with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Monton places with Walkfo Monton to hear history at Monton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Monton has 99 places to visit in our interactive Monton 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 Monton, 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 Monton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Monton & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 99 audio facts unique to Monton places in an interactive Monton map you can explore.”
Walkfo Monton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Monton
Best Monton places to visit
Monton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Monton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Monton’s information audio spots:
Chill Factore Chill Factor is the UK’s longest indoor ski slope; a £31M real snow centre . Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, the centre opened in November 2007 at which time it was the widest in the world, at 180 metres (590 ft) long .
Pendlebury (ward) Pendlebury is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Rebecca Long Bailey. A profile of the ward conducted in 2014 recorded a population of 13,434.
Greater Manchester Built-up Area The Greater Manchester Built-up Area has a population of 2,553,379 according to the United Kingdom Census 2011. It is the second most populous conurbation in the UK after the Greater London built-up area. The area is not conterminous with Greater Manchester, for it excludes settlements such as Wigan and Marple from Greater Manchester.
Irlams o’ th’ Height Irlams o’ th’ Height is a suburb of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the centre of the city’s population.
Langworthy (ward) Langworthy (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Rebecca Long Bailey. A profile of the ward recorded a population of 12,980 in 2014.
Claremont (ward) Claremont (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Rebecca Long Bailey. A profile of the ward conducted in 2014 recorded a population of 10,166.
Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury Swinton and Pendlebury was a local government district of Lancashire. It was created in 1894 as an urban district and enlarged in 1934 as a municipal borough. The urban district was governed from Pendleburgh Town Hall on Bolton Road at the junction with Carrington Street.
St Luke’s Church, Pendleton St Luke’s Church is an Anglican church that stands on raised ground in Pendleton, Salford. It was designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1980. The church is in the parish of Weaste, Seedley and Langworthy.
Weaste and Seedley (ward) Weaste and Seedley is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Rebecca Long Bailey. The ward has a population of 12,616, according to a profile of the ward.
Dock10 (television facility) Dock10 (stylised as dock10) is a television facility owner and media services company. Its studio filming facility is the best-known part of the company, often referred to as The Studios. It was built as a major part of MediaCityUK, a development in Salford, Greater Manchester.
Visit Monton plaques
57 plaques hereMonton has 57 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Monton 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 Monton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Monton plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Monton audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Monton allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Monton’s 99 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Monton freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Monton Map App
Our visit Monton map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Monton & 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 Monton tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Monton centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Monton area at LONG:-2.35, LAT:53.49.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Monton, 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 Monton / surrounding areas
● Winton, Greater Manchester ● Monton Mill, Eccles ● Stanley Arms, Eccles ● ROF Patricroft ● Monton ● The Grapes, Eccles ● Patricroft ● Barton upon Irwell ● Eccles (ward) ● G. P. Codie’s Ground ● Royal Oak, Eccles ● Barton Aqueduct ● Eccles Town Hall ● All Saints’ Church, Urmston ● Barton Power Station ● Trafford Waters ● Eccles Interchange ● Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles ● Lamb Hotel, Eccles ● Worsley Court House ● Worsley (ward) ● Dumplington ● 1941 Eccles rail crash ● Worsley Navigable Levels ● Peel Green ● AJ Bell Stadium ● Chill Factore ● St Mark’s Church, Worsley ● Ladywell tram stop ● The Trafford Centre tram stop
● Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust ● City Airport & Manchester Heliport ● Swinton South (ward) ● Salford Royal Hospital ● Davyhulme Sewage Works ● EventCity ● Worsley Old Hall ● Worsley New Hall ● RHS Garden Bridgewater ● Roe Green ● Sandhole Colliery ● Pendlebury (ward) ● Village tram stop ● Trafford Park ● Parkway tram stop ● Trafford Park Aerodrome ● Media City Footbridge ● MediaCityUK tram stop ● Davyhulme ● Port Salford ● Agecroft Colliery ● Greater Manchester Built-up Area ● Seedley ● County Borough of Salford ● Agecroft ● Irlams o’ th’ Height ● Langworthy (ward) ● Langworthy, Salford ● Pendlebury ● Claremont (ward) ● Buile Hill Park ● Manchester City Region ● Weaste ● Pendlebury Children’s Hospital ● Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury ● St Luke’s Church, Pendleton ● The Willows, Salford ● Langworthy tram stop ● Weaste tram stop ● Weaste and Seedley (ward) ● Aldridge UTC@MediaCityUK ● The Actors’ Lab ● Chris Country ● BBC Radio Manchester ● MediaCityUK ● Dock10 (television facility) ● Swinton North (ward) ● Wardley, Greater Manchester ● Swinton, Greater Manchester ● Salford Civic Centre ● Swinton Square ● Wardley Hall ● City of Salford ● Victoria Park, Swinton ● Pendlebury Colliery ● Clifton Hall Tunnel ● St Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury ● Eccles, Greater Manchester ● Ellesmere Park ● Trafford Centre ● 1984 Eccles rail crash ● Worsley ● Clifton Hall Colliery ● Greater Manchester ● Salford ● Weaste Cemetery ● BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Getting to / around Monton – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Monton using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Monton places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Monton Public Transport Stations
Monton Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Patricroft railway station
Monton Green railway station
Worsley railway station
Eccles railway station
Trafford power station
Irlams o’ th’ Height railway station
Pendlebury railway station
Seedley railway station
Weaste railway station
Moorside railway station
Swinton railway station (Greater Manchester)
Barton Moss railway station
Barton Road Swing Bridge
Barton Dock Road tram stop
Station Road, Swinton
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Local Monton historians & Monton tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Monton? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Monton’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 Monton 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 Monton 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 Monton 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-Monton’ web pages (for example: www.visitMonton.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 Monton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Monton places to visit. A unique way to experience Monton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Monton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Monton places with Walkfo Monton to hear history at Monton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Monton has 99 places to visit in our interactive Monton 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 Monton, 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 Monton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Monton & the surrounding areas.
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