Welcome to Visit Portwood Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Portwood
Visit Portwood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Portwood places to visit. A unique way to experience Portwood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Portwood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Portwood Walkfo Preview Portwood is an area of Stockport, England, just east of the town centre along Great Portwood Street. The River Tame and Goyt and M60 motorway run through the area. The site of the former Portwood railway station lies under the motorway. When you visit Portwood, Walkfo brings Portwood places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Portwood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Portwood
Visit Portwood – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 80 audio plaques & Portwood places for you to explore in the Portwood area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Portwood places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Portwood with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Portwood places with Walkfo Portwood to hear history at Portwood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Portwood has 80 places to visit in our interactive Portwood 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 Portwood, 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 Portwood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Portwood & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 80 audio facts unique to Portwood places in an interactive Portwood map you can explore.”
Walkfo Portwood tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Portwood
Best Portwood places to visit
Portwood has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Portwood’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Portwood’s information audio spots:
Chadkirk Chadkirk is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester. It is located between the River Goyt and the Peak Forest Canal south of Romiley, east of the A627 road. The site of a former print works on the right bank of the river is now a business park. The ancient woodlands of Kirk Wood and Little Wood have been declared Sites of Biological Importance (SBI)
Chadkirk Chapel Chadkirk Chapel is a restored historic chapel near Romiley in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
Elder Mill, Romiley Elder Mill, Romiley was a cotton spinning mill in Romiley, Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.
Davenport railway station (England) Davenport railway station is 7 miles (11 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line. The station is located in the Stockport suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Palmer Mills, Stockport Palmer Mills, Stockport were cotton spinning mills in Portwood, Greater Manchester. Built in the late 19th century, it was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and sold on. Renamed the Stockport Paper Mill they survived into the 21st century when they were demolished to be replaced by modern businesses.
Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport Our Lady and the Apostles Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Edgeley area of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was built from 1903 to 1905 and replaced St Philip and St James Church, built in 1803, which was the first permanent Catholic church to be built in Stockport after the English Reformation.
Stockport Castle Stockport Castle was a promontory castle in the medieval town overlooking a ford over the River Mersey. It was first documented in 1173, but the next mention of it is in 1535 when it was in ruins. What remained of the castle was demolished in 1775.
St Mary’s Church, Stockport St Mary’s Church is the oldest parish church in the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It stands in Churchgate overlooking the market place. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building.
Stockport power station Stockport power station was owned and operated by Stockport Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. It was redeveloped several times to meet the increased demand for electricity.
St Joseph’s Church, Stockport St Joseph’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Stockport. It was built from 1861 to 1862 and designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield. It is the only church in England administered by the Priests of the Sacred Heart.
Visit Portwood plaques
17 plaques herePortwood has 17 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Portwood 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 Portwood using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Portwood plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Portwood audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Portwood allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Portwood’s 80 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Portwood freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Portwood Map App
Our visit Portwood map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Portwood & 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 Portwood tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Portwood centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Portwood area at LONG:-2.145, LAT:53.415.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Portwood, 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 Portwood / surrounding areas
● Chadkirk ● Chadkirk Chapel ● Offerton Green ● Elder Mill, Romiley ● Bosden Farm ● Stepping Hill Hospital ● Woodsmoor ● Foggbrook ● Offerton, Greater Manchester ● Offerton Park ● Davenport, Greater Manchester ● St George’s Church, Heaviley ● Battersby Hats ● St Thomas’ Church, Stockport ● Adswood ● Stockport Rural District ● Stockport ● Vernon Park ● Stockport air disaster ● 104.9 Imagine FM ● Palmer Mills, Stockport ● Vernon Mill, Stockport ● Harrytown Hall ● Portwood ● Stockport Town Hall ● County Borough of Stockport ● Metropolitan Borough of Stockport ● Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport ● Stockport Armoury ● Stockport Castle
● St Mary’s Church, Stockport ● The Peel Centre, Stockport ● St Joseph’s Church, Stockport ● Grand Central Stockport ● Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury ● Plaza Cinema, Stockport ● Stockport Central Library ● St Peter’s Church, Stockport ● Pure 107.8FM ● Garrick Theatre (Stockport) ● Stockport Carriage Sidings ● Edgeley Park ● Stockport Air Raid Shelters ● Bredbury ● Stockport Viaduct ● National Tyres and Autocare ● Meadow Mill ● Wear Mill, Stockport ● Bredbury and Romiley Urban District ● Nelstrops Albion Flour Mills ● Kingston Mill, Stockport ● Christ Church, Heaton Norris ● Heaton Norris ● Edgeley ● Stockport Pyramid ● Green Lane (Stockport) ● Nursery Inn ● Brinksway Caves ● Gorsey Bank ● The Works Recording Studio ● Woodley, Greater Manchester ● Stockport Town F.C. ● Wood Mill, Woodley ● Brinnington ● Hyde Hall, Denton ● Cheadle Heath ● Cheadle Heath Nomads F.C. ● Heaton Moor ● Highfield Country Park ● St Elisabeth’s Church, Reddish ● Heaton Chapel ● Reddish ● Broadstone Mill, Reddish ● Reddish Vale ● Pear New Mill ● Strawberry Studios ● Merseyway Shopping Centre ● Hat Works
Getting to / around Portwood – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Portwood using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Portwood places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Portwood Public Transport Stations
Portwood Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Romiley railway station
Woodsmoor railway station
Davenport railway station (England)
Stockport power station
Stockport railway station
Portwood railway station
Stockport bus station
Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station
Heaton Norris railway station
Bredbury railway station
Brinnington railway station
Woodley railway station
Cheadle Heath railway station
Heaton Chapel railway station
Reddish North railway station
Reddish South railway station
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Local Portwood historians & Portwood tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Portwood? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Portwood’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 Portwood 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 Portwood 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 Portwood 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-Portwood’ web pages (for example: www.visitPortwood.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 Portwood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Portwood places to visit. A unique way to experience Portwood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Portwood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
With 80 audio plaques & Portwood places for you to explore in the Portwood area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Portwood places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
You can visit Portwood places with Walkfo Portwood to hear history at Portwood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Portwood has 80 places to visit in our interactive Portwood 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 Portwood, 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 Portwood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Portwood & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Portwood?