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


Visit Rumworth PlacesVisit Rumworth places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Rumworth places to visit. A unique way to experience Rumworth’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Rumworth as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Rumworth is an electoral ward of Bolton, in Greater Manchester. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 16,250. Historically it was part of the hundred of Salford in Lancashire and centre of the Parish of Deane. When you visit Rumworth, Walkfo brings Rumworth places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Rumworth Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Rumworth


Visit Rumworth – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 58 audio plaques & Rumworth places for you to explore in the Rumworth area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Rumworth places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Rumworth history


Rumworth was joined with Lostock as the third part of a knight’s fee in 1212, held by the lords of the manor of Manchester. Later the Andertons of Lostock claimed a manor in Rumworth where there were fourteen oxgangs of land. The manor was bought by the Hultons of Over Hulton and it descended in this family.

Rumworth geography / climate

Rumworth measured about 2½ miles from east to west and average breadth was a little over a mile, its area was 1,244 acres (5.03 km) The Church Brook flows down Deane Clough to join the River Croal which forms the northern boundary.

Why visit Rumworth with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Rumworth PlacesYou can visit Rumworth places with Walkfo Rumworth to hear history at Rumworth’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Rumworth has 58 places to visit in our interactive Rumworth 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 Rumworth, 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 Rumworth places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Rumworth & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 58 audio facts unique to Rumworth places in an interactive Rumworth map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Rumworth Places Map
58 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Rumworth historic spots

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Walkfo Rumworth tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Rumworth

  

Best Rumworth places to visit


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

Rumworth photo Holy Trinity Church, Bolton
Holy Trinity Church, Bolton is a Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners’ church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.
Rumworth photo St Patrick’s Church, Bolton
St Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1861 and is a Gothic Revival style building. It is situated on the corner of Great Moor Street and Johnson Street.
Rumworth photo Derby Barracks, Bolton
Derby Barracks is a former military installation in Fletcher Street, Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is located in the centre of the city’s former military base.
Rumworth photo Octagon Theatre, Bolton
The Octagon Theatre is a producing theatre located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the city of Bolton and is located on the outskirts of Manchester.
Rumworth photo Bolton Town Hall
Bolton Town Hall was built between 1866 and 1873 to designs by William Hill of Leeds and George Woodhouse of Bolton. The town hall was extended in the 1930s to the designs of Bradshaw, Gass and Hope. It has been designated a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage.
Rumworth photo Bolton Market Hall
Bolton Market Hall is a listed building in Bolton, Greater Manchester. The market hall and its integral ground-floor shops on Bridge Street, Corporation Street and Knowsley Street are included in the English Heritage listing.
Rumworth photo Swan Lane Mills
Swan Lane Mills is a former cotton mill complex in Bolton, Greater Manchester. All three mills were designed by Stott and Sons of Oldham. The double mill (Nos. 1 and 2) was the largest spinning mill in the world.
Rumworth photo Royal Bolton Hospital
The Royal Bolton Hospital is an acute general hospital in Farnworth, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is in the centre of Farnworth in Greater Manchester and Farnworth.
Rumworth photo Bolton Royal Infirmary
The Bolton Royal Infirmary was an acute general hospital in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It was a hospital in Chorley Street, Bolton.
Rumworth photo Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Bolton
Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple (Bolton) is a three storied three-story building. The original structure was demolished and rebuilt in 1993. The temple was officially opened in 1973 and opened in 1975.

Visit Rumworth plaques


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Rumworth has 12 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Rumworth 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 Rumworth using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Rumworth plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.