Visit Sharlston Places

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

  

Sharlston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sharlston

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Sharlston history

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The village of Old Sharlston has existed for over five hundred years. The oldest known record of the village dates back to 1574. The village was acquired by the Earl of Westmorland in the early 18th century.

Pit village

A pit or model village of more than 150 back-to-back houses was built at New Sharlston from 1864. The houses cost just over £100 each and the streets were named Long Row, Crossley Street and High Street. A Methodist chapel and a day school were built on the streets. The properties became property of the National Coal Board in 1947.

You can visit Sharlston places with Walkfo Sharlston to hear history at Sharlston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sharlston has 24 places to visit in our interactive Sharlston 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 Sharlston, 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 Sharlston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sharlston & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Sharlston places in an interactive Sharlston map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Sharlston Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Sharlston places to visit

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

Normanton (electoral ward) Normanton is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district. It is used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections. Normanton electoral ward is part of the Wakefield District Council.

Post Office Road Post Office Road is a rugby league ground in Featherstone, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. It is the home of rugby league club Featherstone Rovers. The ground’s current capacity is 6,954.

Crofton, West Yorkshire Crofton is about 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Wakefield, some 6 miles (10 km) to the west of the town of Pontefract. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,781.

Heath Hall, Heath, West Yorkshire Heath Hall, Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire is a Grade I listed country house. Originally called Eshald House, the estate was purchased by John Smyth. His nephew engaged John Carr of York to reconstruct the house between 1754 and 1780.

Wakefield City Academies Trust Wakefield City Academies Trust managed 21 schools across West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and East Riding of Yorkshire. In September 2017, WCAT announced it would cease operation and dissolve once new sponsor organisations have been found for its schools.

Normanton, West Yorkshire Normanton is a town north-east of Wakefield and south-west of Castleford. At the time of the 2011 Census, the population of the civil parish was 20,872. The Normanton ward of the Wakefield City Council had a population of 16,220.

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