Welcome to Visit Shobnall Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shobnall
Visit Shobnall places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Shobnall places to visit. A unique way to experience Shobnall’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Shobnall as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Shobnall Walkfo Preview Shobnall is a settlement and civil parish located in Staffordshire. It covers an area located in the west of Burton upon Trent. The population of the population taken at the 2011 census was 5,071. When you visit Shobnall, Walkfo brings Shobnall places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Shobnall Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shobnall
Visit Shobnall – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 62 audio plaques & Shobnall places for you to explore in the Shobnall area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Shobnall places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Shobnall with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Shobnall places with Walkfo Shobnall to hear history at Shobnall’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shobnall has 62 places to visit in our interactive Shobnall 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 Shobnall, 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 Shobnall places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shobnall & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Shobnall tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Shobnall
Best Shobnall places to visit
Shobnall has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shobnall’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shobnall’s information audio spots:
Winshill Water Tower Winshill Water Tower (also known as Waterloo Tower) is a former water tower in Burton upon Trent, England. It was constructed in 1907 after a High Court ruling against the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company for poor water-supply pressure. The brick tower held a cast-iron water tank at a height of 80 feet (24 m) to provide sufficient hydraulic head to improve water pressure.
St Peter’s Bridge, Burton upon Trent St Peter’s Bridge carries the A5189 road across the River Trent in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. Opened in 1985, the 800-metre (2,600 ft) long reinforced concrete bridge is the most recent road crossing of the Trent. It was closed for more than two months in 2017 for repair works.
Battle of Burton Bridge (1322) The 1322 Battle of Burton Bridge was fought between Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and King Edward II of England. Edward’s army was proceeding northwards to engage Lancaster, having defeated his Marcher Lord allies in Wales. Lancaster fortified the bridge at Burton upon Trent, an important crossing of the River Trent, in an attempt to prevent the King from proceeding.
Malt Shovel (sculpture) The Malt Shovel is a 2001 sculpture by Andrew Hazell that stands on the corner of High Street and New Street in Burton upon Trent. It was commissioned by East Staffordshire Borough Council and funded by a National Lottery grant. The sculpture is a representation of a shovel used for malting, part of the brewery process.
Horninglow Street drill hall, Burton upon Trent Horninglow Street drill hall is a former military installation in Burton upon Trent. It is a Grade II listed building which is located in the town centre.
National Brewery Centre The National Brewery Centre is a museum and tourist attraction adjacent to the Bass Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The centre celebrates the brewing heritage of Burton and features exhibits showcasing the history of brewing techniques.
Burton upon Trent Infirmary Burton upon Trent Infirmary was a health facility in Staffordshire, England. It was located in Duke Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire.
Stapenhill F.C. Stapenhill Football Club is a football club based in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They are currently members of the Midland League Division One.
Burton upon Trent power station Burton upon Trent power station supplied electricity from 1894 to 1976. The power station was redeveloped several times: including the incorporation of a new plant in the 1910s, 1924–28 and 1941–43. The station was decommissioned in October 1976.
Burton upon Trent Town Hall Burton upon Trent Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in Staffordshire. It is a municipal building in the town’s King Edward Place, Staffordshire, England.
Visit Shobnall plaques
6 plaques hereShobnall has 6 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Shobnall 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 Shobnall using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Shobnall plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Shobnall audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Shobnall allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Shobnall’s 62 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Shobnall freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Shobnall Map App
Our visit Shobnall map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Shobnall & 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 Shobnall tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Shobnall centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Shobnall area at LONG:-1.653, LAT:52.807.
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Things to do & visit in Shobnall / surrounding areas
● Drakelow ● Drakelow Power Station ● Winshill Water Tower ● Brizlincote ● Stapenhill ● St Peter’s Bridge, Burton upon Trent ● Burton Leander Rowing Club ● Trent Rowing Club ● Ferry Bridge, Burton ● St Mark’s, Winshill ● Burton Abbey ● St Modwen’s, Burton upon Trent ● Battle of Burton Bridge (1643) ● Battle of Burton Bridge (1322) ● Finney’s post ● Malt Shovel (sculpture) ● 76 Club ● The Burton Cooper ● Coopers Square ● Peel Croft ● Bass Brewery ● Burton upon Trent ● National Brewery Centre ● Burton upon Trent Infirmary ● Burton, Staffordshire (civil parish) ● Burton-on-Trent CC Ground ● Stapenhill F.C. ● All Saints, Burton upon Trent ● Burton Depot ● St John the Divine, Horninglow
● Derby Turn ● Anglesey, Staffordshire ● Burton upon Trent Town Hall ● East Staffordshire ● St Paul’s, Burton upon Trent ● St Chad’s, Burton upon Trent ● Bladon Castle ● Eton Park ● Pirelli Stadium ● Shobnall ● Ind Coope Ground ● Outwoods, East Staffordshire ● Queen’s Hospital, Burton upon Trent ● Horninglow and Eton ● Sinai Park House ● Horninglow ● Bass Worthington Ground ● Branston Depot ● Branston, Staffordshire ● St Saviour’s Church, Branston ● Branston Water Park ● Tatenhill ● Claymills Pumping Station ● Winshill ● St Mary’s, Stretton ● Stretton, East Staffordshire ● Jinnie Trail ● Anslow ● Stapenhill Gardens ● Dame Paulet’s Almshouses
Getting to / around Shobnall – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Shobnall using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Shobnall places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Shobnall Public Transport Stations
Shobnall Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Burton upon Trent power station
Burton-on-Trent railway station
Horninglow railway station
Branston railway station
Stretton and Claymills railway station
Horninglow Street drill hall, Burton upon Trent
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Local Shobnall historians & Shobnall tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Shobnall? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Shobnall’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 Shobnall 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 Shobnall 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 Shobnall 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-Shobnall’ web pages (for example: www.visitShobnall.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