Welcome to Visit Skegby Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Skegby
Visit Skegby places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Skegby places to visit. A unique way to experience Skegby’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Skegby as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Skegby Walkfo Preview Skegby is located two miles west of Mansfield and one mile north of Sutton-in-Ashfield. The parish covered about 1,433 acres and used to include the then hamlet of Stanton Hill. In 1931 the parish had a population of 6519. When you visit Skegby, Walkfo brings Skegby places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Skegby Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Skegby
Visit Skegby – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 24 audio plaques & Skegby places for you to explore in the Skegby area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Skegby places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Skegby history
Skegby is mentioned in the Domesday Book as “a berewick of the King’s manor at Mansfield” The name has a similar origin to the name of Skegness – originating from a Dane named Skeggi (“bearded one”) The current Lord of the Manor is Dominic Vernon Dodsley Williams.
Why visit Skegby with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Skegby places with Walkfo Skegby to hear history at Skegby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Skegby has 24 places to visit in our interactive Skegby 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 Skegby, 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 Skegby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Skegby & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Skegby places in an interactive Skegby map you can explore.”
Walkfo Skegby tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Skegby
Best Skegby places to visit
Skegby has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Skegby’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Skegby’s information audio spots:
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Sutton-in-Ashfield St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Sutton-in-Ashfield is a former parish church in the Church of England. It was built in the 1960s and is located in Sutton in Nottinghamshire.
Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station was opened in 1892. It was located on a short branch line from Sutton Junction. The station was located off Station Road.
Sutton Colliery Sutton Colliery was in the village of Stanton Hill, Nottinghamshire, England. It is now a country park. It was built in the 1930s and is now owned by a company.
Sutton Town A.F.C. Sutton Town A.F. was a football club based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The previous club was a member of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division until 2007 when they resigned. The new club joined the Central Midlands League, three levels lower in the English football league system, and later played in the East Midlands Counties League.
Stanton Hill Stanton Hill is a village in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire. It was first mentioned in the census in 1871, and then only as a street within Skegby. It probably took its name from the Stanton Ironworks Company, which started sinking the Teversal (Butcher Wood) Colliery in 1867.
Teversal F.C. Teversal Football Club are semi-professional football club. They play in the Northern Counties East League Division One. They are based near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Teversal Manor Teversal Manor is a small Grade II listed 17th-century country house. It is built in two storeys with attics with an irregular 7 bay frontage. The building is constructed of coursed and dressed rubble stone.
St Katherine’s Church, Teversal The St Katherine’s Church is on Buttery Lane, Teversal, Nottinghamshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Newstead, the Archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and has an unrestored 17th and 18th century interior.
Silverhill, Nottinghamshire Silverhill is one of the highest points in Nottinghamshire at 204.3 metres (670 ft) Originally it was a mine spoil heap on the site of the former Silverhill colliery which closed in the 1990s. It was landscaped in 2005 by Nottinghamshire County Council, with tree planting and footpaths.
Pleasley Colliery Pleasley Colliery is located to the NW of Pleasley village which sits above the north bank of the River Meden on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border. The colliery is situated at about 500 ft (152m) above sea level and is aligned on a NE-SW axis following the trend of the river valley at this point.
Visit Skegby plaques
0 plaques hereSkegby has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Skegby 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 Skegby using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Skegby plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Skegby audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Skegby allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Skegby’s 24 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Skegby freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Skegby Map App
Our visit Skegby map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Skegby & 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 Skegby tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Skegby centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Skegby area at LONG:-1.2636, LAT:53.144.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Skegby, 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 Skegby / surrounding areas
● Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sutton-in-Ashfield ● Sutton-in-Ashfield ● St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Sutton-in-Ashfield ● Eastfield Side ● Sutton Colliery ● Brierley Forest Park ● Sutton Town A.F.C. ● St Andrew’s Church, Skegby ● All Saints’ Church, Stanton Hill ● Stanton Hill ● Skegby ● King’s Mill Hospital ● Hilcote ● Huthwaite ● All Saints’ Church, Huthwaite ● Teversal F.C. ● Mansfield 103.2 FM ● Teversal Manor ● Teversal ● St Katherine’s Church, Teversal ● Silverhill, Nottinghamshire ● Pleasley ● Pleasley Colliery ● Mansfield and Pinxton Railway
Getting to / around Skegby – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Skegby using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Skegby places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Skegby Public Transport Stations
Skegby Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Sutton-in-Ashfield railway station
Sutton-in-Ashfield Central railway station
Sutton Junction railway station
Sutton Parkway railway station
Teversall Manor railway station
Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station
Pleasley East railway station
Skegby railway station
Pleasley West railway station
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Local Skegby historians & Skegby tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Skegby? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Skegby’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 Skegby 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 Skegby 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 Skegby 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-Skegby’ web pages (for example: www.visitSkegby.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 Skegby places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Skegby places to visit. A unique way to experience Skegby’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Skegby as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Skegby places with Walkfo Skegby to hear history at Skegby’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Skegby has 24 places to visit in our interactive Skegby 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 Skegby, 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 Skegby places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Skegby & the surrounding areas.
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