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


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

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Soothill is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast from the town of Dewsbury and directly north of Hanging Heaton. The name derives from the Old English word “sot” and means a place where wood was burnt. The village was on the Great Northern Railway’s Leeds to Batley branch line. When you visit Soothill, Walkfo brings Soothill places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Soothill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Soothill


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

With 42 audio plaques & Soothill places for you to explore in the Soothill area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Soothill places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Soothill with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Soothill PlacesYou can visit Soothill places with Walkfo Soothill to hear history at Soothill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Soothill has 42 places to visit in our interactive Soothill 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 Soothill, 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 Soothill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Soothill & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 42 audio facts unique to Soothill places in an interactive Soothill map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Soothill Places Map
42 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Soothill historic spots

  Soothill tourist destinations

  Soothill plaques

  Soothill geographic features

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

  

Best Soothill places to visit


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

Soothill photo Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe
Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe was a doubling mill in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. It doubled yarns of count’s 4’s to 40’s. It was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.
Soothill photo HWD Hospital Radio
HWD Hospital Radio broadcasts to patients and staff of Mid Yorkshire Trust hospitals. The station is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 227515.
Soothill photo Birstall, West Yorkshire
Birstall is a large village in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire. It is situated between Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield. The town is approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Leeds and situated close to M62 motorway.
Soothill photo Batley Town Hall
Batley Town Hall is a municipal facility in the Market Place in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
Soothill photo Dewsbury
Dewsbury is a minster town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. It lies on the River Calder and an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, after undergoing a period of major growth in the 19th century as a mill town.
Soothill photo Batley
Batley is a market and mill town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire. In 2011 the population of Batley including Hanging Heaton, Staincliffe, Carlinghow and Birstall Smithies, Copley Hill and Howden Clough was 48,730.
Soothill photo Dewsbury bus station
The bus station is situated in Dewsbury town centre next to Aldams Road (A638 road) and can be accessed there and from South Street. The station was rebuilt in 1994 with a main passenger concourse and 19 bus stands.
Soothill photo Trinity Church, Ossett
The Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, more commonly known as Trinity Church, is the main Church of England parish church for the market town of Ossett, West Yorkshire. Located on a plateau some 300 feet (91 m) above sea level, the church’s 226 feet (69 m) high spire is a local landmark.

Visit Soothill plaques


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Soothill has 6 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Soothill 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 Soothill using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Soothill plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.