Welcome to Visit Sparkhill Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sparkhill
Visit Sparkhill places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Sparkhill places to visit. A unique way to experience Sparkhill’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Sparkhill as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Sparkhill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sparkhill
Visit Sparkhill – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 221 audio plaques & Sparkhill places for you to explore in the Sparkhill area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Sparkhill places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Sparkhill history
Sparkhill takes its name from Spark Brook, a small stream that flows from Moseley to the River Cole in Small Heath. The watercourse can be traced almost entirely along its length from source to where it joins the River Tame. Most of the route is accessible through Ackers Trust artificial ski slope and sports centre built on BSA’s old test track.
Why visit Sparkhill with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Sparkhill places with Walkfo Sparkhill to hear history at Sparkhill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sparkhill has 221 places to visit in our interactive Sparkhill 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 Sparkhill, 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 Sparkhill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sparkhill & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 221 audio facts unique to Sparkhill places in an interactive Sparkhill map you can explore.”
Walkfo Sparkhill tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sparkhill
Best Sparkhill places to visit
Sparkhill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sparkhill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sparkhill’s information audio spots:
Chinese Quarter, Birmingham The Chinese Quarter of Birmingham is located in the city centre’s Southside . It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses . The area now covers a neighbourhood that includes Hurst Street, Ladywell Walk and Pershore Street .
Highgate, Birmingham Highgate is the site of the original Anglo-Saxon settlement which gave the city of Birmingham its name . Following the Big City Plan of 2008, Highgate has become a district of Birmingham City Centre .
Deritend Deritend is a historic area of Birmingham, England, built around a crossing point of the River Rea . It was first mentioned in 1276 and is usually considered to be part of Digbeth .
St Bartholomew’s Church, Edgbaston St Bartholomew’s Church, Edgbaston, is a parish church in the Church of England . It is also known as Edgbast Old Church .
Chad Brook Chad Brook is a brook wholly within Birmingham, England . It rises in Harborne, giving its name to the area known as Chad Valley . It runs through the suburb of Edgbaston, giving the name Chad Valley to Chad Valley toys .
Sparkhill Library Sparkhill Library is a library located in Sparkhill, Birmingham . The Library falls under the jurisdiction of Birmingham City Council . It is located in the city centre of Birmingham .
St Paul’s Church, Bordesley Green St Paul’s Church, Bordesley Green is a Grade A locally listed parish church in Birmingham. The Grade A Church of England parish church is located in the city centre of Birmingham.
St Benedict’s Church, Bordesley St Benedict’s Church, Bordesley is a Church of England parish church in the West Midlands. It is an early 20th-century church in Byzantine Revival style and Grade II listed. The church is about 2+1/2 miles east of Birmingham city centre.
J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Birmingham The J. F. Kennedy Memorial in Birmingham, England, is a memorial mosaic mural by Kenneth Budd. The mosaic, commissioned by Birmingham’s Irish community, was constructed in panels, at Budd’s company in south London.
Farm, Bordesley Farm is an historic estate within the former manor of Bordesley, now situated in the area of Sparkbrook, a suburb of Birmingham. It has been described as the “focal point in family mythology” for the prominent and wide-spread Lloyd family, Quakers, iron producers and founders of Lloyds Bank.
Visit Sparkhill plaques
66 plaques hereSparkhill has 66 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Sparkhill 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 Sparkhill using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Sparkhill plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Sparkhill audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Sparkhill allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Sparkhill’s 221 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Sparkhill freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Sparkhill Map App
Our visit Sparkhill map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Sparkhill & 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 Sparkhill tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Sparkhill centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Sparkhill area at LONG:-1.86416, LAT:52.45046.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Sparkhill, 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 Sparkhill / surrounding areas
● The Cube, Birmingham ● BBC Radio WM ● Mailbox Birmingham ● BBC Birmingham ● Birmingham Accident Hospital ● Singers Hill Synagogue ● Selfridges Building, Birmingham ● Carrs Lane Church, Birmingham ● Fox and Grapes, Birmingham ● Bull Ring, Birmingham ● Statue of Horatio Nelson, Birmingham ● St Martin in the Bull Ring ● Rotunda, Birmingham ● Island House, Birmingham ● Digbeth ● Martineau Galleries ● Martineau Place ● Freeth’s Coffee House ● Smithfield, Birmingham ● Birmingham Manor House ● Birmingham Odeon ● Tin Tins ● St Peter’s Church, Dale End ● Masshouse ● St Bartholomew’s Church, Birmingham ● The McLaren Building ● Christopher Wray Lighting works ● Birmingham Wholesale Markets ● Birmingham Coach Station ● Birmingham City University
● St David’s Church, Highgate ● Birmingham Gay Village ● Holte Bridgman’s Apollo Gardens ● Peters Bookselling Services ● Birmingham Superprix ● Birmingham Back to Backs ● St Catherine of Siena Church, Birmingham ● Birmingham Hippodrome ● Southside, Birmingham ● Anchor Inn, Birmingham ● The Night Out Theatre Restaurant ● Chinese Quarter, Birmingham ● Patrick Centre ● Highgate, Birmingham ● Ringway Centre ● Lee Bank ● St Asaph’s Church, Birmingham ● Chinese Pagoda ● St Anne’s Church, Birmingham ● Centre City Tower, Birmingham ● Digbeth Institute ● The Sentinels ● Bordesley Hall, Birmingham ● 10 Holloway Circus ● Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley ● Highgate Park ● St John’s Church, Deritend ● St Jude’s Church, Birmingham ● The Electric, Birmingham ● St Andrew’s Church, Bordesley ● Battle of Camp Hill ● Old Rep ● All Saints’ Church, Small Heath (II) ● Adam & Eve, Birmingham ● Henry’s Blueshouse ● Green Lane Masjid ● The Alexandra, Birmingham ● HMS Forward (shore establishment 1984) ● Darul Barakaat Mosque ● Custard Factory ● Camp Hill, West Midlands ● AIR (nightclub) ● The Old Crown, Birmingham ● St Basil’s Church, Deritend ● All Saints’ Church, Small Heath (I) ● Medicine Bar ● Eastside Projects ● Deritend ● Vivid (arts centre) ● Bordesley, West Midlands ● St Patrick’s Church, Bordesley ● Stratford House (Birmingham) ● Grand Junction, Birmingham ● Duddeston Barracks ● St Gabriel’s Church, Deritend ● Masjid As-Salafi ● Sparkbrook and Small Heath ● Grand Central, Birmingham ● Friends’ Institute buildings ● Birmingham Museum Collection Centre ● Birmingham Proof House ● Gateway Plus ● City of Birmingham Stadium ● Eastside Locks ● Birmingham Wheels Park ● Christ Church, Sparkbrook ● St Thomas’ Peace Garden ● Sparkbrook ● Darul Uloom, Birmingham ● Orion Building ● Birmingham City University Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment ● Park Central, Birmingham ● Jami Masjid and Islamic Centre Birmingham ● Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum ● Millennium Point, Birmingham ● Ghamkol Shariff Masjid ● The Woodman ● Eastside, Birmingham ● Eastside, Birmingham ● St Agatha’s Church, Sparkbrook ● Eastside City Park ● St Thomas in the Moors, Balsall Heath ● St Oswald’s Church, Small Heath ● Saltley TMD ● Adderley Park ● Balti Triangle ● Emmanuel Church, Sparkbrook ● Small Heath ● Piccadilly Cinema, Birmingham ● St Saviour’s Church, Saltley ● St James’ Church, Edgbaston ● Public Library and Baths, Balsall Heath ● Calthorpe Park ● St Gregory the Great’s Church, Small Heath ● Bordesley Green ● St Bartholomew’s Church, Edgbaston ● Edgbaston Hall ● Edgbaston Priory Club ● Edgbaston ● Birmingham Classic (tennis) ● Martineau Gardens ● Edgbaston Pool ● Edgbaston Cricket Ground ● Brumbrella ● West Midlands Police F.C. ● Pebble Mill Studios ● Mac, Birmingham ● Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park ● Birmingham Dental Hospital ● Birmingham Youth Theatre ● Edgbaston (ward) ● Chad Brook ● Cannon Hill Park ● Balsall Heath ● St Paul’s Church, Balsall Heath ● Selly Park ● St Anne’s Church, Moseley ● Moseley Park ● Highbury Hall ● Moseley ● Highbury Park, Birmingham ● Fighting Cocks, Moseley ● Moseley Hall, Birmingham ● St Mary’s Church, Moseley ● Church of the Ascension, Stirchley (II) ● Moseley and Kings Heath (ward) ● St Barnabas’ Church, Balsall Heath ● Wake Green ● St Agnes’ Church, Moseley ● Ritz Ballroom, Kings Heath ● All Saints’ Church, King’s Heath ● West Midlands Police Museum ● Sparkhill Library ● Sparkhill ● Kings Heath Park ● The Antelope, Birmingham ● St John’s Church, Sparkhill ● Kings Heath ● St Christopher’s Church, Springfield ● Moseley Bog ● Greet, Birmingham ● Swanshurst Park ● Springfield, Birmingham ● John Morris Jones Walkway ● Sarehole ● Sarehole Mill ● Shire Country Park ● Kings Heath Boys ● Billesley Common ● Acocks Green ● St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green ● Tyseley ● John Bridgeman play sculpture, Birmingham ● Fox Hollies Hall ● Burnt mound in Fox Hollies Park ● Fox Hollies ● Hall Green Stadium ● Hall Green ● Church of the Ascension, Hall Green ● South Yardley ● Tyseley Locomotive Works ● Tyseley TMD ● Hay Hall, Birmingham ● Tyseley Energy from Waste Plant ● Swan Shopping Centre ● St Cyprian’s Church, Hay Mills ● Hay Mills ● Yardley, Birmingham ● Hay Mills Rotor Station ● Birmingham EcoPark ● Murder of Thomas Bates ● Haden Hill Park ● Yardley Wood ● Warstock ● Billesley, West Midlands ● St Paul’s Church, Bordesley Green ● Heartlands Hospital ● Little Bromwich ● St Benedict’s Church, Bordesley ● J. F. Kennedy Memorial, Birmingham ● St Alban the Martyr, Birmingham ● Bordesley Junction ● St Andrew’s (stadium) ● Curzon Gate ● Farm, Bordesley ● Warwick Bar ● Birmingham Central Synagogue ● Church of SS Mary and Ambrose, Edgbaston ● Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath
Getting to / around Sparkhill – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Sparkhill using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Sparkhill places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Sparkhill Public Transport Stations
Sparkhill Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Birmingham Moor Street railway station
Bordesley railway station
Lawley Street railway station
Birmingham Curzon Street railway station
Birmingham Curzon Street railway station (1838–1966)
Camp Hill railway station
Small Heath railway station
Adderley Park railway station
Five Ways railway station
Moseley railway station
Brighton Road railway station
Kings Heath railway station
Acocks Green railway station
Spring Road railway station
Tyseley railway station
Hall Green railway station
Yardley Wood railway station
Birmingham New Street railway station
Hazelwell railway station
Severn Street Synagogue
St Michael’s Catholic Church, Moor Street
Moor Street Theatre
Corporation Street, Birmingham
Corporation Street tram stop
A4540 road
Hurst Street
Thorp Street drill hall, Birmingham
St Luke’s Church, Bristol Street, Birmingham
A4400 road
New Street, Birmingham
Muntz Street
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Local Sparkhill historians & Sparkhill tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Sparkhill? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Sparkhill’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 Sparkhill 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 Sparkhill 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 Sparkhill 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-Sparkhill’ web pages (for example: www.visitSparkhill.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 Sparkhill places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Sparkhill places to visit. A unique way to experience Sparkhill’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Sparkhill as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Sparkhill places with Walkfo Sparkhill to hear history at Sparkhill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sparkhill has 221 places to visit in our interactive Sparkhill 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 Sparkhill, 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 Sparkhill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sparkhill & the surrounding areas.
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