Visit Speke Places

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

  

Speke Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Speke

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Speke history

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Speke was a small village with a population of 400 until the 1930s development by Sir Lancelot Keay. By the end of the 1950s more than 25,000 people were living in the area. The name derives from the Old English Spec, meaning ‘brushwood’ or from Middle English Spek(e), meaning ‘woodpecker’ Speke Airport was the second busiest in the UK by the start of World War II.

You can visit Speke places with Walkfo Speke to hear history at Speke’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Speke has 38 places to visit in our interactive Speke 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 Speke, 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 Speke places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Speke & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 38 audio facts unique to Speke places in an interactive Speke map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Speke Places Map
38 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Speke historic spots	Speke tourist destinations	Speke plaques	Speke geographic features
Walkfo Speke tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Speke

  

Best Speke places to visit

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

ROC Post Speke ROC Post Speke is a nuclear monitoring post in Speke, Liverpool built during the Cold War. It was operational between 1959 and 1968. It has the distinction of being the only post of its type in Merseyside.

Liverpool 08 Collection The Liverpool 08 Collection was the Public art collection exhibited by Liverpool John Lennon Airport in conjunction with Liverpool Culture Company for the duration of 2008. Exhibits were launched before and during the year by celebrities including Yoko Ono and Phil Redmond.

Woolton Hall Woolton Hall is a former country house located in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. Built in 1704 and extensively renovated in 1772 by architect Robert Adam, the building is praised as the finest example of Adam’s work in the North of England. During the 20th century, the hall went through a number of uses, eventually becoming a school in the 1950s, and later being abandoned with plans for its demolition.

Woolton (ward) Woolton is a Liverpool City Council Ward within Garston and Halewood Parliamentary constituency. In 2004 the boundary changed to incorporate a small part of Allerton ward and lost a small area to the new Allerton and Hunts Cross ward.

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