Welcome to Visit Thurmaston Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Thurmaston
Visit Thurmaston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Thurmaston places to visit. A unique way to experience Thurmaston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Thurmaston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Thurmaston Walkfo Preview Thurmaston is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire. It is located four miles north of the city centre of Leicester. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 9,668. When you visit Thurmaston, Walkfo brings Thurmaston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Thurmaston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Thurmaston
Visit Thurmaston – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 38 audio plaques & Thurmaston places for you to explore in the Thurmaston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Thurmaston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Thurmaston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Thurmaston places with Walkfo Thurmaston to hear history at Thurmaston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Thurmaston has 38 places to visit in our interactive Thurmaston 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 Thurmaston, 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 Thurmaston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Thurmaston & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Thurmaston tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Thurmaston
Best Thurmaston places to visit
Thurmaston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Thurmaston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Thurmaston’s information audio spots:
St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Syston St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Syston is a Grade I listed parish church in Syston, Leicestershire. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade II listed parish in the Church of England.
Syston Syston is a town and civil parish in the district of Charnwood in Leicestershire. The population was 11,508 at the 2001 census, rising to 12,804 at the 2011 census.
St Mary’s Church, Barkby St Mary’s Church, Barkby is the Church of England Parish Church for Barkby, Leicestershire. The church mostly dates from the 13th century. It was grade I listed in 1966.
Humberstone & Hamilton Humberstone and Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the City of Leicester. It comprises the north-eastern Leicester suburbs of Humberstones, Garden City, Hamilton and Netherhall.
Towers Hospital The Towers Hospital was a mental health facility in Humberstone, Leicestershire. The administration building, which became known as George Hine House, is a Grade II listed building.
Beaumont Leys Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally used in reference to the large housing estate, built within the administrative division.
Thurcaston Thurcaston is best known as the home to Bishop Hugh Latimer. It borders the villages of Anstey and Cropston, as well as the Leicester suburb of Beaumont Leys. The Rothley Brook flows through the village, separating it from the A46 Leicester Western Bypass.
Birstall, Leicestershire Birstall is a large village and civil parish within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire. It is three miles north of Leicester city centre and is part of the wider Leicester Urban Area. The population of the village was only marginally lower than the neighbouring town of Syston at the 2001 census.
Highfield Rangers F.C. Highfield Rangers F.C. are based in the Rushey Mead area of Leicester. They are currently members of the Leicestershire Senior League Division One.
Birstall United F.C. Birstall United Football Club are currently members of the United Counties League Division One. The club are currently based in Birstall, near Leicester, in Leicestershire, England.
Visit Thurmaston plaques
2 plaques hereThurmaston has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Thurmaston 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 Thurmaston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Thurmaston plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Thurmaston audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Thurmaston allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Thurmaston’s 38 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Thurmaston freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Thurmaston Map App
Our visit Thurmaston map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Thurmaston & 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 Thurmaston tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Thurmaston centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Thurmaston area at LONG:-1.0992, LAT:52.6752.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Thurmaston, 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 Thurmaston / surrounding areas
● St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Syston ● Syston ● Barkby ● St Mary’s Church, Barkby ● Barkby Thorpe ● Watermead Country Park ● Birstall Meadows ● Wanlip Meadows ● Wanlip Hall ● Thurmaston ● Wanlip ● Humberstone & Hamilton ● Towers Hospital ● Arnold Lodge ● Spinney Hills ● Charnwood (ward) ● Gipsy Lane Pit ● Rothley Brook ● Beaumont Leys ● St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Leicester ● National Space Centre ● Leicester Abbey ● Abbey Pumping Station ● Abbey Park, Leicester ● Belgrave, Leicester ● Belgrave Hall ● Thurcaston ● Golden Mile (Leicester) ● Birstall, Leicestershire ● Latimer, Leicester
● Highfield Rangers F.C. ● Rushey Mead ● Birstall United F.C. ● Peepul Centre ● St Peter’s Church, Belgrave ● Church of St James the Great, Birstall
Getting to / around Thurmaston – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Thurmaston using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Thurmaston places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Thurmaston Public Transport Stations
Thurmaston Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Syston railway station
Humberstone railway station
Belgrave and Birstall railway station
Red Hill filling station
Leicester Belgrave Road railway station
Humberstone Road railway station
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Local Thurmaston historians & Thurmaston tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Thurmaston? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Thurmaston’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 Thurmaston 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 Thurmaston 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 Thurmaston 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-Thurmaston’ web pages (for example: www.visitThurmaston.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