Welcome to Visit Whelley Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Whelley
Visit Whelley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Whelley places to visit. A unique way to experience Whelley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Whelley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Whelley Walkfo Preview Whelley is an area of northeast Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it is mainly a residential area, between New Springs and Scholes. It is consistently a Labour supporting area, with a Labour club and a primary school. When you visit Whelley, Walkfo brings Whelley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Whelley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Whelley
Visit Whelley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 53 audio plaques & Whelley places for you to explore in the Whelley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Whelley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Whelley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Whelley places with Walkfo Whelley to hear history at Whelley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Whelley has 53 places to visit in our interactive Whelley 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 Whelley, 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 Whelley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Whelley & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Whelley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Whelley
Best Whelley places to visit
Whelley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Whelley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Whelley’s information audio spots:
St Mary’s Church, Lower Ince St Mary’s Church is in Warrington Road, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.
Old Town Hall, Wigan The Old Town Hall was a former municipal facility at the corner of King Street and Rodney Street in Wigan, England. The building, which was designated a Grade II listed building in 1990, was demolished in September 2013.
Wigan Town Hall The new Town Hall is a former technical college in Library Street, Wigan, England which was converted into a municipal facility in 1990. It is a Grade II listed building.
Mesnes Park, Wigan Mesnes Park is a Victorian public park dating from 1878 in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The elongated 12 hectares (30 acres) park lies to the north-west of Wigan town centre. It comprises formal flower beds in grass lawns, a pool, children’s playgrounds, mini golf, sports grounds and a café.
St John’s Church, Wigan St John’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary’s. Construction on both churches, was done in a spirit of competition so they both were finished in the same year, 1819.
St Mary’s Church, Wigan St Mary’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building.
Mab’s Cross Mab’s Cross, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is a stone cross probably dating from the 13th century. It is one of four stone crosses originally used as waymarkers along the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. The cross was moved across the road in 1922 as part of a road widening scheme.
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary is located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Wrightington and Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
St Jude’s Church, Wigan St Jude’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Worsley Mesnes area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was completed in 1965 and is a Grade II listed building in the Modernist style.
Visit Whelley plaques
4 plaques hereWhelley has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Whelley 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 Whelley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Whelley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Whelley audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Whelley allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Whelley’s 53 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Whelley freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Whelley Map App
Our visit Whelley map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Whelley & 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 Whelley tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Whelley centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Whelley area at LONG:-2.6142, LAT:53.5519.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Whelley, 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 Whelley / surrounding areas
● Poolstock ● St James’ Church, Poolstock ● Hawkley Hall ● Westwood Power Station ● Wigan Springs Branch TMD ● Adam Viaduct ● Trencherfield Mill ● Worsley Mesnes ● St Mary’s Church, Lower Ince ● County Borough of Wigan ● Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ● Wigan rail crash ● Wigan Urban Area ● Old Town Hall, Wigan ● Wigan Town Hall ● All Saints’ Church, Wigan ● Wigan Robin Park F.C. ● Scholes, Greater Manchester ● Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield ● Wigan Casino ● The Galleries (Wigan) ● DW Stadium ● Newbridge Learning Community ● Platt Bridge ● Springfield Park (Wigan) ● Mesnes Park, Wigan ● St John’s Church, Wigan ● St Mary’s Church, Wigan ● Dean Trust Rose Bridge ● Whelley
● St Catharine’s Church, Scholes ● Empress Mill, Ince ● St Stephen’s Church, Whelley ● Ince-in-Makerfield ● Platt Bridge, Wigan ● 1992 World Club Challenge ● Mab’s Cross ● Royal Albert Edward Infirmary ● Haigh Hall Miniature Railway ● Haigh Hall ● Borsdane Wood ● St Peter’s Church, Hindley ● Aspull ● St David’s Church, Haigh ● Haigh, Greater Manchester ● Hindley, Greater Manchester ● Crow Nest Junction ● St Jude’s Church, Wigan ● Association of Greater Manchester Authorities ● Wigan Pier ● Central Park (Wigan)
Getting to / around Whelley – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Whelley using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Whelley places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Whelley Public Transport Stations
Whelley Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Wigan Chapel Lane railway station
Wigan North Western railway station
Wigan Darlington Street railway station
Wigan Wallgate railway station
Wigan bus station
Ince railway station
Lower Ince railway station
Wigan Central railway station
Whelley railway station
Amberswood railway station
Hindley railway station
Hindley South railway station
Boar’s Head railway station
Platt Bridge railway station
Red Rock railway station
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Local Whelley historians & Whelley tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Whelley? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Whelley’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 Whelley 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 Whelley 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 Whelley 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-Whelley’ web pages (for example: www.visitWhelley.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