Visit Wombwell Places

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

  

Wombwell Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wombwell

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You can visit Wombwell places with Walkfo Wombwell to hear history at Wombwell’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wombwell has 35 places to visit in our interactive Wombwell 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 Wombwell, 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 Wombwell places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wombwell & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 35 audio facts unique to Wombwell places in an interactive Wombwell map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Wombwell Places Map
35 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Wombwell places to visit

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

RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor is an 89-hectare (220-acre) wetlands nature reserve. It lies on the junction of the A633 and A6195 roads and is bordered by the Trans Pennine Trail. The reserve, along with others nearby, forms part of a landscape-scale project to create wildlife habitat.

Lundhill Colliery explosion The Lundhill Colliery explosion took place on 19 February 1857 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, UK. 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died. It was the first disaster to appear on the front page of the Illustrated London News.

Wombwell Main F.C. Wombwell Main Football Club is a football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They are currently members of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division and play at Hough Lane.

Elsecar Elsecar is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It was for many years a colliery village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. It is thought to derive from the Old English personal name of Aelfsige.

Milton Ironworks Milton Ironworks was an iron works established in the 19th century in the Elsecar area of Barnsley, West Yorkshire, England.

Elsecar Ironworks The Elsecar Ironworks opened in 1795 in the village near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company was bankrupted in 1827 and taken over by the Wentworth estate who owned the land it stood on.

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