Welcome to Visit Woodsmoor Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Woodsmoor
Visit Woodsmoor places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Woodsmoor places to visit. A unique way to experience Woodsmoor’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Woodsmoor as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Woodsmoor Walkfo Preview Woodsmoor is a suburb of Stockport in Greater Manchester. It was the estate of the house which eventually became Stockport Grammar School. A former golf course links the area with Stepping Hill and Hazel Grove. The area is served by a railway station opened by British Rail in 1990. When you visit Woodsmoor, Walkfo brings Woodsmoor places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Woodsmoor Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Woodsmoor
Visit Woodsmoor – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 72 audio plaques & Woodsmoor places for you to explore in the Woodsmoor area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Woodsmoor places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Woodsmoor with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Woodsmoor places with Walkfo Woodsmoor to hear history at Woodsmoor’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Woodsmoor has 72 places to visit in our interactive Woodsmoor 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 Woodsmoor, 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 Woodsmoor places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Woodsmoor & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Woodsmoor tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Woodsmoor
Best Woodsmoor places to visit
Woodsmoor has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Woodsmoor’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Woodsmoor’s information audio spots:
Davenport railway station (England) Davenport railway station is 7 miles (11 km) south east of Manchester Piccadilly on the Buxton Line. The station is located in the Stockport suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester.
Torkington Torkington in Greater Manchester is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It is located in the Metropolitan borough of the city, Stockport, and is situated in the North East of the South East of Manchester.
Palmer Mills, Stockport Palmer Mills, Stockport were cotton spinning mills in Portwood, Greater Manchester. Built in the late 19th century, it was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and sold on. Renamed the Stockport Paper Mill they survived into the 21st century when they were demolished to be replaced by modern businesses.
Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport Our Lady and the Apostles Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Edgeley area of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was built from 1903 to 1905 and replaced St Philip and St James Church, built in 1803, which was the first permanent Catholic church to be built in Stockport after the English Reformation.
Stockport Castle Stockport Castle was a promontory castle in the medieval town overlooking a ford over the River Mersey. It was first documented in 1173, but the next mention of it is in 1535 when it was in ruins. What remained of the castle was demolished in 1775.
St Mary’s Church, Stockport St Mary’s Church is the oldest parish church in the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It stands in Churchgate overlooking the market place. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building.
Stockport power station Stockport power station was owned and operated by Stockport Corporation prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. It was redeveloped several times to meet the increased demand for electricity.
St Joseph’s Church, Stockport St Joseph’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Stockport. It was built from 1861 to 1862 and designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield. It is the only church in England administered by the Priests of the Sacred Heart.
Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury is a cotton spinning mill in Stockport, Greater Manchester. It was built in the early years of the 20th century for ring spinning. The 162,000 sq ft (15,100 m) mill occupies a 5.15 acres (2.08 ha) site.
Plaza Cinema, Stockport Plaza Super Cinema and Variety Theatre cinema in Stockport, England (grid reference SJ895905) opened in 1932 and is now a Grade II* listed building. After being a bingo hall for many years, it has now been restored as a cinema and theatre.
Visit Woodsmoor plaques
14 plaques hereWoodsmoor has 14 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Woodsmoor 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 Woodsmoor using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Woodsmoor plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Woodsmoor audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Woodsmoor allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Woodsmoor’s 72 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Woodsmoor freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Woodsmoor Map App
Our visit Woodsmoor map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Woodsmoor & 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 Woodsmoor tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Woodsmoor centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Woodsmoor area at LONG:-2.1455, LAT:53.387.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Woodsmoor, 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 Woodsmoor / surrounding areas
● Norbury, Greater Manchester ● Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District ● Hazel Grove ● Offerton Green ● Bosden Farm ● Stepping Hill Hospital ● Woodsmoor ● Foggbrook ● Offerton, Greater Manchester ● Offerton Park ● Torkington ● Davenport, Greater Manchester ● St George’s Church, Heaviley ● Battersby Hats ● St Thomas’ Church, Stockport ● Adswood ● Stockport Rural District ● Stockport ● Vernon Park ● Stockport air disaster ● 104.9 Imagine FM ● Palmer Mills, Stockport ● Vernon Mill, Stockport ● Harrytown Hall ● Portwood ● Stockport Town Hall ● County Borough of Stockport ● Metropolitan Borough of Stockport ● Our Lady and the Apostles Church, Stockport ● Stockport Armoury
● Stockport Castle ● St Mary’s Church, Stockport ● The Peel Centre, Stockport ● St Joseph’s Church, Stockport ● Grand Central Stockport ● Welkin Mill, Lower Bredbury ● Plaza Cinema, Stockport ● Stockport Central Library ● St Peter’s Church, Stockport ● Pure 107.8FM ● Garrick Theatre (Stockport) ● Stockport Carriage Sidings ● Edgeley Park ● Stockport Air Raid Shelters ● Stockport Viaduct ● National Tyres and Autocare ● Meadow Mill ● Wear Mill, Stockport ● Nelstrops Albion Flour Mills ● Kingston Mill, Stockport ● Christ Church, Heaton Norris ● Heaton Norris ● Edgeley ● Stockport Pyramid ● Green Lane (Stockport) ● Nursery Inn ● Brinksway Caves ● Gorsey Bank ● Cheadle Heath ● Cheadle Heath Nomads F.C. ● Cheadle Town F.C. ● Cheadle Moseley ● Cheadle Hulme ● Millington Hall ● Bramhall ● Pear New Mill ● Strawberry Studios ● Merseyway Shopping Centre ● Hat Works ● Bramall Hall
Getting to / around Woodsmoor – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Woodsmoor using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Woodsmoor places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Woodsmoor Public Transport Stations
Woodsmoor Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Woodsmoor railway station
Hazel Grove railway station
Davenport railway station (England)
Hazel Grove railway station (Midland Railway)
Bramhall railway station
Stockport power station
Stockport railway station
Portwood railway station
Stockport bus station
Stockport Tiviot Dale railway station
Heaton Norris railway station
Cheadle Heath railway station
Cheadle Hulme railway station
Park Road Stadium
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Local Woodsmoor historians & Woodsmoor tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Woodsmoor? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Woodsmoor’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 Woodsmoor 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 Woodsmoor 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 Woodsmoor 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-Woodsmoor’ web pages (for example: www.visitWoodsmoor.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