Welcome to Visit Wordsley Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wordsley
Visit Wordsley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wordsley places to visit. A unique way to experience Wordsley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wordsley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Wordsley Walkfo Preview Wordsley is part of the Dudley South Parliamentary constituency. It is bordered by open countryside to the west, Kingswinford to the North, Brierley Hill and Stourbridge to the South. When you visit Wordsley, Walkfo brings Wordsley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Wordsley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wordsley
Visit Wordsley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 71 audio plaques & Wordsley places for you to explore in the Wordsley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Wordsley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Wordsley history
Wordsley lies in the far south of the historic boundaries of Staffordshire and, with neighbouring Amblecote, it is one of several urban villages just north of the River Stour that forms the historic border with the county of Worcestershire to the south. A 610-mile (982 km) long-distance footpath runs nearby.
Why visit Wordsley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Wordsley places with Walkfo Wordsley to hear history at Wordsley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wordsley has 71 places to visit in our interactive Wordsley 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 Wordsley, 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 Wordsley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wordsley & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 71 audio facts unique to Wordsley places in an interactive Wordsley map you can explore.”
Walkfo Wordsley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Wordsley
Best Wordsley places to visit
Wordsley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Wordsley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Wordsley’s information audio spots:
Mushroom Green Mushroom Green is a hamlet in the Dudley Wood/Netherton area of Dudley, UK . It is known for its traditional chain making shop .
Round Oak Steelworks Round Oak Steelworks was an important steel production plant in Brierley Hill, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire), England. It was founded in 1857 by Lord Ward, who later became, in 1860, The 1st Earl of Dudley, as an outlet for pig iron made in the nearby blast furnaces. During the Industrial Revolution, the majority of iron-making in the world was carried out within 32 kilometres of Round Oak.
Saltwells Local Nature Reserve Saltwells Local Nature Reserve is situated in the Netherton area of Dudley Metropolitan Borough in West Midlands. The reserve, created in 1981, covers 247 acres and includes part of Netherton Hill within its boundaries.
Dudley Town F.C. Dudley Town Football Club is one of the oldest non-league teams in the Midlands region, having been established in 1888. They are members of the Midland League Division One, although they have reached as high as the Premier Division of the Southern League. In 1976 they reached the first round proper of the FA Cup, when they took Football League Third Division team York City to a replay.
Church of St Andrew, Netherton The Church of St Andrew, Netherton is an Anglican parish church. It is situated in Netherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. The building was designed by Thomas Lee and it opened in 1830.
The Lace Guild The Lace Guild is a registered charity, accredited museum and educational organisation based in the UK. Its aims are to provide information about the craft of lacemaking, its history and use.
Red House Cone The Red House Cone is a glass cone located in Wordsley in the West Midlands. It is a 90-foot (27 m) high conical brick structure with a diameter of 60 feet (18 m) It is the best preserved of only four such structures in the UK and is maintained as a museum by Dudley Council.
Gornal Athletic F.C. Gornal Athletic Football Club play in the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One. Currently play at the Garden Walk Stadium in Dudley, West Midlands.
Bushey Fields Hospital Bushey Fields Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Dudley, West Midlands. It is managed by the Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Holbeche House Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either killed or captured at Holbeche House in 1605. The mansion is located north of Kingswinford, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley but historically in Staffordshire.
Visit Wordsley plaques
2 plaques hereWordsley has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Wordsley 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 Wordsley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Wordsley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Wordsley audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Wordsley allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Wordsley’s 71 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Wordsley freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Wordsley Map App
Our visit Wordsley map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Wordsley & 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 Wordsley tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Wordsley centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Wordsley area at LONG:-2.15, LAT:52.483.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Wordsley, 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 Wordsley / surrounding areas
● Black Country Rangers F.C. ● Lye Town F.C. ● Stambermill Viaduct ● Stourbridge Interchange ● Withymoor Village ● Oldswinford ● Quarry Bank ● Stourbridge Town Hall ● Stourbridge ● St Thomas’ Church, Stourbridge ● Stourbridge Basin ● Corbett Hospital ● Daniel Batham and Son ● Delph Locks ● War Memorial Athletic Ground ● Battle of Stourbridge Heath ● Dudley Sports F.C. ● Mary Stevens Park ● Brierley Hill ● Brierley Hill Urban District ● Mushroom Green ● Round Oak Steel Terminal ● Earl of Dudley’s Railway ● Hawbush ● Merry Hill Shopping Centre ● Amblecote ● Norton, Stourbridge ● Smestow Brook ● Stourton, Staffordshire ● Round Oak rail accident
● Doulton’s Claypit ● Round Oak Steelworks ● Pensnett Chase ● Saltwells Local Nature Reserve ● Black Country Radio ● Netherton Reservoir ● Brewin’s Canal Section ● Pensnett Canal ● Stourbridge Extension Canal ● Woodside, Dudley ● Dudley Town F.C. ● Buckpool and Fens Pool Local Nature Reserve ● Church of St Andrew, Netherton ● The Lace Guild ● Wordsley ● Fens Pools ● Holly Hall, Dudley ● Stourbridge Canal ● Wollaston, West Midlands ● Red House Cone ● Wordsley Hospital ● Bromley, West Midlands ● Gornal Athletic F.C. ● Bushey Fields Hospital ● Barrow Hill Local Nature Reserve ● Russells Hall Hospital ● Parkhead Viaduct ● Pensnett ● Ketley Claypit ● Kingswinford Rural District ● Kingswinford ● Wall Heath ● Prestwood (Kinver) ● Holbeche House ● Ashwood, Staffordshire ● Lye, West Midlands ● Old Swinford Hospital ● Archdeacon of Worcester ● The Crooked House
Getting to / around Wordsley – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Wordsley using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Wordsley places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Wordsley Public Transport Stations
Wordsley Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Lye railway station
Stourbridge Town railway station
Brettell Lane railway station
Brierley Hill railway station
Brockmoor Halt railway station
Round Oak railway station
Harts Hill railway station
Bromley Halt railway station
Pensnett Halt railway station
Gornal Halt railway station
Chapel Street Estate
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Local Wordsley historians & Wordsley tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Wordsley? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Wordsley’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 Wordsley 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 Wordsley 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 Wordsley 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-Wordsley’ web pages (for example: www.visitWordsley.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
Visit Wordsley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wordsley places to visit. A unique way to experience Wordsley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wordsley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Wordsley places with Walkfo Wordsley to hear history at Wordsley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wordsley has 71 places to visit in our interactive Wordsley 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 Wordsley, 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 Wordsley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wordsley & the surrounding areas.
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