Welcome to Visit Altham, Lancashire Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Altham, Lancashire
Visit Altham, Lancashire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Altham, Lancashire places to visit. A unique way to experience Altham, Lancashire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Altham, Lancashire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Altham, Lancashire Walkfo Preview Altham is the only parish in the Borough of Hyndburn, in Lancashire. It is 4.3 miles west of Burnley, 2.9 miles north of Accrington and 2.2 miles north-east of Clayton-le-Moors. The census of 2001 recorded a population of 897, increasing to 1,137 at the 2011 Census. When you visit Altham, Lancashire, Walkfo brings Altham, Lancashire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Altham, Lancashire – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 37 audio plaques & Altham, Lancashire places for you to explore in the Altham, Lancashire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Altham, Lancashire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Altham, Lancashire with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Altham, Lancashire places with Walkfo Altham, Lancashire to hear history at Altham, Lancashire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Altham, Lancashire has 37 places to visit in our interactive Altham, Lancashire 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 Altham, Lancashire, 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 Altham, Lancashire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Altham, Lancashire & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Altham, Lancashire tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Altham, Lancashire
Best Altham, Lancashire places to visit
Altham, Lancashire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Altham, Lancashire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Altham, Lancashire’s information audio spots:
Accrington power station Accrington power station was a coal and refuse fired electricity generating station located in the centre of Accrington, Lancashire. The station supplied electricity to Accrington and to Haslingden and the Altham and Clayton-le-Moors areas between 1900 and 1958.
Globe Works, Accrington The Globe Centre is made up of the remainder of The Globe Works, which created machinery and looms for the cotton industry under management of the Howard & Bullough firm. Following refurbishment contains rented offices and conference rooms.
Thorneyholme Road Thorneyholme Road is a cricket and former football ground in Accrington, England. It was the home ground of Accrington F.C. from 1878 until 1894 when they moved to Moorhead Park.
Padiham F.C. Padiham Football Club are an English football team. They play in the North West Counties League Premier Division. As of 2019–20, they play in Premier Division North West.
Gawthorpe (ward) Gawthorpe is an electoral ward in the non-metropolitan district of Burnley in Lancashire. The population of the Burnley Ward at the 2011 census was 6,148. The ward covers the majority of the town of Padiham, meaning it is a largely urban area.
Gawthorpe Hall Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in the civil parish of Ightenhill in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated there. Since 1953 it has been designated a grade I listed building.
Read Hall and Park Read Hall and Park is a manor house with ornamental grounds of about 450 acres (180 ha) The current hall dates from the early 19th century and is a grade II* listed building. The landscaped grounds date from around the same time and feature a waterfall, two lakes and woodland. The hall and park are not open to the public.
Hameldon Hill Hameldon Hill is a Carboniferous sandstone hill with a summit elevation of 409 metres (1,342 ft) It is listed as a “HuMP” or “Hundred Metre Prominence”, its parent being Freeholds Top, a Marilyn near Bacup.
Visit Altham, Lancashire plaques
6 plaques hereAltham, Lancashire has 6 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Altham, Lancashire 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 Altham, Lancashire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Altham, Lancashire plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Altham, Lancashire audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Altham, Lancashire allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Altham, Lancashire’s 37 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Altham, Lancashire freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Altham, Lancashire Map App
Our visit Altham, Lancashire map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Altham, Lancashire & 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 Altham, Lancashire tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Altham, Lancashire centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Altham, Lancashire area at LONG:-2.34, LAT:53.78.
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Things to do & visit in Altham, Lancashire / surrounding areas
● Accrington Town Hall ● Accrington Library ● Globe Works, Accrington ● Crown Ground ● Accrington F.C. ● Accrington brick ● Hyndburn ● Clayton-le-Moors ● Huncoat ● Oakenshaw, Lancashire ● Huncoat Power Station ● Altham, Lancashire ● The Original Factory Shop ● Hapton Valley Colliery ● Sabden Brook ● Hyndburn Brook ● Martholme Viaduct ● Martholme ● Green Brook, Lancashire ● Shuttleworth Hall ● Hapton, Lancashire ● Padiham Power Station ● Padiham ● Padiham Town Hall ● Padiham F.C. ● St James’ Church, Altham ● Gawthorpe (ward) ● Gawthorpe Hall ● Read Hall and Park ● Read, Lancashire
● Huntroyde Hall ● Simonstone, Lancashire ● Accrington ● Hameldon Hill ● Burnley F.C. Women
Getting to / around Altham, Lancashire – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Altham, Lancashire using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Altham, Lancashire places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Altham, Lancashire Public Transport Stations
Local Altham, Lancashire historians & Altham, Lancashire tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Altham, Lancashire? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Altham, Lancashire’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 Altham, Lancashire 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 Altham, Lancashire 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 Altham, Lancashire 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-Altham, Lancashire’ web pages (for example: www.visitAltham, Lancashire.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