Welcome to Visit Anstey, Leicestershire Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Anstey, Leicestershire
Visit Anstey, Leicestershire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Anstey, Leicestershire places to visit. A unique way to experience Anstey, Leicestershire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Anstey, Leicestershire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Anstey, Leicestershire Walkfo Preview Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was 6,528 at the 2011 census. It is a combination of traditional English village (with two village greens) and industrial town. When you visit Anstey, Leicestershire, Walkfo brings Anstey, Leicestershire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
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With 33 audio plaques & Anstey, Leicestershire places for you to explore in the Anstey, Leicestershire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Anstey, Leicestershire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Anstey, Leicestershire history
Anstey dates back to Angle origins, when it was known as Hanstige (later Anstige), meaning a narrow forest track. The place-name is first recorded in Domesday Book and was held by one of the county’s largest landholders, Hugh de Grandmesnil, castellan of Leicester. At the time it was a small farming community, with 300 people employed as framework knitters.
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You can visit Anstey, Leicestershire places with Walkfo Anstey, Leicestershire to hear history at Anstey, Leicestershire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Anstey, Leicestershire has 33 places to visit in our interactive Anstey, Leicestershire 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 Anstey, Leicestershire, 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 Anstey, Leicestershire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Anstey, Leicestershire & the surrounding areas.
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Best Anstey, Leicestershire places to visit
Anstey, Leicestershire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Anstey, Leicestershire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Anstey, Leicestershire’s information audio spots:
Groby Castle Groby Castle is situated in the large village of Groby to the north-west of the city of Leicester. The castle was built in the 18th century and is located in Groby, near Leicester.
Groby Old Hall Groby Old Hall is partly a 15th-century brick-built manor house and grade II* listed building. It is located very near the site of Groby Castle in Groby in Leicestershire.
Groby Groby (pronounced “GROO-bee”) listen (help·info) is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
Newtown Linford Newtown Linford is a linear village in Leicestershire, England. It is located in a valley in the Charnwood Forest area. The population of the civil parish was 1,000 at the 2001 census, including Ulverscroft and increasing to 1,103 at the 2011 census.
Beaumont Leys Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally used in reference to the large housing estate, built within the administrative division.
Beaumont Shopping Centre The 301,099 sq ft (27,973.0 m) shopping centre is owned by British Land and managed by GVA. Beaumont Shopping Centre is in Beaumon Leys, on the edge of Leicester.
County Hall, Glenfield Leicestershire County Hall is a municipal building on Leicester Road (the A50) in Glenfield. It is the headquarters of Leicesterhire County Council. The building is located in the centre of Glenfield on the A50 in the area.
St Mary’s Church, Anstey St Mary’s Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester.
Thurcaston Thurcaston is best known as the home to Bishop Hugh Latimer. It borders the villages of Anstey and Cropston, as well as the Leicester suburb of Beaumont Leys. The Rothley Brook flows through the village, separating it from the A46 Leicester Western Bypass.
Anstey, Leicestershire Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was 6,528 at the 2011 census. It is a combination of traditional English village (with two village greens) and industrial town.
Visit Anstey, Leicestershire plaques
0 plaques hereAnstey, Leicestershire has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Anstey, Leicestershire 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 Anstey, Leicestershire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Anstey, Leicestershire plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Anstey, Leicestershire allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Anstey, Leicestershire’s 33 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Anstey, Leicestershire freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Anstey, Leicestershire Map App
Our visit Anstey, Leicestershire map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Anstey, Leicestershire & 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 Anstey, Leicestershire tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Anstey, Leicestershire centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Anstey, Leicestershire area at LONG:-1.19546, LAT:52.67148.
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Things to do & visit in Anstey, Leicestershire / surrounding areas
● Kirby Frith Nature Reserve ● Groby Pool and Woods ● Sheet Hedges Wood ● Groby Castle ● Bradgate House (19th century) ● Groby Old Hall ● Brookvale Groby Learning Campus ● Newtown Linford ● Bradgate Park and Cropston Reservoir ● Bradgate House (16th century) ● Bradgate Park ● Beaumont Leys ● Goss Meadows ● Beaumont Shopping Centre ● St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Leicester ● The Orchards Nature Reserve ● Glenfield Hospital ● New Parks ● County Hall, Glenfield ● Anstey Nomads F.C. ● St Mary’s Church, Anstey ● Dane Hills ● Thurcaston ● Anstey, Leicestershire ● Glenfield, Leicestershire ● Thurcaston and Cropston ● Cropston ● Cropston Reservoir ● Swithland Wood and The Brand ● Bradgate Electoral Division
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Getting to / around Anstey, Leicestershire – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Anstey, Leicestershire using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Anstey, Leicestershire places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Local Anstey, Leicestershire historians & Anstey, Leicestershire tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Anstey, Leicestershire? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Anstey, Leicestershire’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 Anstey, Leicestershire 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 Anstey, Leicestershire 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 Anstey, Leicestershire 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-Anstey, Leicestershire’ web pages (for example: www.visitAnstey, Leicestershire.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