Visit Appley Bridge Places

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

  

Appley Bridge Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Appley Bridge

---

Appley Bridge toponymy

Appley comes from Apple lea (on the River Douglas), from (boscus de “Woodland”) Appelae, Appeleie, or Appeleye, found in 13th-century Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey. Also “Appley Moor”; within township of Wrightington in ancient parish of Eccleston.

You can visit Appley Bridge places with Walkfo Appley Bridge to hear history at Appley Bridge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Appley Bridge has 18 places to visit in our interactive Appley Bridge 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 Appley Bridge, 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 Appley Bridge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Appley Bridge & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 18 audio facts unique to Appley Bridge places in an interactive Appley Bridge map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Appley Bridge Places Map
18 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

Appley Bridge historic spots	Appley Bridge tourist destinations	Appley Bridge plaques	Appley Bridge geographic features
Walkfo Appley Bridge tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Appley Bridge

  

Best Appley Bridge places to visit

---

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

Chisnall Hall Colliery Chisnall Hall was the largest coal mine on the Lancashire Coalfield north of Wigan. It was owned by Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron Company in 1896. More than 1,000 people were employed there in 1933 and 300,000 tonnes of coal were produced annually.

Standish-with-Langtree Standish-with-Langtree was a local government district centred on Standish, Lancashire. Historically it was an ancient township in the hundred of West Derby. This unit was abolished in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, the same act which established Greater Manchester.

Standish Hall Standish Hall was an estate and country house, built in 1573, owned by the Standish family in the south-west of Standish, Wigan. No standing structures of the hall remain on the former estate, however, some of its wooden-panel interiors are preserved elsewhere.

Wrightington Hospital Wrightington Hospital is a health facility in Wrightington, Lancashire. It is managed by the Wrightington and Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

Roby Mill Roby Mill is a village in the West Lancashire district of Lancs, England. The estimated population is 405. The population of the village is estimated to be 405.

Visit Appley Bridge plaques