Welcome to Visit Bordesley Green Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bordesley Green


Visit Bordesley Green PlacesVisit Bordesley Green places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Bordesley Green places to visit. A unique way to experience Bordesley Green’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Bordesley Green as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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When you visit Bordesley Green, Walkfo brings Bordesley Green places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Bordesley Green Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bordesley Green


Visit Bordesley Green – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 254 audio plaques & Bordesley Green places for you to explore in the Bordesley Green area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Bordesley Green places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Bordesley Green history


The name of this part of Birmingham is derived from an ancient area of demesne pasture, listed in early records dating back to 1285 as La Grene de Bordeslei.

Industrial Hub

Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company had a manufacturing plant in Bordesley from 1901 to 1920 where motor cars and machine tools were built .

Blitz

Bordesley Green was targeted during the Blitzkrieg with five raids hitting the area . The last German bomb to hit Birmingham landed on 24 April 1943 .

Why visit Bordesley Green with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Bordesley Green PlacesYou can visit Bordesley Green places with Walkfo Bordesley Green to hear history at Bordesley Green’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bordesley Green has 254 places to visit in our interactive Bordesley Green 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 Bordesley Green, 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 Bordesley Green places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bordesley Green & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 254 audio facts unique to Bordesley Green places in an interactive Bordesley Green map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bordesley Green Places Map
254 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

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Walkfo Bordesley Green tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bordesley Green

  

Best Bordesley Green places to visit


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

Bordesley Green photo Omega Sektor
Omega Sektor was a computer gaming centre brand . One smaller venue was based in Harrow, the other on Corporation Street in Birmingham . The Birmingham venue claimed to be the largest of its kind in Europe .
Bordesley Green photo Chinese Quarter, Birmingham
The Chinese Quarter of Birmingham is located in the city centre’s Southside . It is an area with a predominantly Chinese influence as a result of a concentration of Chinese owned businesses . The area now covers a neighbourhood that includes Hurst Street, Ladywell Walk and Pershore Street .
Bordesley Green photo Highgate, Birmingham
Highgate is the site of the original Anglo-Saxon settlement which gave the city of Birmingham its name . Following the Big City Plan of 2008, Highgate has become a district of Birmingham City Centre .
Bordesley Green photo Deritend
Deritend is a historic area of Birmingham, England, built around a crossing point of the River Rea . It was first mentioned in 1276 and is usually considered to be part of Digbeth .
Bordesley Green photo Theatre Royal, Birmingham
The Theatre Royal, until 1807 the New Street Theatre, or, colloquially the New Theatre, was a 2000-seat theatre located on New Street in Birmingham, England . It was erected in 1774 and demolished in 1956 .
Bordesley Green photo Frankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham
Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is held in central Birmingham, England . The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year . It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing before Christmas .
Bordesley Green photo Victoria Square House
Victoria Square House, is an office building on the south side of Victoria Square, Birmingham, England . It was formerly Birmingham’s Head Post Office, designed in the French Renaissance style by architect Henry Tanner for the General Post Office .
Bordesley Green photo Christ Church, Birmingham
Christ Church, Birmingham, was a parish church in the Church of England on Colmore Row, Birmingham from 1805 to 1899 . Christ Church was a church in Birmingham from the 1805-1899 period .
Bordesley Green photo Gosta Green
Gosta Green lies at the edge of the city centre, 3/4 mile (1.2 km) northeast of Birmingham New Street station .
Bordesley Green photo Grazebrook beam engine
The Grazebrook Engine is an 1817 beam engine that was used for blowing air over the hot coals of a blast furnace to increase the heat . It is now found as sentinel sculpture on the Dartmouth Circus roundabout in Birmingham, England .

Visit Bordesley Green plaques


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Bordesley Green has 72 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Bordesley Green 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 Bordesley Green using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Bordesley Green plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.