Visit Chorlton-on-Medlock – things to do & explore
When you visit Chorlton-on-Medlock on a day-trip, weekend away or holiday, Walkfo is the digital tour guide to the hidden history & cultural facts that you can explore in Chorlton-on-Medlock. Millions of audio content spots are available when you travel by foot, bike, bus or car around Chorlton-on-Medlock through your mobile phone connected to headphones.
Overview of Chorlton-on-Medlock history & facts by Walkfo
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Historically in Lancashire, Chorlton-on-Medlock is bordered to the north by the River Medlock . Neighbouring districts are Hulme to the west, Ardwick to the east and Victoria Park to the south .
Chorlton-on-Medlock history
In medieval times, the district was known as Chorlton Row and was a township of the ancient parish of Manchester in the Salford Hundred of Lancashire . Towards the end of the 18th century, it developed as a residential suburb of Manchester . The arrival of Owens College in 1873 was the beginning of a different kind of development leading to the academic campus of today .
Chorlton-on-Medlock landmarks
The façade of the former Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall can be seen at its original location on Cavendish Street . The building, with its Doric portico, dates from 1830–31 and was designed by Richard Lane . The Ormond Building of the Manchester Metropolitan University was originally the home of the . University of Manchester was responsible under the 1834 Poor Law for most of what is now south Manchester .
Chorlton-on-Medlock geography / climate
The M13 postcode district includes Ardwick and Chorlton on Medlock . The River Medlock is the boundary with Manchester city centre, which includes the Sackville Street campus of the University of Manchester .
You can visit Chorlton-on-Medlock, COUNTY/BOROUGH & use Walkfo to discover the best walking places with our free digital tour guide app created especially for Chorlton-on-Medlock. Walkfo Chorlton-on-Medlock has 300 locations with history, culture & travel facts, that you can explore the same way you can a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Chorlton-on-Medlock, being in the moment, without digital distraction and no limitations to a specific walking route – you choose where you want to go, when you want to go and Walkfo Chorlton-on-Medlock will keep up.
When you visit Chorlton-on-Medlock
When you visit Chorlton-on-Medlock, Walkfo is your digital tour guide while exploring by foot, bike or bus. With numerous walks, hikes, tourist locations & travel destinations available in Chorlton-on-Medlock, our travel AI guide helps you get the best from your visit to Chorlton-on-Medlock & the surrounding areas. Our explore Chorlton-on-Medlock app for iPhone & Android, allows you to experience the hidden history, culture and amazing facts throughout Chorlton-on-Medlock whilst out walking. The digital tour guide creates interactive audio stories driven by where you walk, so you can exploration Chorlton-on-Medlock’s National Heritage sites, tourist attractions, historic locations or city streets freely, without the restrictions of a predefined walk & walk map.
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 0 audio facts in Chorlton-on-Medlock alone that form an interactive Chorlton-on-Medlock walking map for you to explore.”
Best Chorlton-on-Medlock places to visit
Chorlton-on-Medlock has hundreds of places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are five of Chorlton-on-Medlock’s best destinations to visit when exploring the area. We have condensed the information with much more detail available within Walkfo when you visit the destinations.
bVisit Chorlton-on-Medlock plaques
Chorlton-on-Medlock has 0 plaques as part of nation or local tourist plaque schemes for you to explore when you visit. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide a visual geo marker to highlight points of interest things, at the places where they happened. Walkfo has researched each plaque to provide additional content when you visit the Chorlton-on-Medlock plaques whilst using the app. Experience the hidden history & stories behind each location as the Walkfo local tourist guide app uses GPS to trigger audio close to each Chorlton-on-Medlock plaque. Walkfo also offers millions of additional ‘virtual geo plaques’ that are unique to Walkfo, created across the UK (and the world).
When using Walkfo to explore Chorlton-on-Medlock, you will hear the full story of each of these plaques.
Experience Chorlton-on-Medlock audio walks & tours
Walkfo is a free app that shows you things to do / visit in Chorlton-on-Medlock on a map. You can explore the area as you wish, as you would do an art gallery or museum, and when you walk close to those locations, our digital tour guide will tell you history, culture & travel facts about the location in audio form. With headphone connected, you can explore Chorlton-on-Medlock freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Visiting Chorlton-on-Medlock with Walkfo’s things to do interactive map
The “Chorlton-on-Medlock things to do map” below is a preview of the places you can visit in Chorlton-on-Medlock and surrounding areas with our digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has content for a plaque, a building, a street or general area, providing history, culture or tourism information the you can explore.
| Interactive ‘Explore Chorlton-on-Medlock Map’
This Chorlton-on-Medlock tourism map shows points of interest within a 4km radius of Chorlton-on-Medlock centre | Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Chorlton-on-Medlock, 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.
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Things to do & visit in Chorlton-on-Medlock and surrounding areas
Getting to / around Chorlton-on-Medlock – transport links, stations, streets & traffic map
Getting around in Chorlton-on-Medlock using public transportation may include roads, streets, trains, undergrounds, buses or trams. Walkfo has the following important Chorlton-on-Medlock public transport locations with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
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Attention local Chorlton-on-Medlock historians, tour guides & Chorlton-on-Medlock tourism agents
Looking for a way to get more visitors to Chorlton-on-Medlock?
Whilst Walkfo has millions audio spots already available, Walkfo Creator allows tourist destinations, attractions & landmarks to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & walks using the simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. Creating an audio walk for you destination is free* and can be created in under 15 minutes if you have content ready, with Walkfo Creator doing all the hard work generating audio files for geo spot you simply click on a map.
The 100 Amazing Chorlton-on-Medlock Places outdoor museum was created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) as a way for people to safely explore the area during Covid-19 times whilst improving the experience of visiting a city when tourism boards use Walkfo to market their destination.
Walkfo is currently looking to partner with websites who offer things-to-do / what’s on events listings to add to our content on our webpages (for example: www.visitChorlton-on-Medlock.com). If you are interested in being a content provider, 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.