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Visit Clayton, Manchester places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Clayton, Manchester places to visit. A unique way to experience Clayton, Manchester’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Clayton, Manchester as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Clayton, Manchester Walkfo Preview Clayton takes its name from the Clayton family who owned large parts of land around the area, including Clayton Vale, through which the River Medlock flows. Clayton was under the township of Droylsden until around 1890. When you visit Clayton, Manchester, Walkfo brings Clayton, Manchester places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Clayton, Manchester Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Clayton, Manchester
Visit Clayton, Manchester – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 181 audio plaques & Clayton, Manchester places for you to explore in the Clayton, Manchester area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Clayton, Manchester places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
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You can visit Clayton, Manchester places with Walkfo Clayton, Manchester to hear history at Clayton, Manchester’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Clayton, Manchester has 181 places to visit in our interactive Clayton, Manchester 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 Clayton, Manchester, 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 Clayton, Manchester places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Clayton, Manchester & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Clayton, Manchester tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Clayton, Manchester
Best Clayton, Manchester places to visit
Clayton, Manchester has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Clayton, Manchester’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Clayton, Manchester’s information audio spots:
Longsight Electric TMD Longsight Electric TMD is an AC electric railway locomotive traction maintenance depot situated in Longsight, Manchester, England . The depot code is LG (9A 1950 – 1973). It is one of the largest train depots in the United Kingdom and can hold 179 carriages at one time .
Victoria Baths Victoria Baths opened to the public in 1906 and cost £59,144 to build . Manchester City Council closed the baths in 1993 and the building was left empty . A multimillion-pound restoration project began in 2007 and is on English Heritage’s Heritage at Risk Register .
Edgar Wood Centre Edgar Wood Centre was designed by Edgar Wood in 1903 . Nikolaus Pevsner considered it “the only religious building in Lancashire that would be indispensable in a survey of twentieth century church design in all England” Grade I listed building is on Heritage at Risk Register .
Ardwick Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre . The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250 . Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a wealthy suburb of Manchester . By the end of that century it had become heavily industrialised .
O2 Apollo Manchester The O2 Apollo Manchester is a concert venue in Ardwick Green, Manchester . It is a Grade II listed building with a capacity of 3,500 (2,514 standing, 986 seats)
The Star and Garter The Star and Garter has a room upstairs for club nights and gigs . It is situated on Fairfield Street behind Piccadilly railway station . It has been Grade II listed building since 20 June 1988 .
B of the Bang B of the Bang was a sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick next to the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England . It was one of the tallest structures in Manchester and the tallest sculpture in the UK until the completion of Aspire in 2008 . The sculpture took its name from a quotation of British sprinter Linford Christie, in which he said that he started his races not merely at the “bang” of the starting pistol, but at “the B of The Bang”
Gorton Locomotive Works Gorton Locomotive Works was completed in 1848 by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway . The works were known locally as Gortson Tank .
Chips, Manchester Chips is a nine-storey apartment building in New Islington, Manchester . It is part of an urban renewal project, New islington Millenium Village, led by Urban Splash . It was designed by Will Alsop, founder of the architect who designed Chips . In January 2018 Chips failed a Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service risk assessment .
Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward) Gorton and Abbey Hey is an electoral ward of Manchester . It was created by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) It is represented in Westminster by Afzal Khan MP for Manchester Gorton .
Visit Clayton, Manchester plaques
43 plaques hereClayton, Manchester has 43 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Clayton, Manchester 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 Clayton, Manchester using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Clayton, Manchester plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Clayton, Manchester audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Clayton, Manchester allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Clayton, Manchester’s 181 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Clayton, Manchester freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Clayton, Manchester Map App
Our visit Clayton, Manchester map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Clayton, Manchester & 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 Clayton, Manchester tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Clayton, Manchester centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Clayton, Manchester area at LONG:-2.178333, LAT:53.485278.
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Things to do & visit in Clayton, Manchester / surrounding areas
● Harpurhey ● Smedley, Manchester ● Monsall Hospital ● Monsall tram stop ● Irk Valley Junction rail crash ● Central Park tram stop ● Collyhurst ● Manchester Central (Salvation Army) ● Manchester Fort ● Moston, Manchester ● Sandhills tram stop ● Newton Heath TMD ● Broadhurst Park (public park) ● Corpus Christi Priory ● Broadhurst Park ● Newton Heath and Moston tram stop ● Moston Brook ● Miles Platting ● Newton Heath ● Manchester International Depot ● Longsight Diesel TMD ● Longsight Electric TMD ● Longsight Free Christian Church ● Belle Vue Gaol ● Space Studios Manchester ● Victoria Baths ● Chorlton-on-Medlock ● Edgar Wood Centre ● Ardwick train depot ● 84 Plymouth Grove
● National Speedway Stadium ● Ardwick ● Miles Platting and Newton Heath ● Belle Vue, Manchester ● Abbey Hey ● Ardwick Hall ● Gorton Monastery ● Belle Vue Stadium ● O2 Apollo Manchester ● St Saviour’s Church, Chorlton on Medlock ● Ardwick Green ● Ardwick Green Barracks ● Gorton South ● Ancoats Hall ● Ancoats and Beswick (ward) ● Bradford, Manchester ● Church of All Souls, Manchester ● Woolstenhulmes & Rye ● The Star and Garter ● Maths and Social Sciences Building ● Etihad Campus ● Albion Mill, Ancoats ● B of the Bang ● The Plough, Gorton ● Bradford Colliery ● New Islington tram stop ● City of Manchester Stadium ● Faraday Building (Manchester) ● Nico Ditch ● Barnes Wallis Building ● Gorton North ● Holt Town tram stop ● Holt Town, Manchester ● Star Hall ● Gorton Locomotive Works ● Islington Branch Canal ● Limehurst Rural District ● Velopark tram stop ● Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester ● Chips, Manchester ● Renold Building ● Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward) ● The Warehouse Project ● Manchester Regional Arena ● Godlee Observatory ● Peacock Mausoleum ● Brookfield Unitarian Church ● National Squash Centre ● Openshaw ● Twisted Wheel Club ● Piccadilly Tower ● Cheshire Ring ● New Islington ● Gateway House, Manchester ● Opal Property Group ● Etihad Campus tram stop ● Ancoats and Clayton ● Sportcity ● Sackville Gardens ● Alan Turing Memorial ● New Moston ● Ashton Moss tram stop ● Clayton, Manchester ● Clayton and Openshaw (ward) ● Clayton Hall ● Church of St Cross, Clayton ● Clayton Hall tram stop ● Stockport Branch Canal ● Clayton Vale ● National Indoor BMX Arena ● National Cycling Centre ● Edge Lane tram stop ● Philips Park, Manchester ● Droylsden ● Droylsden West (ward) ● Alhambra Theatre, Manchester ● Manchester Higher Openshaw ● Hollinwood Branch Canal ● Fairfield Moravian Church ● Butcher’s Arms Ground ● Saxon Mill, Droylsden ● Droylsden tram stop ● St Wilfrid and St Ann’s Church, Newton Heath ● Fairfield, Tameside ● Droylsden East (ward) ● Regent Mill, Failsworth ● Gorton Heritage Trail ● Failsworth tram stop ● Audenshaw ● Audenshaw (ward) ● Ryecroft Hall ● Audenshaw tram stop ● Manchester Victoria Reversing Sidings ● Greater Manchester County Record Office ● One Angel Square ● Beehive Mill ● NOMA (Manchester) ● Angel of the Meadow ● Daily Express Building, Manchester ● Old Mill, Manchester ● Smithfield Market Hall ● Murrays’ Mills ● Band on the Wall ● CIS Tower ● McConnel & Kennedy Mills ● Royal Mill ● Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art ● River Tib ● Brownsfield Mill ● Greater Manchester Police Museum ● Sunshine Studios ● Northern Quarter (Manchester) ● The Night and Day Café ● Jackson’s Warehouse ● Big Horn, Manchester ● Afflecks ● 3MT Venue ● Piccadilly (ward) ● Piccadilly Gardens ● 2008 UEFA Cup Final riots ● One Piccadilly Gardens ● 107 Piccadilly ● Piccadilly Gardens tram stop ● 111 Piccadilly ● Westminster House, Manchester ● Albany Crown Tower ● Piccadilly Mill ● City Police Courts, Manchester ● Failsworth ● Reddish Electric Depot ● Abbey Hey F.C. ● Gorton ● Debdale Park ● Littlemoss ● Gorton Reservoirs ● F.C. United of Manchester ● Manchester Martyrs ● Longsight ● Belle Vue Zoological Gardens ● Beswick, Manchester ● Bradford-with-Beswick ● George Saxon & Co ● Ancoats Hospital ● Brunswick Mill, Ancoats ● Audenshaw Reservoirs ● St Michael’s Flags and Angel Meadow Park ● Shudehill Mill ● Ancoats ● Watts Warehouse
Getting to / around Clayton, Manchester – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Clayton, Manchester using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Clayton, Manchester places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Clayton, Manchester Public Transport Stations
Clayton, Manchester Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Miles Platting railway station
Newton Heath railway station
Dean Lane railway station
Park railway station
Longsight railway station
Ardwick railway station
Ashburys railway station
Belle Vue railway station
Ancoats railway station
Manchester Mayfield railway station
Ryder Brow railway station
Manchester Piccadilly station
Gorton railway station
Clayton Bridge railway station
Fairfield railway station (England)
Droylsden railway station
Manchester Oldham Road railway station
Manchester Piccadilly Gardens bus station
Hyde Road railway station
Manchester Chorlton Street coach station
Queens Road tram stop
Hyde Road (speedway)
Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester
London Road Fire Station, Manchester
Store Street Aqueduct
Great Ancoats Street
Sackville Street (Manchester)
Sackville Street Building
Stuart Street Power Station
Wheler Street Moravian Church
Cemetery Road tram stop
Oldham Street
50 Newton Street
Manchester Roadhouse
Dale Street Warehouse
Canal Street (Manchester)
Hyde Road (stadium)
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Local Clayton, Manchester historians & Clayton, Manchester tour guides
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