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Visit Clayton, Manchester PlacesVisit 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.

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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.

  

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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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Visit Clayton, Manchester PlacesYou 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.

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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:

Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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)
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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”
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .
Clayton, Manchester photo 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 .

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Clayton, 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.