Welcome to Visit Elkesley Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Elkesley
Visit Elkesley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Elkesley places to visit. A unique way to experience Elkesley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Elkesley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Elkesley Walkfo Preview Elkesley is a village in Nottinghamshire. It is located 6 miles south of Retford. The parish church of St Giles was built c. 1300 in Decorated style. When you visit Elkesley, Walkfo brings Elkesley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Elkesley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Elkesley
Visit Elkesley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 21 audio plaques & Elkesley places for you to explore in the Elkesley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Elkesley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Elkesley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Elkesley places with Walkfo Elkesley to hear history at Elkesley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Elkesley has 21 places to visit in our interactive Elkesley 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 Elkesley, 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 Elkesley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Elkesley & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Elkesley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Elkesley
Best Elkesley places to visit
Elkesley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Elkesley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Elkesley’s information audio spots:
St Giles’ Church, Elkesley A church in Elkesleigh or Elchersleigh is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was dedicated to All Saints or All Hallows, as confirmed in wills of parishioners from the 15th and 16th centuries. The shift to a dedication to St Giles was probably initiated in the first half of the 19th century.
Bevercotes Colliery Bevercotes Colliery was one of two new collieries opened in the county of Nottinghamshire in the 1960s. The mine was closed in 1993 and turned into a nature reserve.
St Peter’s Church, Gamston St Peter’s Church, Gamston is a Grade I listed parish church in Gamston, Bassetlaw. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade II listed parish.
St Paul’s Church, West Drayton St Paul’s Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in West Drayton, Nottinghamshire. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade I listed parish.
Lound Hall The current house was built in the Georgian style in the 1930s for mining company director Sir Harald Peake. The hall was used as an orthopaedic hospital during World War II. It later became a training centre for the National Coal Board and a mining museum.
Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire Haughton Hall was a country house in Nottinghamshire. It was built in the 1930s. It is located near Haughon, Nottinghamshire, and is now owned by a family.
Our Lady and St Peter’s Church, Bothamsall Our Lady and St Peter’s Church, Bothamsall is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England. The church is part of the Lound Hall Estate, Bothamall. The repair costs are procured by the Lord of the manor.
Milton Mausoleum The Milton Mausoleum is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Milton, Nottinghamshire. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church, which stands on a hill and is visible from the Markham Moor junction on the A1 road, is under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.
Visit Elkesley plaques
0 plaques hereElkesley has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Elkesley 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 Elkesley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Elkesley plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Elkesley audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Elkesley allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Elkesley’s 21 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Elkesley freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Elkesley Map App
Our visit Elkesley map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Elkesley & 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 Elkesley tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Elkesley centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Elkesley area at LONG:-0.97, LAT:53.27.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Elkesley, 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.
Things to do & visit in Elkesley / surrounding areas
● Bevercotes ● All Saints’ Church, Eaton ● Eaton, Nottinghamshire ● Elkesley ● River Meden ● St Giles’ Church, Elkesley ● Bevercotes Colliery ● Retford Gamston Airport ● West Drayton, Nottinghamshire ● St Peter’s Church, Gamston ● Gamston, Bassetlaw ● Bothamsall ● St Paul’s Church, West Drayton ● Lound Hall ● River Maun ● Haughton Hall, Nottinghamshire ● Our Lady and St Peter’s Church, Bothamsall ● Milton, Nottinghamshire ● Haughton, Nottinghamshire ● Milton Mausoleum ● Jamia Al-Karam
Getting to / around Elkesley – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Elkesley using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Elkesley places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Elkesley Public Transport Stations
Elkesley Notable Streets & Road Destinations
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Local Elkesley historians & Elkesley tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Elkesley? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Elkesley’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Elkesley place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Elkesley Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Elkesley destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Elkesley’ web pages (for example: www.visitElkesley.com). If you are interested in partnering, 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. v1.1336