Visit Firswood Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Firswood

  

Firswood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Firswood

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Firswood landmarks

The Quadrant

The Quadrant, where Kings Road meets Great Stone Road is the most recognisable place in the area . In the centre are public gardens and parking, around this leafy green space is the Quadrant public house, a former public library now a Beacon Centre .

Firswood geography / climate

Firswood borders Old Trafford and Chorlton-cum-Hardy. It was largely occupied by Rye Bank Farm until 1930, when private housing was built along Rye Bank Road and Warwick Road. The neighbouring Firs Farm was demolished in 1960, and social housing built on the site.

You can visit Firswood places with Walkfo Firswood to hear history at Firswood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Firswood has 321 places to visit in our interactive Firswood 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 Firswood, 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 Firswood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Firswood & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 321 audio facts unique to Firswood places in an interactive Firswood map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Firswood Places Map
321 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Firswood places to visit

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

Hough End Hall Hough End Hall is a historic house now in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, (originally in Withington), Manchester . It was built in 1596 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I by Sir Nicholas Mosley . The Mosleys were an influential Mancunian family from the 16th century onwards .

Chorlton Poor Law Union Chorlton Poor Law Union was founded in January 1837 in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 . It was overseen by an elected board of 19 guardians representing the 12 parishes in the area it served .

Southern Cemetery, Manchester Southern Cemetery is a large municipal cemetery in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England . It opened in 1879 and is owned and administered by Manchester City Council . It is the second largest cemetery in Europe and the largest in the UK .

St Ann’s, Stretford St Ann’s Church, Stretford is a Grade II listed Roman Catholic church . It was constructed between 1862 and 1863, on the east side of the A56 Chester Road . The parish functions under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford .

Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is part of the Manchester Pharmacy School, in the University of Manchester . In May 1991, CPPE was created as a direct response to the perceived lack of continuing professional development support given to community pharmacists .

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester is one of the oldest earth and environmental science departments in the UK . The Department takes roughly 100 new undergraduates and 140 postgraduates each year .

National Graphene Institute The National Graphene Institute is a research institute and building at the University of Manchester . It is focused on the research of graphene . Construction of the building started in 2013 and finished in 2015 .

Department of Materials, University of Manchester The Department of Materials is the largest materials science and engineering department in Europe . It is reflected by an annual research income of around £7m, 60 academic staff and 150 research students .

Circle Square Manchester Circle Square is a 2.4 million sq ft development of Manchester City Centre . It is a joint venture between Vita Group and Bruntwood SciTech . The development is estimated to have cost £750 million .

Dancehouse The Dancehouse is a dance centre at 10 Oxford Road, Manchester, England . It is located in the centre of Manchester’s dance centre .

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