Welcome to Visit Firwood Park Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Firwood Park
Visit Firwood Park places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Firwood Park places to visit. A unique way to experience Firwood Park’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Firwood Park as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Firwood Park Walkfo Preview Firwood Park is a suburban area of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester. It is located a little over one mile to the west of the commercial centre on Middleton Road. The development of 749 houses was built in 1990 on a vast tract of land formerly known as Chadderton Roughs. When you visit Firwood Park, Walkfo brings Firwood Park places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Firwood Park Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Firwood Park
Visit Firwood Park – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 101 audio plaques & Firwood Park places for you to explore in the Firwood Park area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Firwood Park places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Firwood Park history
In 1844 James Cheetham built the Firwood Mill at the side of the Rochdale Canal close to Mills Hill. His family lived at Firwood House which was set in its own grounds close to the industrial hamlet of Drummer Hill. Firwood Park was claimed to be the largest private residential development in Europe.
Why visit Firwood Park with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Firwood Park places with Walkfo Firwood Park to hear history at Firwood Park’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Firwood Park has 101 places to visit in our interactive Firwood Park 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 Firwood Park, 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 Firwood Park places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Firwood Park & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Firwood Park tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Firwood Park
Best Firwood Park places to visit
Firwood Park has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Firwood Park’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Firwood Park’s information audio spots:
Tonge Hall Tonge Hall is a Grade II* listed Elizabethan manor house in Tonge, Middleton, Greater Manchester. It was built in the 17th century and is now in the Middleton area of Middleton.
North Manchester Rugby Club North Manchester Rugby Club (aka North Manchester RUFC) is an amateur sports club situated 5 miles north of the centre of Manchester. Established originally in 1921 in Prestwich as Prestwich Rugby Union Football Club, the club moved to Rhodes Cricket Club in 1951 and changed its name to Prestwich & Middleton Rugby Union football club in 1985. In 1991 the club merged with struggling Oldham college Rugby Union Club, maintaining the name of North Manchester.
Chadderton F.C. Chadderton Football Club is a football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One North and play at Andrew Street.
Chadderton Hall Park Chadderton Hall Park is a park in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester. It contains a large field area with a small football pitch, a playground area, several flower gardens and a small café situated next to the Park’s bowling green.
Textile Mill, Chadderton Half of the building was destroyed by fire on 11 July 1950. The remaining section continued to be used for cotton waste sorting by W. H. Holt and Son until 1988.
Cowhill, Greater Manchester Cowhill (archaically Cow Hill) is a locality of Chadderton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester. It is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of the town centre close to its eastern boundary with Oldham. An ancient hamlet which grew into an industrial village, Cowhill is now a residential area and includes a large housing development, Crossley Estate.
Hartford Mill Hartford Mill was a Grade II-listed building located off Block Lane, in the Freehold area of Oldham, UK. The mill was located in the Oldham area of Freehold and is Grade II listed above Block Lane.
Manor Mill, Chadderton Manor Mill, Chadderton is an early twentieth century, five storey cotton spinning mill. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. Production finished in 1990.
Municipal Borough of Middleton The Municipal Borough of Middleton was, from 1886 to 1974, coterminous with Middleton. It was a municipal borough in the administrative county of Lancashire, England.
Werneth Park Werneth Park is a public park in Oldham, Greater Manchester. It includes a Grade II* listed Community Centre, Music Rooms, Dame Sarah Lees Memorial, Gardens and sports facilities.
Visit Firwood Park plaques
24 plaques hereFirwood Park has 24 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Firwood Park 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 Firwood Park using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Firwood Park plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Firwood Park audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Firwood Park allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Firwood Park’s 101 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Firwood Park freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Firwood Park Map App
Our visit Firwood Park map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Firwood Park & 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 Firwood Park tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Firwood Park centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Firwood Park area at LONG:-2.1658737, LAT:53.545624.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Firwood Park, 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 Firwood Park / surrounding areas
● Boggart Hole Clough ● Booth Hall Children’s Hospital ● Higher Blackley ● Charlestown, Manchester ● Moston, Manchester ● Broadhurst Park (public park) ● Broadhurst Park ● White Moss ● Royton ● Royton Town Hall ● Thorp Mill, Royton ● Tandle Hill ● Royton Ring Mill, Royton ● Middleton Junction ● Foxdenton ● Laurel Mill, Middleton Junction ● Firwood Park ● Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway ● Chadderton Power Station ● Malta Mill, Middleton ● Greengate, Greater Manchester ● Nimble Nook ● Ace Mill, Hollinwood ● Mills Hill ● Nordens ● Stock Brook ● Magnet Mill, Chadderton ● Whitegate, Greater Manchester ● Alkrington ● Chadderton Park
● Tonge, Middleton ● Tonge Hall ● North Manchester Rugby Club ● Chadderton F.C. ● Butler Green ● Chadderton ● Chadderton Hall Park ● Textile Mill, Chadderton ● St Michael’s Church, Middleton ● Collective Spirit ● Cowhill, Greater Manchester ● Freehold tram stop ● Block Lane ● Chadderton Town Hall ● South Chadderton tram stop ● Blackridings Mill, Oldham ● Coalshaw Green ● Hartford Mill ● Baretrees, Greater Manchester ● St Matthew’s Church, Chadderton ● Middleton, Greater Manchester ● Freehold, Greater Manchester ● Westwood Moravian Church ● Manor Mill, Chadderton ● Kent Mill, Chadderton ● Werneth, Greater Manchester ● Busk, Greater Manchester ● St Leonard’s Church, Middleton ● Healds Green ● Chadderton Urban District ● Platt Brothers ● Municipal Borough of Middleton ● Halal Inn ● Werneth Park ● Hollinwood tram stop ● Werneth Hall ● New Moston ● Westhulme Hospital ● Royd Mill, Oldham ● Westwood, Greater Manchester ● Westwood tram stop ● Hollinwood, Greater Manchester ● Langley, Greater Manchester ● Oldham Coliseum Theatre ● Oldham Parish Church ● Oldham War Memorial ● Coldhurst ● Old Town Hall, Oldham ● Failsworth tram stop ● Hopwood Hall ● Oldham Theatre Workshop ● Oldham Central tram stop ● Oldham Civic Centre ● Metropolitan Borough of Oldham ● Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church, Oldham ● Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Oldham ● Royal Oldham Hospital ● Coppice, Greater Manchester ● Boundary Park ● Copster Hill ● Heron Mill, Hollinwood ● Hollins, Oldham ● Limeside ● Fox Mill, Hollinwood ● Failsworth ● Manchester Golf Club ● F.C. United of Manchester ● Junction Mill, Middleton Junction ● Oldham
Getting to / around Firwood Park – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Firwood Park using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Firwood Park places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Firwood Park Public Transport Stations
Firwood Park Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Royton railway station
Middleton Junction railway station
Mills Hill railway station
Moston railway station
Middleton railway station (England)
Middleton bus station
Oldham Werneth railway station
Slattocks railway station
Oldham Central railway station
Oldham Clegg Street railway station
Oldham bus station
The Revolution (radio station)
Rifle Street drill hall, Oldham
Oldham King Street tram stop
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Local Firwood Park historians & Firwood Park tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Firwood Park? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Firwood Park’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 Firwood Park 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 Firwood Park 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 Firwood Park 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-Firwood Park’ web pages (for example: www.visitFirwood Park.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
Visit Firwood Park places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Firwood Park places to visit. A unique way to experience Firwood Park’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Firwood Park as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Firwood Park places with Walkfo Firwood Park to hear history at Firwood Park’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Firwood Park has 101 places to visit in our interactive Firwood Park 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 Firwood Park, 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 Firwood Park places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Firwood Park & the surrounding areas.
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