Welcome to Visit Glenfield, Leicestershire Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Glenfield, Leicestershire
Visit Glenfield, Leicestershire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Glenfield, Leicestershire places to visit. A unique way to experience Glenfield, Leicestershire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Glenfield, Leicestershire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Glenfield, Leicestershire Walkfo Preview Glenfield is a large suburban village in the civil parish of Glenfields in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 9,643. The village is directly to the west of Leicester and is just off junction 21A of the M1 motorway. It also gives its name to Glenfield Hospital, although the hospital is actually across the city border in Leicester. When you visit Glenfield, Leicestershire, Walkfo brings Glenfield, Leicestershire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Glenfield, Leicestershire – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 36 audio plaques & Glenfield, Leicestershire places for you to explore in the Glenfield, Leicestershire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Glenfield, Leicestershire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Glenfield, Leicestershire history
Glenfield was the site of the first station from Leicester West Bridge on the Leicester and Swannington Railway. The name ‘Glenfield’ means ‘clean field’ possibly suggesting that it was clear of weeds. The village was greatly enlarged between the 1920s and the 1950s when the Faire Estate was built.
Why visit Glenfield, Leicestershire with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Glenfield, Leicestershire places with Walkfo Glenfield, Leicestershire to hear history at Glenfield, Leicestershire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Glenfield, Leicestershire has 36 places to visit in our interactive Glenfield, Leicestershire 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire, 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Glenfield, Leicestershire & the surrounding areas.
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Best Glenfield, Leicestershire places to visit
Glenfield, Leicestershire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Glenfield, Leicestershire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Glenfield, Leicestershire’s information audio spots:
Winstanley House Winstanley House in Leicestershire is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register . It was built in 1775 and remained in this family for the next 150 years before being bought by Leicester City Council in 1925 . Today it has been converted into a hotel and restaurant .
Groby Castle Groby Castle is situated in the large village of Groby to the north-west of the city of Leicester. The castle was built in the 18th century and is located in Groby, near Leicester.
Groby Old Hall Groby Old Hall is partly a 15th-century brick-built manor house and grade II* listed building. It is located very near the site of Groby Castle in Groby in Leicestershire.
Groby Groby (pronounced “GROO-bee”) listen (help·info) is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
Beaumont Leys Beaumont Leys is a suburb and electoral ward in north-western Leicester. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 16,480. Locally used in reference to the large housing estate, built within the administrative division.
Beaumont Shopping Centre The 301,099 sq ft (27,973.0 m) shopping centre is owned by British Land and managed by GVA. Beaumont Shopping Centre is in Beaumon Leys, on the edge of Leicester.
Woodgate, Leicester Woodgate is an area in Leicester in Fosse Ward. It lies west of the River Soar and is an important entrance to the city leading on to Frog Island. The Rally Park was formerly the goods yard of the London Midland Railway.
County Hall, Glenfield Leicestershire County Hall is a municipal building on Leicester Road (the A50) in Glenfield. It is the headquarters of Leicesterhire County Council. The building is located in the centre of Glenfield on the A50 in the area.
St Mary’s Church, Anstey St Mary’s Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester.
Anstey, Leicestershire Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood. Its population was 6,528 at the 2011 census. It is a combination of traditional English village (with two village greens) and industrial town.
Visit Glenfield, Leicestershire plaques
0 plaques hereGlenfield, Leicestershire has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Glenfield, Leicestershire 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Glenfield, Leicestershire plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Glenfield, Leicestershire allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Glenfield, Leicestershire’s 36 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Glenfield, Leicestershire freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Glenfield, Leicestershire Map App
Our visit Glenfield, Leicestershire map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Glenfield, Leicestershire & 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Glenfield, Leicestershire centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Glenfield, Leicestershire area at LONG:-1.20622, LAT:52.64907.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Glenfield, Leicestershire, 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.
Getting to / around Glenfield, Leicestershire – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Glenfield, Leicestershire using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Glenfield, Leicestershire places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Glenfield, Leicestershire Public Transport Stations
The M1 can be easily accessed at Junction 21a to the south of the village (southbound only) Fosse Shopping Park can be accessed in minutes from the M1 North. The A50 can be reached in minutes along the A50 towards Markfield, Groby and Coalville. A46 leads around the north of Leicester with access to Anstey and the A6 to Loughborough.
Local Glenfield, Leicestershire historians & Glenfield, Leicestershire tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Glenfield, Leicestershire? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Glenfield, Leicestershire’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 Glenfield, Leicestershire 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire 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-Glenfield, Leicestershire’ web pages (for example: www.visitGlenfield, Leicestershire.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 Glenfield, Leicestershire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Glenfield, Leicestershire places to visit. A unique way to experience Glenfield, Leicestershire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Glenfield, Leicestershire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Glenfield, Leicestershire places with Walkfo Glenfield, Leicestershire to hear history at Glenfield, Leicestershire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Glenfield, Leicestershire has 36 places to visit in our interactive Glenfield, Leicestershire 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire, 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 Glenfield, Leicestershire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Glenfield, Leicestershire & the surrounding areas.
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