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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Handsworth Wood


Visit Handsworth Wood PlacesVisit Handsworth Wood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Handsworth Wood places to visit. A unique way to experience Handsworth Wood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Handsworth Wood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Handsworth Wood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Handsworth Wood


Visit Handsworth Wood – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 297 audio plaques & Handsworth Wood places for you to explore in the Handsworth Wood area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Handsworth Wood places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Handsworth Wood history


Handsworth Wood was the woodland belonging to the manor of Handsworth and lay in the north. It is the ‘woodland half a league long & the same wide’ which is cited in the Domesday Book in 1086.

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Visit Handsworth Wood PlacesYou can visit Handsworth Wood places with Walkfo Handsworth Wood to hear history at Handsworth Wood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Handsworth Wood has 297 places to visit in our interactive Handsworth Wood 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 Handsworth Wood, 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 Handsworth Wood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Handsworth Wood & the surrounding areas.

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297 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

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

  

Best Handsworth Wood places to visit


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

Handsworth Wood photo Chamberlain Memorial
The Chamberlain Memorial is a monument in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham . It was erected in 1880 to commemorate the public service of Joseph Chamberlain . Chamberlain was a Birmingham businessman, councillor, mayor, Member of Parliament, and statesman .
Handsworth Wood photo Omega Sektor
Omega Sektor was a computer gaming centre brand . One smaller venue was based in Harrow, the other on Corporation Street in Birmingham . The Birmingham venue claimed to be the largest of its kind in Europe .
Handsworth Wood photo Theatre Royal, Birmingham
The Theatre Royal, until 1807 the New Street Theatre, or, colloquially the New Theatre, was a 2000-seat theatre located on New Street in Birmingham, England . It was erected in 1774 and demolished in 1956 .
Handsworth Wood photo Frankfurt Christmas Market, Birmingham
Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is held in central Birmingham, England . The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year . It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing before Christmas .
Handsworth Wood photo Victoria Square House
Victoria Square House, is an office building on the south side of Victoria Square, Birmingham, England . It was formerly Birmingham’s Head Post Office, designed in the French Renaissance style by architect Henry Tanner for the General Post Office .
Handsworth Wood photo Christ Church, Birmingham
Christ Church, Birmingham, was a parish church in the Church of England on Colmore Row, Birmingham from 1805 to 1899 . Christ Church was a church in Birmingham from the 1805-1899 period .
Handsworth Wood photo Gosta Green
Gosta Green lies at the edge of the city centre, 3/4 mile (1.2 km) northeast of Birmingham New Street station .
Handsworth Wood photo Hockley Tunnels
Hockley Tunnels are two tunnels used by the railway and tram in Birmingham, England . Tunnel No. 1 is 136 yards (124 m) long and tunnel No. 2 is 160 yards (150m) long .
Handsworth Wood photo Grazebrook beam engine
The Grazebrook Engine is an 1817 beam engine that was used for blowing air over the hot coals of a blast furnace to increase the heat . It is now found as sentinel sculpture on the Dartmouth Circus roundabout in Birmingham, England .
Handsworth Wood photo St Peter’s Church, Spring Hill
St Peter’s Church, Spring Hill is a Grade B listed former Church of England parish church in Birmingham . It was built in the 1960s and is now on Spring Hill .

Visit Handsworth Wood plaques


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Handsworth Wood has 122 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Handsworth Wood 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 Handsworth Wood using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Handsworth Wood plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.