Welcome to Visit Hart Common Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hart Common
Visit Hart Common places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hart Common places to visit. A unique way to experience Hart Common’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hart Common as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Hart Common is a village in Westhoughton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It lies mainly along the A58 road. When you visit Hart Common, Walkfo brings Hart Common places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hart Common Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hart Common
Visit Hart Common – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 25 audio plaques & Hart Common places for you to explore in the Hart Common area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hart Common places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Hart Common history
Hart Common was once one of the most rural and least populated hamlets which made up the township of Westhoughton. The name is taken from a prominent local family, the Harts. The first recorded mention of Hart Common as a place name was in 1541 during a court hearing involving the family.
Why visit Hart Common with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hart Common places with Walkfo Hart Common to hear history at Hart Common’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hart Common has 25 places to visit in our interactive Hart Common 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 Hart Common, 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 Hart Common places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hart Common & the surrounding areas.
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25 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Hart Common places to visit
Hart Common has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hart Common’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hart Common’s information audio spots:
Howe Bridge Colliery
Howe Bridge Colliery was part of Fletcher, Burrows and Company’s collieries at Howe Bridge in Atherton, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire .
HM Prison Hindley
HM Prison Hindley is a male prison located in the village of Bickershaw (near Wigan) in Greater Manchester. It is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
Gibfield Colliery
Gibfield Colliery was a coal mine owned by Fletcher, Burrows and Company in Atherton, then in the historic county of Lancashire. A shaft was sunk at Gibfield to the Trencherbone mine in 1829 by John Fletcher next to the Bolton and Leigh Railway line which opened in 1830. On 11 February 1850, workers descended the pit and discovered the presence of gas which they tried to disperse with their jackets. The explosion killed five men and burned several others.
Daisy Hill F.C.
Daisy Hill F.C. play in the North West Counties League Division One North and are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association. They are nicknamed “The Daisies” or “The Cutters”
Visit Hart Common plaques
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here Hart Common has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hart Common 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 Hart Common using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hart Common plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.