Visit Hart Common Places

Welcome to Visit Hart Common Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hart Common

  

Hart Common Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hart Common

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Hart Common history

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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.

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.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 25 audio facts unique to Hart Common places in an interactive Hart Common map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hart Common Places Map
25 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Hart Common historic spots	Hart Common tourist destinations	Hart Common plaques	Hart Common geographic features
Walkfo Hart Common tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hart Common

  

Best Hart Common places to visit

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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”

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Visit Hart Common plaques