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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Heyrod


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

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Heyrod was subsumed into the Municipal Borough of Stalybridge in 1881, a local government district which became part of the administrative county of Cheshire in 1889. Heyrod is the site of the former Hartshead Power Station. When you visit Heyrod, Walkfo brings Heyrod places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Heyrod Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Heyrod


Visit Heyrod – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 73 audio plaques & Heyrod places for you to explore in the Heyrod area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Heyrod places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Heyrod with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Heyrod PlacesYou can visit Heyrod places with Walkfo Heyrod to hear history at Heyrod’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Heyrod has 73 places to visit in our interactive Heyrod 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 Heyrod, 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 Heyrod places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Heyrod & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 73 audio facts unique to Heyrod places in an interactive Heyrod map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Heyrod Places Map
73 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

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

  

Best Heyrod places to visit


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

Heyrod photo Curzon Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
Curzon Mill, later known as Alger Mill, was a cotton spinning mill in the Hurst district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1899 and 1902 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. The mill was sold to the Alger Spinning Co. Ltd in 1911, and closed in 1942.
Heyrod photo St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
St. Michael’s Church in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, is a Grade I Listed Building. It is one of 116 surviving medieval parish churches in the North West. The church dates back to at least 1262, and a church on the site was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Heyrod photo Stamford Park, Tameside
Stamford Park is a park in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The park was Grade II listed with Historic England in 1986.
Heyrod photo Ashton Park Parade railway station
Ashton Park Parade was a station on the line between Guide Bridge and Stalybridge in Greater Manchester. This station served the town of Ashton-under-Lyne, now served only by Ashton Charlestown, north of this former station.
Heyrod photo Minerva Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
Minerva Mill was a cotton spinning mill in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1891 and 1892 for the Minerva Spinning Company. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1920s and was demolished in 1937.
Heyrod photo Texas Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
Texas Mill was a cotton spinning mill in the Whitelands district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1905 and 1907 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. The mill was destroyed in a massive fire on 22–23 October 1971.
Heyrod photo Ladysmith Barracks
Ladysmith Barracks was a British military installation on Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It is located in the area of Manchester.
Heyrod photo Old Street drill hall, Ashton-under-Lyne
Old Street drill hall is a former military installation in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. The Old Street Drill Hall is located on the Old Street Road, Old Street.
Heyrod photo Cavendish Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
Cavendish Mill was built between 1884 and 1885 for the Cavendish Spinning Company by Potts, Pickup & Dixon of Oldham. It ceased spinning cotton in 1934 and was then used for a variety of purposes before it was converted into housing in 1994.
Heyrod photo Rock Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne
Rock Mill was cotton spinning mill in the Waterloo district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. It was built between 1891 and 1893 for the Ashton Syndicate by Sydney Stott of Oldham. It ceased spinning cotton in the 1960s and was demolished in 1971; the site became the location for the town’s first Asda supermarket.

Visit Heyrod plaques


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Heyrod has 52 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Heyrod 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 Heyrod using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Heyrod plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.