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


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

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Hindsford is a suburb of Atherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is situated to the west of an ancient boundary between Tyldesley cum Shakerley and the Chanters Brook in the ancient parish of Leigh. When you visit Hindsford, Walkfo brings Hindsford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Hindsford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hindsford


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

With 79 audio plaques & Hindsford places for you to explore in the Hindsford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hindsford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Hindsford history


Historically in Lancashire, Hindsford developed in the middle of the 19th century. Rows of terraced housing were built for the influx of workers, many from Ireland. The Fletchers owned a coal mine at Chanters Colliery from the 1850s.

Why visit Hindsford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Hindsford PlacesYou can visit Hindsford places with Walkfo Hindsford to hear history at Hindsford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hindsford has 79 places to visit in our interactive Hindsford 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 Hindsford, 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 Hindsford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hindsford & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 79 audio facts unique to Hindsford places in an interactive Hindsford map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hindsford Places Map
79 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Hindsford historic spots

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

  

Best Hindsford places to visit


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

Hindsford photo Parsonage Colliery
Parsonage Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Lancashire Coalfield . It was sunk between 1913 and 1920 by the Wigan Coal and Iron Company . For many years its shafts to the Arley mine were the deepest in the country .
Hindsford photo Mather Lane Mill
Mather Lane Mills was a complex of cotton mills built by the Bridgewater Canal in Bedford, Leigh in Lancashire . The No 2 mill and its former warehouse are grade II listed buildings .
Hindsford photo 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 .
Hindsford photo Leigh Spinners
Leigh Spinners or Leigh Mill is a Grade II* listed double cotton spinning mill in Bedford, Leigh, Greater Manchester . The mill was built in the 1930s .
Hindsford photo New Manchester
New Manchester or The City was an isolated mining community on the Manchester Coalfield. It lies west of a boundary stone at Ellenbrook which marks the ancient boundary of the Hundreds of Salford and West Derby. The Roman road from Manchester to Wigan and the Tyldesley Loopline passed south of the village.
Hindsford photo St John’s Church, Mosley Common
St John’s Church is an active church built in 1886. It is part of Leigh deanery in the archdeaconry of Salford, diocese of Manchester.
Hindsford photo Garrett Hall
Garrett Hall or The Garrett is a former manor house in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester. The hall was designated a grade II listed building in 1987.
Hindsford photo Great Boys Colliery
Great Boys Colliery was a coal mine operating on the Manchester Coalfield in the second half of the 19th century. It was sunk on Great Boys farm, which in 1778 was described as a “messuage with eight Cheshire acres of land” The offices and lamproom for the pit occupied the building that is now the Colliers Arms public house, on Sale Lane.
Hindsford photo Little Hulton (ward)
Little Hulton (ward) is an electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.
Hindsford photo St Paul’s Church, Peel
St Paul’s is an active Anglican parish church in Little Hulton, Greater Manchester. It is part of the Diocese of Manchester and is a Grade II listed building.

Visit Hindsford plaques


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Hindsford has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hindsford 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 Hindsford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hindsford plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.