Welcome to Visit Ince-in-Makerfield Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ince-in-Makerfield
Visit Ince-in-Makerfield places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ince-in-Makerfield places to visit. A unique way to experience Ince-in-Makerfield’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ince-in-Makerfield as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Ince-in-Makerfield Walkfo Preview Ince-in-Makerfield or Ince is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. It is contiguous to Wigan and is a residential suburb. From 1894 Ince was an urban district of the administrative county of Lancashire. When you visit Ince-in-Makerfield, Walkfo brings Ince-in-Makerfield places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Ince-in-Makerfield Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ince-in-Makerfield
Visit Ince-in-Makerfield – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 62 audio plaques & Ince-in-Makerfield places for you to explore in the Ince-in-Makerfield area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Ince-in-Makerfield places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Ince-in-Makerfield history
The earliest mention of the manor of Ince and the Ince family dates from 1202 at which point it was under the barony of Newton in Makerfield (Newton le Willows) There were three halls in Ince, both the original manor and the original hall on Warrington Road were held by a family of the same name. All three halls were still standing in 1911 but none remain today. Ince became heavily industrialised in the Industrial Revolution.
Ince-in-Makerfield etymology
The name Ince may be of Cumbric origin and derived from ïnïs, meaning ‘island’ or ‘dry land’ (Welsh ynys) The name may also be derived from the name of dry land or dry land.
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You can visit Ince-in-Makerfield places with Walkfo Ince-in-Makerfield to hear history at Ince-in-Makerfield’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ince-in-Makerfield has 62 places to visit in our interactive Ince-in-Makerfield 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 Ince-in-Makerfield, 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 Ince-in-Makerfield places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ince-in-Makerfield & the surrounding areas.
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Best Ince-in-Makerfield places to visit
Ince-in-Makerfield has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ince-in-Makerfield’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ince-in-Makerfield’s information audio spots:
St Mary’s Church, Lower Ince St Mary’s Church is in Warrington Road, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.
Old Town Hall, Wigan The Old Town Hall was a former municipal facility at the corner of King Street and Rodney Street in Wigan, England. The building, which was designated a Grade II listed building in 1990, was demolished in September 2013.
Wigan Town Hall The new Town Hall is a former technical college in Library Street, Wigan, England which was converted into a municipal facility in 1990. It is a Grade II listed building.
Mesnes Park, Wigan Mesnes Park is a Victorian public park dating from 1878 in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The elongated 12 hectares (30 acres) park lies to the north-west of Wigan town centre. It comprises formal flower beds in grass lawns, a pool, children’s playgrounds, mini golf, sports grounds and a café.
St John’s Church, Wigan St John’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary’s. Construction on both churches, was done in a spirit of competition so they both were finished in the same year, 1819.
St Mary’s Church, Wigan St Mary’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building.
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.
Mab’s Cross Mab’s Cross, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is a stone cross probably dating from the 13th century. It is one of four stone crosses originally used as waymarkers along the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. The cross was moved across the road in 1922 as part of a road widening scheme.
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary is located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Wrightington and Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
St Jude’s Church, Wigan St Jude’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Worsley Mesnes area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was completed in 1965 and is a Grade II listed building in the Modernist style.
Visit Ince-in-Makerfield plaques
4 plaques hereInce-in-Makerfield has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Ince-in-Makerfield 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 Ince-in-Makerfield using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Ince-in-Makerfield plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Ince-in-Makerfield audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Ince-in-Makerfield allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Ince-in-Makerfield’s 62 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Ince-in-Makerfield freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Ince-in-Makerfield Map App
Our visit Ince-in-Makerfield map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Ince-in-Makerfield & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Ince-in-Makerfield tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Ince-in-Makerfield centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Ince-in-Makerfield area at LONG:-2.599, LAT:53.5402.
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Things to do & visit in Ince-in-Makerfield / surrounding areas
● Hindley Green ● Three Sisters Recreation Area ● Bamfurlong, Greater Manchester ● Bryn Hall ● Poolstock ● St James’ Church, Poolstock ● Hawkley Hall ● Westwood Power Station ● Wigan Springs Branch TMD ● Adam Viaduct ● Trencherfield Mill ● Worsley Mesnes ● St Mary’s Church, Lower Ince ● County Borough of Wigan ● Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ● Wigan rail crash ● Wigan Urban Area ● Old Town Hall, Wigan ● Wigan Town Hall ● All Saints’ Church, Wigan ● Wigan Robin Park F.C. ● Scholes, Greater Manchester ● Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield ● Wigan Casino ● The Galleries (Wigan) ● DW Stadium ● Newbridge Learning Community ● Platt Bridge ● Springfield Park (Wigan) ● Mesnes Park, Wigan
● St John’s Church, Wigan ● St Mary’s Church, Wigan ● HM Prison Hindley ● Dean Trust Rose Bridge ● Whelley ● St Catharine’s Church, Scholes ● Empress Mill, Ince ● St Stephen’s Church, Whelley ● Ince-in-Makerfield ● Platt Bridge, Wigan ● 1992 World Club Challenge ● Mab’s Cross ● Royal Albert Edward Infirmary ● Haigh Hall Miniature Railway ● Haigh Hall ● Borsdane Wood ● St Peter’s Church, Hindley ● Aspull ● St David’s Church, Haigh ● Haigh, Greater Manchester ● Hart Common ● Hindley, Greater Manchester ● Crow Nest Junction ● Maypole Colliery disaster ● St John the Evangelist’s Church, Abram ● St Jude’s Church, Wigan ● Association of Greater Manchester Authorities ● Wigan Pier ● Central Park (Wigan) ● Abram, Greater Manchester
Getting to / around Ince-in-Makerfield – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Ince-in-Makerfield using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Ince-in-Makerfield places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Ince-in-Makerfield Public Transport Stations
Local Ince-in-Makerfield historians & Ince-in-Makerfield tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Ince-in-Makerfield? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Ince-in-Makerfield’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Ince-in-Makerfield place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Ince-in-Makerfield Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Ince-in-Makerfield destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Ince-in-Makerfield’ web pages (for example: www.visitInce-in-Makerfield.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Ince-in-Makerfield places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Ince-in-Makerfield places to visit. A unique way to experience Ince-in-Makerfield’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Ince-in-Makerfield as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Ince-in-Makerfield places with Walkfo Ince-in-Makerfield to hear history at Ince-in-Makerfield’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ince-in-Makerfield has 62 places to visit in our interactive Ince-in-Makerfield 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 Ince-in-Makerfield, 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 Ince-in-Makerfield places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ince-in-Makerfield & the surrounding areas.
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