Welcome to Visit Longport, Staffordshire Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Longport, Staffordshire
Visit Longport, Staffordshire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Longport, Staffordshire places to visit. A unique way to experience Longport, Staffordshire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Longport, Staffordshire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Longport, Staffordshire Walkfo Preview Port Vale F.C. played their home games at The Meadows in Limekiln Lane between 1876 and 1881. Longport is the location for Longbridge Hayes industrial estate. When you visit Longport, Staffordshire, Walkfo brings Longport, Staffordshire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Longport, Staffordshire – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 78 audio plaques & Longport, Staffordshire places for you to explore in the Longport, Staffordshire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Longport, Staffordshire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Longport, Staffordshire history
The Trent and Mersey Canal was completed in 1777, and the area acquired the name Longport. The highway from Burslem to Newcastle passed over a footbridge of planks along the side of a brook. An ancient stone cross once stood at Trubshaw Cross, at the northern end of Longport (now a roundabout at the junction of Newcastle Street and Davenport Street)
Why visit Longport, Staffordshire with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Longport, Staffordshire places with Walkfo Longport, Staffordshire to hear history at Longport, Staffordshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Longport, Staffordshire has 78 places to visit in our interactive Longport, Staffordshire 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 Longport, Staffordshire, 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 Longport, Staffordshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Longport, Staffordshire & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Longport, Staffordshire tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Longport, Staffordshire
Best Longport, Staffordshire places to visit
Longport, Staffordshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Longport, Staffordshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Longport, Staffordshire’s information audio spots:
Norton United F.C. Norton United F.C. was a football club based in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They were established in 1989 and joined the Staffordshire Senior League in the same year. The club’s ground was the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute; however’ they left that ground mid season due to contractual issues with the owners and played their remaining fixtures at Lyme Valley Stadium.
Whitfield Valley Whitfield Valley is a local nature reserve on the northern fringe of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The nature reserve is located on the north edge of the city.
Queen’s Theatre, Burslem The Queen’s Theatre (originally Queen’s Hall) is a Grade II listed building in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. It is situated in Wedgwood Place in the town centre.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Burslem St John the Baptist’s Church is an Anglican church in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II listed building.
Old Town Hall, Burslem The Old Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Burslem, Staffordshire. It is in the Market Place, in the centre of the town.
Shelton Bar Shelton Bar (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company) was a 400-acre (1.6 km) major steelworks in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. In its heyday it employed 10,000 in the steelworks, had five coal mines, a complete railway system and a by-products processing factory.
Middleport Pottery Middleport Pottery was built in 1888 by Burgess & Leigh Ltd (founders William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess) It is located at Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent The Regent Theatre is a theatre in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Constructed in 1929 as a cinema, it is one of several theatres in the city centre. The theatre is also the northern base for the Glyndebourne Touring Opera.
Golden Torch The Golden Torch, more commonly known as The Torch, was a nightclub in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England. Opened as a mod venue, it later became important to fans of Northern soul. Peter Stringfellow was among the many DJs who had a residency there.
Water World, Stoke-on-Trent Waterworld is a water park located in Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The park attracts 400,000 visitors per year. It first opened in 1989 and is generally open year-round.
Visit Longport, Staffordshire plaques
8 plaques hereLongport, Staffordshire has 8 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Longport, Staffordshire 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 Longport, Staffordshire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Longport, Staffordshire plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Longport, Staffordshire allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Longport, Staffordshire’s 78 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Longport, Staffordshire freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Longport, Staffordshire Map App
Our visit Longport, Staffordshire map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Longport, Staffordshire & 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 Longport, Staffordshire tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Longport, Staffordshire centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Longport, Staffordshire area at LONG:-2.2128, LAT:53.0463.
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Things to do & visit in Longport, Staffordshire / surrounding areas
● New Vic Theatre ● St Mark’s Church, Basford ● Knutton ● Ball Green ● Norton le Moors ● Ford Green Hall ● Norton United F.C. ● Smallthorne ● Smallthorne Urban District ● Holden Viaduct ● Bradeley ● Birches Head ● Whitfield Valley ● Sneyd Colliery Disaster ● Hanley, Staffordshire ● Vale Park ● Port Vale F.C. ● Cobridge ● Queen’s Theatre, Burslem ● Wedgwood Institute ● St John the Baptist’s Church, Burslem ● Old Town Hall, Burslem ● Ceramica ● The Duke William, Stoke-on-Trent ● Pinnox branch ● Middleport, Staffordshire ● Shelton Bar ● Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival ● Longport, Staffordshire ● Middleport Pottery
● Theatre Royal, Hanley ● The Sugarmill ● Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent ● Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent ● Pitts Hill ● Golden Torch ● Water World, Stoke-on-Trent ● Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley ● Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent ● Etruria Hall ● Mitchell Arts Centre ● Potteries Museum & Art Gallery ● Christ Church, Tunstall ● The Underground (Stoke concert venue) ● Chell, Staffordshire ● Etruria, Staffordshire ● Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area ● Etruria Industrial Museum ● Cliffe Vale, Staffordshire ● Basford, Staffordshire ● May Bank ● Wolstanton ● St Margaret’s Church, Wolstanton ● Porthill Park ● Wolstanton Rural District ● Dimsdale ● Cross Heath ● Sir Nigel Gresley’s Canal ● Porthill, Staffordshire ● Sandyford, Staffordshire ● Turnhurst ● Bradwell, Staffordshire ● Harecastle Tunnel ● Talke Pits ● Harecastle railway tunnel ● Goldenhill ● Crackley ● Chesterton, Staffordshire ● Wolstanton United Urban District ● Apedale Heritage Centre ● Packmoor ● Burslem ● Tunstall, Staffordshire ● Holditch Colliery disaster ● Tunstall Town Hall ● Broad Meadow
Getting to / around Longport, Staffordshire – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Longport, Staffordshire using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Longport, Staffordshire places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Longport, Staffordshire Public Transport Stations
Local Longport, Staffordshire historians & Longport, Staffordshire tour guides
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