Welcome to Visit Lower Don Valley Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Lower Don Valley
Visit Lower Don Valley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Lower Don Valley places to visit. A unique way to experience Lower Don Valley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Lower Don Valley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Lower Don Valley Walkfo Preview The Lower Don Valley, or historically the East End of Sheffield, is the mainly industrial north-east quarter of Sheffield. It encompasses the areas of Attercliffe, Brightside, Darnall, Tinsley and Wincobank. The area became the heart of Sheffield’s steel industry during the 19th and 20th century. When you visit Lower Don Valley, Walkfo brings Lower Don Valley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Lower Don Valley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Lower Don Valley
Visit Lower Don Valley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 105 audio plaques & Lower Don Valley places for you to explore in the Lower Don Valley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Lower Don Valley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Lower Don Valley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Lower Don Valley places with Walkfo Lower Don Valley to hear history at Lower Don Valley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Lower Don Valley has 105 places to visit in our interactive Lower Don Valley 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 Lower Don Valley, 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 Lower Don Valley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Lower Don Valley & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Lower Don Valley Places Map 105 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Lower Don Valley historic spots
Lower Don Valley tourist destinations
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Walkfo Lower Don Valley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Lower Don Valley
Best Lower Don Valley places to visit
Lower Don Valley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Lower Don Valley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Lower Don Valley’s information audio spots:
Canada House, Sheffield Canada House, formerly known as Panache House, is a Grade II listed building in Sheffield, South Yorkshire . It was built as the head offices of the Sheffield United Gas Light Company in 1874 .
Castle Market Castle Market was built on top of the remains of Sheffield Castle . The market closed in 2013 when the Moor Market opened on The Moor, further south in Sheffield city centre, and demolition began in 2015 .
C F Booth C F Booth Ltd is a family-owned scrap metal and recycling business . It is based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England .
Magna Science Adventure Centre Magna Science Adventure Centre is an educational visitor attraction, appealing primarily to children . Located in a disused steel mill in the Templeborough district of Rotherham, England .
Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival The Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival is the largest indoor beer festival taking place outside London . Proceeds from the festival are used to support the work of local charities and good causes . Since the festival relocated to Magna in 2011 it has raised in excess of £150,000 for local good causes.
Meadow Hall and Wincobank railway station Meadowhall and Wincobank railway station was a railway station on the South Yorkshire Railway near Sheffield . It was also known in the 19th century as Meadow Hall, at the time of the Meadow Hall Iron Works .
Longley, Sheffield Longley is a residential neighbourhood made up mostly of housing built by Sheffield City Council in the late 1920s. The suburb falls within the Firth Park ward of the City of Sheffield.
Firth Park (public park) Firth Park is located 3.75 km (2.33 miles) north-northeast of the city centre. Established in 1875, the park gave its name to the Sheffield suburb of Firth Park. The main entrance to the park is on Hucklow Road.
Approved Food Approved Food is an online discount food retailer based in Dodworth, South Yorkshire. The company retails products that are near or past their best before date. It is the UK’s largest online retailer for short dated and residual stock.
Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park is a multipurpose sports venue in Sheffield. It is owned and run by Sheffield Hallam University.
Visit Lower Don Valley plaques
15 plaques hereLower Don Valley has 15 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Lower Don Valley 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 Lower Don Valley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Lower Don Valley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Lower Don Valley audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Lower Don Valley allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Lower Don Valley’s 105 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Lower Don Valley freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Lower Don Valley Map App
Our visit Lower Don Valley map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Lower Don Valley & 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 Lower Don Valley tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Lower Don Valley centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Lower Don Valley area at LONG:-1.417, LAT:53.405.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Lower Don Valley, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Lower Don Valley / surrounding areas
● Canada House, Sheffield ● 2 Haymarket ● Park Square Bridge ● Castlegate Quarter ● Ponds Forge ● Castle Market ● Sheffield Old Town Hall ● Park Square, Sheffield ● Boardwalk (nightclub) ● IQuarter ● The Wicker ● Riverside Quarter ● West Bar Quarter ● Cobweb Bridge ● Wicker Arches ● Hyde Park (cricket ground) ● Kelham Island Quarter ● Hyde Park, Sheffield ● Sheffield Energy Recovery Facility ● Burngreave Community Radio ● Nunnery engine shed ● Sheffield urban area ● King Mojo Club ● Christ Church, Pitsmoor ● Nunnery Colliery ● Abbeyfield Park ● Ferham Park ● C F Booth ● Blackburn Meadows ● Man of Steel (sculpture)
● Kimberworth ● Templeborough Power Station ● Magna Science Adventure Centre ● Rotherham Real Ale and Music Festival ● Blackburn Meadows Power Station ● Tinsley Viaduct ● Concord Park ● Meadowhall Interchange ● Pitsmoor ● Crabtree Ponds ● Woodburn Junction ● Attercliffe ● Northern General Hospital ● Longley, Sheffield ● 2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election ● Rotherham Main Colliery ● Canklow engine shed ● St Thomas, Brightside ● Brightside, Sheffield ● Grimesthorpe engine shed ● Attercliffe Chapel ● IceSheffield ● English Institute of Sport, Sheffield ● UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park ● Lower Don Valley ● Sheffield Arena ● Olympic Legacy Park ● Don Valley Stadium ● Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium ● Valley Centertainment ● Darnall Works ● Firth Park (public park) ● Meadowhall (shopping centre) ● Carbrook, Sheffield ● Blackburn Brook ● Tinsley Park Collieries ● Tinsley, South Yorkshire ● Tinsley Park Cemetery ● Reynaldthorpe ● Approved Food ● Darnall New Ground ● Darnall Old Ground ● Sheffield Parkway ● Longley Park ● Shiregreen child murders ● Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park ● High Hazels Park ● Sheffield Manor Lodge ● Darnall ● Waverley, South Yorkshire ● Advanced Manufacturing Park ● Catcliffe ● Catcliffe Glass Cone ● High Hazels Colliery ● Tinsley Motive Power Depot ● Handsworth F.C. ● Sheffield City Airport ● Tinsley Marshalling Yard ● Brinsworth ● Bowden Housteads Woods ● Parkway Man ● Carbrook Ravine ● Sheffield Castle ● Lady’s Bridge ● Victoria Quays ● Burngreave (ward) ● Burngreave ● Templeborough ● Shiregreen and Brightside ● Carbrook Hall ● Wincobank (hill fort) ● Firth Park (ward) ● Darnall (ward)
Getting to / around Lower Don Valley – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Lower Don Valley using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Lower Don Valley places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Lower Don Valley Public Transport Stations
Lower Don Valley Notable Streets & Road Destinations
City Goods station
Sheffield Victoria railway station
Sheffield Wicker railway station
Attercliffe Road railway station
Holmes railway station
Meadow Hall and Wincobank railway station
Grange Lane railway station (South Yorkshire)
Wincobank railway station
Grimesthorpe Bridge railway station
Brightside railway station
Broughton Lane railway station
Attercliffe railway station
West Tinsley railway station
Tinsley railway station
Darnall railway station
Catcliffe railway station
Bridgehouses railway station
A6178 road
Staniforth Road
Handsworth Road
Sheffield Outer Ring Road
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Local Lower Don Valley historians & Lower Don Valley tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Lower Don Valley? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Lower Don Valley’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 Lower Don Valley 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 Lower Don Valley 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 Lower Don Valley 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-Lower Don Valley’ web pages (for example: www.visitLower Don Valley.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