Welcome to Visit Matley Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Matley
Visit Matley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Matley places to visit. A unique way to experience Matley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Matley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Matley Walkfo Preview Matley was a township of Mottram in Longdendale, one of the eight ancient parishes of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1886 the township became a civil parish in its own right. The parish was abolished in 1936 and divided between Stalybridge, Hyde and Dukinfield. In 1974 the area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. When you visit Matley, Walkfo brings Matley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Matley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Matley
Visit Matley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 69 audio plaques & Matley places for you to explore in the Matley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Matley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Matley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Matley places with Walkfo Matley to hear history at Matley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Matley has 69 places to visit in our interactive Matley 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 Matley, 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 Matley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Matley & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 69 audio facts unique to Matley places in an interactive Matley map you can explore.”
Walkfo Matley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Matley
Best Matley places to visit
Matley has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Matley’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Matley’s information audio spots:
Stamford Park, Tameside Stamford Park is a park in Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester. The park was Grade II listed with Historic England in 1986.
Dukinfield (ward) Dukinfield is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Andrew Gwynne Labour MP for Denton and Reddish.
Dukinfield / Stalybridge (ward) Dukinfield / Stalybridge is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP Jonathan Reynolds.
Gorse Hall Gorse Hall was the name given to two large houses in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England, on a hill bordering Dukinfield (now in Tameside, but until March 1974 in Cheshire) The first house can be traced back to the 17th century. The Hall was once part of the manor of Dockenfeld held by Lieutenant–Colonel Robert Duckenfield, a Parliamentarian soldier in the English Civil War.
Stalybridge North (ward) Stalybridge North is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP Jonathan Reynolds.
Astley Deep Pit disaster Astley Deep Pit was a coal mine started around 1845 to work the seam of coal known as the “Lancashire Black Mine” When finished, it was supposedly the deepest coal-mine in Britain and cost £100,000 to sink.
St George’s Church, Hyde St George’s Church is on Church Street, Hyde, Greater Manchester. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Mottram, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram St Michael and All Angels Church stands on Warhill overlooking the village of Mottram in Longdendale, Greater Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester and the archdeaconry of Macclesfield.
Mottram Old Hall, Tameside Mottram Old Hall is a Grade-II-listed two-storey country house. The house was built in about 1825 in ashlar with a slate roof. Previously known as Ivydene, it incorporates a large rear wing built in 1727. It is still privately owned and not open to the public.
Longdendale (ward) Longdendale is an electoral ward of Tameside, England. It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP Jonathan Reynolds.
Visit Matley plaques
43 plaques hereMatley has 43 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Matley 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 Matley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Matley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Matley audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Matley allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Matley’s 69 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Matley freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Matley Map App
Our visit Matley map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Matley & 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 Matley tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Matley centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Matley area at LONG:-2.0325, LAT:53.4677.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Matley, 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 Matley / surrounding areas
● Tameside General Hospital ● Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust ● Stamford Park, Tameside ● Waterside Mill, Ashton-under-Lyne ● Ray Mill, Stalybridge ● Stalybridge Mill, Stalybridge ● St George’s Church, Stalybridge ● St John’s Church, Dukinfield ● Dukinfield ● Dukinfield (ward) ● Dukinfield / Stalybridge (ward) ● Gorse Hall ● Stalybridge North (ward) ● Heyrod ● Astley Deep Pit disaster ● Dukinfield Moravian Church ● Eastwood Nature Reserve ● Copley, Greater Manchester ● Hartshead Power Station ● Stayley Hall ● Newton, Greater Manchester ● Flowery Field ● Hyde Newton (ward) ● Hyde Town Hall ● Clarendon Square Shopping Centre ● Hyde, Greater Manchester ● Ewen Fields ● St George’s Church, Hyde ● Shaw Hall factory ● Godley Reservoir
Getting to / around Matley – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Matley using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Matley places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Matley Public Transport Stations
Matley Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Stalybridge railway station
Staley and Millbrook railway station
Hyde North railway station
Flowery Field railway station
Hyde Central railway station
Newton for Hyde railway station
Godley railway station
Godley East railway station
Hattersley railway station
Broadbottom railway station
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Local Matley historians & Matley tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Matley? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Matley’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 Matley 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 Matley 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 Matley 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-Matley’ web pages (for example: www.visitMatley.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 Matley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Matley places to visit. A unique way to experience Matley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Matley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Matley places with Walkfo Matley to hear history at Matley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Matley has 69 places to visit in our interactive Matley 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 Matley, 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 Matley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Matley & the surrounding areas.
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