Welcome to Visit Mosley Common Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Mosley Common
Visit Mosley Common places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Mosley Common places to visit. A unique way to experience Mosley Common’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Mosley Common as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Mosley Common Walkfo Preview Mosley Common is a suburb of Tyldesley at the far-eastern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, it was anciently a hamlet in the east of the township. The area in 1747 was 34 acres (14 ha) statute s. When you visit Mosley Common, Walkfo brings Mosley Common places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Mosley Common Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Mosley Common
Visit Mosley Common – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 69 audio plaques & Mosley Common places for you to explore in the Mosley Common area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Mosley Common places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Mosley Common history
The original name for the area was Hurst or Tyldesleyhurst (hyrst is Old English for “wooded hill”) It was called Mosseld Yard in 1301. Mosley the clearing on mossy ground. In 1695 the Common was part of the Tyld Wesley Manor. In 1698 Parr Bridge or Mosley Bridge was rebuilt in stone.
Industry
Mosley Common Colliery owned by the Bridgewater Trustees was sunk in the 1860s. Parr Bridge Mill built in 1859 was a weaving shed, it had several owners and continued working into the 1950s.
Why visit Mosley Common with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Mosley Common places with Walkfo Mosley Common to hear history at Mosley Common’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Mosley Common has 69 places to visit in our interactive Mosley Common 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 Mosley Common, 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 Mosley Common places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Mosley Common & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Mosley Common tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Mosley Common
Best Mosley Common places to visit
Mosley Common has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Mosley Common’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Mosley Common’s information audio spots:
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Ellenbrook St Mary the Virgin’s Church or Ellenbrook Chapel is an active Anglican church in Ellenbrook, Worsley, Greater Manchester. The church was granted Grade II listed status in 1966. It is in the Eccles deanery, archdeaconry of Salford and diocese of Manchester.
Boothstown and Ellenbrook (ward) The ward was created in 2004 following recommendations made by the Boundary Committee for England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 9,532.
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.
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.
Walkden South Walkden South is an area and electoral ward of Salford, England. It is represented in Westminster by Barbara Keeley MP for Worsley and Eccles South.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Damhouse Damhouse or Astley Hall is a Grade II* Listed building in Astley, Greater Manchester. It has served as a manor house, sanatorium and sanatorium. Since restoration in 2000, it houses offices, a clinic, nursery and tearooms.
Visit Mosley Common plaques
15 plaques hereMosley Common has 15 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Mosley Common 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 Mosley Common using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Mosley Common plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Mosley Common audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Mosley Common allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Mosley Common’s 69 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Mosley Common freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Mosley Common Map App
Our visit Mosley Common map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Mosley Common & 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 Mosley Common tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Mosley Common centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Mosley Common area at LONG:-2.4304, LAT:53.5098.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Mosley Common, 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 Mosley Common / surrounding areas
● Worsley Court House ● Worsley (ward) ● Worsley Navigable Levels ● St Mark’s Church, Worsley ● Worsley Old Hall ● Worsley New Hall ● RHS Garden Bridgewater ● Roe Green ● St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Ellenbrook ● Ellenbrook, Greater Manchester ● Boothstown and Ellenbrook (ward) ● Mosley Common Colliery ● Boothstown Mines Rescue Station ● New Manchester ● Boothstown ● Mosley Common ● St John’s Church, Mosley Common ● Chaddock Hall ● Walkden South ● Ellesmere Colliery ● New Lester Colliery ● Walkden ● Garrett Hall ● Great Boys Colliery ● Yew Tree Colliery ● Astley, Greater Manchester ● Little Hulton ● Little Hulton (ward) ● St Paul’s Church, Peel ● Astley Green Colliery Museum
● Sandhole Colliery ● Astley Green Colliery ● New Hall moated site ● Cleworth Hall Colliery ● Linnyshaw ● Damhouse ● Walkden North ● Blackleach Country Park ● St Stephen’s Church, Astley ● Higher Folds ● Wellington Pit ● Tyldesley Town Hall ● Combermere Colliery ● Tyldesley Top Chapel ● Tyldesley Urban District ● Nelson Pit ● Barnfield Mills ● Tyldesley Little Theatre ● Shakerley Colliery (Greens) ● St George’s Church, Tyldesley ● Chanters Colliery ● Nook Colliery ● St George’s Colliery ● Shakerley ● Peelwood Colliery ● Gin Pit Colliery ● Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hindsford ● Hindsford ● St Anne’s Church, Hindsford ● Atherton Collieries A.F.C. ● Chowbent Chapel ● Leigh Rural District ● Middle Hulton ● Morleys Hall ● Linnyshaw Colliery ● Worsley ● Tyldesley
Getting to / around Mosley Common – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Mosley Common using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Mosley Common places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Mosley Common Public Transport Stations
Mosley Common Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Ellenbrook railway station, Worsley
Walkden Low Level railway station
Walkden railway station
Little Hulton railway station
Tyldesley railway station
Atherton railway station
Barton Moss railway station
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Local Mosley Common historians & Mosley Common tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Mosley Common? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Mosley Common’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 Mosley Common 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 Mosley Common 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 Mosley Common 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-Mosley Common’ web pages (for example: www.visitMosley Common.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 Mosley Common places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Mosley Common places to visit. A unique way to experience Mosley Common’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Mosley Common as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Mosley Common places with Walkfo Mosley Common to hear history at Mosley Common’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Mosley Common has 69 places to visit in our interactive Mosley Common 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 Mosley Common, 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 Mosley Common places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Mosley Common & the surrounding areas.
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