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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Old Moat


Visit Old Moat PlacesVisit Old Moat places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Old Moat places to visit. A unique way to experience Old Moat’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Old Moat as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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When you visit Old Moat, Walkfo brings Old Moat places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Old Moat Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Old Moat


Visit Old Moat – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 174 audio plaques & Old Moat places for you to explore in the Old Moat area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Old Moat places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Old Moat history


Old Moat estate

The “Old Moat estate” is a large estate of 1920s built social housing named after a former manor house with a surrounding moat . The estate was the seat of the lord of the manor, and was situated in what is now the heart of the estate . The site of the house is marked by a plaque on number 22 Eddisbury Avenue .

Old Moat geography / climate

The Northern boundary bisects several roads just below Wilbraham Road, whilst in the South it follows a path just above Cavendish Road. It is bounded by Wilmslow Road to the East and Princess Road to the West.

Why visit Old Moat with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Old Moat PlacesYou can visit Old Moat places with Walkfo Old Moat to hear history at Old Moat’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Old Moat has 174 places to visit in our interactive Old Moat 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 Old Moat, 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 Old Moat places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Old Moat & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 174 audio facts unique to Old Moat places in an interactive Old Moat map you can explore.”

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174 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

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Walkfo Old Moat tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Old Moat

  

Best Old Moat places to visit


Old Moat has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Old Moat’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Old Moat’s information audio spots:

Old Moat photo Hough End Hall
Hough End Hall is a historic house now in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, (originally in Withington), Manchester . It was built in 1596 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I by Sir Nicholas Mosley . The Mosleys were an influential Mancunian family from the 16th century onwards .
Old Moat photo Chorlton Poor Law Union
Chorlton Poor Law Union was founded in January 1837 in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 . It was overseen by an elected board of 19 guardians representing the 12 parishes in the area it served .
Old Moat photo Southern Cemetery, Manchester
Southern Cemetery is a large municipal cemetery in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England . It opened in 1879 and is owned and administered by Manchester City Council . It is the second largest cemetery in Europe and the largest in the UK .
Old Moat photo Longsight Electric TMD
Longsight Electric TMD is an AC electric railway locomotive traction maintenance depot situated in Longsight, Manchester, England . The depot code is LG (9A 1950 – 1973). It is one of the largest train depots in the United Kingdom and can hold 179 carriages at one time .
Old Moat photo Victoria Baths
Victoria Baths opened to the public in 1906 and cost £59,144 to build . Manchester City Council closed the baths in 1993 and the building was left empty . A multimillion-pound restoration project began in 2007 and is on English Heritage’s Heritage at Risk Register .
Old Moat photo Edgar Wood Centre
Edgar Wood Centre was designed by Edgar Wood in 1903 . Nikolaus Pevsner considered it “the only religious building in Lancashire that would be indispensable in a survey of twentieth century church design in all England” Grade I listed building is on Heritage at Risk Register .
Old Moat photo Victoria Park, Manchester
Victoria Park is a suburban area of Manchester, England . Victoria Park lies approximately two miles south of Manchester city centre . It is located between Rusholme and Longsight .
Old Moat photo Dalton-Ellis Hall
Dalton-Ellis Hall is a hall of residence complex at the University of Manchester . It is situated in the south of the city on Conyngham Road in Victoria Park, next to St Chrysostom’s Church . It has 279 male and female residents in catered accommodation .
Old Moat photo Ardwick
Ardwick is a district of Manchester in North West England, one mile south east of the city centre . The population of the Ardwick Ward at the 2011 census was 19,250 . Historically in Lancashire, by the mid-nineteenth century Ardwick had grown from being a village into a wealthy suburb of Manchester . By the end of that century it had become heavily industrialised .
Old Moat photo O2 Apollo Manchester
The O2 Apollo Manchester is a concert venue in Ardwick Green, Manchester . It is a Grade II listed building with a capacity of 3,500 (2,514 standing, 986 seats)

Visit Old Moat plaques


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Old Moat has 64 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Old Moat 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 Old Moat using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Old Moat plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.