Welcome to Visit Old Swan Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Old Swan


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

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

  

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


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

With 176 audio plaques & Old Swan places for you to explore in the Old Swan area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Old Swan places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Old Swan geography / climate

The A57 road passes through Kensington and Fairfield before running through Old Swan and then through Knotty Ash. It then runs on to Prescot towards Prescot and on to St Helens.

Why visit Old Swan with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Old Swan PlacesYou can visit Old Swan places with Walkfo Old Swan to hear history at Old Swan’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Old Swan has 176 places to visit in our interactive Old Swan 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 Swan, 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 Swan places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Old Swan & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 176 audio facts unique to Old Swan places in an interactive Old Swan map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Old Swan Places Map
176 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

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

  

Best Old Swan places to visit


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

Old Swan photo St Oswald’s Church, Old Swan, Liverpool
St Oswald’s Church is an active parish church in the Archdiocese of Liverpool and in St Joseph’s Pastoral Area . It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .
Old Swan photo Christ Church, Kensington
Christ Church is in the Kensington area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England . The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .
Old Swan photo Norris Green Park
Norris Green Park is a city park situated in Norris Green, Liverpool . It is situated between Broad Lane and Lorenzo Drive . Norris Green is located on Broad Lane, Lorenzo Drive and Broad Lane .
Old Swan photo Everton water tower
Everton Water Tower is a Grade II listed water tower situated on Margaret Street in Everton, Liverpool . The water tower is a well-known landmark dating from 1857 and can be seen from most of Liverpool .
Old Swan photo Grant Gardens
The Necropolis opened in 1825 with buildings by John Foster Jr . It closed in 1898 and was transferred to the council who reopened it as a park in 1914 .
Old Swan photo Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool
Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in the centre of Liverpool, England . It is a Grade II listed building and was opened in 1886 . It was designed by Goldie, Child & Goldie and has an altar piece by Pugin and Pugin .
Old Swan photo Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
The former Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) is based in Brownlow Street, Liverpool, England . It merged with the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) in April 2010 .
Old Swan photo Victoria Building, University of Liverpool
The Victoria Building was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed in 1892 . It was the first purpose-built building for what was to become the University of Liverpool . In 2008 it was converted into the Victoria Gallery & Museum .
Old Swan photo Liverpool Maternity Hospital
The Liverpool Maternity Hospital was established in November 1841 in Horatio Street, Scotland Road, Liverpool . It was replaced by the Liverpool Women’s Hospital in November 1995 .
Old Swan photo Philharmonic Dining Rooms
The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside . It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building .

Visit Old Swan plaques


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Old Swan has 39 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Old Swan 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 Swan using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Old Swan plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.