Welcome to Visit Old Swan Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Old Swan
Visit 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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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?
You 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.
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:
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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
39 plaques hereOld 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.
Experience Old Swan audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Old Swan allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Old Swan’s 176 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Old Swan freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Old Swan Map App
Our visit Old Swan map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Old Swan & 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 Old Swan tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Old Swan centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Old Swan area at LONG:-2.9139, LAT:53.4135.
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Things to do & visit in Old Swan / surrounding areas
● Old Swan (ward) ● Church of St Paul, Liverpool ● Old Swan ● Doric Park ● St Oswald’s Church, Old Swan, Liverpool ● Stoneycroft ● Gwalia, Liverpool ● Liverpool Shopping Park ● Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust ● Olive Mount chord ● Tuebrook and Stoneycroft (ward) ● Newsham Park Hospital ● Church of Saint John the Baptist, Liverpool ● Tue Brook House ● Tue Brook ● Olive Mount cutting ● St James’ Church, West Derby, Liverpool ● Liverpool Urban Area ● Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital ● Springfield Park, Liverpool ● Wavertree Technology Park ● Bellefield ● Radio Broadgreen ● Broadgreen Hospital ● Alder Hey Children’s Hospital ● Littlewoods Pools building ● Tuebrook ● Fairfield, Liverpool ● St Mary’s Church, Wavertree ● Thingwall House
● St Paul’s Church, West Derby ● Edge Hill Intercity Depot ● St John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash ● Casbah Coffee Club ● Village Cross, West Derby ● Monk’s Well ● Broadgreen ● Wavertree Botanic Gardens ● Picton (ward) ● Manor Court House, West Derby ● 12 Arnold Grove ● Knotty Ash (ward) ● Knotty Ash ● St Mary’s Church, West Derby, Liverpool ● Lower Breck F.C. ● Team Kaobon ● Liverpool Buccaneers ● Thingwall Hall ● Picton Clock Tower ● Wavertree Lock-up ● West Derby (ward) ● West Derby ● Wavertree (ward) ● Childwall (ward) ● Clubmoor ● Norris Green ● Liverpool Reform Synagogue ● Wavertree Sports Park ● Melwood ● Wavertree ● Dovecot, Liverpool ● Christ Church, Kensington ● Anfield (suburb) ● Kensington, Liverpool ● Bradbury Fields ● Broughton Hall, Merseyside ● Norris Green Park ● Victoria Tunnel (Liverpool) ● Frontline Church ● Church of Saint Bridget, Liverpool ● Wavertree Playground ● Holy Trinity Church, Wavertree ● Edge Hill railway works ● Church of St Dunstan, Liverpool ● Richmond Baptist Church ● Wavertree Windmill ● The Grafton Ballroom ● Church of St Christopher, Norris Green ● Liverpool Muslim Institute ● St Anne’s Church, Edge Hill ● Everton water tower ● Grant Gardens ● Everton, Liverpool ● Sri Muthumariamman Temple, Pudukkottai ● Everton Lock-Up ● Everton Park, Liverpool ● Whitechapel Centre ● Everton (ward) ● Sacred Heart Church, Liverpool ● Kensington and Fairfield (ward) ● Royal Liverpool University Hospital ● Liverpool Royal Infirmary ● Edge Lane ● Galkoff’s, Liverpool ● Anfield (ward) ● Anfield ● British Oceanographic Data Centre ● Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory ● Victoria Building, University of Liverpool ● Victoria Gallery & Museum ● University of Liverpool ● Harold Cohen Library, University of Liverpool ● Stanley Park Stadium ● Stanley Park, Liverpool ● The Old Stableyard, Liverpool ● Knowledge Quarter, Liverpool ● Brownlow Hill infirmary ● John Lennon Art and Design Building ● Abercromby Square ● Liverpool Maternity Hospital ● Liverpool Medical Institution ● Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre ● Mount Pleasant, Liverpool ● University of Liverpool Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology ● Everyman Theatre, Liverpool ● Liverpool John Moores University ● Liverpool Masonic Hall ● Philharmonic Dining Rooms ● Downing Developments ● Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool ● German Church, Liverpool ● Clubmoor (ward) ● Kirkdale (ward) ● Norris Green (ward) ● Croxteth ● Croxteth Hall ● Deysbrook Barracks ● St Barnabas’ Church, Mossley Hill ● Greenbank Drive Synagogue ● Greenbank (ward) ● St Clare’s Church, Liverpool ● Toxteth Park Cemetery ● Church (Liverpool ward) ● Penny Lane, Liverpool ● Greenbank Park ● Greenbank House ● Dovedale Baptist Church, Liverpool ● Church of St Agnes and St Pancras, Toxteth Park ● Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Liverpool ● Church of St Clement, Liverpool ● 2008 Women’s European Union Amateur Boxing Championships ● Edge Hill, Liverpool ● Sefton Park ● All Saints’ Church, Childwall ● Court Hey Hall ● Childwall ● Liverpool Women’s Hospital ● Church of All Hallows, Allerton ● Mossley Hill ● Saint Philip Neri Church ● Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Liverpool ● Merseyside Centre for the Deaf ● Welsh Presbyterian Church, Liverpool ● Black Merchant Seamen War Memorial ● Falkner Square ● Mossley Hill (ward) ● Calderstones House ● Calderstones Park ● Allerton Oak ● Christ Church, Toxteth Park ● Yew Tree (ward) ● Page Moss ● Bowring Park, Merseyside ● Bowring Park, Knowsley ● Newsham Park ● Phillips’ Sound Recording Services ● St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool ● Johnston Laboratories ● Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool ● Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral ● Wellington Rooms, Liverpool ● Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool ● Wavertree Town Hall ● Liverpool Women’s Hospital bombing
Getting to / around Old Swan – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Old Swan using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Old Swan places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Old Swan Public Transport Stations
Old Swan Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Stanley railway station
Lister Drive power station
Edge Lane railway station
Knotty Ash railway station
Wavertree Technology Park railway station
Tue Brook railway station
West Derby railway station
Wavertree Lane railway station
Broad Green railway station
Breck Road railway station
Wavertree railway station
Stanley Park railway station
Crown Street railway station
Clubmoor railway station
Sefton Park railway station
Childwall railway station
Roby railway station
Edge Hill railway station
Mossley Hill railway station
Wavertree Road Ground
Everton Road drill hall, Liverpool
Hope Street, Liverpool
Falkner Street
Ullet Road Unitarian Church
Granby Four Streets
Princes Road Synagogue
Princes Road (Liverpool)
Smithdown Road, Liverpool
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Local Old Swan historians & Old Swan tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Old Swan? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Old Swan’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 Old Swan 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 Old Swan 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 Old Swan 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-Old Swan’ web pages (for example: www.visitOld Swan.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