Welcome to Visit Platt Bridge Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Platt Bridge
Visit Platt Bridge places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Platt Bridge places to visit. A unique way to experience Platt Bridge’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Platt Bridge as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Platt Bridge Walkfo Preview Platt Bridge is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Wigan town centre along the spine of the A573 road. Historically part of Hindley Urban District, in Lancashire, the area is now a residential suburb. The name comes from “plat” meaning a foot-bridge. Two railways pass through the area; one, the West Coast Main Line, the other a disused industrial line. When you visit Platt Bridge, Walkfo brings Platt Bridge places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Platt Bridge – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 57 audio plaques & Platt Bridge places for you to explore in the Platt Bridge area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Platt Bridge places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Platt Bridge with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Platt Bridge places with Walkfo Platt Bridge to hear history at Platt Bridge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Platt Bridge has 57 places to visit in our interactive Platt Bridge 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 Platt Bridge, 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 Platt Bridge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Platt Bridge & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Platt Bridge tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Platt Bridge
Best Platt Bridge places to visit
Platt Bridge has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Platt Bridge’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Platt Bridge’s information audio spots:
St Mary’s Church, Lower Ince St Mary’s Church is in Warrington Road, Lower Ince, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wigan, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool.
Old Town Hall, Wigan The Old Town Hall was a former municipal facility at the corner of King Street and Rodney Street in Wigan, England. The building, which was designated a Grade II listed building in 1990, was demolished in September 2013.
Wigan Town Hall The new Town Hall is a former technical college in Library Street, Wigan, England which was converted into a municipal facility in 1990. It is a Grade II listed building.
St John’s Church, Wigan St John’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Standishgate, Wigan, Greater Manchester. It is within 200 feet of another Catholic church, St Mary’s. Construction on both churches, was done in a spirit of competition so they both were finished in the same year, 1819.
St Mary’s Church, Wigan St Mary’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Standishgate area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1818 and is a Grade II* listed building.
HM Prison Hindley HM Prison Hindley is a male prison located in the village of Bickershaw (near Wigan) in Greater Manchester. It is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.
Mab’s Cross Mab’s Cross, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is a stone cross probably dating from the 13th century. It is one of four stone crosses originally used as waymarkers along the medieval route from Wigan to Chorley. The cross was moved across the road in 1922 as part of a road widening scheme.
St Jude’s Church, Wigan St Jude’s Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the Worsley Mesnes area of Wigan, Greater Manchester. It was completed in 1965 and is a Grade II listed building in the Modernist style.
Visit Platt Bridge plaques
4 plaques herePlatt Bridge has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Platt Bridge 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 Platt Bridge using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Platt Bridge plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Platt Bridge audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Platt Bridge allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Platt Bridge’s 57 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Platt Bridge freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Platt Bridge Map App
Our visit Platt Bridge map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Platt Bridge & 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 Platt Bridge tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Platt Bridge centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Platt Bridge area at LONG:-2.598, LAT:53.5237.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Platt Bridge, 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 Platt Bridge / surrounding areas
● Bickershaw ● Hindley Green ● Ashton Town A.F.C. ● Makerfield ● Bryn Hall Colliery ● Three Sisters Recreation Area ● Bamfurlong, Greater Manchester ● Bryn Hall ● Goose Green, Greater Manchester ● Poolstock ● St James’ Church, Poolstock ● Hawkley Hall ● Westwood Power Station ● Wigan Springs Branch TMD ● Adam Viaduct ● Trencherfield Mill ● Worsley Mesnes ● St Mary’s Church, Lower Ince ● County Borough of Wigan ● Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ● Wigan rail crash ● Wigan Urban Area ● Old Town Hall, Wigan ● Wigan Town Hall ● All Saints’ Church, Wigan ● Scholes, Greater Manchester ● Christ Church, Ince-in-Makerfield ● Wigan Casino ● The Galleries (Wigan) ● Newbridge Learning Community
● Platt Bridge ● St John’s Church, Wigan ● St Mary’s Church, Wigan ● HM Prison Hindley ● Dean Trust Rose Bridge ● Whelley ● St Catharine’s Church, Scholes ● Empress Mill, Ince ● St Stephen’s Church, Whelley ● Ince-in-Makerfield ● Platt Bridge, Wigan ● 1992 World Club Challenge ● Mab’s Cross ● Borsdane Wood ● St Peter’s Church, Hindley ● Hart Common ● Hindley, Greater Manchester ● Crow Nest Junction ● Maypole Colliery disaster ● St John the Evangelist’s Church, Abram ● St Jude’s Church, Wigan ● Association of Greater Manchester Authorities ● Wigan Pier ● Central Park (Wigan) ● Abram, Greater Manchester
Getting to / around Platt Bridge – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Platt Bridge using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Platt Bridge places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Platt Bridge Public Transport Stations
Platt Bridge Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Hindley Green railway station
West Leigh and Bedford railway station
Park Lane Halt railway station
Bamfurlong railway station
Wigan Chapel Lane railway station
Wigan North Western railway station
Wigan Darlington Street railway station
Wigan Wallgate railway station
Wigan bus station
Ince railway station
Lower Ince railway station
Wigan Central railway station
Bickershaw and Abram railway station
Whelley railway station
Amberswood railway station
Hindley railway station
Hindley South railway station
Platt Bridge railway station
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Local Platt Bridge historians & Platt Bridge tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Platt Bridge? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Platt Bridge’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 Platt Bridge 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 Platt Bridge 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 Platt Bridge 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-Platt Bridge’ web pages (for example: www.visitPlatt Bridge.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 Platt Bridge places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Platt Bridge places to visit. A unique way to experience Platt Bridge’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Platt Bridge as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Platt Bridge places with Walkfo Platt Bridge to hear history at Platt Bridge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Platt Bridge has 57 places to visit in our interactive Platt Bridge 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 Platt Bridge, 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 Platt Bridge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Platt Bridge & the surrounding areas.
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