Welcome to Visit Shelton Lock Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shelton Lock
Visit Shelton Lock places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Shelton Lock places to visit. A unique way to experience Shelton Lock’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Shelton Lock as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Shelton Lock Walkfo Preview Shelton Lock is a small suburb in the south of Derby, England, located between Chellaston and Allenton. The area gets its name from the lock on the Derby Canal that once ran through the area. The canal was shut in the 1960s but there are plans to re-excavate it. When you visit Shelton Lock, Walkfo brings Shelton Lock places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Shelton Lock – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 40 audio plaques & Shelton Lock places for you to explore in the Shelton Lock area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Shelton Lock places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Shelton Lock with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Shelton Lock places with Walkfo Shelton Lock to hear history at Shelton Lock’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shelton Lock has 40 places to visit in our interactive Shelton Lock 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 Shelton Lock, 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 Shelton Lock places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shelton Lock & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Shelton Lock tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Shelton Lock
Best Shelton Lock places to visit
Shelton Lock has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Shelton Lock’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Shelton Lock’s information audio spots:
Swarkestone Hall Pavilion Swarkestone Hall Pavilion is a Grade I listed building south of Chellaston on the A514 . It is a 17th-century pavilion 200 metres north of the ruins of Swarkstone Hall, Swarkestones, Derbyshire .
Elvaston Castle Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire County Council. Country park has 200 acres (0.81 km) of woodlands, parkland and formal gardens. Grade II* Listed Elvaston Castle has been neglected and is in need of restoration.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Elvaston St Bartholomew’s Church, Elvaston is a Grade I listed parish church in Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade II listed parish.
Alvaston Alvaston is situated on the A6, three miles south-east of Derby city centre. It is bordered to the north by the wards of Derwent, Chaddesden and Spondon. The village of Alvaston has existed since at least the eleventh century.
St Osmund’s Church, Derby St Osmund’s Church is a Grade II listed Church of England parish church in Derby, Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s and is one of the largest churches in the country.
Normanton Barracks Normanton Barracks was a military installation in Normanton, Derby, England. It was located on the outskirts of Derby and was located in the town of Normanton.
St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow-upon-Trent St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow upon Trent is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England. It is located in Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire.
The Sanctuary (Derby) The Sanctuary is a bird and wildlife sanctuary and designated local nature reserve (LNR) located on Pride Park in the city of Derby, England. Controversial plans by the local council owners to build a closed circuit cycle race track were withdrawn in 2014 following widespread opposition and in the face of legal action.
Visit Shelton Lock plaques
1 plaques hereShelton Lock has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Shelton Lock 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 Shelton Lock using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Shelton Lock plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Shelton Lock audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Shelton Lock allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Shelton Lock’s 40 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Shelton Lock freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Shelton Lock Map App
Our visit Shelton Lock map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Shelton Lock & 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 Shelton Lock tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Shelton Lock centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Shelton Lock area at LONG:-1.44199, LAT:52.877982.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Shelton Lock, 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 Shelton Lock / surrounding areas
● Chellaston ● Swarkestone Hall Pavilion ● St James’ Church, Swarkestone ● Swarkestone ● Swarkestone Bridge ● Silver Ghost (public house) ● Boulton, Derby ● Barrow upon Trent ● St Thomas’ Church, Derby ● St James’ Church, Derby ● Normanton, Derby ● St Giles’ Church, Normanton, Derby ● Elvaston Castle ● St Bartholomew’s Church, Elvaston ● Alvaston ● Osmaston Hall ● Osmaston, Derby ● Allenton house fire ● Sinfin ● LMS Scientific Research Laboratory ● Railway Technical Centre ● Derby Etches Park ● Derby Arena ● Derby Litchurch Lane Works ● Wilmorton ● The Elms (North Wingfield, Derbyshire) ● St Osmund’s Church, Derby ● Derby Canal ● Pear Tree, Derby ● Normanton Barracks
● Sunny Hill, Derby ● Stenson Fields ● St Wilfrid’s Church, Barrow-upon-Trent ● Shelton Lock ● Allenton, Derby ● Baseball Ground ● Elvaston, Derbyshire ● The Sanctuary (Derby)
Getting to / around Shelton Lock – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Shelton Lock using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Shelton Lock places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Shelton Lock Public Transport Stations
Shelton Lock Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Chellaston and Swarkestone railway station
Sinfin Central railway station
Sinfin North railway station
Ramsline Halt railway station
Peartree railway station
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Local Shelton Lock historians & Shelton Lock tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Shelton Lock? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Shelton Lock’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 Shelton Lock 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 Shelton Lock 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 Shelton Lock 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-Shelton Lock’ web pages (for example: www.visitShelton Lock.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 Shelton Lock places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Shelton Lock places to visit. A unique way to experience Shelton Lock’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Shelton Lock as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Shelton Lock places with Walkfo Shelton Lock to hear history at Shelton Lock’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shelton Lock has 40 places to visit in our interactive Shelton Lock 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 Shelton Lock, 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 Shelton Lock places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shelton Lock & the surrounding areas.
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