Welcome to Visit Spondon Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Spondon
Visit Spondon places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Spondon places to visit. A unique way to experience Spondon’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Spondon as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Originally a small village, Spondon dates back to the Domesday Book. It became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries. When you visit Spondon, Walkfo brings Spondon places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Spondon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Spondon
Visit Spondon – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 42 audio plaques & Spondon places for you to explore in the Spondon area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Spondon places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Spondon history
The name Spondon is Anglo-Saxon and describes a gravelly hill. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In about 1333, a great fire swept through the village destroying the church and all but a few houses.
Spondon landmarks
Locko Park is a Grade II*-listed mansion dating from 1669. The historic centre of the village is designated as a conservation area. The Enoch Stone Memorial marks the spot on Derby Road where a notorious murder took place in 1856.
Spondon geography / climate
The community lies on the north slope of the valley of the River Derwent east of Derby. The A52 separates the residential Spondon village area at the top of the hill from the heavily industrialised area at bottom.
Why visit Spondon with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Spondon places with Walkfo Spondon to hear history at Spondon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Spondon has 42 places to visit in our interactive Spondon 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 Spondon, 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 Spondon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Spondon & the surrounding areas.
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Best Spondon places to visit
Spondon has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Spondon’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Spondon’s information audio spots:
Graham Street Prims F.C.
Graham Street Prims Football Club is a football club based in Derby, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One. They play at the Asterdale Sports Ground in the Spondon area of Derby.
Spondon
Originally a small village, Spondon dates back to the Domesday Book. It became heavily industrialised in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Homestead, Spondon
The Homestead is a nine-bedroom Georgian house in the conservation area of Spondon, Derby, England. It is Grade I listed.
St Stephen’s Church, Borrowash
St Stephen’s Church, Borrowash, Derbyshire is a parish church in the Church of England. It was built in the 1930s.
Borrowash Methodist Church
Borrowash Methodist Church is in Derbyshire. The church is located in the town of Borrowosh. It is the birthplace of the first Methodist Church in the UK.
St Werburgh’s Church, Spondon
St. Werburgh’s Church, Spondon, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is located in 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 Mark’s Church, Derby
St Mark’s Church, Derby is a parish church in the Church of England in Chaddesden, Derbyshire. It was built in the 1930s and is located in the area of Derby.
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here Spondon has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Spondon 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 Spondon using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Spondon plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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