Visit West Melton Places

Welcome to Visit West Melton Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in West Melton

  

West Melton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about West Melton

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You can visit West Melton places with Walkfo West Melton to hear history at West Melton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo West Melton has 35 places to visit in our interactive West Melton 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 West Melton, 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 West Melton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to West Melton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 35 audio facts unique to West Melton places in an interactive West Melton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit West Melton Places Map
35 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best West Melton places to visit

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

RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor is an 89-hectare (220-acre) wetlands nature reserve. It lies on the junction of the A633 and A6195 roads and is bordered by the Trans Pennine Trail. The reserve, along with others nearby, forms part of a landscape-scale project to create wildlife habitat.

Lundhill Colliery explosion The Lundhill Colliery explosion took place on 19 February 1857 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, UK. 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died. It was the first disaster to appear on the front page of the Illustrated London News.

Wombwell Main F.C. Wombwell Main Football Club is a football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They are currently members of the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League Premier Division and play at Hough Lane.

Elsecar Elsecar is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. It was for many years a colliery village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. It is thought to derive from the Old English personal name of Aelfsige.

Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station serves the village of Bolton upon Dearne in South Yorkshire. It lies on the Wakefield Line 13 miles north of Sheffield railway station.

Elsecar Ironworks The Elsecar Ironworks opened in 1795 in the village near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The company was bankrupted in 1827 and taken over by the Wentworth estate who owned the land it stood on.

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