Welcome to Visit Whickham Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Whickham
Visit Whickham places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Whickham places to visit. A unique way to experience Whickham’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Whickham as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Whickham Walkfo Preview Whickham is a semi-rural, middle class suburban town and former civil parish. Built on a large hill, it overlooks a large part of the northern and western horizon, including the MetroCentre. The 2011 Census recorded its population as 16,652. When you visit Whickham, Walkfo brings Whickham places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Whickham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Whickham
Visit Whickham – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 48 audio plaques & Whickham places for you to explore in the Whickham area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Whickham places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Whickham history
Whickham underwent some expansion in the 1950s when the Lakes Estate was built. Oakfield Estate just off Whaggs Lane was built later in the decade. Grange Estate began the long-term development by JT Bell, (Bellway), the builder, who went on into Clavering Park, Clavering Grange, the Cedars and then Fellside Park.
Why visit Whickham with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Whickham places with Walkfo Whickham to hear history at Whickham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Whickham has 48 places to visit in our interactive Whickham 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 Whickham, 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 Whickham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Whickham & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 48 audio facts unique to Whickham places in an interactive Whickham map you can explore.”
Walkfo Whickham tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Whickham
Best Whickham places to visit
Whickham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Whickham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Whickham’s information audio spots:
Stella Park Stella Park is a housing estate in Blaydon-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the grounds of a mansion of the same name.
Milecastle 5 Milecastle 5 (Quarry House) was the first milecastle west of Pons Aelius fort of Hadrian’s Wall. No remains exist of the milecastle, though its supposed position is at the junction of the A186 Westgate road and the B1311 Corporation Street.
Utilita Arena Newcastle The Utilita Arena Newcastle (formerly the Newcastle Arena, Telewest Arena and Metro Radio Arena) is an indoor arena in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It hosts music, entertainment, sports and business events. Since 2009 it has had no ice hockey team after the departure of the Newcastle Vipers to Whitley Bay Ice Rink.
St Stephen’s Church, Low Elswick St Stephen’s Church is a redundant Anglican church in Brunel Terrace, Low Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Condercum Condercum was the third Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, after Segedunum (Wallsend) and Pons Aelius (Newcastle) It was situated on a hilltop 2 miles (3 km) to the west of the city. Today, nothing can be seen of the fort or its adjoining wall, as the site is covered by a modern reservoir and housing estate.
Dunston UTS F.C. Dunston UTS Football Club is a football club based in the Dunston area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One East.
Benwell and Scotswood Benwell and Scotswood is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne. The population of the ward is 13,759, which is 5.3% of the total population. Car ownership in the area is 45.1%, lower than the city average of 54.7%.
St Paul’s Church, Winlaton St Paul’s Church is a 19th-century church in Winlaton, Tyne and Wear, England, dedicated to St Paul.
Blaydon RFC The first team currently play in the fourth tier of the English rugby union system (National League 2 North) They were promoted as champions from North Premier at the end of the 2019–20 season. Their home ground is Crow Trees, Swalwell, Tyne and Wear.
Milecastle 7 Milecastle 7 (Benwell Bank or Benwell Hill) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian’s Wall. The milecastle itself has not been discovered by archaeologists and its presumed location lies beneath a modern housing development.
Visit Whickham plaques
10 plaques hereWhickham has 10 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Whickham 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 Whickham using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Whickham plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Whickham audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Whickham allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Whickham’s 48 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Whickham freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Whickham Map App
Our visit Whickham map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Whickham & 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 Whickham tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Whickham centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Whickham area at LONG:-1.6726, LAT:54.9456.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Whickham, 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 Whickham / surrounding areas
● Stella Park ● Anglo Great Lakes Graphite Plant ● Blaydon ● Ottovale coke works ● Milecastle 5 ● Arthur’s Hill ● Paradise, Tyne and Wear ● Newcastle General Hospital ● Utilita Arena Newcastle ● Eagles Community Arena ● St Stephen’s Church, Low Elswick ● Elswick, Tyne and Wear ● Milecastle 6 ● Staiths South Bank ● River Team ● Kings Meadow Island ● Condercum ● Redheugh Park ● Dunston Power Station ● Dunston UTS F.C. ● Derwent Tower ● Dunston, Tyne and Wear ● Benwell and Scotswood ● Benwell ● Winlaton ● St Paul’s Church, Winlaton ● Axwell House ● Winlaton Mill ● Derwenthaugh Coke Works ● Blaydon RFC
● Milecastle 7 ● River Derwent, North East England ● The Mitre, Newcastle upon Tyne ● Benwell Nature Park ● Swalwell ● Team Valley ● Bensham ● Lobley Hill ● MetroCentre Interchange ● MetroCentre (shopping centre) ● Dunston Hill Hospital ● Whickham ● Whickham F.C. ● Ravensworth Castle (Tyne and Wear) ● Sunniside, Gateshead ● Marley Hill
Getting to / around Whickham – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Whickham using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Whickham places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Whickham Public Transport Stations
Whickham Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Blaydon railway station
Newcastle (Shot Tower) railway station
Redheugh railway station
Elswick railway station
Bensham railway station
Swalwell railway station
Scotswood railway station
Scotswood Works Halt railway station
Derwenthaugh railway station
Dunston railway station
MetroCentre railway station
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Local Whickham historians & Whickham tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Whickham? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Whickham’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 Whickham 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 Whickham 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 Whickham 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-Whickham’ web pages (for example: www.visitWhickham.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 Whickham places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Whickham places to visit. A unique way to experience Whickham’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Whickham as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Whickham places with Walkfo Whickham to hear history at Whickham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Whickham has 48 places to visit in our interactive Whickham 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 Whickham, 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 Whickham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Whickham & the surrounding areas.
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