Welcome to Visit Wigston Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wigston
Visit Wigston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wigston places to visit. A unique way to experience Wigston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wigston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Wigston Walkfo Preview Wigston is a town in Leicestershire just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011. When you visit Wigston, Walkfo brings Wigston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Wigston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wigston
Visit Wigston – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 24 audio plaques & Wigston places for you to explore in the Wigston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Wigston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Wigston history
Wigston was the birthplace of George Davenport, a notorious highwayman; Abigail Herrick, the mother of Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels; and former Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Harry Ellis who attended Bushloe High School. Graham Chapman, of Monty Python fame, lived (around 1951/52) in what was then Wiggston police station, (the building on the corner of Pullman Road – opposite the swimming baths) during the time that his father was the inspector there.
Wigston geography / climate
Wigston is five miles south of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the East Midlands. It is the largest of Leicester’s satellite towns, with a population of approximately 32,000. The Grand Union Canal runs from Wistow to nearby Kilby Bridge.
Why visit Wigston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Wigston places with Walkfo Wigston to hear history at Wigston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wigston has 24 places to visit in our interactive Wigston 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 Wigston, 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 Wigston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wigston & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Wigston places in an interactive Wigston map you can explore.”
Walkfo Wigston tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Wigston
Best Wigston places to visit
Wigston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Wigston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Wigston’s information audio spots:
South Wigston South Wigston is a large village to the south of Leicester, England. It is outside the city boundary, forming part of the Oadby and Wigst district of Leicestershire. The population of the ward rose slightly from 7,471 at the 2001 census to 7,490 at the 2011 census.
St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston is a Grade II* listed parish church in Leicestershire. It was built in the 1930s and is located in South Wigston.
County Hall F.C. County Hall Football Club is a football club based in Wigston, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the Leicesterhire Senior League Premier Division and play at Saffron Lane, groundsharing with Aylestone Park.
Glen Parva Barracks Glen Parva Barracks was a military installation near South Wigston in Leicestershire. It was located on the outskirts of South Wigston.
Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. are a football club based in Aylestone, a suburb of Leicester. They currently play in the Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division. They have reached the second round of the FA Cup twice in their short history.
Oadby and Wigston Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in Leicestershire. It was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. The population of the district at the 2011 census was 56,170. The district forms part of the Harborough constituency.
Wigston Wigston is a town in Leicestershire just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011.
Leicester Racecourse Leicester Racecourse is a horse racing course in Oadby, Leicestershire. It is located about three miles south of the city centre.
GNG Oadby Town F.C. GNG Oadby Town Football Club is a Leicestershire association football club. The club plays in the United Counties League Premier Division South.
Wistow Hall Wistow Hall was built to an H-plan of rendered brick with a Swithland slate hipped roof. The 17th-century country house has been converted into an apartment building.
Visit Wigston plaques
2 plaques hereWigston has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Wigston 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 Wigston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Wigston plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Wigston audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Wigston allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Wigston’s 24 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Wigston freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Wigston Map App
Our visit Wigston map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Wigston & 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 Wigston tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Wigston centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Wigston area at LONG:-1.093, LAT:52.5812.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Wigston, 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 Wigston / surrounding areas
● South Wigston ● St Thomas’ Church, South Wigston ● Aylestone Park F.C. ● County Hall F.C. ● Glen Parva Barracks ● HM Prison Glen Parva ● Eyres Monsell ● Wigston Fields ● Friar Lane & Epworth F.C. ● West Knighton, Leicester ● Knighton Spinney ● Knighton, Leicester ● Oadby and Wigston ● Kilby Bridge ● Wigston ● Leicester Racecourse ● Stoughton Grange ● GNG Oadby Town F.C. ● Lucas Marsh ● Stoneygate ● University of Leicester Botanic Garden ● Newton Harcourt ● Wistow Hall ● Wistow, Leicestershire
Getting to / around Wigston – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Wigston using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Wigston places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Wigston Public Transport Stations
Wigston Notable Streets & Road Destinations
South Wigston railway station
Wigston Glen Parva railway station
Wigston South railway station
Wigston Magna railway station
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Local Wigston historians & Wigston tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Wigston? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Wigston’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 Wigston 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 Wigston 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 Wigston 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-Wigston’ web pages (for example: www.visitWigston.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 Wigston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wigston places to visit. A unique way to experience Wigston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wigston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
With 24 audio plaques & Wigston places for you to explore in the Wigston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Wigston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
You can visit Wigston places with Walkfo Wigston to hear history at Wigston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wigston has 24 places to visit in our interactive Wigston 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 Wigston, 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 Wigston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wigston & the surrounding areas.
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