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Visit Witton, Birmingham places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Witton, Birmingham places to visit. A unique way to experience Witton, Birmingham’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Witton, Birmingham as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Visit Witton, Birmingham – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 155 audio plaques & Witton, Birmingham places for you to explore in the Witton, Birmingham area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Witton, Birmingham places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Witton, Birmingham history
Witton was the property of a man named Staunchel (also spelled Stannachetel) before being seized by William Fitz-Ansculf following the Norman conquest of England. It was valued at twenty shillings per annum in the Domesday Book. In 1240, King Henry III granted it to Andrew de Wicton, indicating that the name of the area had changed to Wict on.
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You can visit Witton, Birmingham places with Walkfo Witton, Birmingham to hear history at Witton, Birmingham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Witton, Birmingham has 155 places to visit in our interactive Witton, Birmingham 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 Witton, Birmingham, 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 Witton, Birmingham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Witton, Birmingham & the surrounding areas.
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Best Witton, Birmingham places to visit
Witton, Birmingham has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Witton, Birmingham’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Witton, Birmingham’s information audio spots:
Gosta Green Gosta Green lies at the edge of the city centre, 3/4 mile (1.2 km) northeast of Birmingham New Street station .
Hockley Tunnels Hockley Tunnels are two tunnels used by the railway and tram in Birmingham, England . Tunnel No. 1 is 136 yards (124 m) long and tunnel No. 2 is 160 yards (150m) long .
Grazebrook beam engine The Grazebrook Engine is an 1817 beam engine that was used for blowing air over the hot coals of a blast furnace to increase the heat . It is now found as sentinel sculpture on the Dartmouth Circus roundabout in Birmingham, England .
Key Hill Cemetery Key Hill Cemetery opened in 1836 as a nondenominational cemetery (in practice nonconformist) It is the oldest cemetery, not being in a churchyard, in Birmingham . The cemetery contains the graves of many prominent members of Birmingham society in the late 19th century .
Soho Manufactory The Soho Manufactory (grid reference SP051890) was an early factory which pioneered mass production on the assembly line principle, in Soho, Birmingham, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution . It operated from 1766–1848 and was demolished in 1853 .
St John the Evangelist’s Church, Perry Barr St John the Evangelist’s Church, Perry Barr is a Grade II listed parish church . It is located in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham, England .
Gravelly Hill Gravelly Hill is an area of Birmingham, United Kingdom . It is a small part of the Birmingham city centre of the city . It was also known as Gravelly Hills in the 1960s .
Short Heath, Birmingham Short Heath is an area of Birmingham, England near to Erdington . The area’s postcode is B23. The area is near Erdington and Short Heath .
Perry Common Perry Common is an area of north Birmingham that includes parts of Stockland Green and Kingstanding . It falls within the Birmingham Erdington parliamentary constituency .
Witton Cemetery Witton Cemetery opened in 1863 as Birmingham City Cemetery . Covering 103 acres (0.42 km), it once had three chapels . Two of these were demolished in 1980 . The cemetery would perform up to 20 burials a day .
Visit Witton, Birmingham plaques
21 plaques hereWitton, Birmingham has 21 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Witton, Birmingham 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 Witton, Birmingham using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Witton, Birmingham plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Witton, Birmingham audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Witton, Birmingham allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Witton, Birmingham’s 155 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Witton, Birmingham freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Witton, Birmingham Map App
Our visit Witton, Birmingham map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Witton, Birmingham & 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 Witton, Birmingham tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Witton, Birmingham centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Witton, Birmingham area at LONG:-1.88501, LAT:52.51953.
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Things to do & visit in Witton, Birmingham / surrounding areas
● Duddeston Barracks ● St James the Less’ Church, Ashted ● Birmingham Museum Collection Centre ● Eastside Locks ● Ashted ● Saltley TMD ● Duddeston ● Birmingham Science Park Aston ● Birmingham Lesbian and Gay Community Centre ● Aston Triangle ● 1 Lancaster Circus, Birmingham ● Aston University ● St Matthew’s Church, Duddeston and Nechells ● Aston Centre for Europe ● Gosta Green ● St Anne’s Church, Duddeston ● Birmingham Children’s Hospital ● St Lawrence’s Church, Duddeston ● J. Ashford & Son building ● Blue Orange Theatre ● Jewellery Quarter ● Lanchester Car Monument ● Aston Junction ● Gun Quarter ● Hockley Tunnels ● Bishop’s House, Birmingham ● St Catherine’s Church, Nechells ● St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham ● One Snow Hill Plaza ● St Nicolas’ Church, Hockley
● Grazebrook beam engine ● Battle of Saltley Gate ● Saltley ● 1–7 Constitution Hill, Birmingham ● Birmingham Arts Lab ● St Paul’s tram stop ● St Edward’s Church, Hockley ● Hockley, West Midlands ● All Saints’ Church, Hockley ● St Stephen the Martyr’s Church, Newtown Row ● Key Hill Cemetery ● Lozells and East Handsworth (ward) ● Smith and Pepper ● Museum of the Jewellery Quarter ● St George in the Fields, Hockley ● Newtown, Birmingham ● St Mary’s Church, Aston Brook ● The Guitar Show ● Hockley Brook ● St Saviour’s Church, Hockley ● St Chrysostom’s Church, Hockley ● St Mary’s Convent, Handsworth ● St Francis of Assisi Church, Handsworth ● Soho Manufactory ● Soho Mint ● Soho House ● Gib Heath ● St Michael’s Church, Handsworth ● Guru Nanak Nishkam Sevak Jatha ● St Silas’ Church, Lozells ● Lozells ● Red Lion, Handsworth ● St Peter’s Church, Handsworth ● Handsworth Park ● Shree Geeta Bhawan ● St Mary’s Church, Handsworth ● St Andrew’s Church, Handsworth ● The Endwood ● Handsworth Wood ● St Paul’s Church, Lozells ● Birchfield, Birmingham ● Murder of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare ● St James’ Church, Aston ● The Bartons Arms ● Aston Hippodrome ● Holy Trinity Church, Birchfield ● The Drum, Birmingham ● Aston Manor ● Big City Radio ● Aston Hall ● All Souls’ Church, Witton ● Villa Park ● Church of SS Peter & Paul, Aston ● Aston Arena ● Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium ● Perry Barr Stadium ● Continental Star F.C. ● Witton, Birmingham ● St Clement’s Church, Nechells ● Aston Reservoir ● Perry Barr ● Gravelly Hill Interchange ● Urban District of Perry Barr ● Perry Bridge ● St John the Evangelist’s Church, Perry Barr ● Perry Hall Park ● Mothers (music venue) ● Erdington ● Erdington Abbey ● Lad in the Lane ● Stockland Green ● Gravelly Hill ● All Saints’ Church, Gravelly Hill ● St Mark’s Church, Stockland Green ● Tracline 65 ● Short Heath, Birmingham ● Brookvale Park Lake ● Short Heath Park ● Esso Birmingham Terminal ● Brookvale Park ● Perry Common ● Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and St Luke ● Highbury Theatre ● River Rea ● Witton Lakes ● Star City, Birmingham ● Boldmere St. Michaels F.C. ● 2019–20 Aston Villa W.F.C. season ● Witton Cemetery ● New Oscott ● Nechells ● Witton Isolation Hospital ● Washwood Heath ● Oscott (ward) ● St Mark’s Church, Washwood Heath ● Kingstanding ● Odeon, Kingstanding ● Maryvale Institute ● Old Oscott ● Perry Beeches ● Hamstead Colliery ● Hamstead, West Midlands ● Tower Hill, West Midlands ● St Paul’s Church, Hamstead ● Browns Green ● Birmingham Crematorium ● The Anchorage, Birmingham ● Perry Park (Birmingham) ● Alexander Stadium ● Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal ● Aston Villa F.C. ● Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham ● Birmingham General Hospital ● Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham ● Alpha Television ● Soho, West Midlands ● Heathfield Hall ● List of EFL Championship stadiums ● St Barnabas’ Church, Erdington ● Bleak Hill Park ● Birches Green ● Salford Junction ● Bromford
Getting to / around Witton, Birmingham – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Witton, Birmingham using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Witton, Birmingham places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Witton, Birmingham Public Transport Stations
Local Witton, Birmingham historians & Witton, Birmingham tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Witton, Birmingham? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Witton, Birmingham’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 Witton, Birmingham 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 Witton, Birmingham 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 Witton, Birmingham 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-Witton, Birmingham’ web pages (for example: www.visitWitton, Birmingham.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 Witton, Birmingham places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Witton, Birmingham places to visit. A unique way to experience Witton, Birmingham’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Witton, Birmingham as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Witton, Birmingham places with Walkfo Witton, Birmingham to hear history at Witton, Birmingham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Witton, Birmingham has 155 places to visit in our interactive Witton, Birmingham 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 Witton, Birmingham, 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 Witton, Birmingham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Witton, Birmingham & the surrounding areas.
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