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


Visit Worthen PlacesVisit Worthen places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Worthen places to visit. A unique way to experience Worthen’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Worthen as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Worthen is located 13 miles west of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. It sits in the Rea Brook valley. Hampton Hall, a grade II* listed country house, is nearby. The village contains the Church of England parish church, All Saints. When you visit Worthen, Walkfo brings Worthen places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Worthen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Worthen

Visit Worthen – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 6 audio plaques & Worthen places for you to explore in the Worthen area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Worthen places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Worthen history

Population

The population of Worthen has fluctuated throughout history since the first census was taken in 1801. A slight decrease followed in 1811 before a steady increase to the peak of the population in 1881 at 3,029. According to the 2001 census the population was 1,929 with a total of 775 households in the parish.

Employment

Worthen Employment photo

Worthen’s population was predominantly characterised by labourers as recorded in the 1831 census. Mining was a major employment sector and well known mines included Snailbeach, a lead-ore mine, Perkins’ Beach lead mine and additionally grit and gravel mines.

Folklore

A local folktale tells of a family named Reynolds, who were driven out of their farm by two bogies. When they left, the bogies managed to follow them to their new home by hiding inside a salt cellar.

Why visit Worthen with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Worthen PlacesYou can visit Worthen places with Walkfo Worthen to hear history at Worthen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Worthen has 6 places to visit in our interactive Worthen 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 Worthen, 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 Worthen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Worthen & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 6 audio facts unique to Worthen places in an interactive Worthen map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Worthen Places Map
6 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Worthen historic spots

  Worthen tourist destinations

  Worthen plaques

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

  

Best Worthen places to visit

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

Worthen photo Caus Castle
Caus Castle is a ruin of a hill fort and medieval castle in the civil parish of Westbury in the English county of Shropshire. It was destroyed during the English Civil War and has been in ruins since.

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Visit Worthen plaques

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here Worthen has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Worthen 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 Worthen using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Worthen plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.