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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Arkley

  

Arkley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Arkley

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Arkley history

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Toponymy

The name Arkley was first recorded as Arkleyslond in 1332. The first element of the name appears to come from the Old English word (e)arc (or ark), meaning a chest, bin or other wooden receptacle. The second element is from leāh, a woodland clearing or glade.

Historical background

Arkley was commonly known as “Barnet Common” or “West Barnet” The name, “Grendel’s Gate”, is associated with the monster from the Saxon epic, Beowulf. It is thought by some that Hendon Wood Lane was originally a minor Roman road.

Buildings

St Peter’s Church was built in 1840 as a private chapel at a cost of £5,000. It contains a wall tablet of its benefactor, Enoch Durant, who died in 1848. Arkley Windmill was in use by 1806 and ceased to be a functioning mill during World War I.

You can visit Arkley places with Walkfo Arkley to hear history at Arkley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Arkley has 170 places to visit in our interactive Arkley 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 Arkley, 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 Arkley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Arkley & the surrounding areas.

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170 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Arkley places to visit

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

Woodcock Hill Village Green Woodcock Hill Village Green is an area of grass and woodland in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire . It was designated a Village Green in 2008 to prevent development of the site .

Dyrham Park Country Club Dyrham Park Country Club is a country house, estate and golf club in Hertfordshire. It is a white Palladian mansion, set in two hundred acres, with an 18-hole golf course. The estate was originally settled as a manor in Elizabethan times. The house has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since 1949.

Celebrity Big Brother (British series 8) The series launched on 18 August 2011, and ended after 22 days on 8 September 2011. It was won by Irish traveller and reality television star Paddy Doherty. Jedward returned to the house for Celebrity Big Brother 19 as All-Stars, representing this series.

Greenhill estate Greenhill was a house and estate on the site of the former Pricklers estate to the south of Chipping Barnet, on the borders of Hertfordshire and Middlesex, in what is now north London.

Barnet Common Barnet Common was created after a wood was cleared in the 16th century. It was the location of a Digger colony and the Barnet Physic Well at which mineral water was consumed. Part of the Common was enclosed in 1729 and the rest in 1815.

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