Welcome to Visit Banstead Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Banstead
Visit Banstead places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Banstead places to visit. A unique way to experience Banstead’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Banstead as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Banstead Walkfo Preview
When you visit Banstead, Walkfo brings Banstead places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Banstead Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Banstead
Visit Banstead – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 39 audio plaques & Banstead places for you to explore in the Banstead area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Banstead places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Banstead history
The earliest recorded mention of Banstead was in an Anglo-Saxon charter of AD 967, in the reign of King Edgar. The earliest mention of the town was in a charter of 967.
Banstead landmarks
The Anglican (before 1536, Catholic) parish church of All Saints is made of knapped flint, partially dressed in stone, with sturdy tower and medieval spire. It was built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and restored to specifications of architect G. E. Street in 1861.
Demolished
Banstead Asylum was a psychiatric hospital from 1873 to 1986 . Vincent Crane wrote the song “Banstead,” which featured on the 1970 album Atomic Roooster .
Why visit Banstead with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Banstead places with Walkfo Banstead to hear history at Banstead’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Banstead has 39 places to visit in our interactive Banstead 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 Banstead, 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 Banstead places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Banstead & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Banstead Places Map
39 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Banstead historic spots | Banstead tourist destinations | Banstead plaques | Banstead geographic features |
Walkfo Banstead tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Banstead |
Best Banstead places to visit
Banstead has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Banstead’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Banstead’s information audio spots:
St Martin of Tours church, Epsom
St Martin of Tours church, Epsom is a Grade II* listed building, number 1028592, in Church Street, Surrey, KT17 4PX .
Visit Banstead plaques
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here Banstead has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Banstead 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 Banstead using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Banstead plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.