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


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

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Benslow is a district of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, located very close to the Railway Station. Situated in the area is Pinehill private hospital, St Andrews’ CofE primary school, and a nursing home. The area is renowned for sledging in winter due to the slope in the middle of the field. When you visit Benslow, Walkfo brings Benslow places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Benslow Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Benslow


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

With 56 audio plaques & Benslow places for you to explore in the Benslow area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Benslow places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Benslow with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Benslow PlacesYou can visit Benslow places with Walkfo Benslow to hear history at Benslow’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Benslow has 56 places to visit in our interactive Benslow 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 Benslow, 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 Benslow places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Benslow & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 56 audio facts unique to Benslow places in an interactive Benslow map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Benslow Places Map
56 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Benslow historic spots

  Benslow tourist destinations

  Benslow plaques

  Benslow geographic features

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

  

Best Benslow places to visit


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

Benslow photo Letchworth Cemetery
Cemetery was the first burial ground for Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire. It is now closed for new burials but can be used if graves are being reopened and for prepurchased plots. Cremated remains are also still being interred at the cemetery.
Benslow photo Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery
Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery was a museum in Hertfordshire, England. It had permanent displays dedicated to the natural history of the region, including the famous black squirrel.
Benslow photo Church of St Katharine, Ickleford
The Church of St Katharine of Alexandria is the Church of England parish church for Ickleford in Hertfordshire. It is a Grade I listed building and comes under the Diocese of St Albans.
Benslow photo Church of St Mary, Letchworth
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Letchworth in Hertfordshire. A church appears to have been on the site since before the Norman Conquest. The current church was built in the late 12th century and is Grade II listed.
Benslow photo River Purwell
The River Purwell is a chalk stream in Hertfordshire. Its source is springs which rise out of the chalk bedrock at St Ippolyts, forming Ippollitts Brook. The entire course of the stream is near Hitchin.
Benslow photo Hitchin Priory
Hitchin Priory in Hitchin in Hertfordshire is today a hotel built in about 1700 on the site of a Carmelite friary founded in 1317. Parts of the original priory are incorporated in the existing building, which has been a Grade I listed building since 1951.
Benslow photo Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery
The Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery was a local history museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. It told the story of the town’s social history and of the rural industries that contributed to its prosperity.
Benslow photo Hitchin Cemetery
Hitchin Cemetery, also known as St John’s Road Cemetery, is the main burial ground for the town of Hitchin. It has been owned and managed by North Hertfordshire District Council since 1974. The cemetery is located on Hitchin Hill, with Standhill Road running along the north-western boundary.
Benslow photo St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. It dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, with its tower dating from around 1190. The church has been Grade I listed since 1951. During the laying of a new floor in 1911, foundations of a more ancient Saxon church building were found.
Benslow photo Butts Close
Butts Close is an 11-acre (45,000 m) park in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. The name refers to the archery butts that used to be on it during the Late medieval and Tudor times. During those years it was much larger but in the last centuries it was built on it.

Visit Benslow plaques


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Benslow has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Benslow 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 Benslow using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Benslow plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.