Welcome to Visit Catford Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Catford
Visit Catford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Catford places to visit. A unique way to experience Catford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Catford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Catford Walkfo Preview When you visit Catford, Walkfo brings Catford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Catford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Catford
Visit Catford – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 169 audio plaques & Catford places for you to explore in the Catford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Catford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Catford history
Toponymy
The name most likely derives from the place where cattle crossed the river Ravensbourne in Saxon times . It is also speculated that the name originates from wild cats using the river crossing .
Why visit Catford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Catford places with Walkfo Catford to hear history at Catford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Catford has 169 places to visit in our interactive Catford 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 Catford, 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 Catford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Catford & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 169 audio facts unique to Catford places in an interactive Catford map you can explore.”
Walkfo Catford tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Catford
Best Catford places to visit
Catford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Catford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Catford’s information audio spots:
Forest Hill Pools Forest Hill Pools is a leisure centre in Forest Hill, London . After being closed in 2006, it was rebuilt including two pools and a health and fitness suite . It reopened in September 2012 .
Forest Croft and Taymount Grange Forest Croft and Taymount Grange are two 1930s Art Deco–style mansion blocks situated at the top of Taymount Rise in Forest Hill, London .
Downham Fields Downham Fields is a 20-acre park located in Downham, South East London . It was left as parkland during the construction of the interwar Downham Estate . It is sometimes referred to in documents by the name Durham Hill, but this is not in common usage .
Ladywell Fields Ladywell Fields is a public park in the London Borough of Lewisham created from three historic fields . It is located near Ladywell railway station at the northern end of the park, and Catford Bridge at the southern end .
Boone’s Chapel Boone’s Chapel is a single-storey building attributed to Sir Christopher Wren and built in 1683 . The chapel is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England .
Jack Cade’s Cavern Jack Cade’s Cavern is a cavern, extending several hundred feet underground, in Blackheath, south-east London . It is located northwest of the Heath and southwest of Greenwich Park, mostly beneath the lawn of Hollymount Close . It was re-discovered in about the year 1780 .
Brookmill Park Brookmill Park, formerly known as Ravensbourne Park, is a small public park and nature reserve in the London Borough of Lewisham . It is located between Deptford Bridge and Elverson Road on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
Nunhead Cemetery Nunhead Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries in London . The cemetery is located in Nunhead in the London Borough of Southwark . It was originally known as All Saints’ Cemetery .
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London . It was part of the London Borough of Lewisham between 1900 and 1965 .
The Waldron The Waldron Health Centre is a National Health Service building next to New Cross railway station in Lewisham, South London . It was completed in phases, with the health centre finished in 2008 and final construction in 2010 .
Visit Catford plaques
69 plaques hereCatford has 69 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Catford 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 Catford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Catford plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Catford audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Catford allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Catford’s 169 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Catford freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Catford Map App
Our visit Catford map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Catford & 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 Catford tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Catford centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Catford area at LONG:-0.0207, LAT:51.4452.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Catford, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Catford / surrounding areas
● The Montague Arms ● New Cross Fire Station ● RAF Kidbrooke ● London Marathon ● South East London Green Chain ● Ferrier Estate ● All Saints’ Blackheath ● Queen Elizabeth’s Oak, Greenwich Park ● Blackheath Halls ● The Conservatoire ● All Saints’ Parish Hall ● Greenwich Park ● Blackheath Quaker Meeting House ● Sutcliffe Park ● Peter Harrison Planetarium ● Greenwich 28 inch refractor ● Greenwich Castle ● St John the Evangelist, Penge ● Free Watermen and Lightermen’s Almshouses ● St Christopher’s Hospice ● Walter Cobb (department store) ● Sydenham Wells Park ● Midland Bank Sports Ground ● Mid-Kent line ● Mayow Park ● London Borough of Lewisham ● Sydenham Hill ● Beltwood House ● Dacres Wood ● Six Pillars House
● Dulwich Wood ● Sydenham Hill Wood ● Forest Hill Pools ● County Cricket Ground, Beckenham ● Livesey Hall War Memorial ● Forest Croft and Taymount Grange ● Perry Vale ● Bell Green, London ● Municipal Borough of Beckenham ● Kent Championships ● Beckenham Place Park ● Catford Studios ● Forster Memorial Park ● The Fellowship and Star ● Southend, London ● Bellingham, London ● Downham Woodland Walk ● Downham ● Downham Fields ● Whitefoot (ward) ● River Pool (London) ● Downham Estate ● King’s Church Catford ● Private Banks Sports Ground ● Hither Green Cemetery ● Catford ● Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham ● Lewisham Town Hall ● Broadway Theatre, Catford ● Eros House ● The Mount (stadium) ● Mountsfield Park ● Grove Park Sidings ● Grove Park, Lewisham ● Catford Stadium ● Ladywell Arena ● Lewisham Priory ● Ladywell ● Hither Green rail crash ● University Hospital Lewisham ● Crofton Park ● Blythe Hill Fields ● Brockley ● Forest Hill, London ● Hither Green TMD ● Brockley Jack Theatre ● Ladywell Fields ● Ladywell Leisure Centre ● Rivoli Ballroom ● River Quaggy ● Horniman Museum ● Honor Oak ● Lee, London ● Charles Edmund Webber ● St. Margaret’s, Lee ● Boone’s Chapel ● Montagu House, Blackheath ● Manor House Gardens ● Lewisham ● Blackheath drill hall ● Ranger’s House ● 1857 Lewisham rail crash ● Lewisham Police Station ● Perceval House ● 20 Dartmouth Hill ● Green Man, Blackheath ● Lewisham Odeon ● Lewisham Shopping Centre ● Statue of Yuri Gagarin, Greenwich ● Lewisham Central (ward) ● Jack Cade’s Cavern ● Renaissance, Lewisham ● Fan Museum ● Greenwich Town Hall, London ● GSM London ● Lewisham rail crash ● Greenwich Theatre ● The Mitre, Greenwich ● Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance ● Brookmill Park ● St Alfege Church, Greenwich ● Greenwich Playhouse ● St Johns, London ● 1898 St Johns rail accident ● Miller General Hospital ● Horn Park ● Telegraph Hill, Lewisham ● New Cross Gate Cutting ● Nunhead ● Hilly Fields, Lewisham ● Stone House, Deptford ● Hatcham ● Nunhead Cemetery ● Goldsmiths CCA ● The Ivy House ● Deptford Town Hall ● Metropolitan Borough of Deptford ● New Cross house fire ● The London Theatre – New Cross ● Deptford Cinema ● Fordham Park ● The Waldron ● River Peck ● Albany Theatre ● Deptford Market ● One Tree Hill, Honor Oak ● Deptford ● Peckham Rye ● Homestall Farm ● Art in Perpetuity Trust ● Core Gallery ● St. Paul’s, Deptford ● Sue Godfrey Nature Park ● Herne Tavern ● Bonnie Bird Theatre ● Dulwich Public Baths ● The Shed at Dulwich ● Dawson’s Heights ● Chinbrook Meadows ● Chinbrook ● 549 Lordship Lane ● Lordship Lane, Southwark ● Dulwich Library ● St Thomas More Church, Dulwich ● Dulwich ● Burnt Ash Pond ● Cray Valley Paper Mills F.C. ● Blackheath, London ● Royal Observatory, Greenwich ● Prime meridian (Greenwich) ● Sydenham, London ● Hither Green ● Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries ● Shepherd Gate Clock ● New Cross ● Goldsmiths, University of London ● St Michael and All Angels, Blackheath
Getting to / around Catford – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Catford using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Catford places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Catford Public Transport Stations
Catford Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Kidbrooke railway station
Blackheath railway station
Penge East railway station
Sydenham railway station (London)
Upper Sydenham railway station
New Beckenham railway station
Lower Sydenham railway station
Beckenham Junction station
Beckenham Hill railway station
Bellingham railway station
Ravensbourne railway station
Catford Bridge railway station
Catford railway station
Forest Hill railway station
Hither Green railway station
Ladywell railway station
Honor Oak Park railway station
Crofton Park railway station
Grove Park railway station
Lewisham station
Elverson Road DLR station
Lee railway station
Blackheath Hill railway station
Greenwich Park railway station
Greenwich station
St Johns railway station
Lewisham Road railway station
Deptford pumping station
Brockley railway station
Brockley Lane railway station
Nunhead railway station
New Cross Gate railway station
New Cross railway station
Deptford Bridge DLR station
Deptford railway station
Honor Oak railway station
Lordship Lane railway station
Foxgrove Road, Beckenham
A21 road (England)
Brookmill Road Local Nature Reserve
A20 road (England)
A2216 road
A2212 road
Buses
Catford is served by many Transport for London bus routes . Catford has a large number of bus routes and is home to many London bus stations .
Proposed transport links
Network Rail Route Utilisation Strategy has highlighted the need to develop the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle through to Catford . This programme of work could start as early as 2020 and could be completed in 2020 .
Local Catford historians & Catford tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Catford? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Catford’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 Catford 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 Catford 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 Catford 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-Catford’ web pages (for example: www.visitCatford.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 Catford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Catford places to visit. A unique way to experience Catford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Catford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Catford places with Walkfo Catford to hear history at Catford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Catford has 169 places to visit in our interactive Catford 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 Catford, 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 Catford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Catford & the surrounding areas.
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