Welcome to Visit Dulwich Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Dulwich
Visit Dulwich places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Dulwich places to visit. A unique way to experience Dulwich’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Dulwich as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Dulwich Walkfo Preview When you visit Dulwich, Walkfo brings Dulwich places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Dulwich Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Dulwich
Visit Dulwich – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 224 audio plaques & Dulwich places for you to explore in the Dulwich area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Dulwich places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Dulwich history
The first documented evidence of Dulwich is as a hamlet outside London in 967 AD, granted by King Edgar to one of his thanes Earl Aelfheah. Dulwich may come from two old English words, Dill, a white flower, and wihs, meaning a damp meadow. Harold Godwinson owned the land at one point, and after 1066, King William I of England.
Dulwich geography / climate
Dulwich has a number of recognised districts in Dulwich. Dulwich is one of the most popular areas in the UK to live in. There have been a range of recognised areas of Dulwich which have been named.
Why visit Dulwich with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Dulwich places with Walkfo Dulwich to hear history at Dulwich’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dulwich has 224 places to visit in our interactive Dulwich 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 Dulwich, 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 Dulwich places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dulwich & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 224 audio facts unique to Dulwich places in an interactive Dulwich map you can explore.”
Walkfo Dulwich tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Dulwich
Best Dulwich places to visit
Dulwich has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Dulwich’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Dulwich’s information audio spots:
Peckham Library Peckham Library is a library and community building in south-east London . It was designed by Alsop and Störmer, engineered by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000 .
78 Lyndhurst Way 78 Lyndhurst Way was squatted artist-run space in a Grade II listed Victorian-period house in Peckham, London between 2006 and 2007 .
Norwood Ridge The Norwood Ridge is a 10-square-mile (26 km) rectangular upland which occupies the geographical centre of south London . Beneath its topsoil it is a ridge of London Clay that is capped on all sides (including as isolated knolls in the north)
Crystal Palace Bowl Crystal Palace Bowl has 60 years of live music heritage and a legacy as an outdoor performance venue stretching back over a century . It has a unique sculptural permanent stage designed by Ian Ritchie Architects, which won multiple awards .
Dulwich Upper Wood Dulwich Upper Wood is a 2.4 hectare local nature reserve and Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade 1, in Crystal Palace . It is owned by Southwark Council and managed by the Trust for Urban Ecology .
Pear Tree House Pear Tree House was the former Civil Defence control centre for South-East London . It is a block of council flats in the Central Hill Estate of Upper Norwood with eight two-bedroom flats .
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 .
Biggin Wood Biggin Wood is an area of ancient oak woodland situated within the London Borough of Croydon . The London Wildlife Trust is currently working to improve the site for wildlife, as a part of The Great North Wood Project .
Platforms Piece Platforms Piece consists of three bronze sculptures of commuters at Brixton railway station . The sculptures were completed by British artist Kevin Atherton in 1986 .
Visit Dulwich plaques
67 plaques hereDulwich has 67 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Dulwich 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 Dulwich using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Dulwich plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Dulwich audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Dulwich allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Dulwich’s 224 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Dulwich freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Dulwich Map App
Our visit Dulwich map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Dulwich & 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 Dulwich tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Dulwich centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Dulwich area at LONG:-0.0779, LAT:51.4457.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Dulwich, 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 Dulwich / surrounding areas
● Ledbury Estate ● Lakanal House fire ● St Giles’ Hospital ● Peckham Library ● South London Gallery ● Peckham Platform ● Theatre Peckham ● Obalende Suya Express Restaurant ● Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell ● Camberwell Town Hall, London ● Peckham Arch ● Camberwell Public Baths ● Camberwell Green ● 78 Lyndhurst Way ● Camberwell ● Peckham ● Spike Surplus Scheme ● Church of the Sacred Heart, Camberwell ● The Montague Arms ● New Cross Fire Station ● Brunswick Park, Southwark ● Anerley Town Hall ● Penge Common ● Anerley ● Penge Urban District ● Crystal Palace Dinosaurs ● Crystal Palace National Sports Centre ● St John the Evangelist, Penge ● Free Watermen and Lightermen’s Almshouses ● Crystal Palace Park
● Crystal Palace, London ● Crystal Palace Park Cricket Ground ● Crystal Palace circuit ● St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood ● Festival of Empire ● St Christopher’s Hospice ● Norwood Ridge ● Crystal Palace Bowl ● Beaulieu Heights ● Upper Norwood Library ● Dulwich Upper Wood ● Christ Church, Gipsy Hill ● Pear Tree House ● Upper Norwood ● Great North Wood ● Walter Cobb (department store) ● Sydenham Wells Park ● Gipsy Hill ● Spa Wood ● Norwood New Town ● Mayow Park ● Sydenham Hill ● Beltwood House ● Kingswood House ● Dacres Wood ● Six Pillars House ● Convent Wood ● Norwood Park (London) ● Gipsy Hill (ward) ● Dulwich Wood ● Sydenham Hill Wood ● West Dulwich ● Forest Hill Pools ● Dulwich Prep London ● Livesey Hall War Memorial ● Forest Croft and Taymount Grange ● Perry Vale ● Biggin Wood ● Bell Green, London ● Streatham Hill Theatre ● Pullman Court ● Streatham Hill (ward) ● Pratts of Streatham ● Streatham Library ● 2020 Streatham stabbing ● HM Prison Brixton ● Kings Avenue drill hall, Clapham ● Brixton Hill (ward) ● Ashby’s Mill ● George IV, Brixton ● Brixton Hill ● South Bank Engineering UTC ● Tulse Hill (ward) ● Streatham ● Corpus Christi Church, Brixton ● Streatham Wells (ward) ● Rush Common ● Ferndale (Lambeth ward) ● London Borough of Lambeth ● St Peter’s Church, Streatham ● Holy Trinity Church, Tulse Hill ● Tulse Hill ● River Pool (London) ● King’s Church Catford ● Private Banks Sports Ground ● Catford ● Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham ● Lewisham Town Hall ● Broadway Theatre, Catford ● Catford Stadium ● Ladywell Arena ● Crofton Park ● Blythe Hill Fields ● Brockley ● Forest Hill, London ● Brockley Jack Theatre ● Rivoli Ballroom ● Horniman Museum ● Honor Oak ● Morleys Stores ● Platforms Piece ● Brixton Market ● Ritzy Cinema ● Reprezent ● Brixton Library ● Windrush Square ● Raleigh Hall ● African and Caribbean War Memorial ● Lambeth Town Hall ● Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth ● Black Cultural Archives ● Brixton Mosque ● Trinity Homes, Brixton ● The Fridge (nightclub) ● St Matthew’s Church, Brixton ● The Duke of Edinburgh, Brixton ● Coldharbour (Lambeth ward) ● Stockwell Skatepark ● Southwyck House ● 1981 Brixton riot ● Max Roach Park ● Queen’s Head, Stockwell ● Brixton ● After Exploitation ● Anti-Slavery International ● Lambeth Hospital ● 121 Centre ● Angell Town ● Loughborough Junction ● Herne Hill (ward) ● Lambeth Archives ● Minet Library ● Brockwell Lido ● 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning ● Lambeth Country Show ● The Commercial, Herne Hill ● Myatt’s Fields Park ● Vassall (ward) ● Ruskin Park ● Half Moon, Herne Hill ● International Society for Affective Disorders ● Thumbprint Editions ● Herne Hill ● South London ● Champion Lodge ● Maudsley Hospital ● Telegraph Hill, Lewisham ● New Cross Gate Cutting ● Nunhead ● Hilly Fields, Lewisham ● Hatcham ● Nunhead Cemetery ● The Ivy House ● River Peck ● One Tree Hill, Honor Oak ● Peckham Rye ● Homestall Farm ● Denmark Hill ● Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience ● Herne Hill Velodrome ● Honor Oak Cricket Club Ground ● East Dulwich ● Champion Hill ● Camberwell Grove ● Herne Tavern ● Dulwich Public Baths ● Flat Time House ● Centre for Wildlife Gardening ● East Dulwich Comedy ● The Shed at Dulwich ● Dawson’s Heights ● 549 Lordship Lane ● Knight’s Hill (West Norwood) ● South London Theatre ● St Luke’s Church, West Norwood ● Tappern House ● Howlettes Mead ● Knight’s Hill (ward) ● House of Dreams Museum ● Dulwich Community Hospital ● St Barnabas’ Church, Dulwich ● Dulwich Outdoor Gallery ● Lordship Lane, Southwark ● London Borough of Southwark ● The Crown and Greyhound ● Dulwich Village ● Dulwich Library ● St Thomas More Church, Dulwich ● Christ’s Chapel of God’s Gift ● Dulwich Park ● Dulwich ● Dulwich Picture Gallery ● Bell House, Dulwich ● Belair Park ● Knight’s Hill (Tulse Hill) ● All Saints Church, West Dulwich ● Thurlow Park (ward) ● South London Botanical Institute ● St Giles’ Church, Camberwell ● Gorilla (sculpture) ● The Crystal Palace ● Sydenham, London ● West Norwood ● The Windmill, Brixton ● Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries ● Electric Avenue ● Stockwell ● Coldharbour Lane ● Brockwell Park ● West Norwood Cemetery ● Brixton House ● Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Adolescents
Getting to / around Dulwich – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Dulwich using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Dulwich places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Dulwich Public Transport Stations
Dulwich Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Old Kent Road railway station
Queens Road Peckham railway station
Peckham Rye railway station
Camberwell railway station (England)
Anerley railway station
Penge West railway station
Crystal Palace railway station
Penge East railway station
Crystal Palace (High Level) railway station
Crystal Palace transmitting station
Sydenham railway station (London)
Gipsy Hill railway station
Upper Sydenham railway station
Sydenham Hill railway station
Lower Sydenham railway station
Streatham Hill railway station
Catford Bridge railway station
Catford railway station
Forest Hill railway station
Honor Oak Park railway station
Crofton Park railway station
Brixton tube station
Brixton railway station
East Brixton railway station
Loughborough Junction railway station
Herne Hill railway station
Brockley railway station
Brockley Lane railway station
Nunhead railway station
Denmark Hill railway station
North Dulwich railway station
Honor Oak railway station
Lordship Lane railway station
West Norwood railway station
West Dulwich railway station
East Dulwich railway station
Tulse Hill railway station
Bellenden Road Nature Garden
Bellenden Road
A234 road
Streatham High Road
South Circular Road, London
Brixton Road
Mayall Road
Railton Road
A2216 road
Gallery Road
A212 road
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Local Dulwich historians & Dulwich tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Dulwich? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Dulwich’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 Dulwich 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 Dulwich 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 Dulwich 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-Dulwich’ web pages (for example: www.visitDulwich.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 Dulwich places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Dulwich places to visit. A unique way to experience Dulwich’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Dulwich as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Dulwich places with Walkfo Dulwich to hear history at Dulwich’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dulwich has 224 places to visit in our interactive Dulwich 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 Dulwich, 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 Dulwich places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dulwich & the surrounding areas.
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