Welcome to Visit Harbledown Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Harbledown
Visit Harbledown places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Harbledown places to visit. A unique way to experience Harbledown’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Harbledown as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Harbledown Walkfo Preview Harbledown is a village immediately west of Canterbury and contiguous with the city. The High Street is a conservation area with many listed buildings, including a tall and intact Georgian terrace on the south side. When you visit Harbledown, Walkfo brings Harbledown places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Harbledown Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Harbledown
Visit Harbledown – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 73 audio plaques & Harbledown places for you to explore in the Harbledown area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Harbledown places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Harbledown etymology
Toponymists have determined that the village name means “Herebeald’s hill” A popular story is that the place was dubbed “hobble down”, after Henry II of England walked barefoot through Harbledown on a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral, in repentance for his mistaken involvement in the murder of Thomas Becket.
Why visit Harbledown with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Harbledown places with Walkfo Harbledown to hear history at Harbledown’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Harbledown has 73 places to visit in our interactive Harbledown 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 Harbledown, 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 Harbledown places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Harbledown & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 73 audio facts unique to Harbledown places in an interactive Harbledown map you can explore.”
Walkfo Harbledown tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Harbledown
Best Harbledown places to visit
Harbledown has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Harbledown’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Harbledown’s information audio spots:
Marlowe Memorial The Marlowe Memorial is a statue and four statuettes erected in 1891 in Canterbury, England. The memorial comprises a bronze statue, The Muse of Poetry sculpted by Edward Onslow Ford. The statue is now situated outside the city’s Marlowe Theatre.
Old Palace, Canterbury The Old Palace, also known as the Archbishop’s Palace, is a historic building situated within the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. It is the main residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury when in Canterbury.
St Mildred’s Church, Canterbury The Church of Saint Mildred is a partly Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury. It is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.
Chair of St Augustine The Chair of St Augustine or Cathedra Augustini (Latin) is the ceremonial enthronement cathedra chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
Durovernum Cantiacorum Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour.
Canterbury Castle Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent (the other two being Rochester Castle and Dover Castle) It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and main bus station around City Wall.
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury St Thomas of Canterbury Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Canterbury, Kent. It was built from 1874 to 1875 in the Gothic Revival style. It is situated on the corner of Burgate and Canterbury Lane, west of Lower Bridge Street.
Canterbury power station Canterbury power station supplied electricity to the City of Canterbury, Kent, England from 1900 to 1960. The small generating station was owned and operated by Canterbury Corporation until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948.
Dane John Mound The Dane John Mound was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 11th century. It was turned into a civic park between 1790 and 1803.
St Michael and All Angels Church, Harbledown The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Norman stone church in Harbledown, near Canterbury, England. It follows the Anglo-Catholic tradition, is a parish of the Society of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since January 1967.
Visit Harbledown plaques
22 plaques hereHarbledown has 22 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Harbledown 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 Harbledown using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Harbledown plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Harbledown audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Harbledown allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Harbledown’s 73 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Harbledown freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Harbledown Map App
Our visit Harbledown map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Harbledown & 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 Harbledown tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Harbledown centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Harbledown area at LONG:1.054, LAT:51.283.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Harbledown, 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 Harbledown / surrounding areas
● Beverley Ground ● St. Dunstan’s, Canterbury ● Westgate, Canterbury ● Kent Museum of Freemasonry ● Westgate Hall, Canterbury ● Marlowe Theatre ● Marlowe Memorial ● Blackfriars, Canterbury ● Bus Company Island ● Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr, Canterbury ● Greyfriars, Canterbury ● Old Synagogue (Canterbury) ● Canterbury Heritage Museum ● Beaney House of Art and Knowledge ● City of Canterbury ● Canterbury ● Whitehall Dyke ● Old Palace, Canterbury ● St Mildred’s Church, Canterbury ● Canterbury Roman Museum ● Reginald Pole ● The Corona, Canterbury Cathedral ● Chair of St Augustine ● Durovernum Cantiacorum ● Diocese of Canterbury ● Canterbury Castle ● Whitefriars Shopping Centre ● Trinity Chapel ● St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury ● Whitehall Meadows
● Dane John Mound ● Kingsmead Stadium ● Catching Lives ● KMFM Canterbury ● St Augustine’s Abbey ● Wincheap ● St Michael and All Angels Church, Harbledown ● Canterbury-St Martin’s hoard ● Canterbury Christ Church University ● Harbledown ● Hales Place ● HM Prison Canterbury ● CSR 97.4FM ● University of Kent ● St Martin’s Church, Canterbury ● British Cartoon Archive ● St Martin’s Mill, Canterbury ● Rough Common ● Howe Barracks ● Thanington ● Kent and Canterbury Hospital ● Canterbury Cricket Week ● St Lawrence Ground ● St Lawrence Lime ● St Martin’s Hospital, Canterbury ● Tyler Hill, Kent ● Tyler Hill Meadow ● Bigbury Camp ● Hackington ● Upper Harbledown ● Chartham ● Honey Hill, Kent ● Church Woods, Blean ● Church of St Mary, Chartham ● Larkey Valley Wood ● No Man’s Orchard ● South Blean ● Canterbury city walls ● Thomas Byrne (VC) ● Canterbury Cathedral ● Canterbury Guildhall
Getting to / around Harbledown – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Harbledown using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Harbledown places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Harbledown Public Transport Stations
Harbledown Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Canterbury West railway station
Canterbury North Lane railway station
Canterbury power station
Canterbury East railway station
Canterbury Parkway railway station
Canterbury South railway station
Blean and Tyler Hill Halt railway station
Chartham railway station
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Local Harbledown historians & Harbledown tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Harbledown? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Harbledown’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 Harbledown 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 Harbledown 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 Harbledown 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-Harbledown’ web pages (for example: www.visitHarbledown.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 Harbledown places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Harbledown places to visit. A unique way to experience Harbledown’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Harbledown as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Harbledown places with Walkfo Harbledown to hear history at Harbledown’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Harbledown has 73 places to visit in our interactive Harbledown 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 Harbledown, 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 Harbledown places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Harbledown & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Harbledown?