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


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

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Harlesden was historically in the Municipal Borough of Willesden before the creation of Brent. The town centre contains a large number of multicultural independent businesses. The population includes people of Afro-Caribbean heritage most notably, as well as Irish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Somali, and smaller Latin American and East African groups. When you visit Harlesden, Walkfo brings Harlesden places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Harlesden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Harlesden


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

With 266 audio plaques & Harlesden places for you to explore in the Harlesden area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Harlesden places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Harlesden history


Harlesden History photo

Harlesden was once a small rural community set in orchards with some inns. The Domesday Book calls it “Hervlvestvne” In the 19th century the village began to develop some of its urban appearance with the arrival of the railways. Industrial growth led to a middle class exodus as the area turned entirely into a working class area.

Harlesden geography / climate

Transport

Harlesden Transport photo

Stations in Harlesden are: Willesden Junction Station (Bakerloo line, Watford DC Line, North London Line and West London Line)

Why visit Harlesden with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Harlesden PlacesYou can visit Harlesden places with Walkfo Harlesden to hear history at Harlesden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Harlesden has 266 places to visit in our interactive Harlesden 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 Harlesden, 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 Harlesden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Harlesden & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 266 audio facts unique to Harlesden places in an interactive Harlesden map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Harlesden Places Map
266 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Harlesden historic spots

  Harlesden tourist destinations

  Harlesden plaques

  Harlesden geographic features

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

  

Best Harlesden places to visit


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

Harlesden photo St Mary’s Church, Acton, London
St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Acton in the London Borough of Ealing . The present church was designed by Horace Francis and constructed 1865–1867 . The church was listed Grade II in 1981 .
Harlesden photo Hanger Hill
Hanger Hill or Haymills Estate is a local area and ward of the London Borough of Ealing . It was developed in the interwar period when affluent Londoners moved out of Central London for more green spaces . The estate features spacious houses and flats designed by architects Douglas Smith and Barley .
Harlesden photo Hanger Hill Wood
Hanger Hill Wood is a small remnant of ancient woodland to the east of the Hanger Hill Park and North Circular Road at Hanger Lane in Ealing in the London Borough of Ealing . Named from ‘Hangra’, the Old English word for wooded slope .
Harlesden photo Shepherd’s Bush Conservation Area
Shepherd’s Bush Conservation Area is one of a number of areas in Hammersmith and Fulham which have been designated for conservation. Broadly speaking it encompasses Shepherd’s Green and its immediate environs, including many streets north of the Green.
Harlesden photo Paddington Recreation Ground
Paddington Recreation Ground is the largest area of parkland in the City of Westminster . It was the first park of its kind in London, having operated since 1888 . Annually, it attracts over 1.5 million users, who visit the Recreation Ground for its green-space value .
Harlesden photo London Samurai Rovers F.C.
London Samurai Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Acton, London. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Twyford Avenue Sports Ground.
Harlesden photo Claremont Road Ground
The Claremont Road Ground was a former football ground in Cricklewood, UK. It was the home ground for Hendon Football Club for 81years before being demolished in 2006.
Harlesden photo Piano Nobile
Piano Nobile is a commercial art gallery in London, England, specialising in twentieth-century British art. It was established by Dr Robert Travers at premises in Richmond in 1985. The gallery is a member of the Society of London Art Dealers.
Harlesden photo Stonebridge Park power station
Stonebridge Park power station was a private supply electricity generating station in Wembley north west London. It supplied direct current electricity to the adjacent Euston to Watford electric railway lines from 1914 to 1967.

Visit Harlesden plaques


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Harlesden has 79 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Harlesden 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 Harlesden using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Harlesden plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.