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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Shacklewell

  

Shacklewell Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shacklewell

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Shacklewell history

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The village of Shacklewell was settled on the eponymous village green. The village lay a little over 500 yards north of the hamlet of Dalston, which stood on Dalston Lane, with which it was linked by Cecilia Road. Largely residential in the mid-19th Century, the district gained some light industry later on.

You can visit Shacklewell places with Walkfo Shacklewell to hear history at Shacklewell’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shacklewell has 557 places to visit in our interactive Shacklewell 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 Shacklewell, 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 Shacklewell places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shacklewell & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Shacklewell Places Map
557 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Shacklewell places to visit

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

Fann Street Foundry The Fann Street Foundry was a type foundry (a company that designs or distributes typefaces) located in City of London .

Liberty of Norton Folgate Norton Folgate was a liberty in Middlesex, England . It was adjacent to the City of London in what would become the East End of London .

Whitecross Street Prison Whitecross Street Prison was a debtors’ prison in London . It was built between 1813–15 to ease overcrowding at Newgate Prison and closed in 1870 . All of the prisoners were transferred to the newly built Holloway Prison .

Peacock Inn, Islington The Peacock Inn is a former public house at 11 Islington High Street, London, that dates from 1564 . It is located in the centre of Islington, London .

White Conduit Fields White Conduit Fields in Islington was an early venue for cricket . Several major matches are known to have been played there in the 18th century . It was the original home of the White Conduits Club, forerunner of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)

Spa Green Estate Spa Green Estate is the most complete post-war realisation of a 1930s radical plan for social regeneration through Modernist architecture . Conceived as public housing, it is now a mixed community of private owners and council tenants .

The Screen On The Green The Screen On The Green is a single screen cinema facing Islington Green in the London Borough of Islington, London . The current building was opened in 1913 and it is one of the oldest continuously running cinemas in the UK .

Northampton Square Northampton Square is in a corner of Clerkenwell projecting into Finsbury, in Central London . It is between Goswell Road and St John Street (and Spencer and Percival Streets) Fronted chiefly by main buildings of City, University of London .

Lloyd Square Lloyd Square is fronted by homes in the initial, mainstream category of the statutory protection and recognition scheme . The garden has a few mature trees and is lined by neat hedges and formal railings, which are listed .

Finsbury Estate Finsbury Estate comprises four purpose-built blocks of flats located on a level site, providing 451 residences . Patrick Coman House and Michael Cliffe House are high-rise blocks of 9 and 25 storeys respectively . Joseph Trotter House and Charles Townsend House are of four storeys . Amenities include a community centre and library, below-ground car parking, ball-games area and playground area .

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