Visit Abbey Wood Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Abbey Wood

  

Abbey Wood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Abbey Wood

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Abbey Wood toponymy

The area takes its name from Lesnes Abbey Woods, located to the east, which once belonged to the monks of Lesnes Abbey. The area is named after the monks who once lived in the area.

Abbey Wood geography / climate

Abbey Wood borders Thamesmead to the north west, north and north east, Belvedere to the east and south east, West Heath.

You can visit Abbey Wood places with Walkfo Abbey Wood to hear history at Abbey Wood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Abbey Wood has 109 places to visit in our interactive Abbey Wood 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 Abbey Wood, 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 Abbey Wood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Abbey Wood & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 109 audio facts unique to Abbey Wood places in an interactive Abbey Wood map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Abbey Wood Places Map
109 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Abbey Wood places to visit

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

Old Woolwich Old Woolwich or Woolwich Central Riverside is an area along the Thames in Woolwich, South East London . It is the oldest inhabited part of Woolwich going back to an Anglo-Saxon riverside settlement . Most of the area was cleared in the 20th and early 21st centuries to make way for large-scale developments .

Bathway Quarter Most buildings in the Bathway Quarter are Grade II* Grade II or locally listed . The area as a whole is designated a conservation area by Greenwich Council . Several were designed by local architect Henry Hudson Church .

Shrewsbury Barrow Shrewsbury Barrow is a Bronze Age burial mound (also known as a tumulus) in Shooter’s Hill in South East London . It is a Scheduled Monument .

HyMag HYMAG (formerly the Hyman Archive) is a British archive of popular publications based in London . HYMAG was formerly known as HYMAG .

Winn’s Common Winn’s Common is a public open space in Plumstead, Plumstead in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, England . It is located in the Greenwich area of Plumstead and Plumstead .

Woolwich cemetery Woolwich cemetery is situated south-east of Woolwich, in Kings Highway, Plumstead, on land that was formerly part of Plumstead Common . The first cemetery was opened in 1856 by the Woolwich Burial Board and the 12-acre site was almost full within 30 years . In 1885, a new cemetery was established on adjacent land to the east, and contains graves of those who died in explosions at the Royal Arsenal .

Plumstead Cemetery Plumstead Cemetery is a cemetery in Plumstead, southeast London . It is situated south-east of Woolwich, to the north of Wickham Lane, west of Lodge Hill, and south of Bostall Wood .

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