Visit Barnsbury Places

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

  

Barnsbury Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Barnsbury

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You can visit Barnsbury places with Walkfo Barnsbury to hear history at Barnsbury’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Barnsbury has 1996 places to visit in our interactive Barnsbury 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 Barnsbury, 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 Barnsbury places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Barnsbury & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Barnsbury Places Map
1996 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Barnsbury places to visit

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

Newgate Newgate was one of the historic seven gates of the London Wall around the City of London . Newgate lay on the west side of the wall and the road issuing from it headed over the River Fleet to Middlesex and western England . Parts of the gate buildings were used as a gaol, which developed into Newgate Prison .

Statue of Queen Anne, St Paul’s Churchyard A statue of Queen Anne is installed in the forecourt outside the west front of St Paul’s Cathedral . It became a Grade II listed building in 1972 .

King Edward Street, London King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street to Little Britain in the north . It is joined by Greyfriars Passage in the west and Angel Street in the east . Postman’s Park is on its east side where Bull and Mouth Street once lay .

Daily Express Building, London The Daily Express Building was designed in 1932 by Ellis and Clark to serve as the home of the Daily Express newspaper . Grade II* listed building is one of the most prominent examples of art-deco / Streamline Moderne architecture in London .

Royal Wardrobe The Royal Wardrobe (also known as the King’s Wardrobe) was a storehouse for royal accoutrements . It was located between Carter Lane and St Andrew’s Church in the City of London, near Blackfriars .

Holborn Viaduct power station Holborn Viaduct power station was the world’s first coal-fired power station generating electricity for public use . It was built by Thomas Edison’s Edison Electric Light Company .

Bull and Mouth Inn The Bull and Mouth Inn was a coaching inn in the City of London from 1666 . It was once an important arrival and departure point for coaches from all over Britain . It became the Queen’s Hotel in 1830 but was demolished in 1887 or 1888 .

Salisbury Square Salisbury Square is a square in London EC4 . Salisbury is one of the squares in London’s EC4 square parks . It is located in Salisbury, London, and is named Salisbury Park .

Faraday Building The Faraday Building was originally built as a sorting office for the General Post Office . In 1902 it was converted to a telephone exchange serving sections of London . It underwent several capacity expansions over the next several years .

Bull and Mouth Street Bull and Mouth Street was a street in the City of London that ran between Edward Street (Hall Lane) and St Martin’s Le Grand . On part of its site stands Postman’s Park .

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