Visit Borehamwood Places

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

  

Borehamwood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Borehamwood

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Borehamwood history

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Bosci de Boreham (Wood of Boreham) is one of the earliest mentions of Bosci in 1188. Bosci is the name of a man who lived in Boreham. He is believed to be the first person to mention the name in the early 1188 record.

Borehamwood geography / climate

Climate

Borehamwood experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) similar to almost all of the rest of the United Kingdom .

You can visit Borehamwood places with Walkfo Borehamwood to hear history at Borehamwood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Borehamwood has 90 places to visit in our interactive Borehamwood 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 Borehamwood, 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 Borehamwood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Borehamwood & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 90 audio facts unique to Borehamwood places in an interactive Borehamwood map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Borehamwood Places Map
90 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Borehamwood historic spots	Borehamwood tourist destinations	Borehamwood plaques	Borehamwood geographic features
Walkfo Borehamwood tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Borehamwood

  

Best Borehamwood places to visit

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

Woodcock Hill Village Green Woodcock Hill Village Green is an area of grass and woodland in Borehamwood in Hertfordshire . It was designated a Village Green in 2008 to prevent development of the site .

The Holly Bush, Elstree Elstree’s High Street was formerly an important main road, the A5 which followed the course of the Roman road Watling Street . The Holly Bush is a listed building, formerly a public house .

Denis Compton Oval The Denis Compton Oval is located at the Shenley Cricket Centre in Shenley, Hertfordshire. The ground was opened by Denis Compton and the main ground was named in his honour.

Shenley Shenley is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, between Barnet and St Albans. The village is located 14 miles from Central London.

Celebrity Big Brother (British series 8) The series launched on 18 August 2011, and ended after 22 days on 8 September 2011. It was won by Irish traveller and reality television star Paddy Doherty. Jedward returned to the house for Celebrity Big Brother 19 as All-Stars, representing this series.

Barnet Common Barnet Common was created after a wood was cleared in the 16th century. It was the location of a Digger colony and the Barnet Physic Well at which mineral water was consumed. Part of the Common was enclosed in 1729 and the rest in 1815.

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