Visit Bushey Places

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

  

Bushey Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bushey

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Bushey history

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The first written record of Bushey is an account in the Domesday Book, which describes a small agricultural village named ‘Bissei’ The origin of the town’s name is not fully known. Stone Age tools provide evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Palaeolithic period. The population rose 28-fold within 200 years, from 856 in 1801 to just under 24,000 today.

Stories, legends and folklore

Bushey Heath’s history is full of tales of thieves, highwaymen and even murder. The lack of farming in the area meant that it was a heavily wooded area up to the 18th century.

You can visit Bushey places with Walkfo Bushey to hear history at Bushey’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bushey has 57 places to visit in our interactive Bushey 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 Bushey, 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 Bushey places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bushey & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 57 audio facts unique to Bushey places in an interactive Bushey map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bushey Places Map
57 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Bushey places to visit

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

Centre for Missional Leadership Centre for Missional Leadership (CML) was a theological centre specialising in applied theology . It was based in Watford, 20 miles northwest of central London, England . CML taught applied theology with the aim of equipping Christians for practical evangelism .

Bushey Museum & Art Gallery Bushey Museum is in Bushey, Hertfordshire . It was officially opened as a volunteer-run museum in October 1993 . Museum won joint first prize in the Gulbenkian Foundation Awards for the best achievement by museums operating with limited resources .

Bushey Rose Garden Bushey Rose Garden is a rose garden in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England . It is located in the Bushey area of Bushey .

Hilfield Castle Hilfield Castle is 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Watford and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Aldenham, in Hertfordshire, on the outskirts of London. The estate contains two large reservoirs, one of which were built by French prisoners of war in the 1790s.

Watford railway station (1837-1858) Watford railway station was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway. It was the first railway station to open in Watford, Hertfordshire. It closed in 1858 when it was replaced by Watford Junction railway station.

Bushey Bushey is a town in Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire. It has a population of over 25,000 inhabitants. Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow.

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