Welcome to Visit Crouch End Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Crouch End
Visit Crouch End places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Crouch End places to visit. A unique way to experience Crouch End’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Crouch End as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Crouch End Walkfo Preview Crouch End is five miles (8 km) from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8) When you visit Crouch End, Walkfo brings Crouch End places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Crouch End Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Crouch End
Visit Crouch End – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 317 audio plaques & Crouch End places for you to explore in the Crouch End area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Crouch End places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Crouch End history
Crouch End was the junction of four locally important roads. A wooden cross was erected roughly where the Clock Tower now stands. The area was home to wealthy London merchants seeking refuge from the City. The development of the railway changed the area significantly in the late Victorian period. By 1887 there were seven railway stations in the area.
Crouch End toponymy
The name Crouch End is derived from Middle English. A “crouch” meant cross while an “end” referred to an outlying area. Some think this refers to the borders of the parish.
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You can visit Crouch End places with Walkfo Crouch End to hear history at Crouch End’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crouch End has 317 places to visit in our interactive Crouch End 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 Crouch End, 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 Crouch End places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crouch End & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo Crouch End tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Crouch End
Best Crouch End places to visit
Crouch End has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Crouch End’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Crouch End’s information audio spots:
Andover Estate Andover Estate, in Holloway, North London, is a large Islington London Borough Council housing estate . It is flanked by Hornsey Road (west), Seven Sisters Road (south), Durham Road (east) and Durham Road . It falls into the N7 postcode district of London .
Manor House, London Manor House, also known as Woodberry Down, is an area of North London in the northwest corner of the London Borough of Hackney. It lies immediately east of Finsbury Park, north of Stoke Newington, west of Stamford Hill and Seven Sisters, and south of Harringay. The construction of the Seven Sisters Road gave rise to the alternative name Manor House Crossroads.
Highbury New Park Highbury New Park is a street in Highbury in the London Borough of Islington . It runs from Highbury Quadrant in the north to Highbury Grove in the south .
Stoke Newington Stoke Newington is part of the London Borough of Hackney. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Charing Cross. The historic core of the area retains the distinct London village character.
Langham Working Men’s Club Langham Working Men’s Club is a traditional working men’s club in the north London neighbourhood of Harringay. It is located in north London’s north-east London neighbourhood Harringay, north London.
Whittington Stone The Whittington Stone is a monumental stone and statue of a cat at the foot of Highgate Hill, a street in Archway . It marks roughly where it is recounted that a forlorn Dick Whittingon heard Bow Bells ringing from 4+1/2 miles (7.2 km) away .
Market Estate Market Estate is named after the Metropolitan Cattle Market which operated on the site until the 1960s . After slaughter the carcasses of cattle and sheep were sent by underground trains to Smithfield Market to be traded . Three of the six blocks are named after breeds of animal that were traded in the market: Tamworth (pigs), Kerry (cows) and Southdown (sheep)
Metropolitan Cattle Market The Metropolitan Cattle Market (later Caledonian Market) was built by the City of London Corporation and opened in June 1855 . The market was supplementary to the meat market at Smithfield and was established to remove the difficulty of managing live cattle at that latter site .
St Joseph’s Church, Highgate St Joseph’s Church is a parish of the Catholic Church on Highgate Hill, in the Diocese of Westminster, London . It was founded by the Passionist Congregation in 1858 . It is a grade II listed building .
Highbury Park, London Highbury Park is a street in Highbury, London . It runs from Blackstock Road in the north to Highbury Grove in the south .
Visit Crouch End plaques
94 plaques hereCrouch End has 94 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Crouch End plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Crouch End using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Crouch End plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Crouch End audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Crouch End allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Crouch End’s 317 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Crouch End freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Crouch End Map App
Our visit Crouch End map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Crouch End & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Crouch End tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Crouch End centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Crouch End area at LONG:-0.123729, LAT:51.579712.
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Things to do & visit in Crouch End / surrounding areas
● The Silver Bullet ● The Sir George Robey ● Park Theatre (London) ● 2017 Finsbury Park attack ● Rainbow Theatre ● Finsbury Park (area) ● George Padmore Institute ● New Beacon Books ● Brownswood (ward) ● Gillespie Park ● Andover Estate ● Hospitality in the Park ● Big Gay Out (London) ● Finsbury Park ● Arsenal Stadium ● Highbury Square ● Finsbury Park TMD ● American University in London ● Emirates Stadium ● Arsenal Football Club Museum ● Manor House, London ● The Neighbours ● South Hornsey ● Highbury New Park ● City of London Maternity Hospital ● Hackney Brook ● Tollington (ward) ● Clissold Park ● Nag’s Head Market ● Nag’s Head, London
● Holloway, London ● Woodberry Wetlands ● Railway Fields ● Royal Northern Hospital ● Stroud Green ● Harringay Arena ● Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics ● Nambucca (venue) ● Christ Church Highbury ● Wessex Sound Studios ● Rose and Crown, Stoke Newington ● University of North London ● Harringay Stadium ● Highbury ● Stoke Newington Town Hall ● St Paul’s Church, Harringay ● London Metropolitan University ● Crouch Hill ● Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington ● Highbury Fields ● Lordship (ward) ● Stoke Newington ● Finsbury division ● New River (ward) ● Club Fandango ● Stationers Park ● Clissold (ward) ● Whittington Park ● Crimes Town Gallery ● Parkland Walk ● St. Andrew, Stoke Newington ● Bellerby & Co, Globemakers ● Stoke Newington (parish) ● Abney Park Cemetery ● Temple Lodges Abney Park ● Abney Park ● Upper Holloway ● Getter’s Talmud Torah ● St Mary Magdalene Gardens ● Abney Park Chapel ● The Bomb Factory Art Foundation ● HM Prison Holloway ● Lower Holloway ● Harringay ● The Church Studios ● Hornsey Lane ● Freightliners City Farm ● Holloway (ward) ● The Salisbury ● Hornsey Town Hall ● St Ann’s Hospital ● The Garage, London ● Crouch End Hill ● Archway, London ● The Buffalo Bar ● The Buffalo Bar ● Centre for Recent Drawing ● Centre for Recent Drawing ● Centre for Recent Drawing ● Green Lanes (London) ● Green Lanes (London) ● Green Lanes (London) ● Vantage Point ● Vantage Point ● Vantage Point ● Archway Tavern ● Archway Tavern ● Archway Tavern ● Crouch End ● Crouch End ● Pleasance Islington ● Pleasance Islington ● Pleasance Islington ● Beacon High ● The Queens, Crouch End ● The Queens, Crouch End ● Topsfield Hall ● Archway Hospital ● Chestnuts Park ● Chestnuts Park ● Crouch End Hippodrome ● Crouch End Hippodrome ● Hornsey EMU depot and former steam locomotive shed ● Tufnell Park ● Tufnell Park ● Langham Working Men’s Club ● Langham Working Men’s Club ● Gibson Gardens ● Whittington Stone ● Holy Innocents, Hornsey ● Holy Innocents, Hornsey ● St Ann’s, London ● Tottenham Lane ● Fowler Newsam Hall ● Caledonian Estate ● Stamford Hill ● St Ann’s Church, South Tottenham ● Market Estate ● Shaolin Temple UK ● Campbell Works ● Konk (recording studio) ● Copenhagen House Grounds ● Whittington Hospital ● Barnsbury ● Metropolitan Cattle Market ● Cattle Market Ground ● West Green, London ● Ducketts Common ● St Joseph’s Church, Highgate ● Highgate Hospital ● Hornsey ● St Ignatius Church, Stamford Hill ● Priory Park, Haringey ● The Winchester, Highgate ● Lauderdale House ● St Luke’s Church, Kentish Town ● Great Northern Railway Tavern ● St Paul’s Church, Camden Square ● Hornsey (parish) ● Cholmeley Lodge ● Duckett’s Green ● Waterlow Park ● Turnpike Lane, Haringey ● Hornsey War Memorial ● Hornsey Central Hospital ● Highgate ● Camden Square ● Assembly House, Kentish Town ● Bull & Gate ● Thornhill Cemetery and Cardiff Crematorium ● Opal Whiteley ● O2 Forum Kentish Town ● St John the Baptist, Kentish Town ● Downhills Park ● Seven Sisters, London ● Slave Labour (mural) ● Dartmouth Park ● Highbury Park, London ● The Pineapple, Kentish Town ● Lyndhurst Hall, Kentish Town ● Camden Town Brewery ● St Dominic’s Priory Church ● St Martin’s Church, Gospel Oak ● Kentish Town rail accident ● Gospel Oak ● Parliament Hill Lido ● Lissenden Gardens ● The Magdala ● South Hill Park, London ● The Elms, Hampstead ● Hampstead Heath Woods ● Spaniards Inn ● Parliament Hill, London ● Turner’s Wood ● Hampstead Heath Ponds ● Kenwood House ● Heath Hall ● Spaniards Mount ● Athlone House ● Witanhurst ● Holly Lodge Estate ● Beechwood House, Highgate ● 5, The Grove ● The Bishops Avenue ● The Flask, Highgate ● Charles Cruft (showman) ● Wood Green ● Municipal Borough of Wood Green ● Braemar Avenue Baptist Church ● Bounds Green TMD ● St Barnabas Greek Orthodox Church ● St Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, Wood Green ● Alexandra Park Racecourse ● St Michael and All Angels Church, Wood Green ● Haringey Civic Centre ● Wood Green War Memorial ● Fishmongers Arms ● London Borough of Haringey ● Livingston Recording Studios ● Lordship Lane, Haringey ● London Turkish Radio ● Haringey Heartlands ● The Mall Wood Green ● 2014 World Championship of Ping Pong ● Stamp World London 1990 ● 2012 Holland Heineken House ● The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream ● George Meehan House ● Woodside Park (Wood Green, London) ● Wood Green Crown Court ● Bounds Green ● Southern Studios ● O.R. Tambo Recreation Ground ● New Testament Church of God Cathedral of Praise ● Wood Green Animal Shelters ● Golf Course Allotments ● Wood Green ricin plot ● Bluebell Wood, London ● White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre ● Muswell Hill Baptist Church ● New London Performing Arts Centre ● Muswell Hill ● Muswell Hill Library ● Guy Chester Centre ● W. Martyn grocers shop ● Muswell Stream ● O’Neill’s pub, Muswell Hill ● Greentrees Hospital ● St Benet Fink Church, Tottenham ● Haringey Borough F.C. ● Wood Green Town F.C. ● New Salamis F.C. ● Everyman Cinema, Muswell Hill ● Birchwood Mansions, Muswell Hill ● United Reformed Church, Muswell Hill ● St James’s Church Hall ● Highgate Wood telephone exchange ● Lordship Recreation Ground ● Tower Gardens Estate ● The Gables, Muswell Hill ● Queen’s Wood ● Coppetts Wood Hospital ● Ambitious about Autism ● Highgate Wood ● St Philip the Apostle, Tottenham ● Coldfall Wood ● All Saints’ Church, East Finchley ● Coppett’s Wood and Scrublands ● Jacksons Lane ● All Hallows’ Church, Tottenham ● Highgate Hill Cable Tramway ● Upstairs at The Gatehouse ● Highpoint I ● Highgate Private Hospital ● Finsbury Park Mosque ● Finchley Common ● Skyline (London) ● Tottenham High Cross ● Mecca Dance Hall, Tottenham ● Tottenham War Services Institute ● Tottenham ● Tottenham Town Hall ● Bernie Grant Arts Centre ● Tottenham Green (ward) ● Municipal Borough of Tottenham ● South Tottenham ● Bruce Grove ● Lyttelton Playing Fields ● Bruce Castle ● Phoenix Cinema ● Bobath Centre ● Cherry Tree Wood ● Fortis Green ● Market Place, Finchley ● Belvedere Court ● East Finchley Methodist Church ● East Finchley Baptist Church ● East Finchley Library ● East Finchley ● St Anne’s House, East Finchley ● Holy Trinity East Finchley ● Arsenal F.C. ● St Mary, Stoke Newington ● 12 Bar Club ● Municipal Borough of Hornsey ● HM Prison Pentonville ● Tomb of Karl Marx ● Highgate Cemetery ● Hampstead Heath ● Alexandra Park, London ● Bowes Park ● Alexandra Palace ● Noel Park ● Evangelical Library ● St James’ Church, Muswell Hill ● New Southgate ● Broadwater Farm ● St Pancras and Islington Cemetery ● The Old Church (Stoke Newington) ● The Grove, Highgate ● Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution ● Islington Workhouse ● Theatre de l’Ange Fou ● Caledonian Park Clock Tower ● Camden Town (ward)
Getting to / around Crouch End – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Crouch End using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Crouch End places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Crouch End Public Transport Stations
Crouch End Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Finsbury Park station
Finsbury Park bus station
Arsenal tube station
Manor House tube station
Stroud Green railway station
Crouch Hill railway station
Drayton Park railway station
Harringay railway station
Holloway Road tube station
Holloway and Caledonian Road railway station
Harringay Green Lanes railway station
Upper Holloway railway station
Crouch End railway station
Caledonian Road tube station
Caledonian Road tube station
Highbury & Islington station
Highbury & Islington station
Highbury & Islington station
Stamford Hill railway station
Stamford Hill railway station
Stamford Hill railway station
Archway tube station
Archway tube station
Archway tube station
Stoke Newington railway station
Stoke Newington railway station
St Ann’s Road railway station
Junction Road railway station
Junction Road railway station
Hornsey railway station
West Green railway station
Camden Road railway station (Midland Railway)
Seven Sisters station
Turnpike Lane tube station
South Tottenham railway station
Kentish Town station
Highgate Road railway stations
Hornsey Road railway station
Kentish Town West railway station
Haverstock Hill railway station
Gospel Oak railway station
Hampstead Heath railway station
Alexandra Palace railway station
Palace Gates railway station
Wood Green tube station
Alexandra Palace television station
Noel Park and Wood Green railway station
Alexandra Palace railway station (1873–1954)
Bounds Green tube station
Bowes Park railway station
Muswell Hill railway station
Cranley Gardens railway station
Highgate tube station
Tufnell Park tube station
East Finchley tube station
Blackstock Road
Gillespie Road
Seven Sisters Road
Holloway Road
A103 road
Stoke Newington Church Street
St Mary Magdalene Church, Holloway Road
Caledonian Road, London
Junction Road
Winscombe Street
Tivoli Road
Priory Road drill hall, Hornsey
Little Green Street
Dunboyne Road Estate
7 & 9 Bounds Green Road
A105 road
Bounds Green Road
107–123 Muswell Hill Road
Cycling and walking
Parkland Walk is a shared use path for pedestrians and cyclists. Westbound, the path links the area to Highgate, whilst in the east, the route ends in Finsbury Park. The path runs predominantly in a cutting through Crouch End, so for cyclists, wheelchair users, and pushchairs, step-free access ramps are provided.
Local Crouch End historians & Crouch End tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Crouch End? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Crouch End’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Crouch End place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Crouch End Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Crouch End destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Crouch End’ web pages (for example: www.visitCrouch End.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
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Visit Crouch End places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Crouch End places to visit. A unique way to experience Crouch End’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Crouch End as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Crouch End places with Walkfo Crouch End to hear history at Crouch End’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Crouch End has 317 places to visit in our interactive Crouch End 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 Crouch End, 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 Crouch End places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Crouch End & the surrounding areas.
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