Visit East Wickham Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in East Wickham

  

East Wickham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about East Wickham

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East Wickham history

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The name is thought to be a corruption of the Latin ‘vicus’, indicating a Roman settlement along Watling Street. The ‘east’ was added to differentiate it from West Wickham, situated some distance away to the south-west.

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

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

Walkfo: Visit East Wickham Places Map
109 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best East Wickham places to visit

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

Charlton cemetery Charlton cemetery is a cemetery, opened in 1855, covering 15 acres of ground in Charlton, south-east London . Situated in Cemetery Lane to the east of Charlton Park, features two 19th-century chapels and numerous military graves .

Victoria House, Greenwich Victoria House, Greenwich on Shooter’s Hill in Greenwich is the former officers mess’ and living quarters for the Royal Army Medical Corps . It is a “Building of Local Architectural or Historic Interest”

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 .

Greenwich Cemetery Greenwich Cemetery is a cemetery in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in southeast London . It is situated on the southwestern slopes of Shooter’s Hill, on the western side of the A205 South Circular, Well Hall Road .

Severndroog Castle Severndroog Castle is a folly designed by architect Richard Jupp . The first stone was laid on 2 April 1784, with the first stone laid in 1784 .

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 .

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