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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Gunnersbury

  

Gunnersbury Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Gunnersbury

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Gunnersbury toponymy

The name “Gunnersbury” means “Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr”, and is from an old Scandinavian personal name + Middle English -bury, manor or manor house.

You can visit Gunnersbury places with Walkfo Gunnersbury to hear history at Gunnersbury’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Gunnersbury has 376 places to visit in our interactive Gunnersbury 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 Gunnersbury, 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 Gunnersbury places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Gunnersbury & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Gunnersbury Places Map
376 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Gunnersbury places to visit

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

St Mary’s Church, Acton, London St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Acton in the London Borough of Ealing . The present church was designed by Horace Francis and constructed 1865–1867 . The church was listed Grade II in 1981 .

Old Pack Horse The Old Pack Horse is a Grade II listed public house in Chiswick, London . It is located on the corner of the High Road and Acton Lane .

Chiswick Empire The Chiswick Empire opened in 1912 and closed and was demolished in 1959 . George Formby, Laurel and Hardy, Chico Marx, Peter Sellers and Liberace performed there .

Compass Box Compass Box Whisky was founded in 2000 by American entrepreneur John Glaser, a former marketing director at Johnnie Walker . Jill Boyd began blending whisky for Compass Box in 2017 and was joined by James Saxon in 2019 .

Ealing Common Ealing Common is a large open space (approx 47 acres) in Ealing, West London . It is the largest open space in the world, with an area of 47 acres .

Mawson Arms The Mawson Arms/Fox and Hounds is a Grade II* listed public house . The entire terrace of five houses is listed, and they were built in about 1715 for Thomas Mawson . They adjoin one side of Fuller’s Griffin Brewery .

Hanger Hill Hanger Hill or Haymills Estate is a local area and ward of the London Borough of Ealing . It was developed in the interwar period when affluent Londoners moved out of Central London for more green spaces . The estate features spacious houses and flats designed by architects Douglas Smith and Barley .

Ealing Grove Ealing Grove was a mansion and estate in Ealing, Middlesex, west London . It was adjacent to the Ealing House estate, but distinct from it, and stood amongst trees .

Hanger Hill Wood Hanger Hill Wood is a small remnant of ancient woodland to the east of the Hanger Hill Park and North Circular Road at Hanger Lane in Ealing in the London Borough of Ealing . Named from ‘Hangra’, the Old English word for wooded slope .

St Peter’s Church, Ealing St Peter’s Church is an Anglican parish church in North Ealing, in the Diocese of London . Grade II* Listed building is noted for its combination of Arts & Crafts and late-Victorian Gothic .

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