Visit Hales Place Places

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

  

Hales Place Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hales Place

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Hales Place history

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The area is named after a former grand house, Hales Place, itself named after the Hales family who bought the land in 1675. Construction of the house took place sometime between 1766 and 1769 just north of the road now called The Terrace. The terrace is so named as it is where the house’s terrace was situated.

You can visit Hales Place places with Walkfo Hales Place to hear history at Hales Place’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hales Place has 77 places to visit in our interactive Hales Place 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 Hales Place, 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 Hales Place places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hales Place & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 77 audio facts unique to Hales Place places in an interactive Hales Place map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hales Place Places Map
77 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Hales Place places to visit

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

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a redundant Anglican church in the small town of Fordwich, Kent. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building. The church is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Marlowe Memorial The Marlowe Memorial is a statue and four statuettes erected in 1891 in Canterbury, England. The memorial comprises a bronze statue, The Muse of Poetry sculpted by Edward Onslow Ford. The statue is now situated outside the city’s Marlowe Theatre.

Old Palace, Canterbury The Old Palace, also known as the Archbishop’s Palace, is a historic building situated within the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral. It is the main residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury when in Canterbury.

St Mildred’s Church, Canterbury The Church of Saint Mildred is a partly Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury. It is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.

Chair of St Augustine The Chair of St Augustine or Cathedra Augustini (Latin) is the ceremonial enthronement cathedra chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.

Durovernum Cantiacorum Durovernum Cantiacorum was a town and hillfort (oppidum) in Roman Britain at the site of present-day Canterbury in Kent. It occupied a strategic location on Watling Street at the best local crossing of the Stour.

Canterbury Castle Canterbury Castle was one of the three original Royal castles of Kent (the other two being Rochester Castle and Dover Castle) It is a five-minute walk from Canterbury East Station and main bus station around City Wall.

St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Canterbury St Thomas of Canterbury Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Canterbury, Kent. It was built from 1874 to 1875 in the Gothic Revival style. It is situated on the corner of Burgate and Canterbury Lane, west of Lower Bridge Street.

Canterbury power station Canterbury power station supplied electricity to the City of Canterbury, Kent, England from 1900 to 1960. The small generating station was owned and operated by Canterbury Corporation until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948.

Dane John Mound The Dane John Mound was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 11th century. It was turned into a civic park between 1790 and 1803.

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