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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Harold Wood
Visit Harold Wood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Harold Wood places to visit. A unique way to experience Harold Wood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Harold Wood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Harold Wood is a suburban neighbourhood of Romford in the London Borough of Havering. It is situated 16.5 miles (26.6 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross close to the Essex boundary. When you visit Harold Wood, Walkfo brings Harold Wood places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Harold Wood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Harold Wood
Visit Harold Wood – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 62 audio plaques & Harold Wood places for you to explore in the Harold Wood area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Harold Wood places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Harold Wood history
Toponymy
Harold Wood was recorded in about 1237, when it was shown as Horalds Wood. It was named after King Harold Godwinson, who was defeated by William the Conqueror in 1066. He held the surrounding manor of Havering-atte-Bower.
Urban development
Harold Wood Hospital, on Gubbins Lane, closed on 13 December 2006 with all patients moved to Queen’s Hospital in nearby Romford. The site vacated by the hospital was earmarked for a 470-home housing development. Developers have now built over 800 properties on the site.
Harold Wood geography / climate
The Great Eastern Main Line passes through the area, the M25 motorway forms the easterly boundary. The A12 and A127 roads form the North-West and South-West borders respectively.
Why visit Harold Wood with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Harold Wood places with Walkfo Harold Wood to hear history at Harold Wood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Harold Wood has 62 places to visit in our interactive Harold Wood 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 Harold Wood, 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 Harold Wood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Harold Wood & the surrounding areas.
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62 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Harold Wood places to visit
Harold Wood has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Harold Wood’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Harold Wood’s information audio spots:
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here Harold Wood has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Harold Wood 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 Harold Wood using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Harold Wood plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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