Welcome to Visit Harpur Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Harpur
Visit Harpur places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Harpur places to visit. A unique way to experience Harpur’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Harpur as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Harpur is an electoral ward and area within Bedford, England. The boundaries of Harpur are approximately Manton Lane to the north, De Parys Avenue to the east, Bromham Road to the south, with the Midland Main Line railway line to the west. Manton Heights, the Poets, the Prime Ministers, and the Black Tom neighbourhoods all lie within the boundaries. When you visit Harpur, Walkfo brings Harpur places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Harpur Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Harpur
Visit Harpur – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 78 audio plaques & Harpur places for you to explore in the Harpur area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Harpur places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Harpur history
The area is named after Sir William Harpur a famous Bedfordian. The area houses Bedford Modern School which is part of the Harpur Trust. The Bedford Physical Training College (later, Bedford College of Physical Education) was founded on Landsdowne Road in 1903.
Why visit Harpur with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Harpur places with Walkfo Harpur to hear history at Harpur’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Harpur has 78 places to visit in our interactive Harpur 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 Harpur, 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 Harpur places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Harpur & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 78 audio facts unique to Harpur places in an interactive Harpur map you can explore.”
Walkfo: Visit Harpur Places Map
78 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Harpur historic spots | Harpur tourist destinations | Harpur plaques | Harpur geographic features |
Walkfo Harpur tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Harpur |
Best Harpur places to visit
Harpur has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Harpur’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Harpur’s information audio spots:
Statue of John Bunyan, Bedford
The statue was sculpted by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm and unveiled in 1874. It was commissioned by the Ninth Duke of Bedford and presented by him to Bedford town.
Old Town Hall, Bedford
The Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in Bedford, Bedfordshire. It was the headquarters of Bedford Borough Council from 1892 to 2009.
Corn Exchange, Bedford
Bedford Corn Exchange is located on St Paul’s Square in the Castle area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. It is located in the castle area of the Bedfordshire town.
Statue of John Howard, Bedford
The statue of John Howard was erected in 1890, the centenary of Howard’s death. It stands on an ornate plinth inscribed with his date of birth and death, and the date of the statue’s erection.
Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot
Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot is a maintenance depot on the Midland Main Line. A four road maintenance depot opened in 2004 to service trains, and was extended to a fifth road in 2009. The depot maintenance facility is currently mothballed. It is still in use for 12 car sidings for Class 700 rolling stock.
Church of St James, Biddenham
Church of St James is a Grade I listed church in Biddenham, Bedfordshire. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964.
Church of St Owen, Bromham, Bedfordshire
Church of St Owen is a Grade I listed church in Bromham, Bedfordshire. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964. The church is a 17th-century building and stands in a parkland setting.
Bromham, Bedfordshire
Bromham is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, west of the town of Bedford. It is within commuting distance of London via Bedford railway station.
Visit Harpur plaques
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here Harpur has 13 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Harpur 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 Harpur using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Harpur plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.