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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Herne Hill

  

Herne Hill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Herne Hill

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Herne Hill history

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The area now known as Herne Hill was part of the Manor of Milkwell, which existed from at least 1291, and was a mixture of farms and woodland until the late 18th century. It was divided between the ancient parishes of Camberwell and Lambeth. In 1783, Samuel Sanders (a timber merchant) bought the land now occupied by Denmark Hill and Herne.

Herne Hill toponymy

Rocque’s 1746 map shows the area as “Island Green”, probably reflecting the presence of the River Effra and smaller tributaries. Early references to the area also use the form “Ireland Green”

Herne Hill geography / climate

Herne Hill is situated between Brixton, Dulwich Village and Camberwell. It straddles two boroughs, and is a community of around 15,000 people. Famous residents include Roddy McDowall and the Lupino family.

You can visit Herne Hill places with Walkfo Herne Hill to hear history at Herne Hill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Herne Hill has 269 places to visit in our interactive Herne Hill 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 Herne Hill, 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 Herne Hill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Herne Hill & the surrounding areas.

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269 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Herne Hill places to visit

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

Burgess Park Burgess Park is a public park situated in Walworth the London Borough of Southwark . At 56 hectares (140 acres), it is one of the largest parks in South London .

Browning Hall Browning Hall was a social settlement established in Walworth, London, in 1895 . It was one of a number of such ‘settlements’ arising out of the settlement movement and university extension movement .

Peckham Library Peckham Library is a library and community building in south-east London . It was designed by Alsop and Störmer, engineered by AKT II and won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000 .

Royal Surrey Gardens Royal Surrey Gardens were pleasure gardens in Newington, Surrey, London in the Victorian period . The gardens occupied about 15 acres (6.1 ha) to the east side of Kennington Park Road, east of The Oval . It was the site of Surrey Zoological Gardens and Surrey Music Hall .

Blue Elephant Theatre The Blue Elephant Theatre is a 50-seat fringe theatre situated in the borough of Southwark in London . It was established in 1999 by Antonio Ribeiro .

78 Lyndhurst Way 78 Lyndhurst Way was squatted artist-run space in a Grade II listed Victorian-period house in Peckham, London between 2006 and 2007 .

Brandon Estate Brandon Estate is a social housing estate in Southwark, south London . Situated to the south of Kennington Park, it was built in 1958 by the London County Council, to designs by Edward Hollamby and Roger Westman .

Royal Trinity Hospice Royal Trinity Hospice is the oldest hospice in the UK, founded in 1891 by a member of the Hoare banking family . The hospice provides free palliative and end of life care for patients in a state-of-the-art inpatient unit at their Clapham Common headquarters and in the community .

Bonnington Square Bonnington Square is a square in Vauxhall, south London, which was built in the 1870s . It became famous in the 1980s when all the houses in it were squatted .

Norwood Ridge The Norwood Ridge is a 10-square-mile (26 km) rectangular upland which occupies the geographical centre of south London . Beneath its topsoil it is a ridge of London Clay that is capped on all sides (including as isolated knolls in the north)

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