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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in London Fields

  

London Fields Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about London Fields

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London Fields history

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In 1275, the area was recorded as common pasture land adjoining Cambridge Heath. The park was first recorded by name in 1540; in the singular as ‘London Field’ In WW2 the park hosted an anti-aircraft battery in the south-west corner (the tarmac is still visible under the grass)

You can visit London Fields places with Walkfo London Fields to hear history at London Fields’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo London Fields has 1060 places to visit in our interactive London Fields 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 London Fields, 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 London Fields places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to London Fields & the surrounding areas.

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1060 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best London Fields places to visit

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

Statue of Trajan, Tower Hill The statue of Trajan is a bronze sculpture depicting the Roman Emperor Trajan. It is located in front of a section of the London Wall built by Romans, at Tower Hill in London.

Knollys Rose Ceremony The Knollys Rose Ceremony is an annual event led by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen . The ceremony dates to 1381 and is held each year in June . A single red rose is snipped from the garden in Seething Lane, placed on an altar cushion from All Hallows-by-the-Tower .

Seething Lane Seething Lane is named after an Old English expression meaning “full of chaff” Samuel Pepys lived there and is buried in St Olave’s Church at the junction with Hart Street .

St Andrew Hubbard St Andrew Hubbard was a parish church in the Billingsgate ward of the City of London . It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and not rebuilt .

East India Arms The East India Arms is located on Fenchurch Street in the City of London . It is next to the place where the East India Company had its headquarters .

King Edward Street, London King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street to Little Britain in the north . It is joined by Greyfriars Passage in the west and Angel Street in the east . Postman’s Park is on its east side where Bull and Mouth Street once lay .

Bull and Mouth Inn The Bull and Mouth Inn was a coaching inn in the City of London from 1666 . It was once an important arrival and departure point for coaches from all over Britain . It became the Queen’s Hotel in 1830 but was demolished in 1887 or 1888 .

Bull and Mouth Street Bull and Mouth Street was a street in the City of London that ran between Edward Street (Hall Lane) and St Martin’s Le Grand . On part of its site stands Postman’s Park .

Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice The Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice is a public monument in Postman’s Park in the City of London . It was first proposed by painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts in 1887, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria . The memorial was unveiled in an unfinished state in 1900, consisting of a 50-foot (15 m) wooden loggia designed by Ernest George .

St. Martin’s Le Grand St. Martin’s Le Grand is a former liberty within the City of London . It is the name of a street north of Newgate Street and Cheapside and south of Aldersgate Street .

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