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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in New Cross

  

New Cross Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about New Cross

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New Cross history

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The area was originally known as Hatcham (the name persists in the title of the Anglican parishes of St. James, Hatcham along with its school, and All Saints Hatcham Park) The earliest reference to Hatcham is the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hacheham. Hatcham’s assets were: 3 hides; 3 ploughs, 6 acres (24,000 m) of meadow, woodland worth 3 hog and rendered £2.

New Cross culture & places

Music

New Cross was noted as the birthplace of New Rave, and is fast gaining ground with fashion and music journalists. The area supports a fledgling student opera company, Opera Gold, run by Goldsmiths.

Sport

Millwall were based at The Den in Cold Blow Lane from 1910 to 1993. The ground attracted crowds of more than 45,000 at its peak, but by the 1980s was notorious for the club’s repeated incidents of football hooliganism. Speedway racing was staged at the New Cross Speedway and Greyhound Stadium, situated at the end of Hornshay Street, off Ilderton Road.

Dance

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance still uses its New Cross campus. For many years New Cross was home to the Laban Centre which was based at Laurie Grove.

Literature

New Cross Learning, formerly known as the New Cross People’s Library, was saved from permanent closure after government cuts. A series of protests in 2011 saw the library re-open in 2013 as a community led library. It now offers learning activities and workshops.

You can visit New Cross places with Walkfo New Cross to hear history at New Cross’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo New Cross has 334 places to visit in our interactive New Cross 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 New Cross, 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 New Cross places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to New Cross & the surrounding areas.

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334 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best New Cross places to visit

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New Cross has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied New Cross’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo New Cross’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 .

Southwark Park Southwark Park is located in Rotherhithe, in central South East London . It first opened in 1869 by the Metropolitan Board of Works as one of its first parks . It takes its name from being in what was the old Parliamentary constituency of Southwark .

King’s Stairs Gardens King’s Stairs Gardens is a riverside park in Bermondsey, London . It is bordered to the north by the River Thames and to the south by Jamaica Road (A200)

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 .

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 .

Deptford Park Deptford Park is a public park in Deptford south-east London . It is owned by London Borough of Lewisham and owned by the London boroughs .

Evelyn (ward) Evelyn is an electoral ward in the northernmost part of the London Borough of Lewisham . It covers the northern part of Deptford on the south bank of the River Thames . Evelyn borders wards from three other London Boroughs, Greenwich West, Surrey Docks and Southwark .

Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church in Rotherhithe, south east London, within the diocese of Southwark .

Aragon Tower Aragon Tower on the Pepys Estate in Deptford, is one of London’s tallest privately owned residential towers at 92 metres with 29 floors . It contains 158 residential apartments ranging from 2 to 3 bedrooms .

Mycenae House Mycenae House is a community centre housed in a former convent building adjacent to the Georgian villa, Woodlands House, in Greenwich, London .

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