Welcome to Visit New Southgate Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in New Southgate
Visit New Southgate places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best New Southgate places to visit. A unique way to experience New Southgate’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore New Southgate as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting New Southgate Walkfo Preview New Southgate is a residential suburb straddling three Outer London Boroughs. Its first church, founded in 1873, was among organisations opting for the newer name. The gradual demise of the former place name use is shown by the name change. The former mental health hospital closed in 1993 and has been redeveloped into two housing estates. When you visit New Southgate, Walkfo brings New Southgate places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
New Southgate Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about New Southgate
Visit New Southgate – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 226 audio plaques & New Southgate places for you to explore in the New Southgate area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best New Southgate places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
New Southgate history
First reference to New Southgate is in the 1850s. North and east parts were known as Betstyle and fell into the Municipal Borough of Southgate. West parts from 1409 until the 20th century were frequently referred to in title deeds as Colney Hatch.
Friern Hospital
Many tens of acres were bought and used by the second county lunatic asylum for Middlesex. The later mental health hospital on the site closed in 1993. It was redeveloped into two housing estates in New Southgate.
Churches
The Anglican church in New Southgate is the first locally. It originated in 1870 in a mission to the new district of Colney Hatch by the assistant curate of the church built seven years previously in Southgate. In 1873 it became a consolidated chapelry in parts of Southgate and Friern Barnet parishes.
Why visit New Southgate with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit New Southgate places with Walkfo New Southgate to hear history at New Southgate’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo New Southgate has 226 places to visit in our interactive New Southgate 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 Southgate, 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 Southgate places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to New Southgate & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 226 audio facts unique to New Southgate places in an interactive New Southgate map you can explore.”
Walkfo New Southgate tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in New Southgate
Best New Southgate places to visit
New Southgate has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied New Southgate’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo New Southgate’s information audio spots:
Oakthorpe Park Oakthorpe Park is a small park and a larger, informal and transiently used neighbourhood name denoting a small fraction of the south of Enfield in Palmers Green, north London, UK. It is situated next to the North Circular. The neighbourhood corresponds to part of the 2004 to date Bowes ward and its nearest train or underground stations are at Wood Green.
Colney Hatch Colney Hatch is the name of a small district within the London Borough of Barnet. The area is predominantly residential with a mixture of Victorian and Edwardian houses and much more recent development.
North Finchley North Finchley is situated 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Charing Cross. It is situated on Tally Ho Corner, the junction of the roads to East Finchley, Church End, Friern Barnet and Whetstone. Church End is often known as Finchley Central, owing to the name of the tube station located there.
Oakleigh Park Oakleigh Park is a loosely defined district in the north of the London Borough of Barnet. It adjoins Whetstone, and is often regarded either as part of East Barnet or of East London. The name is a relatively modern invention, after the eponymous station which opened in 1873.
New Barnet New Barnet is located east of Chipping Barnet, west of Cockfosters, south of the village of Monken Hadley and north of Oakleigh Park. Residential properties include a mix of late Victorian villas and terraces, Edwardian detached housing, 1950-60s council housing and the redevelopment of land to low storey flats in the 1980s and 1990s. The main commercial area is east of the railway station on East Barnet Road. The high street is dominated by a medium-sized Sainsbury’s supermarket.
Oakwood, London Oakwood is a suburban area of north London, in the London Borough of Enfield. It is situated within the Southgate postal area (London N14)
East Finchley East Finchley is situated 5.4 miles (8.7 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It is separated from the rest of Finchley by the North Circular, with North Finchley and West Finchley to the north, and Finchley Central (Church End) to the northwest. It has the greenest high road in London, with most of the area falling into the London Borough of Barnet.
Church End, Finchley Church End is an old village, now a suburban development, centred 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. Aside from its church it centres on Finchley Central Underground station.
Woodside Park Woodside Park is a suburban residential area in Barnet, London. It is located in the North Finchley postal district of N12.
Visit New Southgate plaques
42 plaques hereNew Southgate has 42 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo New Southgate 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 New Southgate using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each New Southgate plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience New Southgate audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in New Southgate allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of New Southgate’s 226 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore New Southgate freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore New Southgate Map App
Our visit New Southgate map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in New Southgate & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s New Southgate tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the New Southgate centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit New Southgate area at LONG:-0.1419, LAT:51.6136.
Walkfo App
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore New Southgate, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Our New Southgate accommodation map shows places to stay & prices for when you visit New Southgate.
Things to do & visit in New Southgate / surrounding areas
● Crouch End ● Crouch End ● The Queens, Crouch End ● The Queens, Crouch End ● Topsfield Hall ● Crouch End Hippodrome ● Crouch End Hippodrome ● Hornsey EMU depot and former steam locomotive shed ● Holy Innocents, Hornsey ● Holy Innocents, Hornsey ● Tottenham Lane ● Konk (recording studio) ● Ducketts Common ● Hornsey ● Priory Park, Haringey ● Great Northern Railway Tavern ● Hornsey (parish) ● Turnpike Lane, Haringey ● Hornsey War Memorial ● Hornsey Central Hospital ● Slave Labour (mural) ● Wood Green ● Municipal Borough of Wood Green ● Braemar Avenue Baptist Church ● Bounds Green TMD ● St Barnabas Greek Orthodox Church ● St Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, Wood Green ● Alexandra Park Racecourse ● St Michael and All Angels Church, Wood Green ● Haringey Civic Centre
● Wood Green War Memorial ● Fishmongers Arms ● London Borough of Haringey ● Livingston Recording Studios ● Lordship Lane, Haringey ● London Turkish Radio ● Haringey Heartlands ● The Mall Wood Green ● 2014 World Championship of Ping Pong ● Stamp World London 1990 ● 2012 Holland Heineken House ● The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream ● George Meehan House ● Woodside Park (Wood Green, London) ● Wood Green Crown Court ● Bounds Green ● Southern Studios ● O.R. Tambo Recreation Ground ● New Testament Church of God Cathedral of Praise ● Wood Green Animal Shelters ● Golf Course Allotments ● Wood Green ricin plot ● Bluebell Wood, London ● White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre ● Muswell Hill Baptist Church ● New London Performing Arts Centre ● Muswell Hill ● Muswell Hill Library ● Guy Chester Centre ● W. Martyn grocers shop ● Muswell Stream ● O’Neill’s pub, Muswell Hill ● Greentrees Hospital ● St Benet Fink Church, Tottenham ● Haringey Borough F.C. ● Wood Green Town F.C. ● New Salamis F.C. ● Everyman Cinema, Muswell Hill ● Southgate Town Hall ● Municipal Borough of Southgate ● Truro House ● Oakthorpe Park ● Birchwood Mansions, Muswell Hill ● United Reformed Church, Muswell Hill ● St James’s Church Hall ● Arnos Grove ● Highgate Wood telephone exchange ● Broomfield House ● The Gables, Muswell Hill ● Broomfield Park, Palmers Green ● Palmers Green ● Syro-Malabar Catholic Church of London ● Queen’s Wood ● Coppetts Wood Hospital ● National Westminster Bank, Palmers Green ● Ambitious about Autism ● Appleby Court ● St Paul’s Church, New Southgate ● Cullands Grove ● Highgate Wood ● The Fox, Palmers Green ● Coldfall Wood ● Arnos Park Viaduct ● Christ Church New Southgate & Friern Barnet ● Arnos Grove house ● Palmers Green United Reformed Church ● All Saints’ Church, East Finchley ● Colney Hatch ● Coppett’s Wood and Scrublands ● St John, Friern Barnet ● Beaver Hall ● Minchenden Oak Garden ● Southgate Cemetery ● Oakbeams ● Minchington Hall ● Walker Cricket Ground ● Shoghi Effendi ● New Southgate Cemetery ● Arnoside House and Essex House ● Old House & Essex Coach House ● Ye Olde Cherry Tree ● Valentine Poole houses, Southgate ● Sandford House & Norbury House ● 40 The Green, Southgate ● Bethune Park ● Brunswick Park ● Southgate House ● Parks and open spaces in the London Borough of Barnet ● London Borough of Barnet ● Friern Barnet Town Hall ● Friern Barnet ● Manor of Halliwick ● Southgate, London ● Southgate Methodist Church ● Friary Park ● St Andrew’s Southgate ● Barfield Allotments Nature Park ● St James the Great, Friern Barnet ● Osidge ● Friern Barnet Parishioners War Memorial ● St John the Evangelist, Palmers Green ● Barnet Tunnel ● Grovelands Park ● Intimate Theatre ● St Monica’s Church, Palmers Green ● Finchley Common ● St Mary the Virgin, East Barnet ● All Saints’ Church, Oakleigh Park ● Lawrence Campe Almshouses ● Oakleigh Park Rail Cutting ● North Finchley ● Glebelands Local Nature Reserve ● Hadley Wood & Wingate F.C. ● Wingate & Finchley F.C. ● Enfield Borough F.C. ● Oak Hill Park (Barnet) ● Whetstone, London ● Oakleigh Park ● Pymmes Brook ● Christ Church North Finchley ● St Paul’s Church, Winchmore Hill ● Grand Arcade (Barnet) ● Gaumont Finchley ● Strawberry Vale Estate ● The Tally Ho, Finchley ● Finchley Lido ● Artsdepot ● London Studio Centre ● Winchmore Hill Police Station ● Christ Church at Whetstone ● Winchmore Hill Post Office Sorting Office ● Sternberg Centre ● Convent of the Good Shepherd, Finchley ● Winchmore Hill ● Glenwood House ● Belmont (East Barnet) ● Belmont Open Space, Cockfosters ● Chase Side ● Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts ● Christ the King, Cockfosters ● Oak Hill Wood ● East Barnet Urban District ● East Barnet ● East Barnet War Memorial ● New Barnet ● St Thomas’s Church, Oakwood ● Oakwood, London ● Green Man, Whetstone ● St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, Whetstone ● Phoenix Cinema ● Bobath Centre ● Cherry Tree Wood ● Fortis Green ● Market Place, Finchley ● Belvedere Court ● East Finchley Methodist Church ● East Finchley Baptist Church ● East Finchley Library ● East Finchley ● St Anne’s House, East Finchley ● Holy Trinity East Finchley ● Long Lane Pasture ● Hawthorne Dene (house) ● Municipal Borough of Finchley ● London Greek Radio ● Lakeside Nature Reserve ● Finchley ● Finchley Memorial Hospital ● Victoria Park, Barnet ● Church End, Finchley ● Finchley Reform Synagogue ● Finchley Methodist Church ● Finchley War Memorial ● Finchley Meeting House ● Finchley Progressive Synagogue ● St Alban’s Catholic Church, North Finchley ● Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum ● Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People ● Woodside Park ● Woodridge Nature Reserve ● Swan Lane Open Space ● Barnet House, London ● Alexandra Park, London ● Bowes Park ● Alexandra Palace ● Noel Park ● Evangelical Library ● St James’ Church, Muswell Hill ● New Southgate ● Friern Hospital ● St Pancras and Islington Cemetery ● East Finchley Cemetery ● Little Grove ● Folly Brook
Getting to / around New Southgate – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in New Southgate using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following New Southgate places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local New Southgate Public Transport Stations
New Southgate Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Hornsey railway station
Turnpike Lane tube station
Alexandra Palace railway station
Palace Gates railway station
Wood Green tube station
Alexandra Palace television station
Noel Park and Wood Green railway station
Alexandra Palace railway station (1873–1954)
Bounds Green tube station
Bowes Park railway station
Muswell Hill railway station
Arnos Grove tube station
Cranley Gardens railway station
Palmers Green railway station
New Southgate railway station
Southgate tube station
Winchmore Hill railway station
Oakwood tube station
Oakleigh Park railway station
East Finchley tube station
Finchley Central tube station
West Finchley tube station
Woodside Park tube station
Totteridge & Whetstone tube station
Tivoli Road
Priory Road drill hall, Hornsey
7 & 9 Bounds Green Road
A105 road
Bounds Green Road
107–123 Muswell Hill Road
North Circular Road
Rail and Bus
Great Northern and Thameslink trains link the area to destinations in Hertfordshire to the north. Southbound services travel towards King’s Cross or Moorgate via Finsbury Park. Arnos Grove is the closest tube station, on the Piccadilly line. London Buses routes 34, 184, 221, 232, 251, 298, and 382 pass through the area.
Walking and Cycling
A two-way cycle track runs adjacent to the eastbound carriageway of the North Circular Road. A shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians runs northbound from New Southgate to East Barnet through Brunswick Park. The route is named the Waterfall Walk and is part of the Pymmes Brook Trail.
Local New Southgate historians & New Southgate tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to New Southgate? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives New Southgate’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your New Southgate place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing New Southgate Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit New Southgate destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-New Southgate’ web pages (for example: www.visitNew Southgate.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit New Southgate places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best New Southgate places to visit. A unique way to experience New Southgate’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore New Southgate as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit New Southgate places with Walkfo New Southgate to hear history at New Southgate’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo New Southgate has 226 places to visit in our interactive New Southgate 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 Southgate, 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 Southgate places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to New Southgate & the surrounding areas.
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