Welcome to Visit Slip End Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Slip End
Visit Slip End places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Slip End places to visit. A unique way to experience Slip End’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Slip End as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Slip End is a village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire. In 2001 it had a population of 1,976, reducing to 1,831 at the 2011 Census. The name of Slip End possibly has a connection with brickworks. When you visit Slip End, Walkfo brings Slip End places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Slip End Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Slip End
Visit Slip End – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 46 audio plaques & Slip End places for you to explore in the Slip End area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Slip End places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Slip End history
The school in Slip End was located towards the Pepperstock end of Front Street and Summer Street, and is now the site of a small development of flats and houses called Old School Walk. A century after its foundation, the school moved to its present site on Rossway which previously had been clay pits for local brick production. The parish was created in 2001 by splitting that of Caddington and Slip End.
Why visit Slip End with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Slip End places with Walkfo Slip End to hear history at Slip End’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Slip End has 46 places to visit in our interactive Slip End 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 Slip End, 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 Slip End places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Slip End & the surrounding areas.
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46 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Slip End places to visit
Slip End has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Slip End’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Slip End’s information audio spots:
High Town, Luton
High Town is a hilly inner-city area of Luton adjacent to Luton railway station . The area is roughly bounded by Richmond Hill and the northern edge of People’s Park/Pope’s Meadow to the north, the A6 to the west, and Hitchin Road to the east .
Luton power station
Luton power station supplied electricity to the Borough of Luton from 1901 to 1969 . It was redeveloped after the First World War to meet the increased demand for electricity . The power station was operated by the Luton Corporation until the nationalisation of the British electricity industry in 1948 .
Radio LaB
Radio LaB is now a full-time radio station with a community licence . It is managed by students at the Luton town centre campus of the University of Bedfordshire in Luton, Bedfordshire .
Dunstable Road
Dunstable Road, also known as Bury Park, was a football ground in Luton, England. It was the home ground of Luton Town between 1897 and 1905.
BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC’s local radio station serving Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Grove Park in Dunstable. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 128,000 listeners.
Crawley Green F.C.
Crawley Green Football Club is a football club based in Luton, Bedfordshire. Affiliated to Bedfordshire County Football Association. They are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division.
South, Luton
The ward includes New Town, Park Town, Chapel Langley, Capability Green and most of Luton town centre. Both Luton Airport Parkway and Luton railway station are located within the ward.
Dallow
Dallow is one mile west of the town centre which has Dallow Road as its main artery. The area is roughly bounded by Hatters Way to the north, Ashburnham Road to the south, the M1 to the west and Brantwood Road to the east.
Visit Slip End plaques
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plaques
here Slip End has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Slip End 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 Slip End using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Slip End plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.