Visit Stockwell Places

Welcome to Visit Stockwell Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Stockwell

  

Stockwell Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Stockwell

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Stockwell history

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The name Stockwell is likely to have originated from a local well, with “stoc” being Old English for a tree trunk or post. From the thirteenth to the start of the nineteenth century, Stockwell was a rural manor at the edge of London. It included market gardens and John Tradescant’s botanical garden.

You can visit Stockwell places with Walkfo Stockwell to hear history at Stockwell’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Stockwell has 516 places to visit in our interactive Stockwell 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 Stockwell, 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 Stockwell places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Stockwell & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 516 audio facts unique to Stockwell places in an interactive Stockwell map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Stockwell Places Map
516 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Stockwell places to visit

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

John Smith House (Southwark) John Smith House is the former Labour Party headquarters in south London . The party first occupied the building in 1980, vacating its former headquarters at Transport House .

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 .

Skipton House Skipton House is a high specification office building in Elephant and Castle, Central London . The building is located in the centre of London’s central London .

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 .

South Bank Technopark South Bank Technopark at London South Bank University, England, houses the main administration for the university, including the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, under the leadership of Prof. David Phoenix .

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 .

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