Welcome to Visit Wealdstone Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wealdstone
Visit Wealdstone places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Wealdstone places to visit. A unique way to experience Wealdstone’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Wealdstone as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Wealdstone is a district in the London Borough of Harrow. It is located just north of the Harrow town centre. It was the location of the Kodak Harrow factory, which closed in 2016. When you visit Wealdstone, Walkfo brings Wealdstone places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Wealdstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wealdstone
Visit Wealdstone – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 76 audio plaques & Wealdstone places for you to explore in the Wealdstone area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Wealdstone places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Wealdstone history
Wealdstone Urban District was created under the Local Government Act 1894 in 1894, and absorbed by Harrow Urban District in 1934. Much of the housing stock consists of Victorian and Edwardian terraces along with new flatted developments in High Street and George Gange Way. The Kodak Harrow factory was located in the area until its closure in 2016. The former Herga Cinema which opened in 1939 but closed in 1951 was gutted by fire in the early 1960s.
Crime and policing
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In 2003, plans by the Metropolitan Police to close Wealdstone police station were met with protests. A petition against the closure received 200 signatures. The station eventually remained open, but the issue arose again in 2008 and 2011. While the station was no longer open to the public, it housed the Anti-Social Behaviour Partnership team.
Wealdstone etymology
The eponymous Weald Stone is a sarsen stone, positioned to mark the then boundary between the parishes of Harrow and Harrow Weald. It is located outside the Bombay Central restaurant, which was built as a public house.
Why visit Wealdstone with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Wealdstone places with Walkfo Wealdstone to hear history at Wealdstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wealdstone has 76 places to visit in our interactive Wealdstone 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 Wealdstone, 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 Wealdstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wealdstone & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo: Visit Wealdstone Places Map
76 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Wealdstone places to visit
Wealdstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Wealdstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Wealdstone’s information audio spots:
Harrow bus station
Harrow bus station serves Harrow in the London Borough of Harrow, Greater London, England. The station is owned and maintained by Transport for London. The main operators at the bus station are London Sovereign, Metroline and Arriva London. Buses go from Harrow as far afield as Watford, Ealing, Edgware, Brent Cross, Golders Green, Wembley, Wembley and Ruislip.
Visit Wealdstone plaques
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here Wealdstone has 21 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Wealdstone 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 Wealdstone using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Wealdstone plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.