Visit Yeading Places

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

  

Yeading Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Yeading

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Yeading history

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The earliest surviving documented allusion to Yeading dates from 757 AD, in which year Æthelbald of Mercia made a land grant which mentioned Geddinges (Yeading) and Fiscesburne (Crane or Yeaded Brook) The first land grant including Yeads was made by Offa in 790 to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury.

Yeading etymology

Yeading is very early Saxon and was originally Geddingas or Geddinges, meaning “the people of Geddi” Yeadi means “Yeading” or “Geddinging” in Saxon.

You can visit Yeading places with Walkfo Yeading to hear history at Yeading’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Yeading has 80 places to visit in our interactive Yeading 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 Yeading, 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 Yeading places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Yeading & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 80 audio facts unique to Yeading places in an interactive Yeading map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Yeading Places Map
80 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Yeading places to visit

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

Southall Gas Works Southall Gas Works is a former gas works site of around 88 acres (36 ha) in Southall, west London . It is currently being redeveloped for mixed-use including 3,750 homes as part of Berkeley Group’s The Green Quarter .

St Mary with St Richard, Northolt St Mary the Virgin is a 13th-century Anglican parish church in Northolt, London. It is one of London’s smallest churches, its nave measuring 15 yards (14 m) by 8 yards (7.3 m) The church was built around 1290 and expanded over the centuries. The chancel was added in 1521 and the spired bell tower in the 16th century.

Southall rail crash The Southall rail crash occurred on 19 September 1997, on the Great Western Main Line at Southall, west London. An InterCity 125 high speed passenger train failed to slow down in response to warning signals and collided with a freight train crossing its path. The signaller was unaware that the automatic warning system had been turned off in the cab of the express.

Beck Theatre The Beck Theatre is a 600-seat theatre in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was built in 1977 at a cost of £2.5 million.

Elthorne Hundred Elthorne was a hundred (ancient subdivision) of the historic county of Middlesex, England. The hundred’s name means ‘thorn bush of Ella’

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