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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Beachley


Visit Beachley PlacesVisit Beachley places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Beachley places to visit. A unique way to experience Beachley’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Beachley as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn. The tidal range on this stretch of water is the highest in the UK. When you visit Beachley, Walkfo brings Beachley places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Beachley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Beachley


Visit Beachley – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 45 audio plaques & Beachley places for you to explore in the Beachley area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Beachley places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Beachley history


A small chapel was founded at the southernmost point of the peninsula in the 4th century by Tecla, a princess of Gwynedd. A chapel dedicated to St Twrog, perhaps containing a navigation light, was later built on the rock but was ruined before the 18th century. In 956, Beachley was part of lands granted by King Edwy to Bath Abbey.

Army Apprentices College

Beachley Army Apprentices College photo

In 1915, during World War I, the government requisitioned a large area of land at Beachley and constructed National Shipyard No.2. However the war ended before production had begun. In 1924 it was decided to establish a British Army Apprentices School at the site. The AAC closed in 1994, and the army converted the site to an infantry barracks.

Why visit Beachley with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Beachley PlacesYou can visit Beachley places with Walkfo Beachley to hear history at Beachley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Beachley has 45 places to visit in our interactive Beachley 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 Beachley, 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 Beachley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Beachley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 45 audio facts unique to Beachley places in an interactive Beachley map you can explore.”

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

  

Best Beachley places to visit


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

Beachley photo Chepstow Town F.C.
Chepstow Town Football Club were founded in 1878. They play in the Ardal Leagues South East, tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid.
Beachley photo Chepstow War Memorial
Chepstow War Memorial commemorates the men of the town who died in the First and Second World Wars. It was designed by Eric Francis, a locally-born architect. The memorial site also includes a German Naval deck gun, donated to the town by George V.
Beachley photo Raglan Lodge
Raglan Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. The frontage dates from the early 19th century, but parts of the building date from the medieval period. The ground floor vaulted hall was probably the town’s 14th century moot hall.
Beachley photo Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury
Pennsylvania Fields, Sedbury (grid reference ST542929) is a 27.03-hectare (66.8-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)
Beachley photo Mathern Mill
Mathern Mill is a watermill dating from either the late 18th or early 19th century. It continued in use as a functioning mill until 1968. It is now open to the public on an occasional basis.
Beachley photo St Tewdric’s Church
St Tewdric’s Church is a Church in Wales parish church in Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is purportedly built over the resting place of Saint Tewrrig for whom it is named. A church has been located on the site since the 6th century. It was reconstructed by the Normans in the Early English style.
Beachley photo Moynes Court
Moynes Court is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales. An earlier building was rebuilt as a private residence by Francis Godwin, Bishop of Llandaff, in 1609/10.
Beachley photo Mathern Palace
Mathern Palace was the main residence of the Bishops of Llandaff between 1408 and 1705. It was restored and its gardens laid out between 1894 and 1899 by Henry Avray Tipping. In recent years it has been in private hands and used as a guest house.
Beachley photo St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow
St Lawrence Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty St Lawrence) was a specialist plastic surgery and burns hospital on the west side of St Lawrence Road in Chepstow, Wales.
Beachley photo St Pierre Hotel Gatehouse
Gatehouse and attached range at St Pierre Hotel, St Pierre, Mathern, Monmouthshire are the most significant remains of the Lewis family mansion. The original house was built by William Lewis, and extended by his son George, between 1475 and 1508. It was converted to the clubhouse of a golf club in 1962.

Visit Beachley plaques


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Beachley has 2 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Beachley 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 Beachley using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Beachley plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.