Visit Chalford Places

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

  

Chalford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Chalford

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Chalford history

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Stone Age flints have been found in the area as well as the remains of a Roman Villa. The name Chalford may be derived from Calf (Way) Ford, or possibly from the Old English cealj or Chalk and Ford (river crossing point)

You can visit Chalford places with Walkfo Chalford to hear history at Chalford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Chalford has 26 places to visit in our interactive Chalford 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 Chalford, 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 Chalford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Chalford & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 26 audio facts unique to Chalford places in an interactive Chalford map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Chalford Places Map
26 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Chalford places to visit

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

Strawberry Banks Strawberry Banks (grid reference SO910033) is a 5.06-hectare (12.5-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. The banks are thought to have once been used to grow strawberries, hence the name, and be the crash site of a Second World War German bomber.

St Mary of the Angels Church, Brownshill St Mary of the Angels Church is located to the south of the village of Brownshill in the parish of Chalford, Gloucestershire. It is a redundant Roman Catholic church vested in the Friends of Friendless Churches. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

Daneway Banks SSSI Daneway Banks is a 17-hectare (42-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. It lies half a mile west of Sapperton and is part of a group of wildlife sites in the Frome Valley. Site is in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Sapperton Valley Sapperton Valley (grid reference SO935035) is a 3.7-hectare (9.1-acre) nature reserve near Chalford in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The site is managed by the Gloucesterhire Wildlife Trust under leasing arrangements with the Bathurst Estate in place since 1964.

Lypiatt Park Lypiatt Park is a medieval and Tudor manor house with notable nineteenth-century additions. The grounds include a fine group of medieval outbuildings. It is a Grade I listed building.

Longstone of Minchinhampton The Longstone of Minchinhampton is 7.5 feet (2.3 m) high and has natural holes in it. Tradition suggests that passing infants through one of the holes will cure them of illnesses such as measles or whooping cough.

Gatcombe Park Gatcombe Park is the country residence of Anne, Princess Royal. Built in the late 18th century to the designs of George Basevi, it is a Grade II* listed building. Parts of the grounds open for events, including horse trials and craft fairs.

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