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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Chiseldon
Visit Chiseldon places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Chiseldon places to visit. A unique way to experience Chiseldon’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Chiseldon as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire. It takes its name from the Old English cisel dene, or gravel valley, being noted in the Domesday Book as Chiseldene. The village lies on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, a mile south of junction 15 of the M4 motorway. When you visit Chiseldon, Walkfo brings Chiseldon places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Chiseldon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Chiseldon
Visit Chiseldon – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 16 audio plaques & Chiseldon places for you to explore in the Chiseldon area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Chiseldon places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Chiseldon history
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a large settlement of 70 households at Chiseldene. Chiseldon lies on one of the country’s oldest highways, the Icknield Way. In 2004 a large group of Iron Age cauldrons were discovered at a site close to the centre of the village.
Why visit Chiseldon with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Chiseldon places with Walkfo Chiseldon to hear history at Chiseldon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Chiseldon has 16 places to visit in our interactive Chiseldon 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 Chiseldon, 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 Chiseldon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Chiseldon & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Chiseldon Places Map
16 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Chiseldon places to visit
Chiseldon has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Chiseldon’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Chiseldon’s information audio spots:
Fir Clump Stone Circle
Fir Clump Stone Circle was a double concentric circle consisting of sarsen megaliths. The outer ring measured 107 metres (351 ft) by 86.5 metres (284 ft) in diameter. It was one of at least seven stone circles that are known to have been erected in the area south of Swindon.
Coate Water Country Park
Coate Water is a country park situated 5 km (3.1 mi) to the southeast of central Swindon, England. It takes its name from a reservoir originally built to provide water for the Wilts & Berks Canal. The reservoir formed a 70-acre (280,000 m) lake, built in 1822 by diverting the River Cole. Swimming in the lake has been prohibited since 1958.
Day House Lane Stone Circle
Day House Lane Stone Circle was one of at least seven stone circles known to have been erected in the area south of Swindon in northern Wiltshire. Five partly buried stones remain at the site. Ring was part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
Burderop Park
Burderop Park is a Grade II* listed country manor house near Chiseldon, Wiltshire. The house was constructed in the early 17th century to a courtyard design, and was turned into a three-storey square house during the 18th century.
St Andrew’s Church, Wanborough
St Andrew’s Church is in the village of Wanborough in north Wiltshire. It is one of only three churches in England to have a western tower and central spire. It has been designated a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
Chiseldon House Hotel
Chiseldon House Hotel in Wiltshire is listed in the National Heritage Register. It was built in the early 19th Century for the Browne family and continued to be used as a private residence until 1964 when it was converted to a hotel.
Visit Chiseldon plaques
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here Chiseldon has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Chiseldon 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 Chiseldon using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Chiseldon plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.