Visit Downhead Places

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

  

Downhead Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Downhead

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Downhead history

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Dinies Camp is an univallate Iron Age hill fort enclosure. The village was recorded as Dunehevede, meaning the top of the down, in 1196. The manor was given to Glastonbury Abbey by King Æthelwulf of Wessex in 1066.

Downhead geography / climate

Asham Wood is the largest and most diverse of the ancient semi-natural woods in the Mendip Hills. It has been the subject of controversy and attempts to protect the environment from increased quarrying activity in the area.

You can visit Downhead places with Walkfo Downhead to hear history at Downhead’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Downhead has 28 places to visit in our interactive Downhead 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 Downhead, 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 Downhead places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Downhead & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 28 audio facts unique to Downhead places in an interactive Downhead map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Downhead Places Map
28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Downhead historic spots	Downhead tourist destinations	Downhead plaques	Downhead geographic features
Walkfo Downhead tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Downhead

  

Best Downhead places to visit

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

Church of St Mary, Cloford The Church of St Mary in Cloford, Wanstrow, Somerset was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Stoke Lane Slocker Stoke Lane Slocker is 2.18 km in length and reaches a depth of 30m. It was previously known as Stoke Lane Swallet, but now the local name is preferred. The origin of the word “Slocker” is obscure.

Dinies Camp Dinies Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort enclosure in Mendip district of Somerset. The hill fort is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from the village of Downhead.

St. Dunstan’s Well Catchment St Dunstan’s Well Catchment (grid reference ST668475) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Formerly known as Stoke St Michael Slocker, it contains nine SSSI units. The site was notified in 1967.

Church of St Michael, Stoke St Michael The Anglican Church of St Michael in Stoke St Michael, Somerset, was built around 1400. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Shatter Cave Shatter Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset. It falls within the St. Dunstan’s Well Catchment Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Torr Works Torr Works quarry, grid reference ST695446 is a limestone quarry at East Cranmore, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The quarry was formerly known as Merehead, a name which has been retained for its rail depot on the opposite side of the A361 road.

Mells Park Mells Park is a country estate of 140 hectares (350 acres) near Mells, Somerset. It originated as a 17th-century deer park, probably created by the Horner family. It contains Park House, a Grade II* listed building, built in 1925 in neoclassical style by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

St James’ Church, East Cranmore St James’ Church is a former Church of England church in East Cranmore, Somerset. It was built in 1846 to replace an earlier church on the same site and closed in 1958. The church is a Grade II listed building.

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