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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Droxford
Visit Droxford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Droxford places to visit. A unique way to experience Droxford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Droxford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Droxford (arch. Drokensford) is a village in Hampshire, England. It is located on the south coast of the county. When you visit Droxford, Walkfo brings Droxford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Droxford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Droxford
Visit Droxford – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 13 audio plaques & Droxford places for you to explore in the Droxford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Droxford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Droxford history
The Manor of Drocenesforda (Droxford) was granted to the Prior and monks of St. Swithun, Winchester, by King Egbert in 826. During the late 5th and early 6th centuries, the Jutes inhabited the Meon Valley, and at Droxford there is the remains of a large Jutish cemetery that has produced various grave goods, providing evidence of their settlement.
Church and landowner poverty relief
Droxford had legacies since the late 17th century and medium legacies relative to its small population since the 1850s for its poorest residents. In 1850 James George Boucher bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens a sum by 1905 growing to £190 18s. 7d. In 1905 the dividends, amounting to £5+11/30 a year, were applied with the similar-size Boucher charity.
Droxford geography / climate
The village is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Bishop’s Waltham. It is entirely on the lower half of the western slopes of the Meon valley. Farms and residential outbuildings stretch to the west, north and south. The non-dualled, non-trunk A32 passes through the village between Gosport and Alton which is largely bypassed by two motorways.
Why visit Droxford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Droxford places with Walkfo Droxford to hear history at Droxford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Droxford has 13 places to visit in our interactive Droxford 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 Droxford, 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 Droxford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Droxford & the surrounding areas.
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13 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Droxford places to visit
Droxford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Droxford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Droxford’s information audio spots:
Church of St Mary and All Saints, Droxford
Church of St Mary and All Saints is Grade I listed in Droxford, Hampshire. It is in the Diocese of Portsmouth and is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice. The earliest parts of the church date from the Norman period.
Church of Saint Barnabas, Swanmore
The Church of St Barnabas is the Church of England parish church of Swanmore near Southampton in Hampshire. It was constructed in 1844 and is a grade II listed building.
Old Winchester Hill
Old Winchester Hill is a 66.2-hectare (164-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, and national nature reserve. Part of it is a scheduled monument.
Corhampton Church
Corhampton Church is one of the churches of the Meon Bridge Benefice. It is in the Diocese of Portsmouth. The building, dating from the early 11th century is Grade I listed.
Visit Droxford plaques
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here Droxford has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Droxford 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 Droxford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Droxford plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.