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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Fiddleford
Visit Fiddleford places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Fiddleford places to visit. A unique way to experience Fiddleford’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Fiddleford as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Fiddleford is situated between Sturminster Newton and Okeford Fitzpaine in the North Dorset administrative district. It was founded by an English nobleman named Fitela (Fitela’s Ford) and the aforementioned ford is over the River Stour. The origin of the place-name is from Old English Fitela and ford meaning (homestead or farm) of a man called Fitela. When you visit Fiddleford, Walkfo brings Fiddleford places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Fiddleford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Fiddleford
Visit Fiddleford – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 23 audio plaques & Fiddleford places for you to explore in the Fiddleford area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Fiddleford places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Fiddleford with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Fiddleford places with Walkfo Fiddleford to hear history at Fiddleford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Fiddleford has 23 places to visit in our interactive Fiddleford 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 Fiddleford, 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 Fiddleford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Fiddleford & the surrounding areas.
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23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Fiddleford places to visit
Fiddleford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Fiddleford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Fiddleford’s information audio spots:
Banbury Hill
Banbury Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort, about 1.25 miles (2.0 km) south of Sturminster Newton and 1.6 km north-west of the village of Okeford Fitzpaine in Dorset. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
North Dorset Railway
North Dorset Railway is based at Shillingstone railway station on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. The project’s present aim is to restore the current leased length of one quarter of a mile of 1,200 feet (370 m) single track mainline with a passing loop between the platforms. Double track has been laid through the station using 95 bullhead rail extending to the current northern and southern boundaries.
St Aldhelm’s Church, Belchalwell
St Aldhelm’s Church is a Grade II* listed Anglican church in the village of Belchalwell, Dorset. The oldest parts of the church are of the 12th century; much of the building is of the 15th century.
Girdlers Coppice
Girdlers Coppice is a nature reserve of the Dorset Wildlife Trust. It is adjacent to the larger Piddles Wood to the south (across the A357) and bordered by the River Stour to the north. Access is across fields from the car park for Fiddleford Manor.
Sturminster Newton Castle
Sturminster Newton Castle is a site consisting of the remains of a medieval manor house within an Iron Age hillfort. The ruins are privately owned.
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here Fiddleford has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Fiddleford 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 Fiddleford using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Fiddleford plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.