Visit Milkwall Places

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

  

Milkwall Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Milkwall

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Milkwall history

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There was at least one dwelling at Milkwall, situated on the Forest boundary in 1628. Mining for iron ore was taking place in the 1820s when Edward Protheroe opened up ore mines near Milkwall. An early tramroad to serve the mines was built by the Severn & Wye tramroad company to connect to their junction at Parkend.

You can visit Milkwall places with Walkfo Milkwall to hear history at Milkwall’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Milkwall has 44 places to visit in our interactive Milkwall 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 Milkwall, 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 Milkwall places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Milkwall & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 44 audio facts unique to Milkwall places in an interactive Milkwall map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Milkwall Places Map
44 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Milkwall places to visit

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

Old Bow and Old Ham Mines Old Bow And Old Ham Mines (grid reference SO579088) is a 40.3-hectare (100-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1998.

Wimberry Quarries Wimberry Quarries (grid reference SO594121) is a 2-hectare (4.9-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site.

Clearwell Caves Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore. The caves are part of a Natural England designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Tudor Farm Bank Tudor Farm Bank (grid reference SO573081) is a 3.68-hectare (9.1-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1999.

Spion Kop Quarry Spion Kop Quarry (grid reference SO598103) is a 0.7-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)

Nagshead SSSI Nagshead SSSI is a 297 acres (120 ha) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site.

Darkhill Ironworks Darkhill Ironworks and Titanic Steelworks are internationally important industrial remains associated with the development of the iron and steel industries. They are located on the edge of a small hamlet called Gorsty Knoll, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

Clearwell Castle Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, Gloucestershire, was built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris in 1727. It is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years.

Slade Brook Slade Brook (grid reference SO564055) is a 3.63-hectare (9.0-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 2003.

Newland Oak The Newland Oak was a veteran oak tree in Newland, Gloucestershire. Originally part of the ancient woodland of the Forest of Dean. It survived clearances that created the settlement of Newland and was pollarded for timber. Much of the tree fell in 1955 but a single branch survived until 1970 when it was killed during an arson attack.

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