Visit Newdigate Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Newdigate

  

Newdigate Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newdigate

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Newdigate history

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Etymology

The name of Newdigate refers to a place at the gate or path to a wood. Surviving manuscripts give forms including Newdegate (13th century), Newedegate and Neudegate (15th century) and Nudgate.

Early history

In early history Newdigate was at the western heart of the Weald a much more dense wooded forest occupying the space between the North and South Downs.

Middle Ages

Newdigate was for the most part in Copthorne Hundred, forming a detached part of it. But the hamlet of Parkgate and the part of the parish near it were in Reigate Hundred. The place does not appear at all in the 1086 Domesday Book.

Post industrial Revolution

St Peter’s living as today is a rectory and in the patronage of the Crown. All tithes have been commuted for £580, and the glebe comprised in 1848 4 acres (1.6 ha) Newdigate was home to the Schermuly Rocket Pistol Apparatus Limited.

Newdigate geography / climate

Newdigate is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) east of the A24 road between Dorking and Horsham, 13 miles (21 km) ESE of Guildford and 25 miles (40 km) south of London. The local brickworks is now a housing estate called Mulberry Place, or more commonly, “The Mulberries”

You can visit Newdigate places with Walkfo Newdigate to hear history at Newdigate’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newdigate has 6 places to visit in our interactive Newdigate 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 Newdigate, 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 Newdigate places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newdigate & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 6 audio facts unique to Newdigate places in an interactive Newdigate map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Newdigate Places Map
6 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Newdigate places to visit

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

Holmwood railway station Holmwood railway station is 27 miles 5 chains (43.6 km) from London Waterloo. It is located on the Sutton and Mole Valley Lines between Dorking and Horsham.

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