Welcome to Visit Oborne Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Oborne
Visit Oborne places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Oborne places to visit. A unique way to experience Oborne’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Oborne as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Oborne is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England . It was given to Sherborne Abbey by the Saxon King Edgar in the 10th century . It remained a ‘chapel of ease’ to the abbey until the Dissolution in 1539 . A new parish church was built on a fresh site in 1862 . When you visit Oborne, Walkfo brings Oborne places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Oborne Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Oborne
Visit Oborne – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 24 audio plaques & Oborne places for you to explore in the Oborne area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Oborne places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Oborne with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Oborne places with Walkfo Oborne to hear history at Oborne’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Oborne has 24 places to visit in our interactive Oborne 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 Oborne, 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 Oborne places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Oborne & the surrounding areas.
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24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Oborne places to visit
Oborne has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Oborne’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Oborne’s information audio spots:
Sherborne House, Dorset
Sherborne House is a Grade I listed building in Newland, Sherborne, Dorset, England . It is located on the site of Sherborne Castle, a Grade II listed building .
Sherborne Museum
Sherborne Museum is located in Sherborne, a small market town in north-west Dorset . Formerly a Saxon burgh, Sherborne evolved through the cloth, gloving and silk industries .
Sherborne RFC
Sherborne Rugby Football Club was established in 1980 . It has a membership of 100 senior players and a further 300 boys and girls in the junior section . The club runs two men’s teams with the 1st XV currently playing in South West 1 East . The 2nd XV play in Dorset & Wilts 1 South (level 8)
Sherborne Castle
Sherborne Castle is a 16th-century Tudor mansion southeast of Sherborne in Dorset . It stands in a 1,200-acre park which formed a small part of the 15,000-acre (61 km) Digby estate .
Milborne Wick Mission Church
Milborne Wick Mission Church was built in 1891 and is a Grade II listed building. It now holds two services a month and has accommodation for 30 people.
Ven House
Ven House in Milborne Port, Somerset, was completed in 1698–1700; the house was enlarged around 1725–30 for James Medlycott by Nathaniel Ireson. The house has changed hands four times since 1993, and, in 2006, had a guide price of £8.5m.
Haydon, Dorset
Haydon is a village and civil parish 16 miles (26 km) north of Dorchester, in the Dorset district of Dorset. In 2001 the parish had a population of 44. The parish touches Castleton, Caundle Marsh, Folke, Goathill and North Wootton.
Visit Oborne plaques
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here Oborne has 9 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Oborne 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 Oborne using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Oborne plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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