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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Pillowell
Visit Pillowell places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Pillowell places to visit. A unique way to experience Pillowell’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Pillowell as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Pillowell is a small English village in Gloucestershire on the south-eastern edge of the Forest of Dean. Once a mining village, much of it now lies in a conservation area. When you visit Pillowell, Walkfo brings Pillowell places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Pillowell Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Pillowell
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With 35 audio plaques & Pillowell places for you to explore in the Pillowell area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Pillowell places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Pillowell history
In 1787, there were ten dwellings on Crown land, near the well that gave the settlement its name. Stronger growth came in the mid-19th century with the development of deep mining. Primitive Methodist chapel was built in 1835, when there were around 30 cottages.
Why visit Pillowell with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Pillowell places with Walkfo Pillowell to hear history at Pillowell’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pillowell has 35 places to visit in our interactive Pillowell 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 Pillowell, 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 Pillowell places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pillowell & the surrounding areas.
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35 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Pillowell places to visit
Pillowell has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Pillowell’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Pillowell’s information audio spots:
Devil’s Chapel Scowles
Devil’s Chapel Scowles (grid reference SO606045) is a 44.79-hectare (110.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire . The site lies in the Forest of Dean and has four units of assessment by Natural England .
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.
Oakenhill Railway Cutting
Oakenhill Railway Cutting (grid reference SO630069) is a 0.81-hectare (2.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)
Meezy Hurst
Meezy Hurst (SO638089 to SO647091) is a 4.3-hectare (11-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)
Visit Pillowell plaques
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here Pillowell has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Pillowell 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 Pillowell using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Pillowell plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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