Visit Puriton Places

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

  

Puriton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Puriton

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Puriton history

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Puriton was mentioned in the Domesday Book as growing pears, and was held by the Church of St Peter’s, Rome. A cement and lime works was at the western end of the Polden Hills, at Dunball. Down End Castle, a motte-and-bailey castle, has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

You can visit Puriton places with Walkfo Puriton to hear history at Puriton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Puriton has 23 places to visit in our interactive Puriton 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 Puriton, 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 Puriton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Puriton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 23 audio facts unique to Puriton places in an interactive Puriton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Puriton Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Puriton places to visit

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

Church of the Holy Trinity, Chilton Trinity The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity at Chilton Trinity in Somerset was established in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Sydenham House, Somerset Sydenham House, the manor house of the ancient manor, is a grade II listed building, constructed in the early 16th century and refronted and rebuilt after 1613. In 1937 British Cellophane Ltd set up production and built extensive factories on 59 acres of land (“Sydenham Manor Fields”) adjacent to the house. Production ceased in 2005 and between 2010 and 2015 the industrial site was razed to the ground.

West Huntspill West Huntspill is a settlement and civil parish about 5 miles from Bridgwater, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset. The parish includes the village of Huntspill and the hamlet of Alstone.

Down End Castle Down End Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle at Down End, north of Dunball in the parish of Puriton, Somerset. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

ROF Bridgwater Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Bridgwater was a factory between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, UK that produced high explosives for munitions. It was slightly above sea level, between the 5 and 10 metre contour lines on Ordnance Survey maps.

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bawdrip The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Bawdrip, Somerset, was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of St Mary, Cossington The Anglican Church of St Mary in Cossington, Somerset was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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