Visit Twerton Places

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

  

Twerton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Twerton

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Twerton history

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The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Twerton was held by Nigel de Gournay, who would have won his lands in Englishcombe, Twerton, Swainswick and Barrow Gurney by fighting for William I of England. At the time when Brunel was designing the Great Western Railway, his plan was for the line from Bath to Bristol to go through the centre of Twerton. Twerton Gaol was built by Manners in 1840 and closed in 1878. The author Henry Fielding who wrote Tom Jones lived in Twerton and is believed to have written most of the novel while living there.

Twerton geography / climate

Carrs Woodland is a 21.1 hectares (52 acres) local nature reserve in the valley of Newton Brook. Twerton Roundhill is a 4.66 hectares (11.5 acres) nature reserve of grassland with a range of wildflowers.

You can visit Twerton places with Walkfo Twerton to hear history at Twerton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Twerton has 149 places to visit in our interactive Twerton 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 Twerton, 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 Twerton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Twerton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 149 audio facts unique to Twerton places in an interactive Twerton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Twerton Places Map
149 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Twerton places to visit

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

Walcot, Bath Walcot lies to the north-north-east of Bath, and is an electoral ward of the city. The Paragon and London Road are part of the A4 road. The other main thoroughfare is Walcot Street, which adjoins the city centre. Walcot was the birthplace of Richard Debaufre Guyon, an Austrian officer, a Hungarian rebel and an Ottoman Pasha.

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