Visit Winsley Places

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

  

Winsley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Winsley

---

Winsley history

---

Winsley is not mentioned in Domesday Book, being included with Bradford. The area was probably farmed in Roman times, as it lay between the town of Aquae Sulis and a villa complex at Bradford. Stone quarrying became important from the 18th century, with quarries at Conkwell and at Murhill.

Winsley geography / climate

The Avon forms the western and southern boundaries of the parish. The land rises steeply from the river valley, and the village is about 300 feet (91 m) above the river. The Kennet and Avon Canal follows the path of the river, and is mostly on the Winsley side.

You can visit Winsley places with Walkfo Winsley to hear history at Winsley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Winsley has 53 places to visit in our interactive Winsley 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 Winsley, 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 Winsley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Winsley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 53 audio facts unique to Winsley places in an interactive Winsley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Winsley Places Map
53 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

---

–

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

  

Best Winsley places to visit

---

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

St Thomas More, Bradford-on-Avon St Thomas More is a Roman Catholic church in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. It is part of the Diocese of Clifton. Located near the historic Town Bridge and opposite the Swan Hotel (AD. 1500)

Gripwood Quarry Gripwood Quarry (grid reference ST822603) is a 2.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire. The quarry is of Oolitic limestone and has a wall in the middle creating an upper and a lower quarry, last used for mushroom growing.

Farleigh House Farleigh House, or Farleigh Castle, is a large English country house in Somerset. It was built and extended during the 18th and 19th centuries and until 1970 served as the centre of a country estate owned by the Houlton family. In 1970 it was sold to be used as a prep school called Ravenscroft School. After this closed in 1996, the house was leased from the last owners of the school by the new Farleigh College until 2001. Bath Rugby Club now occupies it as its headquarters and training centre.

b

Visit Winsley plaques