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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Yatton

  

Yatton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Yatton

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Yatton history

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Toponymy

The origin of the name Yatton is uncertain. It may come from the Anglo-Saxon ‘gatton’ meaning ‘village on the track’ West Yatton was also known as Yatton-Kaynes in the Elizabethan era.

Pre-history

Yatton was a well-established village by Norman times. The remains of an Iron Age hill fort at Cadbury Hill have been discovered. The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.

Railway

In the 1840s, the Bristol & Exeter Railway, with Isambard Kingdom Brunel as consulting engineer, was opened. It was initially leased to the Great Western Railway (GWR) but taken back into full ownership in 1849. The station was originally called Clevedon Road and renamed Yatton Junction in 1847.

20th century

In 1922 the site formerly known as ‘The Pound’ was purchased and the Yatton Parish War Memorial was erected. The village has continued to increase in size with several new developments planned or currently being constructed north of the railway station. Cadbury House Country Club is being developed to become a 60-room hotel and leisure centre.

Yatton geography / climate

The area around Yatton and Claverham, which falls within the North Somerset Levels, is a mixture of peat, estuarine alluvium and low hills of sand and gravel. On its summit stands an Iron Age hill fort known, in archaeological circles, as Cadbury-Congresbury. It appears to have been constructed in the Iron Age when one or more ramparts, with walls and ditches, were built on the steep slopes of the hill to defend an area covering some 8.5 acres.

You can visit Yatton places with Walkfo Yatton to hear history at Yatton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Yatton has 19 places to visit in our interactive Yatton 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 Yatton, 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 Yatton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Yatton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to Yatton places in an interactive Yatton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Yatton Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Yatton places to visit

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

Cleeve Toot Cleeve Toot is an Iron Age univallate hillfort above Goblin Combe, Cleeve, Somerset. It is a roughly oval settlement which is approximately 125 metres (410 ft) in length by 90 metres (300 ft) to the north. Pits have been found at the site indicating the presence of round houses.

Church of Holy Trinity, Cleeve The Church Of Holy Trinity at Cleeve in Somerset was built in 1840. It is a Grade II* listed building and Grade II listed building.

Urchinwood Manor Urchinwood Manor is a Grade II* listed building at Congresbury within the English county of Somerset. Part of the house was built around 1620 with additions being made in the 17th century. The house and surrounding estate has been bought and sold many times over the centuries.

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