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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ashton Keynes

  

Ashton Keynes Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ashton Keynes

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Ashton Keynes history

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Romano-British settlement and field system was west of the present-day village, spanning the county boundary. In 1086, land at Essitone held by Cranborne Priory was recorded in the Domesday Book within Cricklade hundred. Ashton Keynes Castle was a 12th-century moated ringwork and bailey, just north of village.

The Bruderhof

In 1936, a German pacifist group known as the Bruderhof bought 200 acres (80 ha) at Ashton Fields, near Ashton Keynes, to serve as a mission post. In 1937 this became the group’s main home, when it was forced to leave Germany. The membership grew to over 350, with many young English conscientious objectors joining.

Ashton Keynes landmarks

River Thames

Thames at Ashton Keynes has frontage to a large minority of the village’s properties. The Thames that flows along beside High Road and crosses under Gosditch by the little bridge was prone to washing down to the School and beyond on its near banks. Villagers expected to be flooded every winter, although the water could be controlled and directed by opening and closing ‘hatches’ on the river.

SSSIs

Pike Corner is an area of unimproved meadow in the floodplain of the Swill Brook. Upper Waterhay Meadow, in the Thames floodplain, is important for the snakeshead fritillary and is managed by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust as a nature reserve.

Cotswold Community

The Cotswold Community, a site 250 acres west of Ashton Keynes towards Somerford Keynes, was the home of the Bruderhof religious community in the 1930s. Later it was the site of a therapeutic community for children from complex backgrounds. The school closed in 2012 and the charity left the site in 2013, leading to a proposal for housing development.

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

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19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Ashton Keynes places to visit

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

South Cerney South Cerney is 3 miles south of Cirencester and close to the border with Wiltshire. It was founded in 999 by Saxon settlers, with a charter by King Aethelred II. It had a population of 3,074 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 3,464 in 2011.

Church of All Hallows, South Cerney The Church of All Hallows is an Anglican parish church in South Cerney, Gloucestershire. The church is of Norman origins, with medieval alterations and a major restoration in the 19th century.

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