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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Askerswell


Visit Askerswell PlacesVisit Askerswell places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Askerswell places to visit. A unique way to experience Askerswell’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Askerswell as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies 11 miles (18 km) west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has an area of 1,724 acres (2.69 sq mi; 698 ha) and includes the western slopes of Eggardon Hill, including part of the Iron Age hill fort close to its summit. When you visit Askerswell, Walkfo brings Askerswell places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Askerswell Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Askerswell

Visit Askerswell – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 12 audio plaques & Askerswell places for you to explore in the Askerswell area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Askerswell places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Askerswell history

In 1086 in the Domesday Book Askerswell was recorded as Oscherwille; it had 30 households, was in Eggardon Hundred and the lord and tenant-in-chief was Tavistock Abbey. The parish church has an early 15th-century west tower, but the rest of the building was rebuilt by Talbot Bury in 1858.

Askerswell toponymy

The name Askerswell is derived from Osgar’s Well or its Viking equivalent Asger’s Well. Local tradition is that Askers’ Well is Dorset dialect for newts’ Well.

Askerswell geography / climate

Askerswell civil parish extends from the A35 trunk road in the south to the Iron Age hillfort on Eggardon Hill in the northeast and Knowle Hill in northwest. Its altitude is between about 50 metres (160 ft) where the River Asker leaves the parish in the west up to about 250 metres (820 ft) The surrounding parishes are Loders to the west, Shipton Gorge to the southwest, Chilcombe to the south, Litton Cheney to the southeast and east.

Why visit Askerswell with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Askerswell PlacesYou can visit Askerswell places with Walkfo Askerswell to hear history at Askerswell’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Askerswell has 12 places to visit in our interactive Askerswell 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 Askerswell, 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 Askerswell places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Askerswell & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 12 audio facts unique to Askerswell places in an interactive Askerswell map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Askerswell Places Map
12 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Askerswell historic spots

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Walkfo Askerswell tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Askerswell

  

Best Askerswell places to visit

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

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Visit Askerswell plaques

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here Askerswell has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Askerswell plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Askerswell using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Askerswell plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.