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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Buckland Dinham

  

Buckland Dinham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Buckland Dinham

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Buckland Dinham history

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The village used to be known as Buckland Denham. Kingsdown Camp is an Iron Age hill fort. The Dorset and Somerset Canal’s branch to the Somerset coalfields would have passed via the bottom end of the Buckland vale.

Buckland Dinham geography / climate

Geographically, the village is on the side of a hill (known as Buckland Down) It looks out over a vale formed by several small streams, in particular the Buckland Brook, which leads southwards towards Frome.

You can visit Buckland Dinham places with Walkfo Buckland Dinham to hear history at Buckland Dinham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Buckland Dinham has 27 places to visit in our interactive Buckland Dinham 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 Buckland Dinham, 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 Buckland Dinham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Buckland Dinham & the surrounding areas.

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27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Buckland Dinham places to visit

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

Christ Church, Frome The Anglican Christ Church in Frome, Somerset, was built in 1817 and 1818. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Frome The Church of the Holy Trinity in Frome, Somerset, was built in 1837. It is a Grade II* listed building and Grade II listed building.

St Mary’s Church, Frome St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Frome, Somerset. It was built in 1862–1864 to the designs of C. E. Giles and is Grade II listed building.

Kingsdown Camp Kingsdown Camp is an Iron Age hill fort at Buckland Dinham 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) South East of Radstock, Somerset. It is a univallate fort with an area of 0.15 hectares (0.37 acres), and is approximately quadrilateral in shape.

Tedbury Camp Tedbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age promontory hill fort defended by two parallel banks near Great Elm, Somerset, England.

Old Iron Works, Mells Old Iron Works, Mells (Fussells’ Lower Works) (grid reference ST738488) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, in the Wadbury Valley, south of the village of Mells in Somerset. The site is a ruined iron works, which mainly produced agricultural edge-tools that were exported all over the world. It is now, in addition to its unique and major importance in relation to industrial archaeology, used as a breeding site by horseshoe bats.

Wadbury Camp Wadbury Camp is a promontory fort in Somerset that protected the mining district of the Mendip Hills in pre-Roman times. It seems to have been an outwork of the larger Tedbury Camp.

Mells Village Hall Mells Village Hall in Mells, Somerset, was built in the 14th century as a tithe barn. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now the village hall.

Mells Manor Mells Manor at Mells, Somerset, was built in the 16th century for Edward Horner. The house, along with the garden walls, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The gardens are listed, Grade I, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest.

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