Visit Chilcompton Places

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

  

Chilcompton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Chilcompton

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Chilcompton history

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The village used to have Chilcompton railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which closed in 1966. The village’s history is mainly that of farming and mining.

Chilcompton geography / climate

Chilcompton has a population of 1,918. The village is situated one mile west of the Fosse Way Roman road, Downside Abbey, and Downside School, and one mile north-east of Blacker’s Hill fort.

You can visit Chilcompton places with Walkfo Chilcompton to hear history at Chilcompton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Chilcompton has 33 places to visit in our interactive Chilcompton 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 Chilcompton, 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 Chilcompton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Chilcompton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 33 audio facts unique to Chilcompton places in an interactive Chilcompton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Chilcompton Places Map
33 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Chilcompton places to visit

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

Haydon, Somerset Haydon is 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Radstock and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Kilmersdon.

Emborough Quarries Emborough Quarries (grid reference ST623505) is a 1 hectare (2.5 acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Emborough in the Mendip Hills, Somerset. The disused quarry has yielded a wide variety of remains of vertebrate fossils, amongst which the early reptiles are particularly well represented. Of special note is Kuehneosaurus latus which is one of the earliest-known flying vertebrates.

Blacker’s Hill Blacker’s Hill is an Iron Age hill fort at Chilcompton, 4.5km south west of Radstock, Somerset. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The hill fort is roughly rectangular and is a promentary type.

Christ Church, Downside Christ Church is a former Church of England church in Downside, Somerset. It was built in 1837–38 and closed in 1983. The church, now a private residence, is a Grade II listed building.

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