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Coleford, Somerset Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Coleford, Somerset

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Coleford, Somerset history

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Coleford was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Colford, meaning the hill ford, or the coal ford. The village once had several coal mines as part of the Somerset coalfield. The Natural Stone Products factory is built on the site of Newbury Colliery.

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

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27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Coleford, Somerset places to visit

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

Harridge Wood From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800. Large areas were planted for timber in the mid-20th century, and this continues to be harvested. The nature reserve is steadily reintroducing the original flora.

Stoke Lane Slocker Stoke Lane Slocker is 2.18 km in length and reaches a depth of 30m. It was previously known as Stoke Lane Swallet, but now the local name is preferred. The origin of the word “Slocker” is obscure.

Dinies Camp Dinies Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort enclosure in Mendip district of Somerset. The hill fort is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from the village of Downhead.

St. Dunstan’s Well Catchment St Dunstan’s Well Catchment (grid reference ST668475) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Formerly known as Stoke St Michael Slocker, it contains nine SSSI units. The site was notified in 1967.

Church of St Michael, Stoke St Michael The Anglican Church of St Michael in Stoke St Michael, Somerset, was built around 1400. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Shatter Cave Shatter Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset. It falls within the St. Dunstan’s Well Catchment Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Mells Park Mells Park is a country estate of 140 hectares (350 acres) near Mells, Somerset. It originated as a 17th-century deer park, probably created by the Horner family. It contains Park House, a Grade II* listed building, built in 1925 in neoclassical style by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

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