Visit Colehill Places

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

  

Colehill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Colehill

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Colehill history

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The name Colehill originated in 1431 as Colhulle, becoming Colhill in 1518 and 1547. Colehill was known as Collehill as a settlement in 1547, but the origins of Colehill predate this by a long way.

You can visit Colehill places with Walkfo Colehill to hear history at Colehill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Colehill has 28 places to visit in our interactive Colehill 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 Colehill, 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 Colehill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Colehill & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 28 audio facts unique to Colehill places in an interactive Colehill map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Colehill Places Map
28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Colehill places to visit

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

Priest’s House Museum The Priest’s House Museum is a local museum in Wimborne Minster, Dorset . The museum occupies a Grade II* listed building, a hall house dating from the late 16th or early 17th century .

Wimborne Minster astronomical clock Wimborne Minster astronomical clock is a fourteenth-century astronomical clock . It is regarded as “one of the most ancient working clocks in Europe”

Merley House, Wimborne Merley House in Wimborne, Dorset, is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register . It was built in 1752 by the bibliophile Ralph Willett and remained in the Willett family until about 1875 . For the next century it was the residence of many notable people .

Merley Merley is a large housing estate in the unparished area of Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster . Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford (or Canford Magna) The housing estate only covers part of the area that was originally called Merley/Myrle .

Pamphill Pamphill is a village just outside Wimborne Minster, four miles north of Poole . The village has a population of 704 (2001)

Corfe Barrows Nature Park Corfe Barrows Nature Park comprises nine natural areas, covering an area of 90 hectares, within the Borough of Poole . It was designated as a nature park in June 2016 .

St Stephen’s Church, Pamphill St Stephen’s is the parish church of Pamphill in Dorset, England . It is located in the parish of Stamphill, Dorset . It was built in the 18th century .

Canford Magna Parish Church The Canford Magna Parish Church is a mixture of Saxon, Norman and Mid Gothic architecture. English Heritage have designated it a Grade I listed building.

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