Visit Collyweston Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Collyweston

  

Collyweston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Collyweston

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Collyweston history

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Collyweston Palace was the home of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and mother of Henry VII. The villages name means ‘West farm/settlement’ The parish church is St Andrew’s; it is a Grade II* listed building.

Collyweston geography / climate

The village is on the southern side of the Welland valley east of Tixover. The River Welland is the boundary between Rutland and Northamptonshire. British Railways closed Ketton and Collyweston railway station in 1966.

Nature reserve

The local Wildlife Trust has a fifteen-acre nature reserve at Collyweston Quarries. This has the pyramidal orchid, common dodder, greater knapweed, common rock-rose, common bird’s foot trefoil and clustered bellflower.

You can visit Collyweston places with Walkfo Collyweston to hear history at Collyweston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Collyweston has 19 places to visit in our interactive Collyweston 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 Collyweston, 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 Collyweston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Collyweston & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to Collyweston places in an interactive Collyweston map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Collyweston Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Collyweston places to visit

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

Collyweston Great Wood and Easton Hornstocks Collyweston Great Wood and Easton Hornstocks is a 151.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of King’s Cliffe in Northamptonshire. The site is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) west of Peterborough.

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