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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Dial Post

  

Dial Post Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Dial Post

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Dial Post history

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The origin of the name is uncertain. Dial Post farm comprised 300 acres (120 ha) in c. 1710 when it was leased for 21 years. A public house, the Crown, is recorded as having been established as early as the 1870s. The ruins of medieval Knepp Castle lie between Dial Post and Southwater by the A24.

You can visit Dial Post places with Walkfo Dial Post to hear history at Dial Post’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dial Post has 15 places to visit in our interactive Dial Post 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 Dial Post, 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 Dial Post places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dial Post & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Dial Post Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Dial Post tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Dial Post

  

Best Dial Post places to visit

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

Shrine Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis The Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation is a Roman Catholic parish church in West Grinstead, West Sussex. It was built from 1875 to 1876, with additions made to the church in 1896 and 1964. It is a Gothic Revival style church and Grade II listed building.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green St Michael and All Angels Church is a late nineteenth-century church in West Grinstead, West Sussex. It was built to cater for the then growing population of the village. Ian Nairn, in the Sussex volume of The Buildings of England, approves of the simplicity of this “flint village church”

Dark Star Brewing Company Dark Star is a brewery in Partridge Green, Sussex, England. Dark Star Brewery is located in the area of Sussex. The brewery was founded in 1903 and opened in 1903.

Knepp Castle Knepp Castle is to the west of the village of West Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The name is thought to come from the Old English word “cnæp”, referring to the mound on which it stands.

Knepp Wildland Knepp Wildland is the first major lowland rewilding project in England. It comprises 1,400 hectares or 3,500 acres of former arable and dairy farmland. The site of the first white stork chicks raised in the wild in England for 600 years.

King’s Mill, Shipley King’s Mill or Vincent’s Mill, Shipley, West Sussex, is a smock mill built in 1879. It was open to the public until its closure on 19 July 2009.

St James’s Church, Ashurst St James’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Ashurst, West Sussex. The church is a grade I listed building and dates from the early 12th century.

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