Visit Durdham Down Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Durdham Down

  

Durdham Down Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Durdham Down

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Durdham Down history

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An Anglo-Saxon charter of 883 grants grazing rights over part of Durdham Down. The down was the commons of pasture for the manor of Henbury during the Middle Ages. In 1643 and 1645, during the English Civil War, Royalist and Parliamentarian armies assembled on the down. In 1857, Bristol Corporation acquired commoners’ rights on the downs, and exercised them the following year by grazing sheep. Grazing declined during the 19th century, and finally ceased in 1925.

You can visit Durdham Down places with Walkfo Durdham Down to hear history at Durdham Down’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Durdham Down has 363 places to visit in our interactive Durdham Down 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 Durdham Down, 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 Durdham Down places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Durdham Down & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Durdham Down Places Map
363 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Durdham Down places to visit

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

Eastville Workhouse The Eastville Workhouse was a workhouse situated at 100 Fishponds Road, in Bristol, U.K. It was converted into a home for the elderly in the 1920s and demolished in 1972 .

Circomedia Circomedia is a school for contemporary circus and physical theatre based in Bristol . The school offers a variety of training courses and workshops that teach circus skills in the context of physical theatre, performance and creativity .

Wow! Gorillas Wow! Gorillas was a project organised by Bristol Zoo in 2011 that displayed 61 decorated life-sized fibreglass gorilla sculptures on the streets of Bristol, England .

Siege of Bristol Siege of Bristol lasted from the 18th to 26th of October 1326 . Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer’s forces fought the garrison under Hugh Despenser the Elder .

Westmoreland House Westmoreland House was a building at Nos. 104–106 Stokes Croft, Bristol, next door to the Carriage Works .

Carriage Works, Bristol The Carriage Works (grid reference ST591740) are in Stokes Croft, Bristol, England . Carriage works are located in Bristol .

Lewin’s Mead Unitarian meeting house Lewin’s Mead Unitarian meeting house is a former Unitarian church in Bristol, England . The building was built in the 1950s and 1960s .

South Purdown, Bristol South Purdown, Bristol, is an ancient green space located in north Bristol . The area of land is bordered by central Muller Road, Sir Johns Lane Allotment site, Stoke Park, Lockleaze Open Space and the Priory Hospital . It has been designated a Site of Nature Conservation Interest .

St Stephen’s Church, Bristol St Stephen’s Church is the parish church for the city of Bristol. It has been designated by Historic England as a grade I listed building.

Bristol Cenotaph Bristol Cenotaph is a war memorial at the north end of Magpie Park, in Bristol, erected in 1932. It was one of the last built by a major British city after the First World War. Unusually, it was designed by a local female architect Eveline Blacker.

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