Visit Emborough Places

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

  

Emborough Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Emborough

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Emborough history

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The name Emborough means smooth hill. The parish was part of the hundred of Chewton. It includes two manor houses occupied by two families since Elizabethan times. The current Manor Farmhouse is medieval in origin.

Emborough geography / climate

Emborough Pond (also known as Lechmere Water) is a 10-acre (40,000 m) lake just south of the village. It was held by monks on a 51-year lease from 1525 who stocked it with bream, tench, perch and roach. It is now used for Carp angling.

You can visit Emborough places with Walkfo Emborough to hear history at Emborough’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Emborough has 17 places to visit in our interactive Emborough 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 Emborough, 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 Emborough places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Emborough & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 17 audio facts unique to Emborough places in an interactive Emborough map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Emborough Places Map
17 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Emborough places to visit

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

Church of the Holy Trinity, Binegar The Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity, Binegar, Somerset, is a Grade II* listed building. It is Norman but has been rebuilt and restored several times since.

Emborough Quarries Emborough Quarries (grid reference ST623505) is a 1 hectare (2.5 acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Emborough in the Mendip Hills, Somerset. The disused quarry has yielded a wide variety of remains of vertebrate fossils, amongst which the early reptiles are particularly well represented. Of special note is Kuehneosaurus latus which is one of the earliest-known flying vertebrates.

Blacker’s Hill Blacker’s Hill is an Iron Age hill fort at Chilcompton, 4.5km south west of Radstock, Somerset. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The hill fort is roughly rectangular and is a promentary type.

Christ Church, Downside Christ Church is a former Church of England church in Downside, Somerset. It was built in 1837–38 and closed in 1983. The church, now a private residence, is a Grade II listed building.

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