Visit Forthampton Places

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

  

Forthampton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Forthampton

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You can visit Forthampton places with Walkfo Forthampton to hear history at Forthampton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Forthampton has 33 places to visit in our interactive Forthampton 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 Forthampton, 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 Forthampton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Forthampton & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Forthampton Places Map
33 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Forthampton places to visit

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

Battle of Tewkesbury The Battle of Tewkesbury was one of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses in England. King Edward IV and his forces loyal to the House of York defeated those of the rival House of Lancaster. The Lancastrian heir to the throne was killed during the battle or executed.

Eleanor de Clare Eleanor de Clare, suo jure 6th Lady of Glamorgan, was a powerful Anglo-Welsh noblewoman. She married Hugh Despenser the Younger and was a granddaughter of Edward I of England. She inherited her father’s estates after the death of her brother at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

Severn Ham, Tewkesbury Severn Ham, Tewkesbury is a 70.82-hectare (175.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. It is on the east side of the Severn to Old River Severn, Upper Lode SSSI.

The Royal Hop Pole The Royal Hop Pole is a listed public house in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. It is famous for being mentioned in Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers.

Roses Theatre The Roses Theatre is an arts centre located in the centre of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Its main auditorium seats 375 and accommodates 35mm film / digital projection as well as live performance.

Old River Severn, Upper Lode Old River Severn, Upper Lode (grid reference SO880331) is a 3.72-hectare (9.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. It is on the west side of the Severn to Severn Ham, Tewkesbury SSSI.

Turvey’s Piece Turvey’s Piece (grid reference SO882301) is a 1.02-hectare (2.5-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire near Deerhurst, notified in 1993.

Mythe Railway Nature Reserve Mythe Railway Nature Reserve (grid reference SO887341) is a 2.8-hectare (6.9-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011’, adopted March 2006, as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)

St Mary’s Priory Church, Deerhurst St Mary’s Priory Church, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, was built in the 8th century. It was part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia. The church was restored and altered in the 10th century after Viking invasion of England. It is a Grade I listed building.

Odda’s Chapel Odda’s Chapel is an 11th-century late Anglo-Saxon building. It was completed a decade before the Norman Conquest of England. In the 16th century the chapel ceased to be used for worship and by the 17th century it was part of a farmhouse. The chapel was rediscovered and restored late in the 19th century.

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