Visit Great Bedwyn Places

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

  

Great Bedwyn Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Great Bedwyn

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Great Bedwyn history

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Romans

A Roman road between Cirencester and Winchester crosses the parish, with Crofton on its route. Castle Copse, south of Great Bedwyn village, is the site of a Roman villa.

‘Bedanheafeford’, the Battle of Bedwyn

Battle of ‘Bedanheafeford’ between Aescwine of Wessex and King Wulfhere of Mercia in 675 is alleged to have been fought near Great Bedwyn. The battle was originally recorded in the 675 AD entry of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The site of the battle has also been claimed for Beedon in Berkshire and elsewhere.

Reference in the will of King Alfred the Great

The Bedwyn of King Alfred was a large estate, whose territory included the modern parishes of Great and Little Bedwyn, Grafton, and Burbage. It belonged to the crown in 788, when part of the estate was granted to a crown servant called Bica. King Alfred’s descendants held the estate until it was granted by King Edgar in 968. The estate was recovered by King Athelred a few years later, and recorded as a crown estate in the Domesday survey of 1086.

You can visit Great Bedwyn places with Walkfo Great Bedwyn to hear history at Great Bedwyn’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Bedwyn has 20 places to visit in our interactive Great Bedwyn 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 Great Bedwyn, 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 Great Bedwyn places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Bedwyn & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 20 audio facts unique to Great Bedwyn places in an interactive Great Bedwyn map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Great Bedwyn Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Great Bedwyn places to visit

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

Wilton Windmill Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.

Crofton Pumping Station Crofton Pumping Station supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The steam-powered pumping station is preserved and operates on selected weekends. It contains an operational Boulton & Watt steam engine dating from 1812.

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