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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Great Elm

  

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

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Great Elm history

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The name Great Elm was recorded as Telma in the Domesday Book of 1086, and then as Teames in 1236. Little Elm developed into the village of Chantry after the Norman Conquest. For many years in the 18th and 19th centuries the site of water powered mills owned by James Fussell IV.

Great Elm geography / climate

Vallis Vale is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It includes an ancient woodland and exposes some of Britain’s most classic rock outcrops. The village lies above the Mells River in the Mendip Hills.

You can visit Great Elm places with Walkfo Great Elm to hear history at Great Elm’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Great Elm has 38 places to visit in our interactive Great Elm 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 Elm, 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 Elm places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Great Elm & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Great Elm Places Map
38 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Great Elm places to visit

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

Christ Church, Frome The Anglican Christ Church in Frome, Somerset, was built in 1817 and 1818. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Frome The Church of the Holy Trinity in Frome, Somerset, was built in 1837. It is a Grade II* listed building and Grade II listed building.

St Mary’s Church, Frome St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Frome, Somerset. It was built in 1862–1864 to the designs of C. E. Giles and is Grade II listed building.

Kingsdown Camp Kingsdown Camp is an Iron Age hill fort at Buckland Dinham 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) South East of Radstock, Somerset. It is a univallate fort with an area of 0.15 hectares (0.37 acres), and is approximately quadrilateral in shape.

Tedbury Camp Tedbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age promontory hill fort defended by two parallel banks near Great Elm, Somerset, England.

Old Iron Works, Mells Old Iron Works, Mells (Fussells’ Lower Works) (grid reference ST738488) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, in the Wadbury Valley, south of the village of Mells in Somerset. The site is a ruined iron works, which mainly produced agricultural edge-tools that were exported all over the world. It is now, in addition to its unique and major importance in relation to industrial archaeology, used as a breeding site by horseshoe bats.

Wadbury Camp Wadbury Camp is a promontory fort in Somerset that protected the mining district of the Mendip Hills in pre-Roman times. It seems to have been an outwork of the larger Tedbury Camp.

Mells Village Hall Mells Village Hall in Mells, Somerset, was built in the 14th century as a tithe barn. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now the village hall.

Mells Manor Mells Manor at Mells, Somerset, was built in the 16th century for Edward Horner. The house, along with the garden walls, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The gardens are listed, Grade I, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest.

Mells Park Mells Park is a country estate of 140 hectares (350 acres) near Mells, Somerset. It originated as a 17th-century deer park, probably created by the Horner family. It contains Park House, a Grade II* listed building, built in 1925 in neoclassical style by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

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