Visit Greens Norton Places

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

  

Greens Norton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Greens Norton

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Greens Norton history

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In medieval times the village was known a simply ‘Norton’ and was a royal domain of Edward the Confessor and later William the Conqueror. In the 14th century the whole village was sold to Sir Henry Greene for a total of 20 shillings, hence the name Greene’s Norton.

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

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

Walkfo: Visit Greens Norton Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Greens Norton places to visit

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

Towcester Racecourse Towcester Racecourse was a horse racing course at Towcester (pronounced “Toh-ster”) in Northamptonshire. It hosted National Hunt racing race meetings (over jumps) in the Winter months. A greyhound racing track was opened in 2014 and staged the English Greyhound Derby until 2018. The course went into administration in August 2018 and the future of horse racing at the venue became uncertain. In October 2019 it was announced that the course would not reopen following over 12 months in administration.

Towcester Towcester is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the country. It was the Roman town of Lactodorum, located on Watling Street, today’s A5. It features in Charles Dickens’s novel The Pickwick Papers as one of Mr Pickwick’s stops on his tour.

St Andrew’s Church, Eakring St Andrew’s Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church. It belongs to the Deanery of Newark and Southwell in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

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