Visit Hamstead Marshall Places

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

  

Hamstead Marshall Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hamstead Marshall

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Hamstead Marshall history

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Hamstead Marshall has three sites of medieval motte-and-bailey castles, all on private land. The village was from 1620 until the 1980s the seat of the Earls of Craven. The Craven family owned most of the village until the mid-twentieth century.

Hamstead Marshall geography / climate

The village landscape comprises farmland, woodland and parkland. No A or B roads dissect this but Hamstead Marshall has bus services. About half the property pre-dates 1900, and 32 buildings or structures such as walls are listed.

You can visit Hamstead Marshall places with Walkfo Hamstead Marshall to hear history at Hamstead Marshall’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hamstead Marshall has 36 places to visit in our interactive Hamstead Marshall 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 Hamstead Marshall, 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 Hamstead Marshall places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hamstead Marshall & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 36 audio facts unique to Hamstead Marshall places in an interactive Hamstead Marshall map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hamstead Marshall Places Map
36 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Hamstead Marshall places to visit

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

Benham Park Benham Park is 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Newbury within 500m of a junction of the A34 trunk road Newbury by-pass outside the town side. The house is a Grade II* listed building and park is Grade II.

Catmore and Winterly Copses Catmore and Winterly Copses is a 25-hectare (62-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Kintbury. The site is private land but a public footpath runs through Catmore Copse.

Kintbury Newt Ponds Kintbury Newt Ponds is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) nature reserve. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. The reserve is made up of several ponds, reedbed, scrub and grassland.

Enborne Copse Enborne Copse is a 11.9-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site.

Redhill Wood Redhill Wood is a 29-hectare (72-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Newbury in Berkshire. The site is private land with no public access.

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