Visit Hewelsfield Places

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

  

Hewelsfield Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hewelsfield

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Hewelsfield history

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The area was known in the Anglo-Saxon period as Hiwoldestone. It was included by William the Conqueror in the Royal Forest of Dean. In 1266 the manor of Hewelsfield was granted to Tintern Abbey, which retained it until the Dissolution in 1536.

You can visit Hewelsfield places with Walkfo Hewelsfield to hear history at Hewelsfield’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hewelsfield has 19 places to visit in our interactive Hewelsfield 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 Hewelsfield, 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 Hewelsfield places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hewelsfield & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to Hewelsfield places in an interactive Hewelsfield map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hewelsfield Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Hewelsfield places to visit

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

Slade Brook Slade Brook (grid reference SO564055) is a 3.63-hectare (9.0-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 2003.

Sylvan House Barn Sylvan House Barn (grid reference SO534023) is a 0.005-hectare (0.012-acre) stone built barn near the village of St Briavels, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Site was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1995.

Poor’s Allotment Poor’s Allotment (grid reference ST560990) is a 28.57-hectare (70.6-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)

Ridley Bottom, Tidenham Ridley Bottom (grid reference ST563985) is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. Site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)

St Briavels Castle St Briavels Castle was originally built between 1075 and 1129 as a royal administrative centre for the Forest of Dean. During the 13th century the castle became a favourite hunting lodge of King John. The castle was transferred many times between royal favourites in the 14th and 15th centuries and slowly declined in appearance and importance. It became used primarily as a court and as a notorious debtors’ prison.

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