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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hollingbourne
Visit Hollingbourne places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hollingbourne places to visit. A unique way to experience Hollingbourne’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hollingbourne as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Hollingbourne is a village and civil parish in the borough of Maidstone in Kent. It is located on the southward slope of the North Downs to the east of the county town, Maidstone. The parish population is around 900 and has three conservation areas: Upper Street in the village centre, Broad Street and Eyhorne Street. When you visit Hollingbourne, Walkfo brings Hollingbourne places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Hollingbourne Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hollingbourne
Visit Hollingbourne – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 24 audio plaques & Hollingbourne places for you to explore in the Hollingbourne area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hollingbourne places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Hollingbourne history
Hollingbourne village centre
Hollingbourne appears in the Domesday Book as Hoilingeborde. It was held partly by the Archbishop of Christ Church, Canterbury and partly by Bishop Odo of Bayeux. Its domesday assets were: 24 ploughs, 8 acres (3.2 ha) of meadow, woodland/herbage worth 40 hogs, two mills and one church.
Eyhorne Street
There are 26 grade II listed buildings and one grade II* listed building is shown on maps as restored Godfrey House. Totnams was an ancient farm in the Eyhorne district, and is now the site of Grade II listed Cotuams Hall.
Colepeper / Culpeper Cloth
The church is best known for the centuries-old ‘Culpeper cloth’, sometimes described as an altar cloth. Hollingbourne Manor is a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house. Cotuams House in Eythorne Street was also owned by the Culpeper family.
Hollingbourne geography / climate
Hollingbourne is four miles (6.4 km) from Maidstone. Its railway station, on the Maidstone-Ashford line, serves the village. The North Downs Way National Trail passes through the village, as does the Pilgrims’ Way.
Why visit Hollingbourne with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Hollingbourne places with Walkfo Hollingbourne to hear history at Hollingbourne’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hollingbourne has 24 places to visit in our interactive Hollingbourne 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 Hollingbourne, 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 Hollingbourne places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hollingbourne & the surrounding areas.
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24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Hollingbourne places to visit
Hollingbourne has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Hollingbourne’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Hollingbourne’s information audio spots:
St John the Baptist’s Church, Harrietsham
St John the Baptist’s Church is a Grade I listed building in Harrietsham, Kent. It was begun in the late 11th century or in the 12th century and works continued to the 15th century.
All Saints Church, Hollingbourne
All Saints Church is a parish church in Hollingbourne, Kent. It was begun in the 14th century and is Grade I listed building. The church contains numerous monuments to the Culpeper family.
St Nicholas Church, Leeds
St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church in Leeds, Kent. It was first built in the 11th century with additions in the next five centuries. It is a Grade I listed building.
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here Hollingbourne has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hollingbourne plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Hollingbourne using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hollingbourne plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.