Visit Liphook Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Liphook

  

Liphook Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Liphook

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Liphook history

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Pre-coaching times

The first record of Liphook is in the Bramshott Manor Court Rolls to one ‘Robert of Lupe’ in 1281. Matilda of ‘Lhupe’ was Matilda in 1337, William in 1365, William at ‘Lupe’ and John in 1386. John Maunser’s tenancy at ‘Lepe’ between modern London Road and Headley Road is the first identifiable landmark.

The coaching age

Liphook grew further as a coach stop on the London – Portsmouth route. Originally travellers’ needs were catered for by stalls, eventually replaced by half-timbered houses. Samuel Pepys records three journeys by this road in May 1661, April 1662 and August 1668, on the last occasion staying in Lippock.

The railway era

The first train arrived in Liphook on 24 January 1859, but a dispute between the LSWR and the LBSCR meant full service was not initiated until 7 May 1859. The railway was originally planned to bypass the village, but it bisected the estate of Chiltlee Manor. The northern part remained as fields and the village cricket pitch, until its requisition to become the British Army’s Ordnance Supply Unit in 1939.

20th century

During both World War I and II Liphook was the base for Canadian troops. The Royal Engineers’ Engineer Stores Depot employed 700 men in 1948. During the hot summer of 1983 it made the news as the hottest spot in the UK on three days in July.

You can visit Liphook places with Walkfo Liphook to hear history at Liphook’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Liphook has 22 places to visit in our interactive Liphook 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 Liphook, 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 Liphook places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Liphook & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Liphook places in an interactive Liphook map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Liphook Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Liphook places to visit

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

Woolmer Forest Woolmer Forest is a 1,298.5-hectare (3,209-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It lies within the western Weald in the South Downs National Park, straddling the border between east Hampshire and West Sussex. The forest was traditionally managed as “wood pasture” in which deer would be kept for hunting by the aristocracy for sport and for venison.

Shulbrede Priory Shulbrede Priory is a former medieval monastic house in West Sussex, England. It became the home of the Ponsonby family, including the first Lord Ponson by. It is a Grade I listed building.

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