Welcome to Visit Longhope Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Longhope
Visit Longhope places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Longhope places to visit. A unique way to experience Longhope’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Longhope as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Longhope Walkfo Preview Longhope is a village in west Gloucestershire, situated within the Forest of Dean. It is separated from the Severn valley by a range of hills consisting of May Hill (937 ft), Huntley Hill, Blaisdon Hill and Notwood Hill. The village falls in the ‘Blaisdon and Longhope’ electoral ward. When you visit Longhope, Walkfo brings Longhope places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Longhope Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Longhope
Visit Longhope – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 24 audio plaques & Longhope places for you to explore in the Longhope area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Longhope places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Longhope history
The village was inhabited by the 11th century and the manor of Hope is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The village parish church, dedicated to All Saints, dates back to Norman times. The church was extensively restored during the 1860s when the north vestries were added and the tower was partially rebuilt.
Why visit Longhope with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Longhope places with Walkfo Longhope to hear history at Longhope’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Longhope has 24 places to visit in our interactive Longhope 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 Longhope, 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 Longhope places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Longhope & the surrounding areas.
“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Longhope places in an interactive Longhope map you can explore.”
Walkfo Longhope tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Longhope
Best Longhope places to visit
Longhope has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Longhope’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Longhope’s information audio spots:
Scully Grove Quarry Scully Grove Quarry (grid reference SO657186) is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) geological 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)
Stenders Quarry Stenders Quarry (grid reference SO659183) is a 2.8-hectare (6.9-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site was known formerly as the Wilderness Cement Work Quarry.
Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry (grid reference SO661171) is a 4.5-hectare (11-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)
Edgehills Quarry Edgehills Quarry (grid reference SO660167) is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) geological 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)
Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine (grid reference SO662166) is a 15.69-hectare (38.8-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1998.
Abenhall Abenhall is a small village in the English county of Gloucestershire, lying on the road between Mitcheldean and Flaxley in the Forest of Dean. The village is notable for its 14th century Church of St Michael, which is built of local red sandstone and has ornate contemporary carvings relating to the Forest’s principal industries.
Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean (grid reference SO672185) is a 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) geological 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)
Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Longhope Hobbs Quarry, Longhope (grid reference SO695195) is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated midway between Longhope and Dursley Cross in the Forest of Dean. Adjacent woods are Kiln Wood and Coleman’s Wood.
Longhope Hill Longhope Hill (grid reference SO693185) is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1989.
Visit Longhope plaques
0 plaques hereLonghope has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Longhope 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 Longhope using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Longhope plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
Experience Longhope audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Longhope allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Longhope’s 24 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Longhope freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Longhope Map App
Our visit Longhope map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Longhope & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Longhope tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Longhope centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Longhope area at LONG:-2.4529, LAT:51.8678.
Walkfo App
Walkfo
Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Longhope, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Longhope / surrounding areas
● Scully Grove Quarry ● Stenders Quarry ● Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry ● Mitcheldean ● Edgehills Quarry ● Wigpool ● Wigpool Ironstone Mine ● Westbury Brook Ironstone Mine ● Abenhall ● Land Grove Quarry, Mitcheldean ● Boxbush ● Longhope ● Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Longhope ● The Mount, Nottswood Hill ● Longhope Hill ● Blaisdon ● Blaisdon Hall ● May Hill ● Wood Green Quarry & Railway Cutting ● Flaxley Abbey ● Flaxley ● Welshbury Hill ● Luxley ● Cliffords Mesne
Getting to / around Longhope – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Longhope using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Longhope places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Longhope Public Transport Stations
Longhope Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Mitcheldean Road railway station
Longhope railway station
Blaisdon Halt railway station
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Local Longhope historians & Longhope tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Longhope? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Longhope’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Longhope place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Longhope Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Longhope destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Longhope’ web pages (for example: www.visitLonghope.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Longhope places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Longhope places to visit. A unique way to experience Longhope’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Longhope as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Longhope places with Walkfo Longhope to hear history at Longhope’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Longhope has 24 places to visit in our interactive Longhope 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 Longhope, 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 Longhope places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Longhope & the surrounding areas.
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