Visit Maidford Places

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

  

Maidford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Maidford

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Maidford history

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Maidford is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Merdeford Manor. The villages name means ‘Maidens’ ford’

You can visit Maidford places with Walkfo Maidford to hear history at Maidford’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Maidford has 16 places to visit in our interactive Maidford 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 Maidford, 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 Maidford places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Maidford & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 16 audio facts unique to Maidford places in an interactive Maidford map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Maidford Places Map
16 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Maidford places to visit

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

Canons Ashby House Canons Ashby House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1981 when the house was close to collapse. “The Tower” of the building is in the care of the Landmark Trust and available for holiday lets.

Canons Ashby (lost settlement) The lost village of Canons Ashby is located in ground to the north of the Northamptonshire house. Today there is still a small village around the house but this is located away from the original settlement. The original settlement is now just field occupied by cows.

Blakesley Hall (Northamptonshire) Blakesley Hall was a 13th-century manor house in Northamptonshire. It was demolished in 1957-58.

Blakesley Miniature Railway The Blakesley Miniature Railway was an 804-yard-long (735 m) 15 in (381 mm) gauge railway. It operated from 1903 to 1946.

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Visit Maidford plaques