Visit Minsmere Places

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

  

Minsmere Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Minsmere

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Minsmere history

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At the Domesday Survey in 1086 Minsmere was known as Menesmara or Milsemere. It is recorded as having six households headed by freemen with one plough team. Ranulf de Glanvill, King Henry II’s Lord Chief Justice, founded an abbey on the marshes in 1182. The marshes were drained for agricultural use in the 1840s but reflooded during the Second World War.

Minsmere geography / climate

Minsmere is in a low-lying area of the Suffolk coast approximately 24 miles (39 km) north-east of Ipswich. It is in the civil parishes of Westleton and Leiston. The landscape is largely flat along the line of the river and is largely drained and re-flooded marshland.

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

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

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

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

  

Best Minsmere places to visit

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

Minsmere–Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Minsmere–Walberswick Heaths and Marshes are a Special Area of Conservation and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Suffolk. The site is located on the North Sea coast between Southwold and Sizewell, extending over an area of coastline around 7 miles (11 km) in length. It lies within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is made up of a “complex mosaic” of marshes, reed beds, shingle banks and lowland heath habitats.

Dunwich Heath Dunwich Heath is an area of coastal lowland heath just south of the village of Dunwich, in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB, England. It lies within the Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1968, when it was bought with the help of a donation from Heinz.

Sizewell C nuclear power station Sizewell C nuclear power station proposed by consortium of EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Power Group. The power station is expected to meet 7% of the UK’s demand when it comes into service.

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