Visit Mortimer Common Places

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

  

Mortimer Common Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Mortimer Common

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Mortimer Common history

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The name Mortimer stems from the Mortimer family, a powerful magnate family and the Earls of March from Wigmore, Herefordshire. The family were given the manor by William I shortly after the Norman Conquest and held it throughout the Middle Ages. During the Tudor period Mortimer was one of the lands granted to each of the wives of Henry VIII.

Mortimer Common geography / climate

Mortimer stands at the top of Mortimer Hill, at the bottom of which is Stratfield Mortimer. The Lockram Brook flows through the middle of the parish and joins into Burghfield Brook further to the Northeast.

You can visit Mortimer Common places with Walkfo Mortimer Common to hear history at Mortimer Common’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Mortimer Common has 17 places to visit in our interactive Mortimer Common 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 Mortimer Common, 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 Mortimer Common places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Mortimer Common & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 17 audio facts unique to Mortimer Common places in an interactive Mortimer Common map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Mortimer Common Places Map
17 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Mortimer Common places to visit

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

The Frith The Frith is a small univallate Iron Age hillfort to the north of Silchester, Calleva Atrebatum, Roman town in the English county of Hampshire. The site slopes from approximately 90 to 95 metres (295 to 312 ft) in the west, with the summit of the unnamed hill (102 metres (335 ft) AOD) 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the southwest.

Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve is a 28-hectare (69-acre) Reserve on the edge of the hamlet between Reading and Newbury in Berkshire. It is owned by West Berkshire Council and managed by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Lockram Brook Lockram Brook is a small stream in southern England. It rises near the Berkshire village of Mortimer. It is a tributary of Burghfield Brook.

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