Visit Newbourne Places

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

  

Newbourne Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newbourne

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Newbourne history

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The length of human habitation at Newbourne is unknown but record of the settlement is found in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name ‘Neubrunna’ In the 1881 census the total population of Newbourne was recorded as 141. This decreased in each census thereafter, with a low of 81 in 1931, until in 1951 the census showed a significant increase in population.

Land Settlement Association

Land Settlement Association was set up in 1934 as an experimental scheme to provide unemployed workers from depressed industrial areas with employment on the land. Successful applicants received agricultural training, land in rural areas, and cattle to rear. Recruitment into the scheme ended with the start of the Second World War and eventually the settlements were dissolved and privatised in 1983.

Church of St Mary

The Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building and the parish church for Newbourne. The church building is medieval in origin with its nave and chancel dating to the 12th century. During the Great Storm of 1987 the Victorian stained glass of the east end was blown out.

Newbourne Hall

Newbourne Hall is a Grade II* listed building and dates to the 14th century. It is part timber framed and plastered, part red brick, and is built in a general ‘T’ cross form.

You can visit Newbourne places with Walkfo Newbourne to hear history at Newbourne’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newbourne has 15 places to visit in our interactive Newbourne 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 Newbourne, 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 Newbourne places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newbourne & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 15 audio facts unique to Newbourne places in an interactive Newbourne map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Newbourne Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Newbourne places to visit

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

Adastral Park Adastral Park is a science campus based on part of the old Royal Air Force Station at Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich in Suffolk . When the site opened it was known as the Post Office Research Station, but it was subsequently renamed BT Research Laboratories or BT Labs .

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