Visit Nunney Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Nunney

  

Nunney Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Nunney

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Nunney history

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Nunney is mentioned as a manor belonging to William de Moyon in the Domesday Book in 1086. Evidence of Roman settlement has been provided by the discovery of a hoard of Roman coins in 1869 at Westdown Farm and a villa with a mosaic floor.

Nunney landmarks

The market cross across the road from the church is Grade II* listed. It was originally built around 1100, when stood in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church. The stone was discovered in a builders yard and rebuilt in his garden by the squire of Whatley.

Religious sites

The Church of All Saints is a Grade I listed building dating from the 12th century. It is located in the centre of the town in north London.

Nunney Castle

Nunney Castle was built for Sir John Delamare in 1373, and said to have been based on the Bastille in Paris. It was later the property of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester, before passing to several owners. During the English Civil Wars (1642–51) Colonel Richard Prater, who held the castle until 1645, lost it to Fairfax, the commander of Fairfax’s forces in the battle that took place at Nunney.

The George at Nunney Inn

The George at Nunney Inn dates from the mid-18th century and is now a 10 bedroom hotel. The interior still features many of the original features with stone walls, exposed beams and large open fireplaces.

Nunney Players

Nunney Players meet up every year to put on a performance at the village hall. The group have won many awards and have put on shows such as Cinderella and Pinocchio.

Visit Nunney

Nunney village website was a finalist for UK Information/News Website of the Year in The Good Web Guide Awards in November 2014. The village website is run by Visit Nunney community interest company (CIC)

Nunney geography / climate

Nunney has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of England. The annual mean temperature is about 10 °C (50 °F) with seasonal and diurnal variations. The south west of England enjoys a favoured location, particularly in summer, when the Azores High extends its influence north-eastwards towards the UK.

You can visit Nunney places with Walkfo Nunney to hear history at Nunney’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Nunney has 29 places to visit in our interactive Nunney 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 Nunney, 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 Nunney places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Nunney & the surrounding areas.

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29 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Nunney tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Nunney

  

Best Nunney places to visit

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

Church of St Mary, Cloford The Church of St Mary in Cloford, Wanstrow, Somerset was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Marston Bigot Park Marston Bigot Park includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

Tedbury Camp Tedbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age promontory hill fort defended by two parallel banks near Great Elm, Somerset, England.

Old Iron Works, Mells Old Iron Works, Mells (Fussells’ Lower Works) (grid reference ST738488) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, in the Wadbury Valley, south of the village of Mells in Somerset. The site is a ruined iron works, which mainly produced agricultural edge-tools that were exported all over the world. It is now, in addition to its unique and major importance in relation to industrial archaeology, used as a breeding site by horseshoe bats.

Wadbury Camp Wadbury Camp is a promontory fort in Somerset that protected the mining district of the Mendip Hills in pre-Roman times. It seems to have been an outwork of the larger Tedbury Camp.

Mells Village Hall Mells Village Hall in Mells, Somerset, was built in the 14th century as a tithe barn. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now the village hall.

Mells Manor Mells Manor at Mells, Somerset, was built in the 16th century for Edward Horner. The house, along with the garden walls, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The gardens are listed, Grade I, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest.

Mells Park Mells Park is a country estate of 140 hectares (350 acres) near Mells, Somerset. It originated as a 17th-century deer park, probably created by the Horner family. It contains Park House, a Grade II* listed building, built in 1925 in neoclassical style by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

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