Welcome to Visit Orchard Portman Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Orchard Portman
Visit Orchard Portman places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Orchard Portman places to visit. A unique way to experience Orchard Portman’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Orchard Portman as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Orchard Portman Walkfo Preview Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taunton. The village has a population of 150. The parish includes the hamlet of Thurlbear and the site of Special Scientific Interest. St Thomas’ church is home to the heaviest complete set of four church bells in the world. When you visit Orchard Portman, Walkfo brings Orchard Portman places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Visit Orchard Portman – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 49 audio plaques & Orchard Portman places for you to explore in the Orchard Portman area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Orchard Portman places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Orchard Portman history
The estate was known as Orceard and given by King Æthelwulf of Wessex to Taunton’s minster church in 854. The village takes the second part of its name from the Portman family one of the earliest prominent members of which was Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.
Why visit Orchard Portman with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Orchard Portman places with Walkfo Orchard Portman to hear history at Orchard Portman’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Orchard Portman has 49 places to visit in our interactive Orchard Portman 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 Orchard Portman, 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 Orchard Portman places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Orchard Portman & the surrounding areas.
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Best Orchard Portman places to visit
Orchard Portman has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Orchard Portman’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Orchard Portman’s information audio spots:
Somerset Cricket Museum Somerset Cricket Museum in Taunton, Somerset, England, is a small museum housing exhibits on the history of cricket. A particular emphasis is on Somerset County Cricket Club.
Somerset Military Museum The Somerset Military Museum covers Somerset’s military history from 1685 onwards. It is a registered and accredited museum with the British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council.
Gray’s Almshouses Gray’s Almshouses is a terrace of almshouses in Taunton, Somerset, England, founded in 1635 by the wealthy cloth-merchant Robert Gray. It is one of the earliest brick buildings in the county and is a Grade I listed building.
St George’s Roman Catholic Church, Taunton The Church of St George is a Roman Catholic church in Taunton, Somerset, which dates from the mid-19th century. It was the second Catholic church to be built in the town after the Reformation. The main church building is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building, while the rectory is Grade II listed.
Tudor Tavern, Taunton Tudor Tavern at No 15 Fore Street, Taunton, Somerset, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Built in 1578, the house is three storeys high of a timber-frame construction with jettied first and second floors.
Taunton Unitarian Chapel Taunton Unitarian Chapel was built in the early 18th century as a Baptist chapel. The exterior was extensively renovated in the 19th century in an Italianate style. The chapel has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
Taunton bus station Taunton bus station was opened by the Western National Omnibus Company in 1953 and closed in 2020. In 2015 the Transport Trust awarded the station a Red Wheel plaque for its historic value.
Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton Jellalabad Barracks was a military installation in Taunton, England. It was built in the 1930s and was located on the outskirts of the city.
County Hall, Taunton County Hall is a municipal building in Taunton, Somerset, England. The structure is the offices and meeting place of Somerset County Council. It is a Grade II Listed building.
Taunton Shire Hall Taunton Shire Hall is a municipal building on Shuttern, Somerset. It serves as a Crown Court and is a Grade II listed building.
Visit Orchard Portman plaques
6 plaques hereOrchard Portman has 6 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Orchard Portman plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Orchard Portman using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Orchard Portman plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Orchard Portman audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Orchard Portman allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Orchard Portman’s 49 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Orchard Portman freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Orchard Portman Map App
Our visit Orchard Portman map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Orchard Portman & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Orchard Portman tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Orchard Portman centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Orchard Portman area at LONG:-3.077, LAT:50.9879.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Orchard Portman, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Orchard Portman / surrounding areas
● St Margaret’s Almshouses ● Taunton Town F.C. ● Tone FM ● Taunton Priory ● Somerset Cricket Museum ● Somerset Military Museum ● Taunton ● Sieges of Taunton ● Taunton Rural District ● County Ground, Taunton ● Church of St. James, Taunton ● Gray’s Almshouses ● The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre ● St Mary Magdalene, Taunton ● Cambria Farm ● St George’s Roman Catholic Church, Taunton ● St Joseph’s Convent, Taunton ● Tudor Tavern, Taunton ● Castle Hotel, Taunton ● Taunton Castle ● Museum of Somerset ● Municipal Buildings, Taunton ● Taunton Unitarian Chapel ● Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton ● Masonic Hall, Taunton ● BBC Radio Somerset ● The Crescent, Taunton ● County Hall, Taunton ● Taunton Shire Hall ● St John the Evangelist, Taunton
● Vivary Park ● Ruishton ● St George’s Church, Fons George ● Heart Somerset ● Church of St Thomas, Thurlbear ● St Michael’s Church, Orchard Portman ● Taunton Racecourse ● Orchard Portman ● Stoke St Mary ● Church of St Mary, Stoke St Mary ● Poundisford Park ● Pitminster ● Church of St Nicholas, Corfe ● Staple Fitzpaine ● William Portman Almshouses ● Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands ● Taunton Flower Show
Getting to / around Orchard Portman – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Orchard Portman using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Orchard Portman places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Orchard Portman historians & Orchard Portman tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Orchard Portman? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Orchard Portman’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Orchard Portman place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Orchard Portman Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Orchard Portman destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Orchard Portman’ web pages (for example: www.visitOrchard Portman.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336
Visit Orchard Portman places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Orchard Portman places to visit. A unique way to experience Orchard Portman’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Orchard Portman as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Orchard Portman places with Walkfo Orchard Portman to hear history at Orchard Portman’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Orchard Portman has 49 places to visit in our interactive Orchard Portman 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 Orchard Portman, 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 Orchard Portman places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Orchard Portman & the surrounding areas.
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