Visit Pitstone Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Pitstone

  

Pitstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Pitstone

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Pitstone history

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The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means ‘Picel’s thorn tree’ It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Pincelestorne. Pitstone was given to the abbey at Ashridge by the Earl of Cornwall in 1283.

Pitstone geography / climate

The elongated civil parish is semi-urban in the extreme west north-west (WNW) and is otherwise rural and elevated. Its population rose in the ten years to 1961 from 544 to 766.

You can visit Pitstone places with Walkfo Pitstone to hear history at Pitstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pitstone has 27 places to visit in our interactive Pitstone 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 Pitstone, 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 Pitstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pitstone & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 27 audio facts unique to Pitstone places in an interactive Pitstone map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Pitstone Places Map
27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Pitstone places to visit

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

Tring Athletic F.C. Tring Athletic Football Club are an English football club based in Tring, Hertfordshire. The club are currently members of the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division and play at the Grass Roots Stadium.

Pendley Manor Pendley Manor is a hotel, conference and function centre near Tring, Hertfordshire, UK. Grade II listed as an important example of Victorian architecture.

Bridgewater Monument The Bridgewater Monument is a Grade II* listed monumental column in the Ashridge estate in Hertfordshire. It was built in 1832 to commemorate Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, known as the “Canal Duke”

Ivinghoe Beacon Ivinghoe Beacon is a prominent hill and landmark in Buckinghamshire, England, 233 m (757 ft) above sea level. The Beacon lies within the Ashridge Estate and is managed and owned by the National Trust. It is the starting point of the Icknield Way to the east and the Ridgeway to the west.

Pitstone Windmill Pitstone Windmill is thought to date from the early 17th century. It stands in the north-east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire.

St Mary’s Church, Pitstone St Mary’s Church is a redundant Anglican church in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade I listed building and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

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