Visit Sheepscombe Places

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

  

Sheepscombe Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sheepscombe

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Sheepscombe history

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Since the early 17th century, Sheepscombe was involved in cloth making. It enjoyed its industrial heyday during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The last mill closed in 1839 and the town suffered from increasing poverty and a falling population.

You can visit Sheepscombe places with Walkfo Sheepscombe to hear history at Sheepscombe’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sheepscombe has 21 places to visit in our interactive Sheepscombe 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 Sheepscombe, 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 Sheepscombe places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sheepscombe & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Sheepscombe places in an interactive Sheepscombe map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Sheepscombe Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Sheepscombe places to visit

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

Great Witcombe Roman Villa Great Witcombe Roman Villa was a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain . It is located on a hillside near Gloucester in the English county of Gloucestershire .

Swift’s Hill SSSI Swift’s Hill (grid reference SO877067) is a 9.15-hectare (22.6-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. Site was notified in 1966 and renotified in 1984. It was purchased from Mr F R Elliott in 1967 and is referred to as Elliott Reserve by the trust.

Miserden Miserden is a village and civil parish in Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England, 4 miles north east of Stroud. The parish includes Whiteway Colony and the hamlets of Sudgrove and The Camp. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 420, increasing to 449 at the 2011 census.

Rough Bank, Miserden Rough Bank, Miserden (grid reference SO907087) is a 9.2-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. It was purchased by wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation in 2012.

Painswick Lodge Painswick Lodge is a grade I listed house in Gloucestershire. The rubble stone building has been extensively remodelled since the 16th century. It was home to Lord of the Manor between 1530 and 1804.

Holcombe House Holcombe House is a large Grade II* listed country house located near Painswick, Gloucestershire. The house is a fine example of an Arts and Crafts Cotswolds manor house.

Snows Farm Nature Reserve Snows Farm Nature Reserve (grid reference SO887081) is a 21.3-hectare (53-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, as a Key Wildlife Site.

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