Visit Shobrooke Places

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

  

Shobrooke Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Shobrooke

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Shobrooke history

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Shobrooke has also been known as “Shobrook” in the 1809 Ordnance Survey map. The name itself has Anglo-Saxon origins, recorded in 938AD as “Goblin brook” or “brook haunted by an evil spirit” St. Swithun’s Church is the oldest structure in the village.

You can visit Shobrooke places with Walkfo Shobrooke to hear history at Shobrooke’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Shobrooke has 10 places to visit in our interactive Shobrooke 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 Shobrooke, 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 Shobrooke places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Shobrooke & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 10 audio facts unique to Shobrooke places in an interactive Shobrooke map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Shobrooke Places Map
10 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Shobrooke places to visit

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

Creedy, Sandford Creedy is an historic estate in the parish of Sandford, near Crediton in Devon. It is named from its location on the west side of the River Creedy. It was the seat of the Davie family (created Davie baronets in 1641) from about 1600 until the late 20th century.

Crediton United A.F.C. Crediton United Association Football Club is a football club based in Crediton, Devon. They are currently members of the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East and play at Lords Meadow.

Downes, Crediton Downes House is situated about one mile east of Crediton in Devon. The 18th-century Palladian re-modelling of an earlier house was classed Grade II* listed on 20 May 1985. Nearby is the site of a Roman villa, revealed by crop-marks as a rectangular enclosure containing a winged-corridor structure.

Little Fulford Little Fulford was an historic estate in the parishes of Shobrooke and Crediton, Devon. It briefly share ownership before 1700 with Great Fulford, in Dunsford, about 9 miles (14 km) to the south-west. The Elizabethan mansion house originally called Fulford House was first built by Sir William Peryam (1534-1604), a judge and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. It acquired the diminutive epithet “Little” in about 1700 to distinguish it from Fulford.

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