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With 39 audio plaques & Sling, Gloucestershire places for you to explore in the Sling, Gloucestershire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Sling, Gloucestershire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Sling, Gloucestershire history
In 1838 G. E. Jackson sank “Old Sling” ore mine below old workings at Clearwell Meend. It was one of the larger iron ore mines in the Forest of Dean. In the mid-1860s it employed nearly 100 people. The mine had closed by 1921.
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You can visit Sling, Gloucestershire places with Walkfo Sling, Gloucestershire to hear history at Sling, Gloucestershire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sling, Gloucestershire has 39 places to visit in our interactive Sling, Gloucestershire 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 Sling, Gloucestershire, 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 Sling, Gloucestershire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sling, Gloucestershire & the surrounding areas.
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Best Sling, Gloucestershire places to visit
Sling, Gloucestershire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sling, Gloucestershire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sling, Gloucestershire’s information audio spots:
Old Bow and Old Ham Mines Old Bow And Old Ham Mines (grid reference SO579088) is a 40.3-hectare (100-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1998.
Clearwell Caves Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore. The caves are part of a Natural England designated Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Tudor Farm Bank Tudor Farm Bank (grid reference SO573081) is a 3.68-hectare (9.1-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1999.
Spion Kop Quarry Spion Kop Quarry (grid reference SO598103) is a 0.7-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)
Nagshead SSSI Nagshead SSSI is a 297 acres (120 ha) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site.
Darkhill Ironworks Darkhill Ironworks and Titanic Steelworks are internationally important industrial remains associated with the development of the iron and steel industries. They are located on the edge of a small hamlet called Gorsty Knoll, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
Clearwell Castle Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, Gloucestershire, was built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris in 1727. It is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years.
Slade Brook Slade Brook (grid reference SO564055) is a 3.63-hectare (9.0-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 2003.
Newland Oak The Newland Oak was a veteran oak tree in Newland, Gloucestershire. Originally part of the ancient woodland of the Forest of Dean. It survived clearances that created the settlement of Newland and was pollarded for timber. Much of the tree fell in 1955 but a single branch survived until 1970 when it was killed during an arson attack.
Visit Sling, Gloucestershire plaques
1 plaques hereSling, Gloucestershire has 1 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Sling, Gloucestershire 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 Sling, Gloucestershire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Sling, Gloucestershire plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Sling, Gloucestershire allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Sling, Gloucestershire’s 39 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Sling, Gloucestershire freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Sling, Gloucestershire Map App
Our visit Sling, Gloucestershire map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Sling, Gloucestershire & 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 Sling, Gloucestershire tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Sling, Gloucestershire centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Sling, Gloucestershire area at LONG:-2.604, LAT:51.769.
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Things to do & visit in Sling, Gloucestershire / surrounding areas
● West Dean, Gloucestershire ● Bream, Gloucestershire ● Mary Rose Young ● Nagshead ● Ellwood, Gloucestershire ● Parkend ● Parkend Ironworks ● Sling, Gloucestershire ● Coleford Great Western Railway Museum ● Coleford, Gloucestershire ● Whitecliff Quarry ● Whitecliff Ironworks ● St Briavels Hundred ● Perrygrove Railway ● Broadwell, Forest of Dean ● Mile End, Gloucestershire ● Puzzlewood ● Coalway ● Newland, Gloucestershire ● Old Bow and Old Ham Mines ● Gorsty Knoll ● Clearwell Caves ● Tudor Farm Bank ● Spion Kop Quarry ● Nagshead SSSI ● West Dean Rural District ● Cannop Cycle Centre ● Darkhill Ironworks ● Cannop Ponds ● Clearwell Castle
● Clearwell ● Stow Green, St Briavels ● Slade Brook ● Astridge Wood ● Whitecroft ● Milkwall ● Newland Oak
Getting to / around Sling, Gloucestershire – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Sling, Gloucestershire using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Sling, Gloucestershire places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Sling, Gloucestershire Public Transport Stations
Local Sling, Gloucestershire historians & Sling, Gloucestershire tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Sling, Gloucestershire? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Sling, Gloucestershire’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 Sling, Gloucestershire 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 Sling, Gloucestershire 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 Sling, Gloucestershire 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-Sling, Gloucestershire’ web pages (for example: www.visitSling, Gloucestershire.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 Sling, Gloucestershire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Sling, Gloucestershire places to visit. A unique way to experience Sling, Gloucestershire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Sling, Gloucestershire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
You can visit Sling, Gloucestershire places with Walkfo Sling, Gloucestershire to hear history at Sling, Gloucestershire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sling, Gloucestershire has 39 places to visit in our interactive Sling, Gloucestershire 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 Sling, Gloucestershire, 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 Sling, Gloucestershire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sling, Gloucestershire & the surrounding areas.
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Trying to encourage visitors to Sling, Gloucestershire?