Visit Stowey Places

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

  

Stowey Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Stowey

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Stowey history

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Stowey was a chapelry of Chew Magna during the 16th or 17th century. It had become a separate parish by the 19th century, part of the hundred of Cww. It became a civil parish in 1866 and was abolished in 1949.

Stowey landmarks

Sutton Court

Sutton Court, also known as Stowey Court, is a large house built on the site of a 14th-century castle. About 1558 Bess of Hardwick and her second husband, Sir William St. Loe, added a north-east wing with a parlour and chapel. The house was then left to her son Charles Cavendish, but later the property passed to the Strachey family.

Stowey House

Another significant building in the village is Stowey House to the north-west of the church, which includes original 17th-century gables, but was considerably extended in Georgian times. It is a Grade II listed building and is open to the public.

Stowey geography / climate

Stowey has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of England. The annual mean temperature is about 10 °C with seasonal and diurnal variations. January is the coldest month with mean minimum temperatures between 1 and 2 °C (34 and 36 °F) July and August are the warmest months in the region with mean daily maxima around 21 °C. December is the dullest month and June the sunniest.

Folly Farm

Folly Farm is a 17th-century farm with unimproved, neutral grassland, flowery meadows and woodlands with splendid views. The farm includes two SSSIs — the meadows (19.36 hectares) and Dowlings Wood.

You can visit Stowey places with Walkfo Stowey to hear history at Stowey’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Stowey has 28 places to visit in our interactive Stowey 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 Stowey, 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 Stowey places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Stowey & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 28 audio facts unique to Stowey places in an interactive Stowey map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Stowey Places Map
28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Stowey places to visit

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

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Visit Stowey plaques