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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in The Chessels


Visit The Chessels PlacesVisit The Chessels places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best The Chessels places to visit. A unique way to experience The Chessels’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore The Chessels as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Chessels is an area of Bedminster, Bristol that runs from the midsection of Luckwell Rd to the former White Horse pub on West Street. The name Chessel is taken from the name of a field, recorded in 1350. Until as recently as 1980 there was a shop on every corner of the entire street – over 10 shops. As of September 2016 there is now just a funeral directors at the West St end and a hair and beauty salon. When you visit The Chessels, Walkfo brings The Chessels places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

The Chessels Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about The Chessels

Visit The Chessels – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 351 audio plaques & The Chessels places for you to explore in the The Chessels area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best The Chessels places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit The Chessels with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit The Chessels PlacesYou can visit The Chessels places with Walkfo The Chessels to hear history at The Chessels’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo The Chessels has 351 places to visit in our interactive The Chessels 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 The Chessels, 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 The Chessels places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to The Chessels & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 351 audio facts unique to The Chessels places in an interactive The Chessels map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit The Chessels Places Map
351 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  The Chessels historic spots

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  The Chessels plaques

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

  

Best The Chessels places to visit

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

The Chessels photo Circomedia
Circomedia is a school for contemporary circus and physical theatre based in Bristol . The school offers a variety of training courses and workshops that teach circus skills in the context of physical theatre, performance and creativity .
The Chessels photo Wow! Gorillas
Wow! Gorillas was a project organised by Bristol Zoo in 2011 that displayed 61 decorated life-sized fibreglass gorilla sculptures on the streets of Bristol, England .
The Chessels photo Siege of Bristol
Siege of Bristol lasted from the 18th to 26th of October 1326 . Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer’s forces fought the garrison under Hugh Despenser the Elder .
The Chessels photo Totterdown, Bristol
Totterdown is an inner-suburb of Bristol, England . It is situated just south of the River Avon and to the south-east of Temple Meads railway station .
The Chessels photo Westmoreland House
Westmoreland House was a building at Nos. 104–106 Stokes Croft, Bristol, next door to the Carriage Works .
The Chessels photo Carriage Works, Bristol
The Carriage Works (grid reference ST591740) are in Stokes Croft, Bristol, England . Carriage works are located in Bristol .
The Chessels photo Lewin’s Mead Unitarian meeting house
Lewin’s Mead Unitarian meeting house is a former Unitarian church in Bristol, England . The building was built in the 1950s and 1960s .
The Chessels photo St Stephen’s Church, Bristol
St Stephen’s Church is the parish church for the city of Bristol. It has been designated by Historic England as a grade I listed building.
The Chessels photo Bristol Cenotaph
Bristol Cenotaph is a war memorial at the north end of Magpie Park, in Bristol, erected in 1932. It was one of the last built by a major British city after the First World War. Unusually, it was designed by a local female architect Eveline Blacker.
The Chessels photo St Mary on the Quay
St Mary on the Quay is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Bristol. It was formerly administered by the Society of Jesus and is currently served by the Divine Word Missionaries. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Visit The Chessels plaques

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here The Chessels has 100 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo The Chessels 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 The Chessels using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each The Chessels plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.