Visit Towton Places

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

  

Towton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Towton

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Towton history

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The Battle of Towton was fought on Palm Sunday, 29 March 1461, during the Wars of the Roses. It was at this battle that Sir David Ap Mathew saved the life of Edward IV. The battle has been described as “probably the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil”

You can visit Towton places with Walkfo Towton to hear history at Towton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Towton has 23 places to visit in our interactive Towton 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 Towton, 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 Towton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Towton & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 23 audio facts unique to Towton places in an interactive Towton map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Towton Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Towton places to visit

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

Grimston Park Grimston Park is a grade II* listed Georgian country house in Grimston, North Yorkshire. The house is built on two storeys of Tadcaster limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. It has a 7-bay frontage with a projecting portico and a three-storey tower.

Stutton, North Yorkshire Stutton is a small village in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the valley of the Cock Beck which discharges into the River Wharfe one mile to the east of the village.

St Mary’s Chapel, Lead St Mary’s Church, Lead, is a redundant Anglican chapel standing in fields some 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the west of the village of Saxton, North Yorkshire. The chapel stands close to the site of the battle of Towton of 1461, which was part of the Wars of the Roses.

Tadcaster Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire. It is 3 miles (5 km) east of the Great North Road, 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Leeds, and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of York. The River Wharfe joins the River Ouse about 10 miles downstream from it. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.

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