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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Upper Slaughter

  

Upper Slaughter Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Upper Slaughter

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Upper Slaughter history

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The name of the village derives from the Old English term “slough” meaning “wet land” The manor of Upper Slaughter is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Upper Slaughter was the site of an adulterine castle, built by supporters of the Empress Matilda during The Anarchy of the 12th century.

You can visit Upper Slaughter places with Walkfo Upper Slaughter to hear history at Upper Slaughter’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Upper Slaughter has 17 places to visit in our interactive Upper Slaughter 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 Upper Slaughter, 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 Upper Slaughter places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Upper Slaughter & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Upper Slaughter Places Map
17 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Upper Slaughter places to visit

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

Quarwood Quarwood or Quar Wood is a Victorian Manor near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England . It was owned for 27 years by The Who’s bassist John Entwistle .

Lower Swell War Memorial The Lower Swell War Memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1921 . It was unveiled in 1921 and is today a grade II listed building .

Bourton Rovers F.C. Bourton Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. The club are currently members of the Hellenic Football League and play at Rissington Road.

Salmonsbury Meadows SSSI Salmonsbury Meadows (grid reference SP178213) is an 18-hectare (44-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. The site is owned and managed by the Gloucesterhire Wildlife Trust, and is part of its Greystones Farm nature reserve.

Brassey SSSI Brassey (grid reference SP139223) is a 2.1-hectare (5.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. It is situated on the north side of the Windrush Valley, midway between Naunton and Upper Slaughter. The reserve comprises sloping, unimproved limestone pasture.

Harford Railway Cutting Harford Railway Cutting (SP135218 to SP141215) is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the ‘Cotswold District’ Local Plan 2001-2011 (on line) as a Regionally Important Geological Site (RIGS)

Bourton-on-the-Water model village Bourton-on-the-Water model village is one of the first model villages in the country. It was started in 1936 and completed in 1940. The model village contains around 100 buildings and is open to the public.

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