Visit West Grinstead Places

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

  

West Grinstead Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about West Grinstead

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West Grinstead history

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Knepp Castle is located to the west of the village near the A24. It was a motte and bailey castle first built in the 12th century by William de Braose. In 1214 the castle was refortified with the addition of a stone keep on top of the motte.

You can visit West Grinstead places with Walkfo West Grinstead to hear history at West Grinstead’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo West Grinstead has 16 places to visit in our interactive West Grinstead 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 West Grinstead, 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 West Grinstead places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to West Grinstead & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 16 audio facts unique to West Grinstead places in an interactive West Grinstead map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit West Grinstead Places Map
16 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best West Grinstead places to visit

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

St Hugh’s Charterhouse St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Parkminster, is the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the UK. It is located in the parish of Cowfold, West Sussex, England.

Shrine Church of Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis The Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation is a Roman Catholic parish church in West Grinstead, West Sussex. It was built from 1875 to 1876, with additions made to the church in 1896 and 1964. It is a Gothic Revival style church and Grade II listed building.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Partridge Green St Michael and All Angels Church is a late nineteenth-century church in West Grinstead, West Sussex. It was built to cater for the then growing population of the village. Ian Nairn, in the Sussex volume of The Buildings of England, approves of the simplicity of this “flint village church”

Dark Star Brewing Company Dark Star is a brewery in Partridge Green, Sussex, England. Dark Star Brewery is located in the area of Sussex. The brewery was founded in 1903 and opened in 1903.

Knepp Castle Knepp Castle is to the west of the village of West Grinstead, West Sussex, England. The name is thought to come from the Old English word “cnæp”, referring to the mound on which it stands.

Knepp Wildland Knepp Wildland is the first major lowland rewilding project in England. It comprises 1,400 hectares or 3,500 acres of former arable and dairy farmland. The site of the first white stork chicks raised in the wild in England for 600 years.

King’s Mill, Shipley King’s Mill or Vincent’s Mill, Shipley, West Sussex, is a smock mill built in 1879. It was open to the public until its closure on 19 July 2009.

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