Visit West Horsley Places

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

  

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

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West Horsley history

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West Horsley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Orselei held by Walter, son of Othere. Its assets were: 8 hides; 1 church, 8 ploughs, woodland worth 20 hogs. Beatrix Potter used to stay at a cottage in the village, Tyrrellswood, with her aunt and uncle.

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

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

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

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

  

Best West Horsley places to visit

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

Sheepleas Sheepleas is a 99.9-hectare (247-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and a Local Nature Reserve.

Upper Common Pits Upper Common Pits is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the north of Gomshall in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Horsley Towers The East Horsley estate was later sold to William King-Noel, 1st Earl of Lovelace. The house was designed by Charles Barry for the banker William Currie in the 19th century. The Towers was purchased by Thomas Sopwith, the aviator and businessman, in 1919.

Hatchlands Park Hatchlands Park is a red-brick country house with surrounding gardens in East Clandon, Surrey, England, covering 170 hectares (430 acres) It is located near Guildford along the A246 between East and West Horsley. The gardens were Grade II listed in 2007.

HM Prison Send HM Prison Send is a closed category women’s prison in the extreme south of Ripley near Send in Surrey. Its post town is Woking, Surrey. The prison is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.

Effingham Hundred Effingham Hundred or the Hundred of Effingham was a hundred but often treated as a half-hundred with that of Copthorne (to the east and north-east) and was the smallest in Surrey.

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