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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Whatley, Mendip

  

Whatley, Mendip Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Whatley, Mendip

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Whatley, Mendip history

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The village was called Watelei in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the tenants of the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey were Walter Hussey and John the Usher. The village gives its name to Whatley Quarry, which lies to the north-west of the village at grid reference ST731479.

You can visit Whatley, Mendip places with Walkfo Whatley, Mendip to hear history at Whatley, Mendip’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Whatley, Mendip has 32 places to visit in our interactive Whatley, Mendip 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 Whatley, Mendip, 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 Whatley, Mendip places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Whatley, Mendip & the surrounding areas.

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32 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Whatley, Mendip places to visit

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

Church of St Mary, Cloford The Church of St Mary in Cloford, Wanstrow, Somerset was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Marston Bigot Park Marston Bigot Park includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Frome The Church of the Holy Trinity in Frome, Somerset, was built in 1837. It is a Grade II* listed building and Grade II listed building.

Tedbury Camp Tedbury Camp is a multivallate Iron Age promontory hill fort defended by two parallel banks near Great Elm, Somerset, England.

Old Iron Works, Mells Old Iron Works, Mells (Fussells’ Lower Works) (grid reference ST738488) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, in the Wadbury Valley, south of the village of Mells in Somerset. The site is a ruined iron works, which mainly produced agricultural edge-tools that were exported all over the world. It is now, in addition to its unique and major importance in relation to industrial archaeology, used as a breeding site by horseshoe bats.

Wadbury Camp Wadbury Camp is a promontory fort in Somerset that protected the mining district of the Mendip Hills in pre-Roman times. It seems to have been an outwork of the larger Tedbury Camp.

Mells Village Hall Mells Village Hall in Mells, Somerset, was built in the 14th century as a tithe barn. It is a Grade II* listed building and is now the village hall.

Mells Manor Mells Manor at Mells, Somerset, was built in the 16th century for Edward Horner. The house, along with the garden walls, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The gardens are listed, Grade I, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest.

Mells Park Mells Park is a country estate of 140 hectares (350 acres) near Mells, Somerset. It originated as a 17th-century deer park, probably created by the Horner family. It contains Park House, a Grade II* listed building, built in 1925 in neoclassical style by the architect Edwin Lutyens.

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