Visit Willen Places

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

  

Willen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Willen

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Willen history

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The name Willen is probably from Anglo-Saxon or Old English meaning (at the) ‘willows’ The village was first recorded as Wilinges (12th century) and later as Wylie, Wilies (13th century), Wilne, Wylyene (14th century); and Wyllyen, Wyllyn. The Willen civil parish was merged with Great and Little Woolstone to become Woolstone-cum-Willen.

You can visit Willen places with Walkfo Willen to hear history at Willen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Willen has 45 places to visit in our interactive Willen 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 Willen, 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 Willen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Willen & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 45 audio facts unique to Willen places in an interactive Willen map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Willen Places Map
45 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Willen places to visit

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

Linford Manor Linford Manor is a seventeenth-century mansion or manor house converted into a recording studio complex in Great Linford, a district in Milton Keynes, England. It is now owned by Pete Winkelman who is chairman of Milton Keynes Dons football club.

Church of Christ the Cornerstone Church of Christ the Cornerstone is an Ecumenical church in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It was completed in 1991 and has the Church of England, the Baptist Union, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the United Reformed Church working together.

Willen Lake Willen Lake is Milton Keynes’ most popular park attracting in excess of 750,000 visitors a year. It comprises 180 acres of landscaped parkland which surround around 100 acres of water across two lakes. The southern lake offers a wide range of activities on and off the water.

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Willen The Church of St Mary Magdalene is an Anglican church of the Diocese of Oxford. Completed in 1680, it is the only surviving church among the buildings designed by Robert Hooke. Regarded as a classic of early English Baroque architecture, it was designated as Grade I listed building in 1966.

St Lawrence’s Church, Broughton St Lawrence’s Church is a redundant Anglican church in Broughton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is listed at Grade I because of its “remarkable series” of medieval wall paintings.

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