Visit Winchcombe Places

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

  

Winchcombe Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Winchcombe

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Winchcombe history

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In Anglo-Saxon times, Winchcombe was a major community in Mercia favoured by King Coenwulf of Mercia. In the 11th century, the town was briefly the county town of Winchcombeshire. A motte-and-bailey castle was built in the early 1140s for Empress Matilda, by Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford, but its exact site is unknown.

You can visit Winchcombe places with Walkfo Winchcombe to hear history at Winchcombe’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Winchcombe has 21 places to visit in our interactive Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe, 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 Winchcombe places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Winchcombe & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Winchcombe places in an interactive Winchcombe map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Winchcombe Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Winchcombe places to visit

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

Church of St Mary, Temple Guiting The Anglican Church of St Mary at Temple Guiting in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.

Hailes, Gloucestershire Hailes (also spelt Hayles) is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Winchcombe. The remains of Hailes Abbey, a Cistercian abbey active from 1246 to 1539, are here. Hailes was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Heile.

Spoonley Wood Roman Villa Spoonley Wood Roman Villa is an ancient Roman villa located 2 km south-east of Sudeley Castle near the town of Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, England. It was a courtyard-type villa excavated in 1882. Some remains of the villa, partly reconstructed, can still be seen.

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Visit Winchcombe plaques