Visit Zeals Places

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

  

Zeals Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Zeals

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Zeals history

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Zeals was anciently a tithing of Mere parish but was made a separate civil parish in 1896. A school was provided in 1846, and a larger building was erected in 1874 on a site northeast of the church. A second school was opened in 1840 by Congregationalists at Winbrook, south of Zeals village.

You can visit Zeals places with Walkfo Zeals to hear history at Zeals’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Zeals has 19 places to visit in our interactive Zeals 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 Zeals, 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 Zeals places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Zeals & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to Zeals places in an interactive Zeals map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Zeals Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Zeals places to visit

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

White Sheet Hill White Sheet Hill, also known as Whitesheet Hill, is one of the most westerly areas of downland in Britain. The hill is the site of a neolithic causeway camp and barrows; and an Iron Age hill fort. The Roman road which runs along the hill was once the main route through the Selwood Forest.

Wyndham’s Oak Wyndham’s Oak is a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) tree in Silton, Dorset. It was one of a number of oaks that historically marked the boundary of Selwood Forest and Gillingham Forest, a medieval hunting ground. The tree is up to 1,000 years old, and is the oldest tree in the county of Dorset.

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Penselwood The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building in Penselwood, Somerset.

Cockroad Wood Castle Cockroad Wood Castle was a castle near Wincanton but now in the parish of Charlton Musgrove, Somerset, England. It is located in Charlton Musgrove Parish Cockroad Wood Castle.

Kenwalch’s Castle Kenwalch’s Castle is probably an Iron Age hill fort that may have been converted into a Roman fortress. It is believed to be named after Cenwalh of Wessex. The site straddles the modern border between Somerset and Wiltshire, and is within Castle Wood which covers its defences and interior.

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