Explore Abbeyhill Plaques & History

Explore Abbeyhill plaques & local Abbeyhill history / heritage content through street plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Abbeyhill.

About Abbeyhill
Abbeyhill is one of the oldest parts of Edinburgh, taking its name from Holyrood Abbey, a major historic religious site. The suburb is largely composed of streets of tenement housing, such as Waverley Park and Milton Street. James Tytler made Britain’s first hot-air balloon flight in 1784, landing about half a mile away in Restalrig.

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plaques Walkfo has converted physical plaques into audio files triggered by GPS on a phone when you pass close by on foot, bike, bus or car. You hear Abbeyhill history information & more at the places where they happened, with up-to-date content created by our AI, sourced from trusted history resources such as Wikipedia, local Abbeyhill plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Abbeyhill’s physical Abbeyhill plaque schemes with additional, more detailed information than the writing on the physical plaque. With millions of audio places / virtual plaques created across the whole of the UK, you can explore Abbeyhill the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.

Abbeyhill plaques & short history overview