Explore Basingstoke Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Basingstoke plaques & local Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke.
About Basingstoke
Basingstoke is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is located 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Southampton, 48 miles (77 km) southwest of London, 27 miles (43 km) west of Guildford, 22 miles (35 km) south of Reading and 20 miles northeast of Winchester. According to the 2016 population estimate the town had a population of 113,776. It was developed rapidly after the Second World War to accommodate part of the London ‘overspill’ as perceived under the Greater London Plan.
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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 Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Basingstoke’s physical Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Basingstoke plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 39 unique history facts in Basingstoke plus 8 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Basingstoke history map for you to explore.”