Explore Beckton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Beckton plaques & local Beckton 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 Beckton.
About Beckton
Beckton is within the London Borough of Newham and is 8 miles (12.9 km) east of Charing Cross. Historically part of Essex, Beckton was unpopulated marshland adjacent to the River Thames until the development of major industrial infrastructure in the 19th century. Housing was created in Beckton for workers of the gas and sewage works.
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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 Beckton 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 Beckton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Beckton’s physical Beckton 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 Beckton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Beckton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 209 unique history facts in Beckton plus 12 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Beckton history map for you to explore.”