Explore Becontree Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Becontree plaques & local Becontree 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 Becontree.
About Becontree
Becontree is an area of approximately 4 square miles (10 km) in Barking and Dagenham. It is located 11 miles (17.7 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross. It was constructed in the interwar period as the largest public housing estate in the world. The official completion of the estate was celebrated in 1935.
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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 Becontree 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 Becontree plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Becontree’s physical Becontree 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 Becontree the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Becontree plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 78 unique history facts in Becontree plus 3 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Becontree history map for you to explore.”