Explore Blackburn Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Blackburn plaques & local Blackburn 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 Blackburn.
About Blackburn
Blackburn is located 8 miles (13 km) east of Preston and 20.9 miles (34 km) north-northwest of Manchester. It is bounded to the south by Darwen, with which it forms the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen.
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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 Blackburn 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 Blackburn plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Blackburn’s physical Blackburn 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 Blackburn the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Blackburn plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 50 unique history facts in Blackburn plus 16 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Blackburn history map for you to explore.”