Explore Blackpool Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Blackpool plaques & local Blackpool 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 Blackpool.
About Blackpool
Blackpool is a large seaside resort and main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool in the ceremonial county of Lancashire on the north west coast of England . The town is by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, 15 miles (24 km) west of Preston, 27 miles (43 km) north of Liverpool and 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Bolton . At the 2011 Census, Blackpool had an estimated population of 139,720, while the wider built-up area, which includes areas outside the unitary authority, had a population of 239,409 . Blackpool rose to prominence as a major centre of tourism in England when a railway was built in the 1840s .
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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 Blackpool 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 Blackpool plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Blackpool’s physical Blackpool 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 Blackpool the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Blackpool plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 77 unique history facts in Blackpool plus 10 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Blackpool history map for you to explore.”