Explore Burnley Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Burnley plaques & local Burnley 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 Burnley.
About Burnley
Burnley is a town in Lancashire, England, with a population of 73,021 . It is 21 miles (34 km) north of Manchester and 20 miles (32 km) east of Preston . It has a reputation as a regional centre of excellence for the manufacturing and aerospace industries . The town began to develop in the early medieval period as a number of farming hamlets surrounded by manor houses and royal forests . At its peak, it was one of the world’s largest producers of cotton cloth .
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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 Burnley 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 Burnley plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Burnley’s physical Burnley 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 Burnley the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Burnley plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 48 unique history facts in Burnley plus 6 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Burnley history map for you to explore.”