Explore Caernarfon Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Caernarfon plaques & local Caernarfon 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 Caernarfon.
About Caernarfon
Caernarfon is a royal town, community, and port in Gwynedd, Wales, with a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro) It lies on the eastern shore of the Menai Strait, opposite the Isle of Anglesey. Abundant natural resources in the region enabled human habitation in prehistoric Britain. The Roman fort Segontium was established around AD 80 to subjugate the Ordovices during the Roman conquest of Britain. William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a motte-and-bailey castle in the late 11th century. The castle and town walls are part of a World Heritage Site.
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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 Caernarfon 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 Caernarfon plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Caernarfon’s physical Caernarfon 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 Caernarfon the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Caernarfon plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 33 unique history facts in Caernarfon plus 7 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Caernarfon history map for you to explore.”