Explore Carlisle Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Carlisle plaques & local Carlisle 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 Carlisle.
About Carlisle
Carlisle is a border city and the county town of Cumbria, as well as the administrative centre of the City of Carlisle district. It is located 8 miles (13 km) south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. At the time of the 2001 census, Carlisle was 71,773, with 100,734 living in the wider city. In the 2011 census, the city’s population had risen to 75,306, with 107,524 living in Carlisle.
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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 Carlisle 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 Carlisle plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Carlisle’s physical Carlisle 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 Carlisle the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Carlisle plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 69 unique history facts in Carlisle plus 4 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Carlisle history map for you to explore.”