Explore Colinton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Colinton plaques & local Colinton 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 Colinton.
About Colinton
Colinton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cholgain) is 3+1/2 miles (5.6 km) south-west of Edinburgh. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east.
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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 Colinton 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 Colinton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Colinton’s physical Colinton 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 Colinton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Colinton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 88 unique history facts in Colinton plus 15 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Colinton history map for you to explore.”