Explore Croydon Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Croydon plaques & local Croydon 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 Croydon.
About Croydon
Croydon is 9.4 miles (15.1 km) south of Charing Cross . It is originally part of the Wallington hundred in the historic county of Surrey . The town was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a market town and a centre for charcoal production, leather tanning and brewing . The Surrey Iron Railway opened in 1803 and was the world’s first public railway . By the early 20th century it was an important industrial area .
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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 Croydon 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 Croydon plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Croydon’s physical Croydon 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 Croydon the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Croydon plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 158 unique history facts in Croydon plus 30 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Croydon history map for you to explore.”