Explore Derry Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Derry plaques & local Derry 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 Derry.
About Derry
The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name Daire meaning “oak grove” In 1613, the city was granted a royal charter by King James I and gained the “London” prefix to reflect the funding of its construction by the London guilds. The population of Derry, Northern Ireland, was 83,652 at the 2001 Census, while the Derry Urban Area had a population of 90,736.
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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 Derry 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 Derry plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Derry’s physical Derry 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 Derry the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Derry plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 58 unique history facts in Derry plus 9 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Derry history map for you to explore.”