Explore Doncaster Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Doncaster plaques & local Doncaster 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 Doncaster.
About Doncaster
Doncaster is the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire . It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1899 and incorporated into a newly created metropolitan borough in 1974 . The town had a population of 109,805 at the 2011 census, which includes the town centre and some inner suburbs . In mid-2019 est., the wider metropolitan borough, governed from the town, including more distant settlements, will be the 39th most populous district in England .
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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 Doncaster 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 Doncaster plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Doncaster’s physical Doncaster 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 Doncaster the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Doncaster plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 49 unique history facts in Doncaster plus 2 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Doncaster history map for you to explore.”