Explore Dorset Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Dorset plaques & local Dorset 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 Dorset.
About Dorset Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast . The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset . Dorset has a varied landscape featuring broad elevated chalk downs, steep limestone ridges and low-lying clay valleys . It is the birthplace of Thomas Hardy, who used the county as the principal setting of his novels .
104 street plaquesWalkfo 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 Dorset 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 Dorset plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Dorset’s physical Dorset 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 Dorset the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Dorset plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 1056 unique history facts in Dorset plus 104 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Dorset history map for you to explore.”
Dorset plaque map 1056 Dorset history spots & 104 street plaques for Dorset
Dorset History / Plaques Map Key
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Dorset Plaque / Street Plaque List
• The Trafalgar Way and John Richards Lapenotiere black plaque • Henry Durden blue plaque • The Old House blue plaque • John Bastard, William Bastard, Town Hall, Blandford Forum, and The Shambles, Blandford Forum blue plaque • John Bastard and William Bastard blue plaque • George Inn, Bridport, Giles Roberts, and 9 East Street stone plaque • Charles II, George Inn, Bridport, and 9 East Street white plaque • The Trafalgar Way and John Richards Lapenotiere black plaque • Film cell plaque № 40718 • The Trafalgar Way and John Richards Lapenotiere black plaque • G R Crickmay blue plaque • Prison, Dorchester blue plaque • G R Crickmay blue plaque • Benjamin Ferrey and All Saints Church, Dorchester blue plaque • Tom Roberts blue plaque • Dorchester Theatre, Charles Curme, and George Curme blue plaque • Tolpuddle Martyrs, James Loveless, James Brine, Thomas Standfield, and 3 other • Thomas Hardy stone plaque • Thomas Hardy and Mayor of Casterbridge blue plaque • John Cowper Powys blue plaque • Rotary International stone plaque • Benjamin Ferrey and Corn Exchange, Dorchester blue plaque • Vincent Wing stone plaque • Thomas Hardy and John Hicks stone plaque • William Barnes stone plaque • Town Pump, Dorchester stone plaque • Tolpuddle Martyrs, James Loveless, James Brine, Thomas Standfield, and 3 other • 16th Infantry Regiment black plaque • Mary Anning blue plaque • Thomas Hollis blue plaque
• Cobb Gate blue plaque • St. Michael’s, Lyme Regis blue plaque • Richard Spencer blue plaque • William Pitt, William Pitt, Mary Russell Mitford, and Great House of Lyme Regis black plaque • Bell Cliff, Lyme Regis blue plaque • Guildhall, Lyme Regis and George Somers blue plaque • Percy Gilchrist maroon plaque • Lepers Well stone plaque • Elizabeth Philpot, Mary Philpot, and Margaret Philpot blue plaque • Cyril Wellman film cell plaque • Jane Austen blue plaque • Rotary International grey plaque • Robert Grosvenor, New Guild Hall, Shaftesbury, and Town Hall, Shaftesbury blue plaque • New Guild Hall, Shaftesbury and Guild Hall, Shaftesbury blue plaque • Gold Hill, Shaftesbury and Alfred the Great blue plaque • Robert Grosvenor blue plaque • Angel Inn, Shaftesbury blue plaque • The George, Shaftesbury blue plaque • Thomas Arundell and Rose and Crown, Shaftesbury blue plaque • Sun and Moon Inn, Shaftesbury blue plaque • Alan Turing blue plaque • National Provincial Bank, Sherborne & Dorsetshire Bank, and Simon Pretor bronze plaque • St Johns’ Almshouse green plaque • The Conduit, Sherborne green plaque • Alexander Pope, Pope’s Seat, and Henry Holland white plaque • Walter Raleigh and Raleigh’s Seat white plaque • Turkish Field Gun grey plaque • Shoemaker and Candle Maker black plaque • Public Weighbridge House black plaque • Paul Nash blue plaque • Film cell plaque № 40886 • Richard Clark and John Endicott bronze plaque • William Thompson brown plaque • men, women and children from Jersey stone plaque • John Wesley blue plaque • Coneygar Ditch brown plaque • Black Death brown plaque • George III and Gloucester Lodge black plaque • Sailors’ Bethel brown plaque • Old Fishmarket, Weymouth brown plaque • Custom House, Weymouth brown plaque • John Wordsworth and Earl of Abergavenny bronze plaque • James Thornhill brown plaque • Golden Lion, Weymouth brown plaque • George VI bronze plaque • Weymouth Pavilion and Weymouth Ritz grey plaque • George III and The Kings Arms, Weymouth black plaque • Ralph Allen black plaque • Samuel Mico blue plaque • George Taberna, Weymouth and Samuel Mico brass plaque • George III and Royal Hotel, Weymouth bronze plaque • Hilda Coles green plaque • Thomas Hardy blue plaque • James Butler wood plaque • John Bankes and Ralph Bankes marble plaque • The Trafalgar Way and John Richards Lapenotiere black plaque • Robert Boyle blue plaque • Benjamin Jesty blue plaque • Yetminster Station blue plaque • Plaque at Church Street • Plaque at Broad Street • Plaque at Shaftesbury Abbey Museum • Plaque at Shaftesbury Art Centre • Plaque at Adber (near a farm) • Plaque at Station Road • Plaque at Weymouth Pavilion • Plaque at Weymouth Pavilion • Plaque at 43 St Mary Street • Plaque at Weymouth D-day Port Memorial – The Esplanade • Plaque at South & West Dorset Register Office • Plaque at Maiden Street • Plaque at 19 High Street
When using Walkfo App to explore Dorset’s plaques, you will hear the full history story at the location of each plaque.
Dorset has 104 plaques as part of official tourist plaque schemes for you to explore in the Walkfo Dorset plaques map. Plaque schemes such as National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” display plaques as visual marker on streets & buildings to highlight points-of-interest & history at the places where they happened.
The Walkfo AI has performed further research about the location of each plaque to provide a fuller, deeper content experience for when exploring Dorset plaques.
Experience the hidden history & stories at each location when the Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio files close to each Dorset plaque. And in additional to official national plaque schemes like National Heritage Blue Plaques & Westminster’s Green Plaques, Walkfo has created millions of ‘virtual geo plaques’ unique to Walkfo across the UK, making Walkfo the largest national & international plaque organisation in the world.
Explore Dorset plaques & local Dorset 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 Dorset.
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