Explore Galashiels Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Galashiels plaques & local Galashiels 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 Galashiels.
About Galashiels
Galashiels is a town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 12,600. Its name is often colloquially shortened to “Gala” The town is a major commercial centre for the Borders region. It is the location of Heriot-Watt University’s Textiles and Design School.
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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 Galashiels 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 Galashiels plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Galashiels’s physical Galashiels 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 Galashiels the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Galashiels plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 13 unique history facts in Galashiels plus 1 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Galashiels history map for you to explore.”