Explore Gilesgate Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Gilesgate plaques & local Gilesgate 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 Gilesgate.
About Gilesgate
Gilesgate was originally the main street in a settlement associated with the Hospital of St Giles which was sited by the existing St Giles Church. During the 19th century, housing extended along the Sherburn and Sunderland Roads and the colliery village of New Durham was built within the parish. The street was divided in the 1960s by the construction of the A690 and the demolition of a number of houses, pubs and shops.
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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 Gilesgate 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 Gilesgate plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Gilesgate’s physical Gilesgate 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 Gilesgate the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Gilesgate plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 82 unique history facts in Gilesgate plus 11 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Gilesgate history map for you to explore.”