Explore Gilmerton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Gilmerton plaques & local Gilmerton 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 Gilmerton.
About Gilmerton
Gilmerton is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the city centre. The toponym “Gilmerton” is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic: Gille-Moire and Old English: ton meaning “settlement” or “farmstead” Versions of the name are recorded from the middle of the 12th century.
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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 Gilmerton 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 Gilmerton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Gilmerton’s physical Gilmerton 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 Gilmerton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Gilmerton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 75 unique history facts in Gilmerton plus 4 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Gilmerton history map for you to explore.”