Explore Gorton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Gorton plaques & local Gorton 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 Gorton.
About Gorton
The population at the 2011 census was 36,055. Neighbouring areas include Levenshulme and Openshaw. A major landmark is Gorton Monastery, a 19th-century High Victorian Gothic former Franciscan friary.
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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 Gorton 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 Gorton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Gorton’s physical Gorton 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 Gorton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Gorton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 120 unique history facts in Gorton plus 29 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Gorton history map for you to explore.”