Explore Kirkwall Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Kirkwall plaques & local Kirkwall 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 Kirkwall.
About Kirkwall
Kirkwall (Scots: Kirkwaa, Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh na h-Eaglaise, Norn: Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. The name Kirkwall comes from the Norse name Kirkjuvágr (Church Bay), which later changed to Kirkvoe and Kirkwall. It was formerly the site of an ancient Norse town founded approximately 1000 years ago.
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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 Kirkwall 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 Kirkwall plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Kirkwall’s physical Kirkwall 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 Kirkwall the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Kirkwall plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 17 unique history facts in Kirkwall plus 1 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Kirkwall history map for you to explore.”