Explore Lauriston Plaques & History

Explore Lauriston plaques & local Lauriston 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 Lauriston.

About Lauriston
Lauriston is the former location of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, which moved to the area in 1879 in search of fresher air at the edge of the city. George Heriot’s School, an independent primary and secondary school, is located in Lauriston Place. Edinburgh College of Art is also home to a number of significant historic buildings.

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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 Lauriston 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 Lauriston plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Lauriston’s physical Lauriston 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 Lauriston the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.

Lauriston plaques & short history overview