Explore New Cross Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore New Cross plaques & local New Cross 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 New Cross.
About New Cross
New Cross is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-east of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Lewisham and the SE14 postcode district. New Cross Gate, on the west of New Cross, is named after the New Cross tollgate, established in 1718. The area is home to Goldsmiths, University of London and Hatcham College.
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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 New Cross 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 New Cross plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing New Cross’s physical New Cross 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 New Cross the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
New Cross plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 334 unique history facts in New Cross plus 121 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive New Cross history map for you to explore.”