Explore Newry Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Newry plaques & local Newry 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 Newry.
About Newry
Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery. The city is an entry to the “Gap of the North”, 5 miles (8 km) from the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore.
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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 Newry 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 Newry plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Newry’s physical Newry 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 Newry the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Newry plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 18 unique history facts in Newry plus 6 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Newry history map for you to explore.”