Explore Oldham Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Oldham plaques & local Oldham 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 Oldham.
About Oldham
Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture . At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world, producing more cotton than France and Germany combined . The demise of textile processing in Oldham depressed and heavily affected the local economy . Today Oldham is predominantly a commuter town .
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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 Oldham 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 Oldham plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Oldham’s physical Oldham 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 Oldham the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Oldham plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 114 unique history facts in Oldham plus 10 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Oldham history map for you to explore.”