Explore Openshaw Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Openshaw plaques & local Openshaw 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 Openshaw.
About Openshaw
Openshaw is a suburb of Manchester, England, about three miles east of the city centre . Historically part of Lancashire, it was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890 . During the Second Industrial Revolution it was an area of heavy industry, socialism and trade unionism flourished .
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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 Openshaw 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 Openshaw plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Openshaw’s physical Openshaw 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 Openshaw the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Openshaw plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 138 unique history facts in Openshaw plus 25 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Openshaw history map for you to explore.”