Explore Overton, Wakefield Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Overton, Wakefield plaques & local Overton, Wakefield 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 Overton, Wakefield.
About Overton, Wakefield
Overton is 5.5 miles (9 km) south-west of Wakefield and 4 miles south-east of Huddersfield. The village is conjoined at its north-east to the larger village of Middlestown. The former Caphouse Colliery was worked from at least 1789 until the coal was exhausted in 1985 when work was started to convert it to a museum.
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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 Overton, Wakefield 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 Overton, Wakefield plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Overton, Wakefield’s physical Overton, Wakefield 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 Overton, Wakefield the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Overton, Wakefield plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 22 unique history facts in Overton, Wakefield plus 2 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Overton, Wakefield history map for you to explore.”