Explore Paignton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Paignton plaques & local Paignton 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 Paignton.
About Paignton
Paignton is a seaside town on the coast of Tor Bay in Devon. It has origins as a Celtic settlement and was first mentioned in 1086. It grew as a small fishing village and a new harbour was built in 1847. A railway line was opened to passengers in 1859 creating links to Torquay and London.
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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 Paignton 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 Paignton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Paignton’s physical Paignton 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 Paignton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Paignton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 52 unique history facts in Paignton plus 18 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Paignton history map for you to explore.”