Explore Portsburgh Plaques & History

Explore Portsburgh plaques & local Portsburgh 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 Portsburgh.

About Portsburgh
Portsburgh was a burgh of barony outside the city walls of Edinburgh, Scotland from 1649 to 1856. It took its name from the West Port (gate) of Edinburgh. It extended from Lochrin in the west to Drummond Street in the east, and from King’s Stables Road to the Meadows in the south.

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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 Portsburgh 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 Portsburgh plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Portsburgh’s physical Portsburgh 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 Portsburgh the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.

Portsburgh plaques & short history overview