Explore Powderhall Plaques & History

Explore Powderhall plaques & local Powderhall 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 Powderhall.

About Powderhall
Powderhall is an area lying between Broughton Road and Warriston Road in the north of Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. Until recently it was best known for Powderhall Stadium, a greyhound racing track, which has now closed. The name derives from a gunpowder factory and associated buildings set up by the Balfour family of Pilrig in the early 18th century.

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

Powderhall plaques & short history overview