Explore Rochdale Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Rochdale plaques & local Rochdale 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 Rochdale.
About Rochdale
Rochdale is 5.3 miles (8.5 km) northwest of Oldham and 9.8 miles (15.8 km) northeast of Manchester . It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution and was a centre of northern England’s woollen trade . Rochdal rose to prominence in the 19th century as a mill town and centre for textile manufacture . It is the birthplace of the modern Co-operative Movement, founded in 1844 .
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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 Rochdale 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 Rochdale plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Rochdale’s physical Rochdale 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 Rochdale the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Rochdale plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 71 unique history facts in Rochdale plus 29 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Rochdale history map for you to explore.”