Explore Runcorn Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Runcorn plaques & local Runcorn 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 Runcorn.
About Runcorn
Runcorn was founded by Ethelfleda in 915 AD as a fortification to guard against Viking invasion at a narrowing of the River Mersey. Under Norman rule, Runcorn fell under the Barony of Halton and an Augustinian abbey was established here in 1115. It remained a small, isolated settlement until the Industrial Revolution when the extension of the Bridgewater Canal to Runcorn in 1776 established it as a port which would link Liverpool with inland Manchester and Staffordshire. The docks enabled the growth of industry, initially shipwrights and sandstone quarries.
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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 Runcorn 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 Runcorn plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Runcorn’s physical Runcorn 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 Runcorn the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Runcorn plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 70 unique history facts in Runcorn plus 28 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Runcorn history map for you to explore.”