Explore Saughton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Saughton plaques & local Saughton 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 Saughton.
About Saughton
Saughton is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. It is best known for its prison, known officially as “HM Prison Edinburgh”, but colloquially as “Saughton Prison”, which lies to the south of the district.
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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 Saughton 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 Saughton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Saughton’s physical Saughton 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 Saughton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Saughton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 122 unique history facts in Saughton plus 27 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Saughton history map for you to explore.”