Explore Slateford Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Slateford plaques & local Slateford 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 Slateford.
About Slateford
Slateford (Scottish Gaelic: Àth na Sglèata) is an area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of the Water of Leith, 1/4 mile south west of Slateford Station. The name “Slateford” comes from local rock found in the area and the old fording point.
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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 Slateford 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 Slateford plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Slateford’s physical Slateford 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 Slateford the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Slateford plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 286 unique history facts in Slateford plus 120 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Slateford history map for you to explore.”