Explore Smethwick Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Smethwick plaques & local Smethwick 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 Smethwick.
About Smethwick
Smethwick is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands. It lies four miles west of Birmingham city centre, and borders West Bromwich and Oldbury to the north and west. Formerly a Staffordshire county borough, it is situated near the edge of Sandwell metropolitan borough. The wider built-up area subdivision has a population of 53,653.
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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 Smethwick 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 Smethwick plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Smethwick’s physical Smethwick 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 Smethwick the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Smethwick plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 154 unique history facts in Smethwick plus 55 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Smethwick history map for you to explore.”