Explore Southampton Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Southampton plaques & local Southampton 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 Southampton.
About Southampton
Southampton is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England . It is located 70 miles (110 km) south-west of London and 15 miles (24 km) west of Portsmouth . A major port, and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water . The city was heavily bombed during the Second World War during what was known as the Southampton Blitz .
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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 Southampton 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 Southampton plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Southampton’s physical Southampton 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 Southampton the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Southampton plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 148 unique history facts in Southampton plus 18 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Southampton history map for you to explore.”