Explore Southend-on-Sea Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Southend-on-Sea plaques & local Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea.
About Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a large coastal town and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex . It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) east of central London . It is home to the longest pleasure pier in the world, Southed Pier . It was announced in October 2021 it will be granted city status as a memorial to Sir David Amess .
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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 Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Southend-on-Sea’s physical Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Southend-on-Sea plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 56 unique history facts in Southend-on-Sea plus 3 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Southend-on-Sea history map for you to explore.”