Explore Swannington, Leicestershire Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Swannington, Leicestershire plaques & local Swannington, Leicestershire 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 Swannington, Leicestershire.
About Swannington, Leicestershire
Swannington is a former mining village situated between Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. It was a terminus of the early (1832) Leicester and Swannington Railway that was built to carry away its pits’ output. The parish church of Saint George was opened in 1825 to serve the townships of Swannington and Thringstone. It has been claimed as the birthplace of Robin Hood.
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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 Swannington, Leicestershire 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 Swannington, Leicestershire plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Swannington, Leicestershire’s physical Swannington, Leicestershire 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 Swannington, Leicestershire the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Swannington, Leicestershire plaques & short history overview