Explore Washington, Tyne and Wear Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Washington, Tyne and Wear plaques & local Washington, Tyne and Wear 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 Washington, Tyne and Wear.
About Washington, Tyne and Wear
Washington is equidistant from the centres of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham and Sunderland. It is the ancestral settlement of the Washington family, which George Washington descended from. At the 2011 census, Washington had a population of 67,085 compared to 53,388 in 2001.
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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 Washington, Tyne and Wear 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 Washington, Tyne and Wear plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Washington, Tyne and Wear’s physical Washington, Tyne and Wear 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 Washington, Tyne and Wear the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Washington, Tyne and Wear plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 32 unique history facts in Washington, Tyne and Wear plus 2 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Washington, Tyne and Wear history map for you to explore.”