Explore Wylam Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes
Explore Wylam plaques & local Wylam 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 Wylam.
About Wylam
Wylam is located 10 miles (16 km) west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is famous for being the birthplace of George Stephenson, one of the early railway pioneers. Timothy Hackworth, who worked with Stephenson, was also born here.
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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 Wylam 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 Wylam plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing Wylam’s physical Wylam 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 Wylam the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.
Wylam plaques & short history overview
“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 25 unique history facts in Wylam plus 1 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive Wylam history map for you to explore.”