Explore York Plaques in Blue Plaque, English Heritage, National Trust & local plaque schemes



Explore York Local, Blue Plaque, English Heritage Plaque & National Trust PlaqueExplore York plaques & local York 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 York.

About York
The city was founded by the Romans as Eboracum in 71 AD . It became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior and later of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and Jórvík . During the Second World War, York was bombed as part of the Baedeker Blitz . The city had a population of 153,717 in the 2011 census .

York Plaques 157
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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 York 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 York plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust. Walkfo improves on existing York’s physical York 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 York the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.

York plaques & short history overview

“The Walkfo AI has curated content for millions of history locations across the UK, with 267 unique history facts in York plus 157 street plaques from official plaque schemes to form an interactive York history map for you to explore.”


York plaque map
267 York history spots & 157 street plaques for York


 

York History / Plaques Map Key


  York History Location

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