Explore Middlesbrough Plaques & History

Explore Middlesbrough plaques & local Middlesbrough history / heritage content through physical plaque schemes (including Blue plaques, English Heritage & National Trust) plus Walkfo’s millions of audio plaques in Walkfo’s Audio Travel Guide to Middlesbrough.

Middlesbrough is on the River Tees’s southern bank, west of Redcar and east of Stockton-on-Tees . Until the early 1800s, the area was rural farming land . By 1830, a new town and port had begun to be developed, driven by coal industry and later ironworks . Steel production and ship building began in the late 1800s and remained associated with the town until post-industrial decline occurred in late twentieth century .h2,h3{clear:both;} h3{font-weight: bold} 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 Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough plaque schemes, English Heritage & National Trust.

Walkfo improves on existing Middlesbrough’s physical Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough the same way you might explore a museum or art gallery with information audio headset.

Middlesbrough plaques & history overview

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