A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Plaque, Hornsey Town Hall, London N8

Hornsey Town Hall Creative Trust, is the independent buildings preservation trust set up in 2007 to promote the regeneration of the magnificent Grade II listed Hornsey Town Hall in the heart of...

Hornsey Town Hall Creative Trust, is the independent buildings preservation trust set up in 2007 to promote the regeneration of the magnificent Grade II listed Hornsey Town Hall in the heart of...

  • commemorative plaque
  • geograph
  • hornsey town hall
  • historic sit...
  • suburb
  • urban fringe

Plaque above door of Lower Peover School

See Link for a photo of the school. © Copyright Bikeboy and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

See Link for a photo of the school. © Copyright Bikeboy and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • former school
  • educational sites
  • lower peover
  • geograph
  • built 1645
  • historic sit...

Plaque, Bounds Green Underground Station, London N11

This plaque is on the southbound platform. It commemorates the 16 Belgian refugees and three British citizens who died on this platform on the 13 October 1940 during an air raid. The plaque was...

This plaque is on the southbound platform. It commemorates the 16 Belgian refugees and three British citizens who died on this platform on the 13 October 1940 during an air raid. The plaque...

  • memorial plaque
  • railways
  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • geograph

Bibury; National Trust plaques on the last cottage in Arlington Row

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • housing
  • dwellings
  • geograph

Blue Plaque, Alexandra Palace, London N22

This plaque was placed to commemorate the world's first regular television service which was inaugurated in Alexandra Palace by the BBC on 2 November 1936. © Copyright Christine Matthews and...

This plaque was placed to commemorate the world's first regular television service which was inaugurated in Alexandra Palace by the BBC on 2 November 1936. © Copyright Christine Matthews...

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  • park and pub...
  • geograph
  • blue plaque
  • business
  • retail
  • services

Memorial Plaque, Alexandra Palace, London N22

This plaque was placed on the wall by the Anglo German Family History Society on 4 June 2000 in memory of ocwe 17,000 German and other civilian prisoners interned at Alexandra Palace between 1914...

This plaque was placed on the wall by the Anglo German Family History Society on 4 June 2000 in memory of ocwe 17,000 German and other civilian prisoners interned at Alexandra Palace between 1914...

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  • park and pub...
  • geograph
  • wall plaque
  • memorial plaque
  • business
  • retail
  • services

Swinbrook: The Church of St Mary; Roll of honour for those who served in the Second World War

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • defence
  • military
  • people
  • events
  • religious sites
  • geograph

Swinbrook: The Church of St Mary; Table of benefactions

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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  • rural settlement
  • people
  • events
  • religious sites
  • geograph

Swinbrook: The Church of St Mary; The Joan Goddard memorial panel in the nave

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Michael Garlick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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  • rural settlement
  • people
  • events
  • religious sites
  • geograph

Plaque in Stratford- Upon-Avon Remembrance Garden

This plaque is on the wall of a shelter, near the War Memorial in the Remembrance Garden. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Stratford Branch of the Royal British Legion and its long...

This plaque is on the wall of a shelter, near the War Memorial in the Remembrance Garden. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Stratford Branch of the Royal British Legion and its long...

  • royal british legion
  • garden of rest
  • people
  • events
  • memorial garden
  • park and pub...
  • garden of re...
  • geograph
  • panasonic dmc-g3
  • city
  • town centre
  • closeup
  • historic sit...
  • crest
  • coat of arms

The Old Lifeboat Station, Newquay

© Copyright Ian S and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Ian S and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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  • suburb
  • urban fringe
  • coastal
  • former lifeb...

Plaque on churchyard seat, Sutton Mallet

The plaque records that the seat was "paid for by a donation from the BBC during the filming of the "Monocled Mutineer" 1985". © Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under this Creative...

The plaque records that the seat was "paid for by a donation from the BBC during the filming of the "Monocled Mutineer" 1985". © Copyright Derek Harper and licensed for reuse under this...

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • people
  • events
  • burial ground
  • crematorium
  • geograph
  • television s...
  • churchyard bench

Scottish Film Council plaque, Pennan

Marking one of the locations used for Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Marking one of the locations used for Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • industry
  • geograph
  • scottish fil...
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  • retail
  • services

Plaque, Pennan

Credits for improvements to the village in 1987/88. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

Credits for improvements to the village in 1987/88. © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

  • village
  • rural settlement
  • geograph

Plaque to William Finn (with spelling mistake)

First of the Lord Mayors Centenary Plaques at Sacred Heart Church on Southcoates Lane, Hull. In all 100 plaques will be unveiled in the next 2 years. Within hours of taking this photograph the...

First of the Lord Mayors Centenary Plaques at Sacred Heart Church on Southcoates Lane, Hull. In all 100 plaques will be unveiled in the next 2 years. Within hours of taking this photograph...

  • people
  • events
  • religious sites
  • geograph
  • lord mayors ...
  • suburb
  • urban fringe

Plaque, Buxton Mineral Baths

What was once the Mineral Baths, now houses the Information Centre for Buxton. Its thermal springs were attractions in Roman times when Buxton was known as Aquae Arnemetiae. Mary, Queen of Scots,...

What was once the Mineral Baths, now houses the Information Centre for Buxton. Its thermal springs were attractions in Roman times when Buxton was known as Aquae Arnemetiae. Mary, Queen of...

  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Bishop's Palace Plaque, Hereford

This plaque can be seen outside the entrance to the Bishop's Palace, Hereford. The palace is not open to the public. © Copyright Ann and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence ....

This plaque can be seen outside the entrance to the Bishop's Palace, Hereford. The palace is not open to the public. © Copyright Ann and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence...

  • religious sites
  • city
  • town centre
  • historic sit...
  • geograph

Plaque on the seat at Iken Cliff Picnic site

© Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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  • iken cliff p...
  • geograph
  • seat
  • picnic site
  • closeup
  • iken
  • the seat

Plaque on the seat at Iken Cliff Picnic site

© Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

© Copyright Adrian Cable and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

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  • iken cliff p...
  • geograph
  • seat
  • picnic site
  • closeup
  • iken
  • the seat

This is our charter

The plaque on the side of the Monument to Hyde Chartists SJ9494 : Pull the Plug - Ring the Change outside Hyde Town Hall reads: THIS IS OUR CHARTER Pulling the Plug, Ringing the Change This statue...

The plaque on the side of the Monument to Hyde Chartists SJ9494 : Pull the Plug - Ring the Change outside Hyde Town Hall reads: THIS IS OUR CHARTER Pulling the Plug, Ringing the Change This...

  • chartists
  • stephen broadbent
  • public artwork
  • geograph
  • 2002
  • historic sit...
  • tom pendry
  • roy oldham