Blue plaques are found right across Greater London, showing us where important people in history have lived and worked, and linking the past and the present. Start your exploration of London’s past with these sometimes surprising facts about blue plaques.| English Heritage
Blue plaques have not always been round, or even blue. Find out more below about their design has evolved since the scheme began 150 years ago.| English Heritage
London’s famous blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present. Now run by English Heritage, the London blue plaques scheme was started in 1866 and is thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world.| English Heritage
