diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/Place.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/Place.java
index 21dd14131..3b3b798eb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/Place.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/Place.java
@@ -232,13 +232,23 @@ public class Place implements Parcelable {
      */
     @Nullable
     public String getWikiDataEntityId() {
+        if (this.entityID != null && !this.entityID.equals("")) {
+            return this.entityID;
+        }
+
         if (!hasWikidataLink()) {
             Timber.d("Wikidata entity ID is null for place with sitelink %s", siteLinks.toString());
             return null;
         }
 
+        //Determine entityID from link
         String wikiDataLink = siteLinks.getWikidataLink().toString();
-        return wikiDataLink.replace("http://www.wikidata.org/entity/", "");
+
+        if (wikiDataLink.contains("http://www.wikidata.org/entity/")) {
+            this.entityID = wikiDataLink.substring("http://www.wikidata.org/entity/".length());
+            return this.entityID;
+        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.kt
index 90167f8e3..d2e73441d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.content.IntentFilter
 import android.content.res.Configuration
 import android.graphics.Color
 import android.graphics.Paint
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable
 import android.location.Location
 import android.location.LocationManager
 import android.net.Uri
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragment : CommonsDaggerSupportFragment(), NearbyParentFragmen
 
     @Volatile
     private var stopQuery = false
+    private var drawableCache: MutableMap<Pair<Context, Int>, Drawable>? = null
 
     // Explore map data (for if we came from Explore)
     private var prevZoom = 0.0
@@ -721,6 +723,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragment : CommonsDaggerSupportFragment(), NearbyParentFragmen
                 startMapWithoutPermission()
             }
         }
+        drawableCache = HashMap()
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1501,7 +1504,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragment : CommonsDaggerSupportFragment(), NearbyParentFragmen
                         marker.showInfoWindow()
                         presenter!!.handlePinClicked(updatedPlace)
                         savePlaceToDatabase(place)
-                        val icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(
+                        val icon = getDrawable(
                             requireContext(),
                             getIconFor(updatedPlace, isBookMarked)
                         )
@@ -2027,8 +2030,35 @@ class NearbyParentFragment : CommonsDaggerSupportFragment(), NearbyParentFragmen
             )
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the specified Drawable object. This is a wrapper method for ContextCompat.getDrawable().
+     * This method caches results from previous calls for faster retrieval.
+     *
+     * @param context The context to use to get the Drawable
+     * @param id The integer that describes the Drawable resource
+     * @return The Drawable object
+     */
+    private fun getDrawable(context: Context?, id: Int?): Drawable? {
+        if (drawableCache == null || context == null || id == null) {
+            return null
+        }
+
+        val key = Pair(context, id)
+        if (!drawableCache!!.containsKey(key)) {
+            val drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, id)
+
+            if (drawable != null) {
+                drawableCache!![key] = drawable
+            } else {
+                return null
+            }
+        }
+
+        return drawableCache!![key]
+    }
+
     fun convertToMarker(place: Place, isBookMarked: Boolean): Marker {
-        val icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(requireContext(), getIconFor(place, isBookMarked))
+        val icon = getDrawable(requireContext(), getIconFor(place, isBookMarked))
         val point = GeoPoint(place.location.latitude, place.location.longitude)
         val marker = Marker(binding!!.map)
         marker.position = point
@@ -2430,7 +2460,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragment : CommonsDaggerSupportFragment(), NearbyParentFragmen
                 Marker.ANCHOR_BOTTOM
             )
             startMarker.icon =
-                ContextCompat.getDrawable(
+                getDrawable(
                     this.requireContext(),
                     fr.free.nrw.commons.R.drawable.current_location_marker
                 )
@@ -2488,7 +2518,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragment : CommonsDaggerSupportFragment(), NearbyParentFragmen
             Marker(binding?.map).apply {
                 position = it
                 setAnchor(Marker.ANCHOR_CENTER, Marker.ANCHOR_BOTTOM)
-                icon = ContextCompat.getDrawable(context, R.drawable.current_location_marker)
+                icon = getDrawable(context, R.drawable.current_location_marker)
                 title = "Your Location"
                 textLabelFontSize = 24
                 overlays.add(this)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/presenter/NearbyParentFragmentPresenter.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/presenter/NearbyParentFragmentPresenter.kt
index ce268f7a3..ed84751b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/presenter/NearbyParentFragmentPresenter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/presenter/NearbyParentFragmentPresenter.kt
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ensureActive
+import kotlinx.coroutines.job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import okhttp3.internal.wait
 import timber.log.Timber
+import java.io.IOException
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler
 import java.lang.reflect.Method
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy
@@ -75,8 +78,8 @@ class NearbyParentFragmentPresenter
      * - **connnectionCount**: number of parallel requests
      */
     private object LoadPlacesAsyncOptions {
-        const val BATCH_SIZE = 3
-        const val CONNECTION_COUNT = 3
+        const val BATCH_SIZE = 10
+        const val CONNECTION_COUNT = 20
     }
 
     private var schedulePlacesUpdateJob: Job? = null
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragmentPresenter
     private object SchedulePlacesUpdateOptions {
         var skippedCount = 0
         const val SKIP_LIMIT = 3
-        const val SKIP_DELAY_MS = 500L
+        const val SKIP_DELAY_MS = 100L
     }
 
     // used to tell the asynchronous place detail loading job that the places' bookmarked status
@@ -379,13 +382,32 @@ class NearbyParentFragmentPresenter
                             )
                         } catch (e: Exception) {
                             Timber.tag("NearbyPinDetails").e(e)
-                            collectResults.send(indices.map { Pair(it, updatedGroups[it]) })
+                            //HTTP request failed. Try individual places
+                            for (i in indices) {
+                                launch {
+                                    val onePlaceBatch = mutableListOf<Pair<Int, MarkerPlaceGroup>>()
+                                    try {
+                                        val fetchedPlace = nearbyController.getPlaces(
+                                            mutableListOf(updatedGroups[i].place)
+                                        )
+
+                                        onePlaceBatch.add(Pair(i, MarkerPlaceGroup(
+                                            bookmarkLocationDao.findBookmarkLocation(
+                                                fetchedPlace[0]),fetchedPlace[0])))
+                                    } catch (e: Exception) {
+                                        Timber.tag("NearbyPinDetails").e(e)
+                                        onePlaceBatch.add(Pair(i, updatedGroups[i]))
+                                    }
+                                    collectResults.send(onePlaceBatch)
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
             var collectCount = 0
-            for (resultList in collectResults) {
+            while (collectCount < indicesToUpdate.size) {
+                val resultList = collectResults.receive()
                 for ((index, fetchedPlaceGroup) in resultList) {
                     val existingPlace = updatedGroups[index].place
                     val finalPlaceGroup = MarkerPlaceGroup(
@@ -442,9 +464,7 @@ class NearbyParentFragmentPresenter
                     }
                 }
                 schedulePlacesUpdate(updatedGroups)
-                if (++collectCount == totalBatches) {
-                    break
-                }
+                collectCount += resultList.size
             }
             collectResults.close()
         }