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SUMMARY:Sanctuary & Refuge with wetland migrants.
DESCRIPTION:Part of Sanctuary & Refuge & International Dawn Chorus Day at Greenwich.\nLivestream of tidal Migration at GPEP\, London:\nLive from the living roof of Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park Gatehouse\, this is the soundscape of a unique urban wetland nestled by the tidal River Thames in London\, near to its flow through the Thames Flood Barrier. The livestream also celebrates over 10 years of collaboration between soundcamps’s Reveil and Inspirallondon. Listen live here: http://locus.creacast.com:9001/london_gpep-living-roof.mp3 \nGreenwich Peninsula Ecology Park (GPEP) is a rich urban wildlife oasis that has played an important role in the area’s regeneration and community life since its creation in 2002. With striking freshwater habitats and a wealth of wildlife\, this tranquil park is a stunning natural area for people to discover and enjoy in the heart of Greenwich Peninsula; providing welcome shelter for migrant birds from Africa and a place of refuge for a variety of plants\, invertebrates and animals.<\nThe park includes two lakes surrounded by marshland\, a small Alder woodland\, and a walk-in wildflower meadow. It’s home to a fascinating array of wildlife\, with two bird hides allowing fantastic views of species such as snipe and water rail in winter\, and reed warblers and swifts in summer. It is also a Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation (SLINC).\nLivestream created by sound artist and researcher Ian Thompson – see website. \nAddress: Greenwich Park\, John Harrison Way\, London\, SE10 0QZ \nCharlie Fox (part of inspirallondon) will be leading a walk from outside Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park to Stave Hill Ecology Park on Sunday 4th May  – after the TCV GPEP Dawn Chorus’ walk led by an experienced and knowledgeable local birder (from 6:30am – 8.30am) that  celebrates International Dawn Chorus Day by listening and experiencing early morning birdsong on a guided birdwatching tour with local experts. There is tea and toast in the Gatehouse afterwards. This event is aimed at adults & older accompanied children. More details and booking HERE \nThis inspirallondon exploration is a gentle early morning walk passing along the inspirallondon trail along the Thames towards Southwark. It will offer new insights into the intricate and complex histories of human and non-human migration. This walk is part of BlackHistory 365 celebrations and explores urban ecology through the lens of migrations. See 4th May walk info HERE  and booking HERE  \n GPEP Greenwich Peninsula : http://greenwichpeninsulawildlifeheritage.co.uk/
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/sanctuary-refuge-with-wetland-migrants/
LOCATION:Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park\, Thames Path\, John Harrison Way\, London\, SE10 0QZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Made in The Mardyke – Post Natural Estuary explorations.
DESCRIPTION:Made in The Mardyke – Post Natural Estuary explorations. (1-5pm 3 May 2025)\nJoin artist Charlie Fox for dropin making and exchange workshop: at the table throughout the afternoon with support from MadeInTheMardyke\, InspiralLondon and T100 team members. This is part of the Estuary Exchange national launch of Beach of Dreams Festival at Tilbury Cruise Terminal and T100 walking festival. \nYou will have an opportunity to try out making ‘creaturely’ elements from materials found in local rivers. A chance to experience first hand some of the processes and artistic research that informs the Made in the Mardyke project\, and which will culminate on 31 May with performance by the Mardyke River near to Chafford Hundred. \nYou can also experience and examine the hybrid materials\, the interplay between plastics and natural matter: looking at the material magnified; using a microscope to look at the extraordinary new worlds being discovered in the watery commons of the Estuary. Made in the Mardyke offers a space for us to engage with conversations about our waterways\, how we interact with them\, issues of waste and pollution\, geological history of rivers\, the post-natural forms that they produce and broader questions about the climate emergency\, the state of our rivers\, oceans and sea. \nAt The Estuary Exchange Beach of Dreams Event (info HERE) : Discover a vibrant marketplace of creativity with workshops\, interactive installations\, and opportunities to connect with range of cultural organisations and creators. Explore the Thames Estuary’s rich cultural landscape and learn about BoD upcoming projects. Free Booking HERE \n       \nLocation of Event: London International Cruise Terminal\, Tilbury\, Tilbury RM18 7ND\, United Kingdom
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/made-in-the-mardyke-post-natural-estuary-explorations/
LOCATION:Kent
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SUMMARY:Sanctuary\, Refuge & Migration – sound\, urban ecology and heritage dawn chorus walk
DESCRIPTION:Sanctuary\, Refuge & Migration – sound\, urban ecology and heritage walk led by Charlie Fox Please Book HERE\n\nWalk starts from outside the Gatehouse entrance of Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre following TCV’s Dawn Chorus event at  Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park to arrive for the final events of Reveil soundcamp at Stave Hill Ecology Park. The walk will take approx 2 hours (from 8.30am -approx.10.30 am on Sunday 4th May). \nThis shared exploration of the Thames side environment comes after the GPEP/TCV Dawn Chorus walk led by an experienced and knowledgeable local birder (from 6:30am – 8.30am) that  celebrates International Dawn Chorus Day by listening and experiencing early morning birdsong on a guided birdwatching tour with local experts. There is tea and toast in the Gatehouse afterwards. This event is aimed at adults & older accompanied children. Details and booking HERE \nNote: That this gentle early morning walk will follow along the inspirallondon trail as it skirts the Thames offering new insights into the intricate and complex histories of human and non-human migration/interaction. This walk is companiam walk for BlackHistory 365 celebrations and run by inspirallondon CIC  See  https://www.inspirallondon.com/events/ \nThis walk also follows from Tidal Migrations Livestream remote listening on locussonus soundmap for International Dawn Chorus Day and Reveil 13 (3-4 May 2025) \nArtist and Inspirallondon associate Ian Thompson will be creating a livestream from the living roof of GPEP Gatehouse. This soundscape ranges across this unique urban wetland\, nestled by the tidal Thames\, near to its flow through the Thames Barrier. \nIan Thompson Biog: HERE \nGreenwich Peninsual Ecology Park: Adjoining Southern Park is a rich wildlife oasis that has played an important role in the area’s regeneration and community life since its creation in 2002.  With striking freshwater habitats and a wealth of wildlife this tranquil park is a stunning natural area for people to discover and enjoy in the heart of Greenwich Peninsula. \nThe Park includes two lakes surrounded by marshland\, a small Alder woodland\, a walk-in wildflower meadow and is home to a fascinating array of wildlife. Two bird hides allow fantastic views of the many birds that visit the park including winter species such as snipe and water rail and summer visitors such as reed warblers and swifts. It is a Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation (SLINC). Whatever the season there is something for everyone – whether you enjoy bird spotting\, watching wildlife or just relaxing in beautiful surroundings. \nAddress to meet: The Gatehouse (Greenwich Peninsual Ecology Park) on Thames Pathway\, by John Harrison Way\, London\, SE10 0QZ \nGPEP Links: http://greenwichpeninsulawildlifeheritage.co.uk/
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/sanctuary-refuge-migration-sound-urban-ecology-and-heritage-dawn-chorus-walk/
LOCATION:Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park\, Thames Path\, John Harrison Way\, London\, SE10 0QZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Songlines for Greenwich Story Sharing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Songlines for Greenwich – Lantern/Migration/Celebration/Exchange –  Songs of migration workshop. BOOK HERE \nJoin inspiral artists and musician Mikey Georgeson for an evening of song writing\, musical improvisation\, drums and conversation. Delving deep into the archive – we offer an imaginal exploration among the surroundings of Woolwich Old Dockyards; a time together to create new hybrid songs\, share stories and lyrics while meeting unusual and unexpected figures from Greenwich’s untold history. \n \nPart of Songlines for Greenwich Festival Workshops and Events (March-July 2025) \nThis Spring join us for gentle walks and contribute to our local Black History walking project Songlines of Greenwich. Together we create\, interpret and celebrate Black cultural heritage and experiences reclaiming the histories of places\, of forgotten or underrepresented people. \nLeading to a festival of free Public Performative Walk Events – From mid May to mid July  2025 InspiralLondon enjoy Songlines\, a series of interlinked walks\, co-curated as part of Greenwich’s Black History 365 celebrations. This workshop is free but booking is recommended – please bring percussion instruments etc if you have them.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/songlines-for-greenwich-lantern-bh365-event/
LOCATION:Clockhouse Community Cente\, Defiance Walk Woolwich Dockyard\, London\, SE18 5QL
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SUMMARY:Urban Ecology\, Slow Walk Tree Explorations - William Blake Estate
DESCRIPTION:Urban Ecology\, Slow Walk Tree Explorations (evening walk May 10 6-8pm)\nResidents of William Blake Estate in the City of London are warmly invited to join us for this unique Urban Tree Festival event\, funded by City of London. \nJoin Walk Leaders Charlie Fox ‘InspiralLondon’ and artist Rachel Gomme  on a gentle Urban Ecology and Tree Walk with slow walking meditation. The walk explores the vital role trees play within the urban environment. We will celebrate street trees and specimen trees found within the William Blake Estate\, along the adjacent streets\, and in Archbishop’s Park with a brief visit to the Garden Museum near the Thames. \n \nDuring this gentle evening walk we will have some time to stop to examine certain trees\, marvel at the undergrowth\, at tree respiration and investigate urban ecology habitats. \nThe walk will also offer an interlude of slow walking where we take time to sense into and savour the delicate details of our own movement\, and the beings\, substances and flows around us. It offers insights into the benefits of walking the city particularly through interaction with urban ecology and urban trees. At the finish there will be time to share in refreshments and conversation. \nA free walk for William Blake Estate Community and residents of City of London Estates connected to the area\, but all Londoners welcome to explore this Green Oasis close to Waterloo Book HERE. This walk is an event for Urban Tree Festival and City of London Corporation. Urban Tree Festival Information \n                    \n  \nOther City of London sponsored walks for residents of the City include: \nSlow Mindful Tree Walk – Urban Tree Festival 2015 info HERE\nHolloway Estate Mindful Tree Walkshop – Urban Tree Festival 2015 info HERE\nForaging Walk for City Women – Urban Tree Festival 2015 info HERE\nCity Tree Walk – Trees of Caledonian Park – Urban Tree Festival 2015 info HERE
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/urban-ecology-slow-walk-tree-explorations-william-blake-estate/
LOCATION:Kent
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T183000
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SUMMARY:Spiral Sanctuary Explorations - Songlines of Greenwich - BH365 celebrations
DESCRIPTION:Spiral Sanctuary Explorations  Friday May 16 2025 6.30pm to 9pm BOOK for walk HERE \nPlease meet at exit Woolwich Station (Elisabeth Line)\, Dial Arch Square\, Major Draper Street\, Woolwich\, London\, SE18 6GD \nA gentle evening walk exploring unexpected aspects of Greenwich’s history\, in celebrating diversity around Woolwich. This event weaves stories\, places\, people with the theatre of magic lanterns – to retell Greenwich as a Borough of migration\, diversity and haven. You will be guided on a little walk\, no ordinary walk\, but one that looks into the nooks and crannies of old Woolwich Dockyards! Here we find ghosts\, some we may know and some are less well known\, others  mysterious. \nWe hear of historic narratives relating to Black seamen\, historic records of migration\, of Black Greenwich Pensioners at the Royal Hospital for Seamen; the story of John Blanke\, trumpeter to Henry VII and then Henry VIII\, the story of other Black Londoners hidden in the archives. \nThis walk led by local and invited artists Art of the Magic Lantern will  lead from new Woolwich  Centre\, retelling of refuge and migration. This spiral sanctuary exploration will then pass through Riverside Woolwich\, to cross down to the River Thames into Woolwich Old Docklands to explore and celebrate together all the diverse communities who have made their lives and livelihoods in the area. \n \nThis is the first event from a series of Greenwich Songlines walks co-curated by InspiralLondon for BH365 celebrations. Further walks and workshops to be announced from Feb 20 –  12 July 2025. BOOKING for walk HERE \nArt of the Magic Lantern \nThe Art of the Magic Lantern is a collaborative project by Nicole Mollett and Frog Morris which re-purposes this pre-cinema projection equipment to create a new live performance pieces for contemporary audiences. The project brings together heritage research\, drawing\, socially engaged art practice\, standup performance\, and story telling. \nFor Songlines for Greenwich The Art of the Magic Lantern create a new preambulatory slide show among the sights\, sounds and smells of Woolwich Old Dockyards. \nThis is the first event from a series of Greenwich Songlines walks co-curated by InspiralLondon for BH365 celebrations. Further walks and workshops to be announced from April to end July 2025 Supported by The Royal Borough of Greenwich and with additional funds from tfl WCGL. \n  \n          \nsupported by soundcamp\, inspirallondon associate artists & by counterproductions.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/spiral-sanctuary-explorations-songlines-of-greenwich-celebrations/
LOCATION:Woolwich Station\, Dial Arch Square\, Major Draper Street\, Woolwich\, London\, SE18 6GD\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250521T150000
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SUMMARY:Thameside Migrations - Africa to the Arctic and Back Again - BH365 Event
DESCRIPTION:On 21 May Thameside Migrations 3-5pm free BOOKING HERE\nJoin us for a gentle walk workshop with an introduction to bird migration – the three main visitors to the UK from Africa that use the wetlands along the river include: African Terns\, types of marten or swift\, and African reed warblers. \nWhy do they travel so far and where do they come from? Much of this remains a mystery but in Late Spring as the leaves unfurl and insects busy themselves multiplying their activity a variety of migrating birds come and feed and breed in the temperate summer. With longer days and an intensity of green flowering the birds take advantage of the welcome refuge at Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park. For this event we take a birds’ eye perspective of travel\, exchange and interaction… and trace a new history of migration and exchange. \nThis short gentle walk is a companion to the Saturday Distant Sounds of Migration walk (24 May) and to Tidal Migrations Livestream (on International Dawn Chorus weekend 3/4 May) in partnership with Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre TCV. Depending on weather and conditions we will either walk just in the park or follow a walk along the Thames and on the foreshore. \n24 May Distant Sounds of Migration 2 -4.30pm Meeting at Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park\, Gatehouse.  A Short Walk exploring migration and other listening in the city with Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park. Exploring and celebrating the migrant birds that come to feed and nest in Greenwich alongside the introduction of plants\, people and customs from the Caribbean and from Africa  – all parts of the rich diversity supported in the Boroughs multicultural networks.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/thameside-migrations-africa-to-antartica/
LOCATION:Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park\, Thames Path\, John Harrison Way\, London\, SE10 0QZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Distant Sounds of Migration - BH365 celebrations
DESCRIPTION:Distant Sounds of Migration. Part of BH365 celebrations 2024-2025 \nOn Saturday 24 May – Meet 2pm at the entrance of Greenwich Peninsula Ecology  Free BOOK HERE \nA Short Walk celebrating migration\, exchange and other listening in the city\, in collaboration with Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park\, taking a leisurely walk to visit other nearby green diverse ecological spaces – to share other fun and informative ways to see the city and its different inhabitants. \nWorking with the Friends of Ecology Park and other walking groups\, this exploratory workshop investigates the relationship between urban soundscape\, environment and the way that people share open space. The walk starts with a short introduction to the fascinating feats of bird migration – looking for the three main visitors to the UK from Africa that use the wetlands\, along the riverside\, which might include: African Terns\, a variety of marten or swift\, and African reed warblers. \nWhy do they travel so far\, up the Thames Estuary and where do they actually come from? Much of this remains a mystery but in Late Spring as the leaves unfurl and insects busy themselves multiplying their activity a variety of migrating birds come\, feed and breed. With longer days and an intensity of green flowering the birds take advantage of the welcome refuge at Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park. For this event we continue to take a birds’ eye perspective of travel\, exchange and interaction… and trace a new history of migration and exchange. \nThe walk as part of Black History 365 celebrations celebrates migration and the introduction of plants\, people and customs from the Caribbean and from Africa – all parts of the rich diversity supported in the Boroughs networks – as a place of Sanctuary and of inter-migration. This walk event is made in partnership with Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre. \n  \n \nPart of BH365 celebrations 2024-2025 – Generously Supported by Royal Borough of Greenwich.\n \nNote for full updated details of walks and event please going to Eventbrite to book TICKET \nfrom 9 April 2025. \n  \n  \n          \nsupported by soundcamp\, TCV Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Centre & inspirallondon associate artists. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/distant-sounds-of-migration/
LOCATION:Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park\, Thames Path\, John Harrison Way\, London\, SE10 0QZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Re/Walk Segment 26 - Hadley Wood to Elstree & Borehamwood
DESCRIPTION:Join Inspiral on Sunday 25 May from 2pm-5.30pm for a Re/walk adventure: \nWe make a gentle Sunday Re/Walk along Segment 26 Hadley Wood to Elstree & Borehamwood\, retracing the trail mapped in 2015. This walk is approx. 7.5 miles and takes us through the wooded edgelands of North London as we make a final curving spiral to the Thames at Hampton Palace. \nWe start in the green girdle\, passing Wrotham Park\, long Dancers Hill\, by Mimmshall Brook\, Valentines and Strangeway Farms before finally arriving in the built-up Borehamwood. \nBOOK HERE \n\nPart of Re/Walking the Trail 2024-2025 and Walking Festival – Excavate\, Explore\, Exchange – Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of InspiralLondon Trail with a festival of seven plus seven\, unique walks as participatory experiences. The festival walks will take you to other hidden and less well-known parts of the city; detouring from the trail\, in exploring underexplored\, buried aspects of the city or walking together by night. \nWe wish to share the magic and multiplicity of the city with all its diverse inhabitants\, and to get you walking; to explore the city with renewed curiosity\, by excavating the other buried narratives and histories that make London so unique. Together\, we will re/walk and re/make the city by foot. \nRe/walk is generously supported by tfl WCGL grant\, the Royal Borough of Greenwich and other walking group partners such as Kinetika/T-100\, Walking Artist Network and soundcamp \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/re-walk-segment-25-hadley-wood-to-elstree-borehamwood/
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SUMMARY:Walk Postponed -Slow Walking cross the Hills & Woods of NW London
DESCRIPTION:This walk has been canceled and will be rescheduled for Summer 2025 \nSlow Walking cross the Hills & Woods of North West London. Join us at 10.30am for this unusual and varied walk in celebration of the Green Belt… \nSlow Walking across the hills and woods of NW London is part of InspiralLondon’s remapping of the 300 mile trail – on Segment 27 from Elstree & Borehamwood to Northwood Hills. On this long May bank holiday enjoy some slow walking with Artist Rachel Gomme as InspiralLondon ventures along segment 27 of the trail. An unexpectedly beautiful walk from Elstree Hills \, across meadows to Aldenham Reservoir\, then 100 Acres Wood\, before straddling the A41 and M1 into Bushey. From here we explore the wild meadows of Merry Hill before turning south by Oxhey Woods to arrive at Northwood Hills before 5pm. BOOK HERE \nWe will meet promptly at 10.30am at the exit of Elstree & Borehamwood Station – before crossing Watling Street onto Elstree Hill and slow walking\, bathing in the May warmth. From there we continue this sensory walk that explores Urban Trees/Undergrowth/Urban Forest Canopy and meadow lands wreathed in flowers. \nDuring the first part of the walk\, Rachel will be identifying 2 or 3 short stretches of the trail as an interlude for slow walking – where we take time to sense into and savour the delicate details of our own movement\, and the beings\, substances and flows around us. You can join us just for this part of the walk. \nThis beautiful stretch of walk chimes with the walks made for the Urban Tree Festival (in 2024 and in 2025) tracking the unfurling of leaves in late Spring as the undergrowth & Urban Forest Canopy begins its immense greening of the city. \nFor those unable to make the start but would like to experience a short inspirallondon walk you can come and join our trail walk later in the early evening for a short slow walking start at Northwood Hills from 5pm and experience London walking in a totally other way. See Walk Segment 28 – Northwood Hills towards Ruislip Gardens. \nPart of InspiralLondon ReWalk\, ReMap\, ReTell 2024-2025 and following The Urban Tree Festival 2025\nFrom Spring 2024 to 2025 InspiralLondon sets out to rewalk\, remap and retell the 300 mile spiral trail\, first walked in 2015. We invite all kinds of walkers\, urban explorers and the curious to experience the magic of this unique pathway. Supported by tfl WCGL. \n \n 
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/slow-walking-cross-the-hills-woods-of-nw-london-on-the-ground-mapping-no-27/
LOCATION:Kent
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SUMMARY:Walk Postponed - RE/Walk Segment 28 - Northwood Hills to Ruislip Gardens
DESCRIPTION:This walk as been canceled and will be rescheduled for later in Summer 2025.\n \nRE/Walk Segment 28 – Northwood Hills to Ruislip Gardens \nOn Monday Bank Holiday evening  join us for a gentle evening walk with an early stop for a picnic and walk meditation (on 26 May 5pm – 8pm). BOOK for free HERE \nThis Re/Walk with picnic takes us along Segment 28 from Northwood Hills\, we cross and shadow the Yeading Brook to Ruislip Gardens\, as it feeds its way towards the Crane River. Along the walk we notice the transformation from woodland to meadow and gardenland\, the evolution of the Thames tributeries as we curve southwoods through west London. \nThis walk is approx. 5 miles with some slow walking meditation. \nPart of InspiralLondon ReWalk\, ReMap\, ReTell 2024-2025 and following The Urban Tree Festival 2025\nFrom Spring 2024 to 2025 InspiralLondon sets out to rewalk\, remap and retell the 300 mile spiral trail\, first walked in 2015. We invite all kinds of walkers\, urban explorers and the curious to experience the magic of this unique pathway. Supported by tfl WCGL.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/re-walk-segment-28-northwood-hills-to-ruislip-gardens/
LOCATION:Kent
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250527T203000
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SUMMARY:Re/Walk Segment 29 - Ruislip Gardens to Hayes & Harlington
DESCRIPTION:Join Inspiral Director Charlie Fox for an Evening Re/Walk Segment 29 Ruislip Gardens to Hayes & Harlington (on Tuesday 27 May from 5-8.30pm). BOOK HERE \nWalking from Ruislip Gardens we pick up the Yeading Brook trail and pass the hidden wetland of Ickenham Marsh on the edge of RAF Northolt. As we head southwestwards we follow the Brook\, then heading due south towards the Grand Union canal as the trail approaches the soundsacpe of Heathrow and the Crane River valley pathway. \nInspiralLondon’s Re/Walk Festival – Excavate\, Explore\, Exchange – Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Trail with a festival of seven unique walks that take you to other hidden and less well-known parts of the city; detouring from the trail\, in exploring underexplored\, buried aspects of the city or walking together by night. \nWe wish to share the magic and multiplicity of the city with all its diverse inhabitants\, and to get you walking; to explore the city with renewed curiosity\, by excavating the other buried narratives and histories that make London so unique. Together\, we re/walk and re/make the city by foot. \n \nRe/walk is generously supported by tfl WCGL grant\, the Royal Borough of Greenwich and other walking/artist group partners such as Kinetika\, T-100 and soundcamp.
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/re-walk-segment-29-ruislip-gardens-to-hayes-harlington/
LOCATION:Kent
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SUMMARY:Made in the Mardyke - T100 performance walk
DESCRIPTION:Made in the Mardyke final performative walk event – walk\, free picnic and gentle performance as part of T100 Walking Festival. Book HERE\n \nEnjoy the Mardyke and search for the emerging creatures… looking into the past\, experiencing the present and imagining into future: in the next 100\, 1000\, 10\,000\, million years – imagining what hybrid creatures will appear in the post-natural environment of the Mardyke? \nWith workshop participants and the creative input from the river as it transforms the materials that make up its environment\, we encounter some creatures from the near future emerging from the Field of Peace. And as we picnic together\, by the river\, we will discuss the Mardyke as a natural resource\, grappling with all the human waste and pollution thrown its way; think about how the river digests this waste\, transforms its and is transformed. \n\n\n\n10.30am-12.30pm Walk for approx 2hrs\nBy 12.30pm we arrive at Field of Peace\nWith time for picnic and discussions\n1.30-2.pm we parade back to start point (at Chafford Hundred Train Station)\n\n\n\nMake a day of exploration: \nAfterwards you can join the creatures as they find their way to the wilderness of Rainham marshes for Concrete Imaginings @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm. Meet outside main entrance of Rainham Station Concrete imaginings an Inspiral meander walk through the edgelands of London to the industrial heritage of the widening Thames\, with drawing. This walk led by associate artists – Birgitta Hosea and Sarah Sparkes. \nPlease note – you are advised to bring a picnic\, wear suitable clothes\, shoes for weather conditions – some refreshments including water will be provided. \nThis walk is a collaboration with T100 and Kinetika Arts (Beach of Dreams) Note BOOKING is free but ESSENTIAL HERE
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/made-in-the-mardyke-t100-performance-walk/
LOCATION:Chafford Hundred\, Burghley Road\,\, Chafford Hundred Lakeside\, Essex\, RM16 6QQ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Concrete Imaginings - RE/Walk Inspiral 10th Anniversary Festival
DESCRIPTION:Concrete Imaginings – Book HERE\nAfternoon 31st May 3pm – 6pm \nWe meet outside main entrance of Rainham Station. \n\nConcrete imaginings is an Inspiral meander walk through the edgelands of London to the industrial heritage of the widening Thames\, with drawing. Led by artists Birgitta Hosea and Sarah Sparkes. \nEngaging all the senses and using drawing and writing\, we will record thoughts\, sounds\, lines\, shapes and smells along the way. We will end up at the WW2 concrete barges on Frog Island where we will assemble all notes and sketches made on the walk into concrete visual poems. No previous experience of drawing or creative writing required. All materials will be provided. \nAccess: This is a shortish walk over easy terrain and we will be stopping regularly. There are some steps to navigate with ramps as an alternative to these. Please bring water and refreshments and wear suitable walking shoes/clothing for weather conditions. \nNote: if you go to the morning Made in the Mardyke Walk at the other side of the marshes\, Inspiral will arrange transport from Chafford Hundred to Rainham – if public transport is difficult\, so you can enjoy a full day of marshy and concrete imaginings. There are scheduled trains from Chafford Hundred Lakeside to Grays – change train at Grays to Rainham (Journey times 14.26 to arrive at 15.00).
URL:https://www.inspirallondon.com/event/concrete-imaginiings-re-walk-inspiral-10th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Rainham Station\, Ferry Lane\,\, Rainham\, RM13 9JA\, United Kingdom
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