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Walking piece
2012

Alter Bahnhof Video Walk

Created for dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, the Alter Bahnhof Video Walk by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller guides viewers through a train station via iPod, blending filmed past and present into an uncanny “physical cinema” about memory and presence.

Sound walk
SWS25 2024

Tulip art walk

A humourfull guided tour through the city centre of Dutch town Dronten, in a provence famous for it's tulips. The tour is an artwork by itself and uses a temporary tulip-art exhibition tell historical, cultural and botanical stories, with music.

Happened
 

Walk With Us: Guided Walks

Newlyn Art Gallery
2022-10-26 12:00
Newlyn Art Gallery, New Road, Newlyn, Penzance TR18 5PZ, UK

Join us for a series of guided walks & workshops using the 'Walk With Us' app, which focusses on the National Oceanography Centre’s monitoring project about coastal hazards, resilience and the wider issues of coastal erosion and climate change.

Happened
 

Flights and Fights at London City Airport

Eloise Hawser and The Royal Docks
2021-10-23 12:30
Royal Docks, UK

This is one of a series of four walking workshops. Please book for free through Eventbrite via the attached link. Join artist and newsprint enthusiast Eloise Hawser for a series of four different workshops with guided walks in London’s Docklands, looking at the area’s rich variety of stories, people and places through the lens of

Curated news 03 Jun, 2022

Stroll through Brooklyn history with this month’s Municipal Art Society walking tours • Brooklyn Paper

You can explore Brooklyn history with guided wanders through four neighborhoods this month, hosted by the Municipal Art Society. Source: Stroll through Brooklyn history with this month’s Municipal Art Society walking tours • Brooklyn Paper

Curated news 18 Jun, 2021

Walking tour discovers Nicosia’s colours | Cyprus Mail

The capital’s urban landscape has an ocean of shapes, textures, infrastructures and even people. Perhaps its most distinct and charming neighbourhood is the old town – a place with historical architecture, monuments and full of stories. Yet even in this part of town that appears homogenous at first glance, every… Source: Walking tour discovers Nicosia’s

Sound walk
SWS22 2022

Tayport in 2030 – a walking tour

Join a local resident to guide you around Tayport in 2030 and see, smell, hear and feel the future that could be if we do everything we possibly can to tackle climate and biodiversity crises, and create a fair future for all.

Sound walk
SWS21 2021

Keep Going Then Vanish by Jack Nicholls

Keep Going Then Vanish is an immersive walking experience by ThickSkin, part of the Walk This Play® series in collaboration with The Royal Exchange Theatre, exploring an unfamiliar Manchester through changing urban landscapes and introspective narrative. Participants use the free Walk This Play® app to follow the guided walk, which combines storytelling with movement to engage with themes of memory, perception, and presence.

Walking piece
2014

The Alternative Tour of Little Bredy

This audio tour is an adaptation of the performance ‘The Tour of All Tours’ that was commissioned by Inside Out Dorset Festival for the village of Littlebredy. It offers a tour of the tours, real and imaginary, that cross the village and in so doing creates both a critical reflection on the nature of tours and

Happened
 

Sweet Industry in the Docklands

Eloise Hawser and The Royal Docks
2021-10-16 12:30
Royal Docks, UK

This is one of a series of four walking workshops. Please book for free through Eventbrite via the attached link. Join artist and newsprint enthusiast Eloise Hawser for a series of four different free workshops with guided walks in London’s Docklands, looking at the area’s rich variety of stories, people and places through the lens

Happened
SWS20  

synchronise – guided sound walk and online gathering

Virtual Care Lab
2020-09-26 18:00
Online

synchronise is a guided sound walk and online gathering, connecting us to place through synchronised walking and guided creative response to local landscape. Exploring ideas of pilgrimage through interactive, sense-based activity, we engage with inner and outer themes of nature.  Virtually together, we will follow a guided sound walk through our respective places, each partaking

Happened
 

Ambling Africans @Snape Maltings

Ambling Africans
2024-05-23 09:00
Snape Maltings, Snape IP17 1SP, UK

Ambling African Women walking group was created in 2023 and are delighted to offer their very first guided walk for the Suffolk Walking Festival. Join the group on a very gentle amble and discover the very special landscapes around Snape Maltings of expansive reedbeds, the gently flowing River Alde, amazing birdlife, and some beautiful woodlands. 

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Walking pieces

Walking piece
2018

Still Listening: Valley Gardens Soundwalk

A gentle, mildly fantastical guided walk around the Valley Gardens, Highfield, University of Southampton, although I hope it would be enjoyable even for those who can’t listen at the location.

Walking piece
2016

Hidden Florence

Experience Renaissance Florence through the eyes of five contemporary characters.

Sound walk
2018

Re-sounding Yardley

Explore the St Edburgha’s churchyard while the SOUNDwalker app guides you through the auditory landscapes of Yardley’s four wards: Stetchford, Sheldon, Acocks Green, and South Yardley. This walk is part of the for-Wards project and is available on both the App Store and Google Play.

Sound walk
2015

NetPark

NetPark is a series of locative projects curated by Simon Poulter and developed by Metal with assistance from the Digital R&D Fund. Artist projects and children’s stories can be downloaded for iOS, Android and web/mp3. Many of these use GPS and free wi-fi is provided in the park for visitors and you can contact Metal

Articles on WLC

Curated news 11 May, 2023

‘One of a kind’ Vivienne Westwood walking tour launched around her hometown

For one day only. Source: ‘One of a kind’ Vivienne Westwood walking tour launched around her hometown

Curated news 23 Jun, 2020

Walking In Circles – Artist Talk – Daniel & Clara

Next week we’ll be taking part in Metal Culture’s Future Network Shorts. We’ll be presenting ‘Walking in Circles’, a guided virtual-walk along the route we take daily … Source: Walking In Circles – Artist Talk – Daniel & Clara

Articles elsewhere

Walkspace 95

Mitchell’s Fold manoeuvre

A walk guided by Paul Wakelam through the mythology and geography surrounding Mitchell's Fold stone circle.

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Let's take a... 75

Let’s Take a Walk #63, walking for the environment as part of Jane’s Walk (Post in Progress)

Dear friends,Let's Take a Walk #63, took place on May 4th       

Marie Christine Katz
The Tour of All T... 50

The Tour of Geyuan Garden: a heritage nightmare

Geyuan Garden is, apparently, one of the four most prestigious gardens in the whole of China. I would never have guessed. Numbed from a 24-course Spring Festival feast the night before in which the baijiu toasting went on long and hard, ...

Bill Aitchison

Events

Happened
SWS23  

Sound Walk at Ramsey Hairpin Woodland Park

Manx Wildlife Trust
2023-09-30 10:00
Ramsey Hairpin, A18, Ramsey, Isle of Man

A guided walk around the MWT Hairpin Woodland Park with moments to pause and actively listen to every sound that you hear.

Happened
 

Frome’s Walking Festival 2022

Frome Walkers Are Welcome and Frome Town Council
11 - 13 Nov, 2022
Cheese & Grain, Justice Lane, Frome, UK

Frome's annual Walking Festival brings together walks on various topics from history, environmental, countryside and more.

Happened
 

Crickhowell Walking Festival

Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre
7 - 15 Mar, 2020
Crickhowell, Reino Unido

A walking festival with a difference. There are more than 70 guided walks catering for all ages, abilities and interests – the only common element is that they all take place within the stunning landscape of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Links

Walk Coach Learn

WalkCoachLearn is an online platform dedicated to combining walking with educational content to promote learning through experiential engagement. It offers guided walking tours, often integrated with historical, cultural, or environmental narratives, allowing participants to explore landscapes while gaining contextually rich knowledge. The platform emphasizes the value of movement in enhancing cognitive absorption and reflection and supports various themes ranging from local history and heritage to contemporary social issues. The site also provides resources and tools for educators and walkers interested in designing their own learning walks, highlighting best practices in facilitating outdoor educational experiences. By merging physical activity with informative content, WalkCoachLearn situates walking as a dynamic mode of cultural discovery and reflective practice. The platform's approach aligns with trends in cultural geography that recognize embodied experience and place-based learning as vital to understanding spatial and social phenomena.
Anise Bullimore
Projects

The Tour of All Tours

A creative review of guided tours worldwide and thinkpad for art and tour projects. Review requests welcomed.
Projects

London by Guide – Guided by Isobel

London on your feet "We loved Isobel’s dry humor and her knowledge and passion for what she does. "
Isobel Durrant
Personal websites

guerrilla geography

Tactical, radical, creative, unusual and/or surprising geographies that challenge people to think differently about their relationships with places.

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