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Difficulty of terrain:
This guidance applies in reasonable weather conditions. Please remember rain can make paths boggy, muddy and slippy.
Moderate - some steep and uneven sections.
Easy - Wheelchair accessible, well defined paths
Hard - very uneven paths, may involve some scambling and steeper sections
Wheelchair access
Age Guidance:
Distances:
Family
Adults
Children over 12
less than 1 mile
1-3 miles
4-6 miles
over 7 miles
The Autumn Programme
How to book:
Tel: 01484 663518
Email: hello@wedocreativity.co.uk
Click here to go to our booking page
Bess Martin has hidden 500 handmade clay bears around Kirklees for people to find between July and November 2015
The Golden Bear Hunt
Where: Across Kirklees
When: 20th July – 31st October
How much: FREE
Bess makes artistic trails and treasure hunts and can turn her hand to just about anything – making costumes for stiltwalkers, woodturning, pottery, painting and embroidery for starters. We were impressed by the balance between adult intelligence and childlike curiosity in Bess’s work – and of course her ambitious plans to hide golden bears all over Kirklees with a series of clues and surprises to keep adults and children guessing. Will you find a golden bear?
Look out for clues both locally and on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (search ‘bessinabout’) and follow her walking blog as she attempts to tread as many of the Kirklees footpaths as possible – spreading the bears far and wide.
SHuddersfield Ghost Walk
Take a storytelling ghost walk with Chol Theatre through Huddersfield town centre and hear the spooky tales gathered by local author Kai Roberts and theatre maker Rebecca Legg.
We may even stop off for some Dutch Courage in one of Huddersfield’s fine drinking establishments.
Where: Meet Huddersfield Train Station by the Harold Wilson Statue
When: Saturday 12th September
Time: 7.00pm
How much: £3.00
We’ve teamed up with Experience Community to make a Golden Bear Hunt event suitable for wheelchair users and the wider community. Meet other people who share a love of the outdoors whilst searching for those elusive little bears on wheelchair accessible routes - or for those who like to get off the beaten path, try out an all-terrain, mountain trike (prebooking required).
There’ll be plenty of time to share your finds over tasty treats in the Oakwell Hall café.
Where: Oakwell Hall, Nutter Lane, Birstall, WF17 9LG
When: Tuesday 22nd September
Time: 11.00am - 12.15pm
How much: donation towards refreshments
Trike booking:
Slots available 11am-12.15pm, 12.45-2pm, 2.15-3.30pm. Call Craig on 07958 591841 or email info@experiencecommunity.co.uk
Gathering Tree Seeds
Gather acorns and and help Dewsbury Country Park grow
Meet at The Ship Inn family friendly pub and enjoy a lovely stroll to beautiful Ladywood. There we will collect acorns and tree seeds with guidance from Kirklees Countryside Officer Simon Pedley.
Plant your own seed to grow at home and the rest will be nurtured for a couple of years and then planted into the woodland at Dewsbury Country Park. Then we’ll head back to the pub for hot drinks
and nibbles.
Where: Ship Inn, Steanard Lane, Shepley Bridge, Mirfield, WF14 8HB
When: Saturday 10th October
Time: 10.00am - 12.30pm
How much: donation towards refreshments
Herbal Hedgerows
Join Herbal Expert Sue Salmon for a walk and talk
Ever wondered about the medicinal properties of wild plants? Like the idea of finding free medicines growing near you?
Find out more on this guided walk with phytotherapy expert Sue Salmon who will show us medicinal plants growing in the wild and then show usjust what we can do with them. This event might well make you change your mind about how you treat winter coughs and colds.
A version of this walk just for people aged 55+ is available to members of our sister project Culture Club.
To find out more visit www.culture-club.org.uk
Where: St Mary's Community Centre, Church Lane, Mirfield
When: Thursday 15th October
Time: 1.30 - 4.30pm
How much: £6.00 includes walk, talk and refreshments
The year is 2067. Climate change has become climate chaos, and even 75 miles inland is not safe from the sea. A series of short spoken-word performances will submerge you in this new world with its own history, populated by seemingly familiar people, places and stories. But as with all future scenarios nothing is certain...
Lyrical, engaging and ultimately reinforcing the importance of ecologies, this walk will transform every landlubber to hypothetical seafarer.
This piece is inspired by the landscape, manmade features and personal histories around Crow Hill and Butterley Reservoir.
Where: Meet at the Bandstand in Marsden Park,
walk ends at the New Inn for a warming drink.
Dates and Start Times:
Saturday 24th October, 3.30pm
Sunday 25th October, 2.30pm
How much: £2.50 booking essential includes walk and refreshments
Murmur
Artist Rachel Howfield leads a day of creativity in Upper Dearne Woodlands
A full day of creativity, using your senses to become engrossed in the woodland habitat and allowing the rhythms of nature to bring stillness.
Learn about Rachel’s process of capturing experiences through field notes, drawings and collecting and explore active listening - the process of noticing and fine tuning your awareness.
Take these experiences back to the cosy village hall for an afternoon of writing, drawing, printing and making with hot drinks and biscuits thrown in.
Where: Birdsedge Village Hall,Penistone Road, HD8 8XT
When: Sunday 1st November
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
How much: £7.00
includes full day activity, hot drinks
and biscuits but please bring food to share for a lovely communal lunch
Beryl
A play about cycling by Maxine Peake
In celebration of Kirklees’ cycle ways and greenways,we had to include Maxine Peake’s witty, charming and critically acclaimed play about Yorkshire’s unsung sporting legend Beryl Burton MBE, OBE – the greatest womanon two wheels.
She was a woman who could outwork the men in the rhubarb fields and outclass the cyclists on the road to become five times world pursuit champion,13 times national pursuit champion, twice road-racing world champion – and still make it home in time for dinner.
‘Burton’s story... brought to theatrically inventive and comically freewheeling life’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
Where: The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
When: Wednesday 11th November
Time: 7.30 - 9.45pm approximately
How much: £12.00 includes drink (exclusive discount for booking with us)
Secret Fire Garden
A magical fire garden by pa-BOOM accompanied by a soundscape from James Mabbett (AKA Napoleon IIIrd)
Renowned throughout the UK and abroad for their extraordinary performances and events, pa-Boom have been inspired, closer to home, by the natural beauty of Folly Dolly Falls to create a magical fire garden for our finale event. Wonder seekers, young and old, can experience the special time between night and day, light and dark - made more magical still by the delicate fire garden shadows and flames inspired by this unique geological feature, hidden in plain sight in the middle of Meltham.
The soundscape by artist James Mabbett is drawn directly from the surroundings and the whole event invites you to look and listen like you have never done before. An optional afternoon walk, followed by a twilight stroll along the greenway to see the fire garden, makes for a perfect afternoon out.
Where: Folly Dolly Falls, Meltham Greenway
When: Sunday 15th November
Time: Optional Walk (2 miles, fully accessible) 2pm from Carlile Street Car Park
Fire Garden 4pm - 6pm at Folly Dolly Falls, Meltham.
How Much: FREE! (no need to book), but bring some cash for hot refreshments from La Petite Bretonne
Length and grade of walk:
The afternoon walk will be 2-3 miles on footpaths with some uneven ground and climbs. The walk to the Secret Fire Garden at dusk will be along the greenway. Escorted access down steps to the fire garden in small groups. Wear strong shoes (and if you’ve got one, bring a torch).