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Thames Estuary Trail Route four Thamesmead Lesnes Abbey Dartford Ebbsfleet Northfleet
22 May – 13 June Events
Estuary 2021
Lore of the Wild Gravesend Hub
Estuary 2021 is the second edition Bernadette Russell & Sophie Austin
Sun 23 May at 10:00 / Sun 30
Open Everyday
11:00 - 17:00
of the large-scale arts festival that May at 15:00 / Sun 6 June at 20:00
Call by for more information on
At Lesnes Abbey Wood SE2 0QJ.
celebrates the lives, landscapes Guided walks by the artists at the festival, and to pick up Estuary
and histories of the spectacular different times of the day, experience
the audio storywalk and map and
publications, and activity sheets
for children and young people.
Thames Estuary. meet the artists who created it. Located at Gravesend Town Pier
and Pontoon, DA11 OBJ.
The Commons Way
Lora Aziz & Wyrd Flora
Taking place online, and in the Sat 29 May10:00-13:00 (walk and Explore Thamesmead
landscape along 107 miles of Thames plant identification). 14:30 - 16:30
(calligraphy workshop)
Sat 29 and Sun 30 May
Lakeside Centre SE2 9AN
Estuary Trail, contemporary artworks, At Lesnes Abbey Wood SE2 0QJ. A series of new artworks in
Exhibition, foraging walks & the landscape and artist-led
discussion and events explore and workshops relaying contemporary events, including:
respond to powerful themes resonant concepts around ecology, women,
plants and land in response to The Remnants of Rebellion
to the estuary. People of 1381 and rebel routes. Chloe Cooper
Sat 29 & Sun 30 May
Full details for booking on website. Gathering at Lakeside Centre from 12:30
Alongside a map that shows the Reclaim the Marshes
J D Swan
full trail, we have created six, Sat 29 & Sun 30 May
smaller sections of the route with Gathering at Lakeside Centre from 14:00
Thamesmead Travelling Cinema
accompanying details of the artworks Thamesmead Texas
and events to be found as you explore. Sun 30 May
19:00 at the Lakeside centre
Route 4 of 6 can be enjoyed across a
long weekend - or as three days out.
All details correct at the time of print. Some events may change to comply
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Ebbsfleet international station
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Estuary 2021 Hub
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Gravesend Pier (30min)
Estuary 2021 Hub
Accessibility Gravesend Pier
Please see website for details 30min walk
Thamesmead and Lesnes Dartford Swanscombe Northfleet
Abbey and Woods Our Time 85 Deep Thames // 58 The Return of the 60
Abbey Wood Marcus Coates Visit Cretaceous Fleet Spring Heads
86 A series of six clock towers along the Lydia Brockless Adam Chodzko
Data Tree
North Kent coastline have the songs This new film looks at the materials An immersive science fiction audio
Jonathan Wright
and calls of locally threatened bird of Ebbsfleet, what it’s made of and walk (via headphones), through the
Sculpture pointing to events from the
species, to be heard as the clocks would what’s underneath it. Find a sign in the streets and landscapes of Northfleet,
past, present, and future that relate
chime, on the hour. Dartford’s is hosted landscape, a few metres east along the shaped by its vast chalk quarries. The
to this historic site. Co-commissioned
by the Orchard Centre, with thanks riverfront from the junction of Tiltman walk’s soundtrack moves backwards
by London Bor. of Bexley and Metal.
to Newsstand Comics and Candy. Ave/Ingress Park Ave, with information and forwards through time and space
87 Every day 09:00-17:00. on how to access this new film online. creating a meditative, utopian ‘garden-
The Lesnes Hundred
city’ of new consciousness. Booking
Eric MacLennan
is essential, visit the Estuary website to
A celebration project offering estuary
residents the opportunity to name a tree
Greenhithe get all the information and to book a
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slot between 12:00-16:00 on Fridays/
after someone important to them. Future Archeology
Saturdays/Sundays through the festival.
of Ebbsfleet
88 The walk takes an hour.
Lore of the Wild Alison Cooke
Bernadette Russell The earth around Ebbsfleet and
& Sophie Austin Swanscombe is famous for its
Audio storywalk and map through Lesnes archaeological finds, with this in mind This Must Be the Place
Abbey Wood. Co-commissioned by people in Ebbsfleet were asked to Ebbsfleet Garden City
London Bor. of Bexley and Metal. Artist- make an object with the Estuary clay, Image credit: Lydia Brockless Estuary 2021 works in Northfleet,
led walks Sun 23 & 30 May & 6 Jun. something that could show future Swanscombe, and Ebbsfleet, are
generations a glimpse of the way we pilot projects for This Must Be the
Explore Thamesmead 89 live now. The fired ceramic objects will Ebbsfleet Place, Cement Fields’ new three-
Sat 29 & Sun 30 May. A series of be on show on Greenhithe riverfront year placemaking programme
new artworks in the landscape around on Sat 12 June 13:00-17:00. The Ebbsfleet Elephant 59
of research, artists residencies
Lakeside Centre. Works by Calum F Kerr, Emily Whitebread
and co-commissions created
Chloe Cooper, Cieron C-That, Dom Audio visual installation at Ebbsfleet
collaboratively with young people
Snow, Marcus Orlandi, Nathalie Coste International Station based on
in Ebbsfleet Garden City - the first
& Thamesmead Texas. research on the Ebbsfleet Elephant
new garden city for 100 years.
(Palaeoloxodon antiquus, straight-
To read more about the project
Estuary Broadcasts 90 tusked elephant).
go to cementfields.org
RTM.FM For more information about
Saturday 29 May. A day of specially Ebbsfleet Garden City visit
commissioned artworks made for online ebbsfleetdc.org.uk
radio broadcast. Participating artists are
Anne Hardy, Belinda Zhawi, Benedict Image credit: Mirror Windmills by Nathalie
Drew, Natasha Bird, Raju Rage, & Time Coste at Thamesmead
is Away. RTM.FM is an online community
radio station run by artist space TACO!Please visit our website for details of
our Online Programme - and the wide
range of estuary themed programme
listed in the Associated Programme.
@estuaryfestival
#estuaryfestival
estuaryfestival.com
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