What is Walkspace three years on?

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Three years into a nascent walking arts collective, what has been the value to members, how are people using it and what’s the next step on its journey?

A walk through Selly Oak's radical history

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Join us on 10 June for 'Squats, Street Theatre and Sprints into Staffordshire: A walking tour of Selly Oak's radical history' led by Josh Allen from Walk Midlands.

Parallel Walking launches in UK and Indonesia

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Birmingham and Yogyakarta artists put urban walking on the map with new exhibition and zine.

Parallel Walking between Birmingham and Yogyakarta

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Walkspace is happy to announce our first funded project – an international walking arts collaboration with Jalan Gembira in Indonesia. 

Skullwalk 2: Eclectric Bugaboo

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We walked the outline of a skull, ate soul cakes and traversed into the spirit world for an evening. Here's our second Halloween walk report.

Dead Man's Fingers walk

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We're going on a mushroom hunt…

Send in the Crones

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Three crones walk in silent, single file through Birmingham on a Saturday night. This is their attempt to 'crone the city'.

The 90km commute

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As an Australophile, I enjoyed watching Beau Miles video, 'The Commute: Walking 90km to work', in which he ditched his car and walked to Monash University in Melbourne to deliver a lecture about adventuring. Fresh from the adventure, so to speak. Or not so fresh given the nature of the commute. It was recommended to […]

Stirchley walk series 1: High Street Highlights

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This short tour runs the length of Stirchley high street and combines local landmarks, art, architecture, innovation, history and curiosities. It starts at a high point and descends to a flat bit. This is the first of some Stirchley taster walks, perfect for everyone who wants something every time.  Download walk: Directions We start on […]

Birmingham Dazzle Walk

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A silent walk through an observed city Every journey starts with a single step. In 2016 mine was finally getting around to sorting out my crappy online passwords. I took a short cybersecurity course and decided to pay it forward by offering help sessions in a local café. This grew into The Interrogang – a monthly […]