Hinterlands Community Summer Event along the River Lea

Discover a packed day of fun for the whole family at the Hinterlands Community Summer Event

Join us on a magical journey along the River Lea, from Stone Bridge Lock to Anthony Way, at the Hinterlands Community Summer Event.

Held on Thursday, 24 August 2023, we're inviting you for a day of discovery, creativity, and connection. Our family-friendly event promises a mix of engaging performances, interactive workshops, and delightful walks.

Enjoy a fascinating array of activities from spoken word, poster design competitions, floating camera obscura workshops, family foraging walks, wildflower seeding, to guided walks. We're wrapping up the day with toe-tapping live music and a mouth-watering BBQ at Bloqs on Anthony Way.

Immerse yourself in the local heritage, industry, and biodiversity while supporting our dedicated artists and community groups. After all, life's better by water. Can't wait to see you there!

Find out more about Hinterlands here.

Calling all explorers, nature enthusiasts and fun-seekers!

Our family-friendly summer holiday event will include engaging guided walks, spoken word, foraging, canoeing and camera obscura workshops to wildflower seeding, performances and interventions presented by artists and community groups.

Starting at Stonebridge Lock the activities will take place along the towpaths through Tottenham Marshes and Chalk Bridge leading to Bloqs at Anthony Way where you will find more exciting making and drawing workshops. live music and a mouthwatering BBQ.

Most activities we outdoors and suitable for the whole family with parental supervision. Remember to check the weather and pack sun cream or rain gear.

If adverse weather is forecast. some activities won't go ahead as planned.

 

Start	End	Activity	Locations
Schedule
10am	3pm	The Canal & River Trust Canoes and Community Litter pick!	From Stonebridge
		Canoes will have age restrictions	Lock to Bloqs
10am	6pm	The Rayhnam Reporter: Banners and publication Cathy Wade & Raynham Primary talented pupils at Raynham Primary have been exploring how they can share important messages about environmental sustainability, futures and change, and the ecologies present in the Lee Navigation. The QR codes on the banners link to the first publication the pupils have made with the artist.	Along the towpaths
10am	5pm	Camera Obscura Experience	Chalk Bridge
		Experience the magic of the Camera Obscura aboard Barge Fiodra, the only floating camera in the UK.
		Make your own Camera Obscura, to take home, in a family friendly workshop. Our fun and informative Camera Obscura viewings take
		15 minutes, in groups, as people turn up.
		Workshops must be booked in advance on the day – look out for
		Canal & River Trust Information Points along the towpaths to book.
		“It’s like magic!” (school pupil)
		Viewings from 10–5
		Workshop 1: 11am–12pm
		Workshop 2: 2pm–3pm
		(max 10 participants, children must be supervised by parent/carer)
		Location: The towpath–Chalk Bridge–Tottenham Marshes
10am	6.30am	Cathy Wade, Tell it to the Eels	Chalk Bridge
		Featuring temporary artwork by Raynham School pupils. Members of the public will be invited to add their own special addition to the temporary transformation of this bridge.
10.30am	11.30am	Family foraging workshop at Stonebridge Lock with artist Marrisa Stoffer	Stonebridge Cafe, Stonebridge Lock
		Suitable for toddlers+
		Join artist Marissa Stoffer for this creative and engaging guided walk and workshop, and learn how to make your own ink from foraged plants around River Lea. You will learn about some of the history and folklore of the native plants, and how these stories connect us to the land and our community.
11am	12.30pm	Guided nature, environment & local history walk ...starting from Stonebridge Lock to Bloqs. Led by the Canal & River Trust we will discover why the Lee Navigation is so important historically, now and for our future. We will be joined by Enfield Climate Action Forum members to learn about the Banbury Reservoir Park vision. EnCaf will also be capturing video stories along the towpath reflecting on the value of canals and rivers.	Stonebridge Lock to Bloqs, Anthony Way
11.30am	7pm	Chantelle Purcell	Towpath near
		Audio and textiles installation, a journey back to the artist’s ancestral homeland through folklore and storytelling, a discovery of selfhood and collective remembering that seeks to interweave different narratives from the Afro diaspora, highlighting the significance and value of waterways, rivers and oceans.	Bloqs
12pm	6pm	‘Draw Off’ Family fun with old school overhead projectors.	Bloqs Cafe, Anthony Way
		Free event suitable for toddlers, children, young people and adults taking place all afternoon in Bloqs Cafe.
11.30am	6pm	Write to Speak Spoken word artists and poets will be joining activities up and down the towpaths encouraging people to share stories with impromptu performances	Stonebridge Lock to Bloqs
12.30pm	6pm	EnCaf – Enfield Climate Action Forum members will be at Bloqs all afternoon to share their Banbury Reservoir Park vision	Bloqs Anthony Way
		Join the conversation and have your say – what are your aspirations for green and blues spaces in their area?
12.30pm	8pm	BBQ Outside Bloqs Cafe, paying BBQ and bar available.	Bloqs Cafe, Anthony Way
		Weather dependent
12.30pm	2.30pm	RiverWalk	Starting at
		Renin Bilginer and Ayisha De Lanerolle. Fluidity, flexibility, transformation; what do rivers mean to you?	Stonebridge Lock to Bloqs, Anthony Way
		The artist invites you to take part in a family-friendly day of collaborative, holistic research, investigating the River Lea, both as a powerful force of nature and as a space for reflection, storytelling and philosophical thinking. The artist is exploring folklore and mythology, with a specific focus on the cross-cultural links between rivers and female deities, who have existed as symbols of ritual, faith and protection throughout history.
2pm	3pm	Exchanging Dreams Join Elsie and Esme in a journey celebrating friendship sharing laughter and tears through stories and songs.	Bloqs outdoor event space, Anthony Way
		Exchanging stories, Enriching Lives by Jazanne Arts.
		Limited capacity for free tickets please email
2.30pm	4.30pm	Renin Bilginer Creative Textile Workshop	Bloqs, Anthony
		Creative making workshop where participants will be able to translate their innate relationships with rivers through textile works that activate a collective sculptural installation. Exploring colour, imagery and written text, the artist invites people of all ages to inaugurate the artwork as a symbol of safety, which celebrates local heritage, folklore and community.	Way
		Participants will be invited to return at 7pm to hang their work within the structure.
3pm	3.30pm	Poetry performance by Mary Duggan EnCaf	Bloqs
3pm	4pm	All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was	Hinterlands Enfield Shipping
		The Site of Memory, Toni Morrison Artist Chantelle Purcell invites creative sharing and enquiry into the value of water in transforming our lives. Drop in session.	Container, outside Bloqs
4pm	5pm	Foraging for colour with Marissa Stoffer	Bloqs, Anthony
		Join artist Marissa Stoffer for this creative and engaging guided walk and workshop, and learn how to make your own ink from foraged plants around River Lea. You will learn about some of the history and folklore of the native plants, and how these stories connect us to the land and our community.	Way
4pm	8pm	Live music at Bloqs Summer waterside grooves.	Bloqs, Anthony way
		A paying BBQ and bar will be available.