Heritage Walking Tour of Warmfield cum Heath
Round our Way - Forged, Sustained and Saved by Women
The 'Round our Way' volunteers has teamed up with the 'I Love Heath Common' campaign group to offer this collaborative event, taking place on the day of the Heath Kite Festival on Sunday, 28 September.
Join us on this fascinating heritage walk which takes you into the heart of Heath's herstory, her secrets, her artists, her writers, her engineers, her architecture and her landscape. Learn how women like Dame Mary Bolles, Lady Green, Eliza Eve Gleadall, Marion Walker and Louise-Adelaide de Bourbon Conde were inspired by the scenery and how their legacies in the field of art, botany, engineering, education and health, continue locally, nationally and internationally, to the present day.
Ticket Information
Tickets for this special fundraising event are priced at £15.00 per person.
The proceeds of this walk will be split between the 'I Love Heath Common' and Dream Time Creative. The 'I Love Heath 'campaign to save the Heath from development by Harmony Energy whose intentionis to place 79 solar batteries within the landscape of Heath will destroy vital women's history much of which is yet to be discovered. Dream Time Creative's Forgotten Women of Wakefield team continue to raise fund to enable a statue to Florence Beaumont, Wakefield's most influential daughter/suffragist, without whom all women would not have achieved the vote in 1928, to be commissioned and sited by 2028.
Event Information
This is an outdoor event and will take place whatever the weather. Wear appropriate clothing and footwear suitable for rural walking. Some of the route may be on uneven paths or tracks.
Meet at the front entrance to the Kings Arms public house at Heath Common. Our walk with start and end here.
The walk will begin promptly and we ask that you arrive 5 to 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. It may be busy, so be sure to allow sufficient time to reach the Kings Arms.
The walk around Heath will last approximately 90 minutes, but walk times do vary by 15 / 20 minutes either way. We like to allow sufficient time for photos and questions and no one is ever rushed between stopping points.
Other Information
This is one of a number of tours planned for the rest of this year. You might also be interested in the other tours on offer:
Thursday, 18 September - Beyond Braille - new event - On sale now (only a few tickets remaining)
Thursday, 30 October - Tales of Murder and Mayhem for Halloween - On sale now
November - Wakefield's War - one sale soon
We have a number of tours taking place during 2025 follow us on eventbrite to be first to hear about our new events.
Raising funds to Recognise Women's Achievements
This event is one of a series of walks and talks, all being done to raise money for blue plaques for women. Did you know that each new plaque costs between £700 and £800? There are currently more than 33 plaques with dedicated female names in Wakefield, which makes us the top city in the UK to recognise our Forgotten Women BUT there are lots more women whose stories need to be told and acknowledged. Hear about some of them on the tour and help us to raise the much needed funds for our next project.
Learn more about the Forgotten Women of Wakefield project and see how important it is that women are properly recognised for their achievements.
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