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Create. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://t100festival.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [The Thurrock Story Walk with Man About Country](https://t100festival.co.uk/manaboutcountry/) - Saturday 23 May A full-day story walk uncovering over 1,000 years of Thurrock’s people, landscapes and hidden histories. - [July Weekend Trail: Creaturely Traces & Concrete Barges](https://t100festival.co.uk/july-weekend/) - Sunday 12 July Join Inspiral London artists Charlie Fox and Sarah Sparkes for a creative riverside walk between Purfleet and Rainham in search of creaturely traces within the Thames Estuary landscape. - [July Meandering Monday: Grays Riverside](https://t100festival.co.uk/july-monday/) - Monday 13 July Take a gentle walk through Grays Town Centre and Riverside with NIHR ARC East of England and the University of Hertfordshire - [April Meandering Monday: Rainham Marshes](https://t100festival.co.uk/2-8/) - Monday 13 April 2026 Take a slow, accessible walk through RSPB Rainham Marshes with the RSPB team. - [Fort to Thought: Thurrock Pride 2026](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrockpride2026/) - Sunday 7 June A Pride walk along the river followed by a community picnic celebrating connection, visibility and place. - [The Amazing Estuary Walking Show with Nigel Munson](https://t100festival.co.uk/walkingshow/) - Sunday 31 May A playful, performative walk blending story, sound and spectacle along the Thames Estuary. - [A Place at the Table: Celebrating Our Community [Festival Finale]](https://t100festival.co.uk/apatt/) - Saturday 6 June The celebratory finale of T100 2026 – an afternoon of making, performance, food and conversation by Kinetika’s home in Purfleet-on-Thames. - [In Search of the Lost Village of Kynochtown with Phil Easteal](https://t100festival.co.uk/kynochtown/) - Monday 25 May A circular heritage walk uncovering the traces of Kynochtown – a vanished industrial settlement hidden within Thurrock’s marshland. - [Fields to Folk with Lesley Robinson](https://t100festival.co.uk/fieldstofolk/) - Sunday 24 May A relaxed evening circular walk through the rolling fields of Horndon on the Hill, ending with live local music at the Sail Loft Folk Club. - [A Campaign of Colour: Graffiti Wall Guided Walk & Workshop with Scotty Brave](https://t100festival.co.uk/campaignofcolour/) - Sunday 24 May Join Scotty Brave for a creative riverside walk uncovering Thurrock’s hidden graffiti gallery – and add your own mark to this evolving community artwork. - [Thurrock Through a Bee's Eyes](https://t100festival.co.uk/beeseyes/) - Thursday 28 May A hands-on nature workshop exploring Thurrock’s green spaces from an invertebrate’s point of view. - [Purfleet Poems in the Garden with Rachel Morgan](https://t100festival.co.uk/purfleetpoems/) - Saturday 30 May A gentle poetry walk and creative afternoon exploring place, plants and stories in Purfleet. - [Swifts at Dusk: A Citizen Science Walk with Katie Hargreaves](https://t100festival.co.uk/swiftsatdusk/) - Tuesday 2 June An evening wildlife walk in Chafford Gorges with the RSPB, combining swift-spotting with hands-on citizen science. - [Meandering Monday with Move to Thrive](https://t100festival.co.uk/movetothrive/) - Mon 1 June A gentle, sensory-led walk and movement session exploring mindfulness, breath and awareness through walking. - [May Meandering Monday: Horndon](https://t100festival.co.uk/2-7/) - Monday 11 May 2026 Join us for a gentle countryside walk around Horndon with Horndon Woolmarket. - [April Weekend Trail: Tilbury – A Liquid History](https://t100festival.co.uk/4/) - Sunday 26 April 2026 Walk the Thames at Tilbury on a guided riverside trail led by author David Bissenden. - [Young Ambassadors: Seeing Thurrock Differently](https://t100festival.co.uk/yaseeingthurrockdifferently/) - Various dates Private school community events with Young Ambassadors from East Tilbury Primary and William Edwards School - [Poet Call Out: 2026 Festival](https://t100festival.co.uk/poetcallout/) - We’re looking for an experienced, community-focused poet to join T100 Festival 2026 – Seeing Thurrock Differently: A Journey Home. - [Artist Open Call: 2026 Festival](https://t100festival.co.uk/artistopencall2026/) - Applications are open for two artist commissions as part of the 2026 T100 Festival, Seeing Thurrock Differently: A Journey Home. - [Join our team as a Digital Communications & Community Officer](https://t100festival.co.uk/job-officer/) - You’ll bring creativity, energy, and strategic insight to enhance T100’s digital and community engagement. - [October Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/untitled-copy-4/) - All the latest news from the T100 Team this month, preparing for two upcoming adventures! Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up here.  - [November Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/2/) - Festival dates announced for 2026, reflections on what home means to our community, and a new opportunity to join our team! - [Digital Communications and Community Officer](https://t100festival.co.uk/digital-comms-community-officer/) - We're hiring a T100 Digital Communications & Community Officer to join us, working with Kinetika's Marketing Manager and the wider T100 team. - [September Weekend Trail: River Rom](https://t100festival.co.uk/september-weekend-trail-river-rom/) - Free, Booking Required Sunday 28th September 2025 Join us on a circular walk by the river Rom from Eastbrookend Discovery Centre in Romford - [September Meandering Monday](https://t100festival.co.uk/untitled-copy-3/) - No booking required. Monday 8th September Short loop of Langdon Hills. - [Meandering Monday: Our River Special](https://t100festival.co.uk/meandering-monday-our-river-special/) - No Booking Required Monday, 12th May 2025 A short loop of Purfleet-On-Thames - [October Meandering Monday](https://t100festival.co.uk/meandering-monday-8th-september/) - Free, No Booking Required Monday 13th October 2025 Relaxed walk in Purfleet + Exploring the T100 Natural Dye Garden - [October Weekend Trail: East Tilbury Sea Wall](https://t100festival.co.uk/october-weekend-trail-east-tilbury-sea-wall/) - Free, booking required Saturday 11th October A 5-mile, 3-hour walk along the East Tilbury Sea Wall - [June Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/june-newsletter/) - What an incredible time we had last month for Our River – we explored, talked, created, and celebrated the rich landscapes and stories that ripple along the Estuary. - [July Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/untitled-copy-2/) - What a lovely month July turned out to be! We embraced the height of summer with some beautiful walks with new and old faces. - [August Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/august-newsletter/) - Could you help us choose our next adventure? We’re taking a bit of time to recharge after a busy few months of walks and events but we’re already excited about what’s next. - [May Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/january-newsletter/) - Join us tomorrow to celebrate the culmination of Our River! Over the last month, T100’s annual festival returned with Our River – a powerful, creative journey along the Thames Estuary. - [T100 Young Ambassadors: Graffiti Silks Walk & Performance](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-young-ambassadors-graffiti-silks-walk-performance/) - Thursday 22 May Experience the unveiling of the graffiti silks with William Edwards Secondary. - [Jacktars & Landlubbers: Day 4](https://t100festival.co.uk/jacktars-landlubbers-day-4/) - Monday 26 May Join us for an unforgettable 4-day journey through the Thames Estuary, where walkers and sailors move side by side. - [Jacktars & Landlubbers: Day 3](https://t100festival.co.uk/jacktars-landlubbers-day-3/) - Sunday 25 May Join us for an unforgettable 4-day journey through the Thames Estuary, where walkers and sailors move side by side. - [Jacktars & Landlubbers: Day 2](https://t100festival.co.uk/jacktars-landlubbers-day-2/) - Saturday 24 May Join us for an unforgettable 4-day journey through the Thames Estuary, where walkers and sailors move side by side. - [Jacktars & Landlubbers: Day 1](https://t100festival.co.uk/jacktars-landlubbers-day-1/) - Friday 23 May Join us for an unforgettable 4-day journey through the Thames Estuary, where walkers and sailors move side by side. - [River & Roots: Explore The Natural Dye Garden](https://t100festival.co.uk/river-roots-explore-the-natural-dye-garden/) - Saturday 17 May Join us at High House Production Park for a family-friendly day of walking, willow weaving, plant foraging, and making solar dye jars. - [Coastal Futures Walking Routes](https://t100festival.co.uk/coastal-futures-walking-routes/) - Explore the Coastal Futures Walking Routes When? Anytime! Where? Three walking routes exploring the Thames Estuary around the perimeter of Coalhouse Fort. Why? To explore what your dreams and ambitions are for the coastline – locally and nationally. Plus, spend time together as a family, enjoy the great outdoors and consider what is special about - [Meandering Monday: Our River Special](https://t100festival.co.uk/meandering-monday-12th-may/) - Monday 12th May Join us for a relaxed stroll through Purfleet-On-Thames, starting and ending at St Stephens Church. - [Jacktars & Landlubbers: 'A Bit Of A Do'](https://t100festival.co.uk/jacktars-landlubbers-a-bit-of-a-do/) - Monday 26 May An evening of live roots, blues, and singer-songwriters, all paying tribute to the river in song. - [The Thames: The M25 of Its Time](https://t100festival.co.uk/the-thames-the-m25-of-its-time/) - Sunday 4 May Join Sue Yates, Chair of Thurrock Local History Society, for a walk along the ancient Pilgrim route from Davy Down to St Clement’s. - [Beach of Dreams National Launch](https://t100festival.co.uk/beach-of-dreams-national-launch/) - 3 May 2025 Unveiling the commission Threads for Tomorrow and The Estuary Exchange, join us for two morning walks. - [Coastal Futures with T100 Young Ambassadors](https://t100festival.co.uk/coastal-futures/) - Thursday 1 May 2025 Join the East Tilbury Primary T100 Young Ambassadors as they take us on a guided walk near Coalhouse Fort. - [Made In The Mardyke: Final Performance and Picnic](https://t100festival.co.uk/made-in-the-mardyke-final-performance-and-picnic/) - Saturday 31 May 2025 Celebrate the culmination of the Made in the Mardyke project with a special finale performance and a community picnic. - [VE80: Echoes Of War](https://t100festival.co.uk/ve80-echoes-of-war/) - Thursday 8 May Join us for a creative journey through Grays Town Centre and the riverside, exploring the WW2 history and local stories linked to VE Day. - [Young Ambassador Chantelle's T100 Goes Wild Blog](https://t100festival.co.uk/young-ambassador-chantelles-t100-goes-wild-blog/) - T100 Young Ambassador, Chantelle put her thoughts on her involvement with the T100 Goes Wild down on paper for a short blog. Read more. - [Circular Walk To Cranham Marsh #3](https://t100festival.co.uk/feb-25-meandering-monday-2/) - Weekend Trail - Booking Required Thursday, 27th April 2025 A circular walk to Cranham Marsh nature reserve. - [Looking towards T100 2025](https://t100festival.co.uk/ya-looking-at-2025/) - Informaton about the T100 Young Ambassadors day that took place in September 2024. Read More. - [January Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/january-2025-newsletter/) - All the latest news from T100 as we head into 2025! A new year, new walks, and lots and lots to look forward to! - [December Festive Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/december-festive-newsletter-25/) - A festive update from T100 as we head into Christmas! New announcements for 2025, round ups of 2024 and new walks. Read more. - [November Newsletter 2024](https://t100festival.co.uk/november-newsletter-2024/) - All the latest news from T100 Festival in November. Join us on our winter walks, a job opportunity, updates from Young Ambassador days, Beach of Dreams and more! - [October Newsletter 2024](https://t100festival.co.uk/october-newsletter-2024/) - October Newsletter All the latest news from the T100 Team from October 2024! . Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up via the button below to be the first to hear all T100 news. M - [Young Ambassador Walks 2024](https://t100festival.co.uk/young-ambassador-walks/) - We are delighted to share that T100 Young Ambassadors, children and young people from across Thurrock, took the lead to plan private walk events for their community members in 2024. - [T100 Young Ambassadors and Jason Singh](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-young-ambassadors-and-jason-singh/) - Find out more about what happened at the Jason Singh and U-Turnships sound production workshops in late October 2024. - [September Newsletter 2024](https://t100festival.co.uk/untitled-copy/) - All the latest news from the T100 Team from September, including a call to join us for the T100 gathering, young ambassador meetings, a video with reflections from our community members and more. - [We're Hiring: Engagement Producer](https://t100festival.co.uk/were-hiring-engagement-producer/) - We're hiring! We're on the lookout for a new Engagement Producer to help us with our 10 Year Celebration Flag Parade as part of T100 Goes Wild. Find out more. - [March Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/march-newsletter-24/) - Batik workshops, community-member chats, a mental health walk with friends and more, hear all the latest news from the T100 team from March in our March newsletter. - [T100 Goes Wild Launched - April Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-goes-wild-launched-april-newsletter/) - T100 Goes Wild is live! Find out more about the 10th annual T100 Festival, a celebration of growing and going wild across Thurrock and beyond and book your places on our walks! - [T100 Goes Wild Round Up Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-goes-wild-round-up-newsletter/) - Looking back at T100 2024. In this round-up email we take a look back at everything that happened as part of T100 Goes Wild! - [August Newsletter 2024](https://t100festival.co.uk/august-newsletter-2024/) - All the latest news from the T100 team. At T100, we have been wrapping up following this year's Go Wild activity, collecting feedback and insights from participants, volunteers, partners and wider community members. - [T100 10th Anniversary Flag Parade](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-10th-anniversary-flag-parade/) - T100 is 10! Everybody was invited to celebrate with us as we paraded through Grays town centre into the second edition of the Afro Food Fest. - [Summer Sketch Tour with J D Swann](https://t100festival.co.uk/summer-sketch-tour-with-j-d-swann/) - A creative walk-through of RSPB Rainham Marshes with ornithological investigator J D Swann. The group mapped the reserve through drawing and observation. - [A Peasant's Pilgrimage - Essex Book Festival](https://t100festival.co.uk/a-peasants-pilgrimage/) - This event commemorated the 1381 Peasants' Revolt's links to Fobbing, with two walks. This was also part of the Essex Book Festival, organised in partnership with T100 Festival. - [T100 Goes Wild in Hackney!](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-goes-wild-in-hackney/) - A walk along the Hackney Buzzline, an ecological pollinator corridor being created in East London. The walk took us through four parks - all local sites of importance for nature conservation - and three social housing estates. - [Thurrock Pride Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-pride-walk-2024/) - In collaboration with the wider Thurrock’s first Pride event, being overseen by Thurrock LGBTQ+ Community Network and Arts Outburst, the walk from Purfleet-on-Thames Train Station took us along the Thames past Thurrock’s graffiti wall. - [Go Wild in Belhus](https://t100festival.co.uk/go-wild-in-belhus/) - Walkers could join one of two walks to explore this Belhus Estate, a fantastic Thurrock site packed full of flora, fauna and wildlife. - [Green Grays](https://t100festival.co.uk/green-grays/) - Thurrock Local History Society members guided T100 walkers on a tour of the former and current green spaces in Grays. - [T100 Goes Wild at Canvey Wick](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-goes-wild-at-canvey-wick/) - A day of walking and activities in Canvey Wick, 'England's Rainforest', upriver near Southend. Included a wellbeing walk and storytelling as well as a bug hunt and craft session making mandalas with Bug Life. - [Garden Party at High House Production Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/garden-party-at-high-house-production-park/) - We hosted a Garden Party at High House Production Park to launch this year’s T100 Goes Wild festival and wrap up Arts Outburst’s Get Creative May. - [Mandala Activity Packs](https://t100festival.co.uk/may-mandalas/) - Download the T100 Festival Mandala activity pack for you to enjoy at home. - [2016 Walking Festival](https://t100festival.co.uk/walks/) - Thurrock 100 2016 was a walking festival with a difference – 10 days of walks and talks exploring Thurrock’s rich (and sometimes forgotten) heritage as told through 100 stories that you could meet along the way. This year’s walks ranged from 1 mile to 12, from gentle evening rambles to more strenuous weekend hikes, with 21 walks - [Viewing the Thames and Exploring the Rotherhithe Peninsula](https://t100festival.co.uk/viewing-the-thames-and-exploring-the-rotherhithe-peninsula/) - Viewing the Thames and Exploring the Rotherhithe Peninsula When: Sunday 21 July 2024, 10.30am – 2.30pmMeet: Tower Hill Tube Station, London, EC3N 1JL This linear walk from Tower Hill to Rotherhithe begins by skirting this rich stretch of the Thames before dipping into the Rotherhithe Peninsula. Walkers will take in important historical and ecological sites en route - [T100 Goes Wild Open Gardens](https://t100festival.co.uk/open-gardens-2024/) - Sunday 2 June 2024 12 - 4pm, Across Thurrock A chace to be inspired by community gardens across the local area as they open up their gates to visitors for T100 Goes Wild. - [T100 Sounds Round Up](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-sounds-round-up/) - T100 Sounds Round-up The round-up newsletter for our 2023 festival, T100 Sounds. Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up via the button below to be the first to hear all T100 news.  - [January 2024 Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/january-2024-newsletter/) - January Newsletter All the latest news from the T100 Team for January 2024, following our Christmas break! Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up via the button below to be the first to hear all T100 news.  - [February 2024 Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/february-2024-newsletter/) - February Newsletter All the latest news from the T100 Team for February 2024! Please note: there was a mistake in the below newsletter. The Quarterly T100 General Meeting will take place at 4.30 – 6pm on Thursday 18 April at Kinetika Studios, Purfleet. Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up via the button below to - [Enjoying the Springtime Bluebells on the Warley Centre](https://t100festival.co.uk/enjoying-the-springtime-bluebells-on-the-warley-centre/) - Enjoying the Springtime Bluebells on the Warley Circular When: Wednesday 1 May 2024, 10.30am – 1.30pmMeet: Car Park Tyler’s Common, Nags Head Ln, Upminster RM14 1TS Starting at 10.30am at Car Park Tyler’s Common, this 3-hour circular walk around Warley, Brentwood, will take in a bluebell wood in full bloom, Mrs Wilmott’s House, Warley - [Davy Down and Mardyke Woods](https://t100festival.co.uk/davy-down-and-mardyke-woods/) - Davy Down and Mardyke Woods When: Saturday 13 April 2024, 10am – 11.30amMeet: Davy Down Car Park, South Ockendon, Grays, RM16 5UL Meet us at Davy Down Car Park, South Ockendon, at 10am for this circular walk around Davy Down, along the Mardyke and up into the woods. Please note there will be uneven - [Walk & Visit to Mollands Lane Sensory Garden](https://t100festival.co.uk/walk-visit-to-mollands-lane-sensory-garden/) - Walk and Visit to Mollands Lane Sensory Garden When: Sunday 25 February 2024, 10am – 12pmMeet: Meet in front of Brandon Groves Community Club, Brandon Groves Avenue, South Ockendon RM15 6SB Join us on this circular walk from Brandon Groves Community Club in South Ockendon with a stop off along the way for a guided tour - [November Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/november-newsletter/) - November Newsletter All the latest news from the T100 Team from November 2023. Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up via the button below to be the first to hear all T100 news.  - [December Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/december-newsletter/) - December Newsletter All the latest news from the T100 Team from December 2023 as we look to 2024! Not subscribed to our newsletter? Sign up via the button below to be the first to hear all T100 news.  - [New T100 Festival Leadership Announced](https://t100festival.co.uk/new-t100-festival-leadership-announced/) - Announcement of new T100 Festival Leadership Kinetika is delighted to announce the appointment of Nicole Artingstall (Programme Manager), Donna Fox (Development Director) and George Bellamy (Environmental Champion) to take the T100 Festival forward into its next chapter, supporting local community members, artists, volunteers, key partners and the steering committee, to plan year-round walking, talking - [Special Event - High House Production Park Heritage Tour](https://t100festival.co.uk/special-tour-high-house-production-park-heritage-tour/) - Special High House Production Park Heritage Tour We're excited to invite you on a gentle tour of High House Production Park on 5 October from 3.30pm to learn about its rich history from High House Community Group Chairman, Mike Ostler. Join Mike for a circular stroll around High House Production Park. Expect to hear - [Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-purfleet-on-thames/) - Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames Purfleet Station to St Clement’s Church, West Thurrock Saturday 8 July 2023 Start: Purfleet Train Station, RM19 1PL End: St Clement’s Church, West Thurrock, RM20 4AL Starting in Purfleet, we followed the River Thames for the majority of the walk alongside the famous mile-long graffiti wall. We passed under the QEII Bridge - [Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames - 7th July](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-purfleet-on-thames-7th-july/) - Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames Chafford Hundred to St Clement’s, West Thurrock Friday 7 July 2023 Start: Chafford Hundred Station, Chafford Hundred, Grays, RM16 6QQ End: St Clement’s Church, West Thurrock, RM20 4AL This evening walk was organised especially for people who’d like to enjoy the Thurrock soundscape installation in St Clement’s Church. Along the walk, people - [Thurrock Soundscape](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-soundscape/) - Thurrock Soundscape Installation Soundscapes As part of T100 Festival 2023’s T100 Sounds, a new, multi-channel immersive soundscape was commissioned and installed at St Clement’s Church, West Thurrock in early July. The soundscape, conceived of by multi-media artist Fotis Begklis and T100 volunteers, was made up of four mesmerizing pieces which interwove voices and sounds recorded by members - [Sounds of East Tilbury - Sea Wall Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-east-tilbury-sea-wall-walk/) - Sounds of East Tilbury Sea Wall Walk – Coalhouse Fort to East Tilbury Train Station Thursday 29 June 2023 Start: St Catherine’s Church, Princess Margaret Road, Tilbury, RM18 8RP (by Coalhouse Fort) End: East Tilbury Train Station, Standford-le-Hope, RM18 8SB This evening walk took us along the sea wall from Coalhouse Fort to East Tilbury - [Walk 7 - Sounds of East Tilbury - East Tilbury School to Coalhouse Fort](https://t100festival.co.uk/walk-7-sounds-of-east-tilbury-east-tilbury-school-to-coalhouse-fort/) - Sounds of East Tilbury East Tilbury to Coalhouse Fort 29 June 2023 In collaboration with East Tilbury Primary School, we walked with pupils and parents/carers taking in the sounds of the estuary as we strolled to Coalhouse Fort. Along the way, the children of East Tilbury Primary School gave presentations about the local area, as - [Sounds of Rainham Marshes](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-rainham-marshes/) - T100 Sounds Launch Sounds of Rainham Marshes – Summer Solstice Birdsong walk Wednesday 21 June 2023 Location: Rainham Marshes Visitor Centre The first of the T100 Sounds walks was a special summer solstice walk of RSPB Rainham Marshes where you walkers were able to fully take in beautiful birdsong and nature as they ventured along. - [Sounds of Tilbury - Walking Uni-verse](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-tilbury-walking-uni-verse/) - Sounds of Tilbury Walking ‘Uni-verse’ Saturday 24 June 2023 Starting point 1: Gobions Park, Princess Margaret Road, RM18 8TN Starting point 2: St Catherine’s Church, Princess Margaret Road, RM18 8RP (by Coalhouse Fort) This walk had two starting points to choose from depending on the length of route participants wanted to undertake. This lyrical stroll - [T100 invites C100 – Langdon Hills – Westley Heights](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-invites-c100-langdon-hills-westley-heights/) - T100 invites C100 Sounds and sights of Langdon Hills Sunday 25 June 2023 Start and End: Essex Wildlife Trust Centre, Langdon Nature Discovery Park, SS16 6EJ This walk saw us heading out to Langdon Hills alongside our friends from C100 (Chelmsford 100 Festival) to explore the sounds and sights. Starting from Langdon Hills Visitor Centre, - [Sounds of Grays - Riverside walk and Shanty night](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-grays-riverside-walk-and-shanty-night/) - Sounds of Grays Rolling down the river leading to Shanty Night Saturday 1 July 2023 Start: Tilbury Town Train Station (Dock Road Side), Tilbury, RM18 7JT End: Thurrock Yacht Club, Kilverts Wharf, Argent Street, Grays, RM17 6JF This ‘Rolling Down the River’ walk took participants from Tilbury to Grays, taking in the views of the - [Sounds of Horndon](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-horndon/) - Sounds of Horndon-on-the-Hill Circular walk around Horndon Sunday 2 July 2023 Start and End: Horndon Park Car Park, Orsett Road, Horndon-on-the-Hill, SS17 8NR During this delightful evening circular walk around Horndon, you will be able to enjoy the beautiful rolling fields and scenery in the area. WALK INFO Duration: 1-hour walk Distance: 1.7 miles Grading: - [Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames - Purfleet Circular Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-purfleet-on-thames-purfleet-circular-walk/) - Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames Purfleet Circular Walk Sunday 9 July 2023 This was the final walk of T100 Sounds. Attendees on this circular route experienced a variety of landscapes before heading back to High House Production Park for the T100 Sounds Finale event. WALK INFO Duration: 1.45-hour walk Distance: 3.8 miles Grading: Moderate Terrain: The - [Sounds of Thurrock - T100 Sounds Finale event](https://t100festival.co.uk/sounds-of-thurrock-t100-sounds-finale-event/) - Sounds of Thurrock T100 Sounds Finale Event Sunday 9 July 2023 Location: High House Production Park, Purfleet, RM19 1AS We were delighted to host the T100 Sounds finale event at High House Production Park with live music, family-friendly activities and more – the perfect opportunity celebrate sounds of the local area. The music stage featured live - [T100 Sounds - Soundscape Installation](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-sounds-soundscape-installation/) - Sounds of Purfleet-on-Thames Thurrock Soundscape Installation Friday 7 – Sunday 9 July 2023 Soundscape Installation As part of T100 Sounds, a new, multi-channel immersive soundscape was commissioned and installed at St Clement’s Church, West Thurrock, RM20 4AL from Friday 7 July to Sunday 9 July. The immersive soundscape by filmmaker Fotis Begklis is made up - [T100 Sounds - Colourscape Installation](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-sounds-colourscape-installation/) - T100 Sounds Colourscape Installation at High House Production Park Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 July 2023 In 2023, Colourscape Festival came to Purfleet and was available during the T100 Sounds finale (9 July) at High House Production Park in Purfleet. Colourscape’s unique and mesmerising experience blends architecture, light, and music into an immersive and interactive art - [Walk 11 - Sounds of Kennington](https://t100festival.co.uk/walk-11-sounds-of-kennington/) - Sounds of Kennington We had planned to embark on a private walk with local primary school pupils, teachers and their parents or carers to explore the sounds of the area around the school, through a series of songs, presentations and performances. Due to the adverse weather on this day, we instead hosted a virtual walk around - [Music Mondays](https://t100festival.co.uk/music-mondays/) - Music Mondays On Monday 3 July 2023, we joined forces with Music Mondays for July’s edition of their popular daytime open mic event taking place by the Community Café in Grays Town Park. FLYER - [Mental Health Mates Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/mental-health-mates-walk/) - Mental Health Mates: South Ockendon Walk On 3 July 2023, we joined our friends Mental Health Mates Thurrock’s gentle walking and talking group for a circular stroll from Brandon Groves Community Club, South Ockendon and then sat down for a cuppa and a chat. FLYER - [Sounds of Tilbury: Windrush 75](https://t100festival.co.uk/windrush-75-school-walk/) - Sounds of Tilbury: Windrush 75 T100 walk leaders guided pupils and teachers from local primary schools on walks to Tilbury Port to take part in the day’s Windrush 75 activities. This was a private walk for school community members. FLYER Download full flyer here. - [T100 awarded significant funds by awarded National Lottery Reaching Communities](https://t100festival.co.uk/trc-funding-t100/) - T100, Thurrocks Festival of Walking, Talking and Making awarded significant funding by National Lottery Reaching Communities to activate future plans Thurrock-based outdoor arts festival, T100 has recently been awarded a substantial grant by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund which is to be utilised over the next three years starting from September. The funds will - [T100 People Round Up](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-people-round-up/) - That's a wrap for another year! Read all about T100 People below, massive thanks to everyone who took part! - [T100 Sounds](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-sounds/) - T100 is back for 2023 with T100 Sounds The T100 Festival of Walking, Talking & Making is back for 2023 with this year’s programme revolving around sound. Taking place from the 21 June to 9 July, the T100 Sounds will feature a series of fourteen free walks, engaging talks, wonderful workshops and exciting community celebrations - [We're Hiring!](https://t100festival.co.uk/were-hiring/) - Engagement Manager, T100 Festival, Kinetika (freelance position) Experienced in project management within the arts and/or community sectors? Know how to manage project budgets with complex arrangements? Have a track record of programming and delivering impactful community work? We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Engagement Manager to lead T100 Festival. With experience in and a - [Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-2022/) - Tilbury Pride: Port, Dock and Operation Workers 25th June 2022 Starts: Anchor Field, Tilbury Ends: Tilbury Cruise Terminal Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. A Piece of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant Parade came to Tilbury! A section of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant called - [Horndon-on-the-Hill](https://t100festival.co.uk/horndon-on-the-hill-2022/) - Horndon-on-the-Hill Aspiration: Arts and Culture 23rd June 2022 Starts & Ends: Recreation Ground, Horndon-on-the-Hill Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. We celebrated the important role of arts and culture during this walk, those who lead the way and their vision for the future. During this - [Circular Orsett Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/orsett-walk-2022/) - A Circular Orsett Walk Community: NHS and Care Workers 21st June 2022 Starts/Ends: Orsett C of E Primary School, School Lane Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. A day of history, walking and fun! This historical walking tour explored places of interest in this - [Grays](https://t100festival.co.uk/grays-2022/) - Grays Belonging: Lollipop People 19th June 2022 Starts: Grays Town Park Ends: Grays Beach Riverside Park Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. Grays Town Park to Grays Beach Riverside. Visitors joined us for a High street procession with music and silk flags from The - [East Tilbury and Beyond](https://t100festival.co.uk/east-tilbury-beyond-2022/) - East Tilbury and Beyond Achievement: Emergency Services 18th June 2022 Starts: British Bata Memorial Gardens Ends: British Bata Memorial Gardens or Gobions Park Booking for these walks is now closed but you can follow the routes on your own. This event was in two parts. The first walk was a morning, scenic sea wall walk - [Chafford Gorges Nature Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/chafford-hundred-2022/) - Chafford Gorges Nature Park A Natural Resource: Conservationists/Environmentalists 13th June 2022 Starts & Ends: Essex Wildlife Trust centre, Chafford Hundred Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. We were welcomed at the Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT) Visitor Centre and were treated to a tour of one - [Langdon Hills Circular Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/langdon-hills-circular-2022/) - Langdon Hills Circular Walk A Natural Resource: Volunteers 12th June 2022 Starts & Ends: Essex Wildlife Trust centre, Langdon Hills Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. In partnership with local volunteers, during this walk we celebrated Thurrock’s green spaces and those that help to maintain - [Purfleet-on-Thames Beacon to High House Production Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/purfleet-on-thames-beacon-to-high-house-production-park-2022/) - Purfleet-on-Thames Beacon to High House Production Park for a ‘Criminally Good Day’ Sustainable Communities: Shop keepers, delivery drivers and postal workers 11th June 2022 Starts: Purfleet-on-Thames Beacon Ends: High House Production Park Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. A gentle walk from Purfleet-on-Thames Beacon to - [Kennington Estate, Aveley](https://t100festival.co.uk/kennington-estate-2022/) - Kennington Estate Connectivity: Education 9th June 2022 Starts & Ends: Kenningtons Primary Academy, South Ockendon Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. Kennington’s Academy pupils led a guided walk to celebrate key workers from the area and highlight the important role the school plays within their - [Langdon Hills and Beyond](https://t100festival.co.uk/langdon-hills-beyond-2022/) - Langdon Hills and Beyond Germination: Walk Leaders 8th June 2022 Starts & Ends: Langdon Hills Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. A moment to celebrate T100 walk leaders past and present. During this 5-hour walk and talk we explored some of the 461 acres of this - [T100 People Launch](https://t100festival.co.uk/lakeside-to-purfleet-2022/) - T100 People Launch intu Lakeside to Purfleet-on-Thames walk along the Mardyke Way 2nd June 2022 Starts: intu LakesideEnds: Purfleet-on-Thames Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. We kicked off this Purfleet-on-Thames community celebration with a Town Crier, performers and the Purfleet-on Thames flag collection at intu Lakeside. - [Tilbury Town to Tilbury Fort](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-town-to-tilbury-fort/) - A walk from Tilbury Town, with the big finale at Tilbury Fort! - [Grays Town Taster](https://t100festival.co.uk/11-june-grays-town-taster/) - Meet the chefs and sample the delicious variety of world food available on Grays high street. - [Tilbury is the Place For Me](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-is-the-place-for-me/) - A gentle walk around Tilbury then over to Tilbury Fort, celebrating the community, reflecting on the past and looking towards the future. - [Grays Spring Clean](https://t100festival.co.uk/grays-spring-clean/) - A guided walk around Grays to collect flags, a procession to Grays Beach, community and creative workshops and river-front fun! - [Purfleet to Grays](https://t100festival.co.uk/purfleet-to-grays/) - A guided walk from Purfleet-on-Thames to Grays along the graffiti wall next to the Thames. - [Purfleet-on-Thames Circular](https://t100festival.co.uk/purfleet-on-thames-to-purfleet-beacon/) - A short circular walk starting and ending at the Beacon for an evening picnic. Help create a recipe for a sustainable Purfleet-on-Thames. - [Little Belhus Country Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/little-belhus-country-park/) - A guided walk circling Ockendon and Little Belhus Country Park, with dreaming workshops along the way with local artist Rebecca Brewer. - [Langdon Hills](https://t100festival.co.uk/langdon-hills/) - A Westley Heights circular walk via Plotlands for a dreaming workshop with tea. - [Thameside Nature Park to East Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/thameside-nature-park-to-east-tilbury/) - A fascinating guided walk from Thameside Nature Discovery Park to Bata Memorial Gardens, ending with a fun dreaming workshop. - [Stanford-le-Hope to Thameside Nature Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/stanford-le-hope-to-thameside-nature-park/) - A circular walk from Stanford-le-hope train station with a picnic stop at the Thameside Nature Discovery Park. - [Purfleet-on-Thames 'Grow Your Own'](https://t100festival.co.uk/purfleet-on-thames-grow-your-own/) - A two part walk around RSPB Rainham marshes and over to High House Production Park with a sustainable community theme. - [In Other People's Shoes](https://t100festival.co.uk/12-june-in-other-peoples-shoes/) - A walk around East Tilbury exploring the legacy of Thomas Bata’s Utopian vision from the 1930s, ending with afternoon tea at the fort. - [Ockendon Circular walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/okenden-circular-walk-2022/) - Ockendon Circular Walk Thinking Differently: Youth Workers 14th June 2022 Starts & Ends: South Ockendon Booking for this walk is now closed but you can follow the route on your own. A circling Ockendon walk starting and ending at The Green. Working with Thurrock’s Young Carers and Ockendon Children’s Centre we celebrated their young volunteers. - [Introducing T100 People](https://t100festival.co.uk/introducing-t100-people/) - T100 People Festival 2022 A celebration of Thurrock's key workers and community The T100 Festival of Walking, Talking & Making is back for 2022 with a spectacular showcase of the key workers of Thurrock who have held the community together over the past two years: T100 People. Taking place from the 2 – 25 June, - [Benfleet to Leigh - Tea, cake and cockles!](https://t100festival.co.uk/7-july-benfleet-to-leigh/) - [smartslider3 slider=3] This walk is now over but we have left the walk info below in case you wish to replicate it yourself. The original walk happened on: Saturday 7 July 10am-3.30pm Walk Description A panoramic walk with estuary views from Benfleet Station to Old Leigh through the Benfleet Downs, (crossing a section of the Olympic - [Orsett Fen - Jam sandwich origin story!](https://t100festival.co.uk/orsett-fen-17-july/) - [smartslider3 slider=10] Tuesday 17th July 6-8.30pm Orsett Fen - Where does your jam sandwich come from? Join us on this circular 5 mile walk around this beautiful part of Thurrock. There will be artisan bread and tasty jam to sample thanks to Tiptree. There was fenland in Thurrock into the 1960s, and this walk visits the - [East Tilbury walk with fish and chips!](https://t100festival.co.uk/20-july-east-tilbury-walk-with-fish-and-chips/) - [smartslider3 slider=12] Friday 20 July 6-8pm East Tilbury evening walk with fish and chips! We’ll be welcomed with delicious tea and home-made cake at St Catherine’s Church (photo credit Thurrock Local History Society) and hear about the history of the Church, parts of which date back to the 12th Century AD. Following the river footpath, with estuary - [Rainham Hall to Rainham Marshes](https://t100festival.co.uk/6-rainham-hall-to-rainham-marshes-picnic-15-july/) - [smartslider3 slider=6] This walk is now over but we have left the walk info below in case you wish to replicate it yourself. The original walk happened on: Sunday 15th July 11am - 2.30pm Walk Description A guided tour around Rainham Hall Gardens, followed by a walk on Rainham Marshes and picnic. Starting at the - [Southend Pier to Shoeburyness - Bollywood music + food!](https://t100festival.co.uk/8-july-southend-pier-to-shoeburyness/) - Southend Pier to East Beach at Shoeburyness - Bollywood music and food! - [T100 Calling Films](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-calling-films/) - T100 is, at its core, much more than just walking. Fotis Begklis has made this series of films about the festival, about the work we did last year and the ideas behind the mandalas. - [One Tree Hill and Langdon Hills](https://t100festival.co.uk/7-langdon-hills/) - Langdon Hills Country Park sits on a hilly ridge with panoramic views over the Thames Estuary to London. The park boasts ancient woodlands dating back to prehistoric times, with flower-rich grassland meadows and areas of dense scrubland. The walk begins with a short loop to the site of Farmer Cash’s famous well. Download our map - [Dreaming of a new song for Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/dreaming-of-a-new-song-for-tilbury/) - Dreaming of a new song for Tilbury, Gateway Academy music students find inspiration at Tilbury Cruise Terminal - [Tilbury is the place for us](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-is-the-place-for-us/) - Tilbury is the place for us! Learning about Windrush history inspired a new Tilbury song A highlight of the T100 Dreaming festival this year was a new song for Tilbury being created with students from Gateway Academy and participants from the local Youth Services, in partnership with English Heritage, Kinetika Bloco and award-winning, Trinidad born musician, Anthony - [T100 Making 2018 & 2019](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-making-2018-2019/) - T100 Recipes 2018 T100 Recipes launched ‘Welcome to the Kitchen Table’, a two-year project exploring the stories of diverse communities that have settled in Thurrock and along the Thames Estuary. In July 2018, Kinetika set off on another series of walks around Thurrock, Southend, Gravesend and Dartford with the theme of food, and invited everyone - [T100 Making 2015](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-making-2015/) - In 2014 Thurrock Council worked with Dr William Bird and Beat the Street encouraging local residents to walk a 25,000-mile journey, over six weeks. Debbie Maynard, head of Public Health invited Kinetika to build a legacy and create a festival to raise awareness of the places people could walk in Thurrock. The aim of Thurrock - [Grow Your Own](https://t100festival.co.uk/6-grow-your-own/) - Sustainable communities, grow your own vegetables and plants, foraging, live a healthy lifestyle. We invited you to make a mandala from local produce or things you have grown yourself. Plant seeds for the future and share your dreams for a world that is changing. We can make it better. Browse the other mandala galleries via - [Renewal](https://t100festival.co.uk/5-renewal/) - Turning landfill into a community park, where insects and wildlife can thrive again. We invited you to make a mandala to create a natural habitat in your garden, or if you preferred, to respond to what renewal meant to you. If you would like to volunteer at Little Belhus Country Park, find out more HERE. - [In Other People’s Shoes](https://t100festival.co.uk/in-other-peoples-shoes/) - Wear someone else’s shoes for the day, what does it feel like? What happens when you are walking? We invited you to take a favourite pair of shoes and share stories with your family, reflecting on the journeys you and others have travelled on foot, then design a shoe mandala. So many shoes! Browse the - [Imagination Our Nation](https://t100festival.co.uk/7-imagination-our-nation/) - Creativity, well-being and mindfulness can make dreams come true! We asked you to have fun and help us to think about what other materials we could use for mandalas by making your own, sharing with us the things that matter to you. Browse the other mandala galleries via the buttons below.[wp_show_posts id=”10811″] Imagination Our Nation - [Spring Clean](https://t100festival.co.uk/2-spring-clean/) - Recycling, cleaning up our environment, collecting plastic from the Thames, the beaches and the foreshore. We invited you to recycle your used or unloved plastic into a beautiful mandala. What are the alternatives to plastic? If you’re feeling inspired to take action and help to clean up your local foreshore, find out more from Thames - [Make Do and Mend](https://t100festival.co.uk/3-make-do-and-mend/) - Upcycling, turning broken things into beautiful objects. We invited you to carve out some time at home to create a space for yourself; reclaim an area in your home to get creative with ceramics, glass or other neglected items. Find out more about how to reduce waste and reuse items locally in Thurrock here:https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/reducing-waste/re-use-partnership-truphttps://www.freelywheely.com/freecycle/thurrock Browse - [Germination](https://t100festival.co.uk/2-germination/) - The theme of Germination explored found materials, celebrating forests and the essential role public green spaces have played throughout lockdown. We encouraged everyone to walk in the local park, make a mandala and share them with us. Materials suggested were leaves, seed pods or other things you might find on a forest floor. Germination Mandala, - [Tide Turning](https://t100festival.co.uk/1-turning-tide/) - Respect for the Earth and the natural landscape in which we live. Climate Change, coastal erosion and flooding, what impact is the lockdown having on the environment? During our T100 Calling event, we invited you to make a mandala using pebbles or shells on your daily walk and here are some of the results. Tide - [T100 Making 2020](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-making-2020/) - A massive thank you to everyone in Thurrock that helped create such beautiful mandalas, and to all those who created your own at home, it has been fantastic to see it all coming together. We look forward to continuing to work together to make a difference! Check out our mandala gallery below to see all the amazing - [Tilbury Town to Port walk with docker puppet](https://t100festival.co.uk/13-tilbury-town-to-port/) - Walk - Tilbury Town to Port - Dancing with the Docker! Saturday 21st July 10.30-1.30pm Join us on this easy walk from Tilbury town to the port and see Kinetika's giant docker puppet! (Afterwards there is a community feast created by the community and Chilean theatre group Teatro Container! Please book for that separately HERE.) Starting - [Noodles and Ramen! intu Lakeside to Davy Down](https://t100festival.co.uk/14-july-intu-lakeside-to-davey-down/) - [smartslider3 slider=16] This walk is now over but we have left the walk info below in case you wish to replicate it yourself. The original walk happened on: Saturday 14 July 12:30-3pm Walk Description intu Lakeside to Davy Down and back featuring the giant Tilbury docker puppet! A leisurely walk from intu Lakeside, skirting Chafford - [East and West Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/east-and-west-tilbury/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk6 14 July This is a circular walk beginning and ending at the historic site of the Bata Shoe Factory. After setting off from Stanford House (previously the Bata Hotel, built to accommodate single factory workers), you will walk past East Tilbury Primary School and the local modernist movement houses. You then head across the - [Chafford Hundred and the Gorges](https://t100festival.co.uk/chafford-100-and-the-gorges/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk5 13 July This is a circular walk around Chafford Hundred and South Stifford. The walk begins at Chafford Gorges Nature Park, a 200-acre nature reserve managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. The site includes two Sites of Special Scientific Interest. You continue through the gorges to South Stifford and then on to St Clement's Church, - [A walk around Orsett](https://t100festival.co.uk/15-a-walk-around-orsett/) - The agricultural village of Orsett flourished because of the ancient Mar Dyke trade route. This route explores the old village and Bishop Bonner's Palace, finishing at the Whitmore Arms in Orsett Village. Download our map here. Accessibility This is an moderate walk . A short section of the route by a horse riding school may - [T100 Making 2021](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-making-2021/) - https://youtu.be/Y7UU-Nl9a9Y T100 Dreaming was our 7th successful annual walking, talking and making festival! Local people and artists were invited to come together to share their dreams, celebrate community spirit and imagine a more sustainable future. 2021 was the year where we took the innovative approach of pairing local artists with walk leaders, making the walks - [T100 Making 2016](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-making-2016/) - Thurrock 100 Stories T100 Stories ended with a colourful mass performance by over 100 Thurrock schoolchildren from across the borough who used the 100 batik silk flags created in the course of the project as part of a vibrant finale choreographed by one of the UK’s pre-eminent mass dance leaders, Jeanefer Jean-Charles, and her team. The - [T100 Making 2017](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-making-2017/) - T100 Tales - the stories from 2016 were turned into performances by the Complete Commedia Company who popped up on walks throughout the festival to bring the characters to life. In the 2017 walk archive there are images and details of the performance, as well as a link to song lyrics. Thurrock 100 returned for - [Grays Heritage Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/5-grays-heritage-walk/) - This circular walk around historic Grays begins at the State Cinema, opened in 1938, and visits Grays Wharf, the wreck of The Gull, a lightship built in 1860, the Thurrock Yacht Club, the site of the Exmouth training ship and Grays Beach. Download our map here Walk 5 Accessibility This is an easy walk. These walks - [Grays to Purfleet](https://t100festival.co.uk/6-july-grays-to-purfleet/) - A walk from Grays to Purfleet via the graffiti wall, - [Grays to Chafford Gorge](https://t100festival.co.uk/grays-to-chafford-gorge-sat-8th-july-2017-am/) - Walk 2 – A stroll from Grays High Road to Chafford Gorge Saturday 8th July 10.45am THE COPPER'S TALE Poaching, Pinching and Paces in Chafford Capes, Capers and calamity as copper collars culprits! Meet at Grays Library and take the opportunity to visit the ‘Be Happy, stay healthy’ fair in the Library. We exit the - [A family-friendly walk around Bulphan](https://t100festival.co.uk/1-a-family-friendly-walk-around-bulphan/) - A circular walk around the thriving village of Bulphan, whose name means ‘place of safety on the fen’. Starting out from the regular Community Café, this family-friendly walk includes visits to the Parish church and school, the Zion Hall and Garlesters Farmhouse. Download a map here: Walk 1. 100 Stories Explore some of our 100 - [Grays Town and Stifford Clays](https://t100festival.co.uk/grays-town-and-stifford-clays/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk10 18 July This circular walk begins at Grays Beach and passes near the site where the historic lightvessel 38, known as 'Gull' was moored until she sank in 1929. You pass the home of Darwin's collaborator, Alfred William Wallace, one of the first buildings to be constructed from concrete, before heading north through the town. - [Tilbury town walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/20-july-tilbury-walk-carnival/) - 20 July Tilbury walk to join the carnival at Tilbury Cruise Terminal - [Tilbury Town buggy walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/13-tilbury-town-buggy-walk/) - This short toddler-friendly walk around Tilbury passes the famous 17th century World’s End pub and the site of the devastating floods of 1953, as well as Tilbury Ferry, which dates from the 16th century. The walk also passes the Passenger Terminal, through which many thousands of passengers passed on their way to new lives in - [West Thurrock To Grays Beach](https://t100festival.co.uk/14-west-thurrock-to-grays-beach/) - West Thurrock To Grays Beach walk - Eastern European and South African favourites - [Chafford Gorge to intu Lakeside](https://t100festival.co.uk/chafford-gorge-to-lakeside-sat-8th-july-2017-pm/) - Walk 3 – A stroll from Chafford Gorge to Intu Lakeside - Sat 8th July, 2pm THE COPPER'S TALE Poaching, Pinching and Paces in Chafford Capes, Capers and calamity as copper collars culprits! We begin this walk at Chafford Gorges Nature Park Visitor Centre with a talk by the Warden, then down the zigzag path - [Cruise Terminal to Worlds End](https://t100festival.co.uk/17-sept-cruise-terminal-to-worlds-end/) - 17 Sept Tilbury Cruise Terminal to the Worlds End walk - [From Chafford Hundred to Grays](https://t100festival.co.uk/20-from-chafford-hundred-to-grays/) - This walk begins in what was once the largest housing estate in Europe, with more than 5000 homes. The route follows a disused railway and enters one of the pits where chalk was once quarried, before continuing to Grays via the former police station. Then down through the High Street towards Grays Beach. Download a - [Chadwell to East Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/10-july-chadwell-to-east-tilbury/) - 10 July Chadwell St Mary to East Tilbury - [Evening rural walk around Hangmans Woods](https://t100festival.co.uk/17-evening-rural-walk-around-hangmans-woods/) - This circular walk visits Hangmans Wood, a site of Special Scientific Interest because of the presence of a number of deneholes: underground hollows that are now home to colonies of bats. The route also travels through rural countryside, skirting Chadwell St Mary and past the remains of the mill at Orsett and the existing windmill - [Little Thurrock and around](https://t100festival.co.uk/little-thurrock-and-around/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk7 15 July This circular walk begins at Thurrock Rugby Club before passing King George's Field and Hangman's Wood, which is a site of Special Scientific Interest owing to the colonies of bats who use the underground caves left by 17th miners as hibernation sites. You will pass Thameside School, and visit Orsett before returning - [Bata & East Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/bata-site-east-tilbury-coalhouse-fort-sun-9th-july-2017-am/) - Walk 6 – A stroll around Bata then on to Coalhouse Fort Sunday 9th July 1pm THE COBBLER'S TALE Revolution, Rebellion and Rambling in BATA Moravian magnanimous magnate turns Tilbury East Tycoon! Tomas Bata’s inspirational ambitions for the East of Thurrock echo contemporary events in this animated stroll around the Bata estate within this surprising - [Bata and beyond: a gentle stroll around East Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/10-bata-and-beyond-a-gentle-stroll-around-east-tilbury/) - The walk starts with a short stroll around the Bata Estate, exploring the residential, industrial and social legacy of Thomas Bata’s Utopian vision from the 1930s. Following this short walk, the route goes into East Tilbury Village and if you wish can conclude with a drink at The Ship. Download our map here Walk 10. - [East Tilbury to Pitsea](https://t100festival.co.uk/11-july-east-tilbury-to-pitsea/) - 11 July 2019 East Tilbury to Pitsea walk - [Lakeside to Chafford Gorges](https://t100festival.co.uk/16-lakeside-to-chafford-gorges/) - This walk visits the sites of two chalk pits, excavated to serve the once hugely successful cement industries. You'll explore Chafford Gorges Nature Reserve, where you can still see remnants of the railway tunnels and tracks built to take the chalk to the River Thames. Download a map of the route here. Accessibility This is - [Orsett and Chadwell St Mary](https://t100festival.co.uk/9-july-orsett-and-chadwell-st-mary/) - 9 July Orsett and Chadwell St Mary - [Horndon-Orsett-Bulphan](https://t100festival.co.uk/horndon-orsett-bulphan/) - Rural Villages and Wide Open Skies Map: Thurrock100-Walk2 10 July This is a linear walk from Horndon-on-the-Hill to Bulphan, taking in Orsett on the way. After setting off from The Bell, an award-winning 15th coaching inn, you would walk to Saffron Gardens, where Elizabeth I spent the night in 1588, past the Church, the lovely 16th - [Horndon Walk Friday](https://t100festival.co.uk/horndon-walk-friday-7th-july-2017/) - THE FORGER'S TALE Fri 7th July 2017 7pm Forgery, Fakery and Footsteps in Horndon Floorboard fitter flummoxed as felonious forger foiled! A leisurely stroll around this historic village, hearing tales of the colourful inhabitants and its historic buildings. It included ‘The Forger’s Tale’ a humorous, theatrical performance of a story inspired by two of Horndon on - [The birds and the bees: around Thurrock Thameside Nature Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/14-the-birds-and-the-bees-around-thurrock-thameside-nature-park/) - This is a circular walk around the new Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, a stunning new nature reserve built on 120 acres on a former landfill site. A haven for birds and other wildlife, the site boasts superb views over Mucking Flats, the new DP World Port and the Thames Estuary. Some uneven terrain. Accessibility This - [A walk around Horndon-on-the-Hill](https://t100festival.co.uk/18-a-walk-around-horndon-on-the-hill/) - A leisurely walk around the lovely village of Horndon-on-the-Hill. The route starts at the medieval half-timbered Woolmarket, before passing the remains of the Windmill, the historic church and pass a house once occupied by both Phil Vincent, founder of Vincent motorcycles, and 1950s keep-fit Queen Eileen Fowler. You continue to Saffron Gardens, where Elizabeth I - [Around SS17](https://t100festival.co.uk/around-ss17/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk4 12 July This is a walk around SS17: Stanford-Le-Hope, Corringham, Fobbing and Mucking, an area full of history, natural beauty, and also reputed to be one of the most haunted places in the country! Beginning at Hardie Park, you head south to the Thurrock Thameside Nature Park, with superb views over Mucking Flats and the - [Chafford Hundred to Bulphan](https://t100festival.co.uk/8-july-intu-lakeside-to-bulphan/) - 8 July 2019, 12.30-5.30pm. Lunch taster at intu Lakeside. Davy Down and the Mardyke Way to Bulphan - [Along the Mardyke Way](https://t100festival.co.uk/2-along-the-mardyke-way/) - A beautiful rural walk through Thurrock following the old trade route along the Mardyke waterway, with an opportunity to see the Victorian pumping station and viaduct and across the site of the old Ardale approved school at Stifford. A suggested lunch stop would be at the Kings Arms in Orsett. Download a map here: Walk - [Circular walk around South Ockendon](https://t100festival.co.uk/8-south-ockendon/) - This circular walk begins at South Ockendon’s Derwent Parade, setting for the 1958 Housewives’ Revolt! We will continue to see the remains of the Belhus Park’s 18th century Ice House and Stench Pipe, before continuing to the Ash Plantation, the estate that now stands on the site of Ford’s Aveley plant, and then to the - [Ockendon along the Mardyke](https://t100festival.co.uk/ockendon-along-the-mardyke/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk1 9 July This is a circular walk beginning and ending at the war memorial outside the Royal Oak pub in South Ockendon. The route includes the newly opened Little Belhus Park and the Little Belhus Elizabethan Lodge, as well as the Mardyke Woods, Davy Down and the Mardyke Way. The full walk is around - [Aveley and Belhus Park](https://t100festival.co.uk/aveley-and-belhus-park/) - Map: 9. 150630 Aveley & Belhus schedule v3 This circular walk includes the Mardyke woods, Davy Down and the remnants of the 18th century Belhus Park, laid out by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown and Richard Woods, taking in the Shrubbery and the Long Pond created in 1770 as well as an Ice House and a stench pipe built - [Purfleet to Chafford Hundred](https://t100festival.co.uk/7-july-purfleet-to-chafford-hundred/) - 7 July 2019 Purfleet to Chafford Hundred via High House Production Park - [Industrial heritage transformed](https://t100festival.co.uk/12-industrial-heritage-transformed/) - This walk follows Purfleet’s historic river frontage, with great views over the river and the site of the new development planned for Purfleet that will see the area transformed over the next few years. Afterwards you can enjoy a riverfront drink at the Royal Hotel. Please note that some parts of the route may become - [Along the Historic Thames](https://t100festival.co.uk/19-along-the-historic-thames/) - This walk begins at Purfleet station, and explores the historic river frontage with its many reminders of Thurrock’s industrial heritage. You walk beside the river, over the Dartford Tunnel and under the QE2 Bridge, passing the Graffiti Wall and the old wharves, as well as the tiny church of St Clement, featured in Four Weddings - [Purfleet-on-Thames to intu Lakeside](https://t100festival.co.uk/24-sept-purfleet-on-thames-to-lakeside/) - 24 Sept 2020 Walk from Purfleet-on-Thames to Lakeside, along the Mardyke Way - [Purfleet Village to Rainham Marshes - Picnic!](https://t100festival.co.uk/7-purfleet-village-to-rainham-marshes-picnic-15-july/) - [smartslider3 slider=11] This walk is now over but we have left the walk info below in case you wish to replicate it yourself. The original walk happened on: Sunday 15th July 11am - 2.30pm Walk Description A short, easy walk from Purfleet Village to Rainham Marshes, with picnic. Starting this short walk at Purfleet Station - [A Walk Round Acme Studios](https://t100festival.co.uk/4-acme-studios/) - On our original walk route, on 9th July 2016, Artist Ali Pretty, founder of Arts Company Kinetika, led a walk around Acme Studios, including visits to the studios of some of the artists who are based there. Walkers had a chance to meet the artists, see some of their work and then explore Kinetika’s own - [Tilbury & Chadwell St Mary](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-chadwell-st-mary/) - Map: 8. 150630 Tilbury & Chadwell schedule v3 Starting at the new Gateway Academy, you head first to Chadwell Place, home of prominent Puritan James Temple, governor of Tilbury Fort and one of the signatories of Charles I's death warrant in 1649. You will pass the 15th Century Sleeper's Farm, and then visit the graveyard of the parish - [Purfleet to Rainham Marshes](https://t100festival.co.uk/4-purfleet-to-rainham-marshes/) - We set out from the hexagonal 17th century dovecote at High House and visit the historic Purfleet Heritage Centre inside one of five gunpowder stores built on the Thames in the 18th Century, before exploring the award-winning RSPB bird sanctuary at Rainham Marshes. Built on ancient marshland once used as a firing range, it’s home - [Gravesend - Traditional English and World Cuisine](https://t100festival.co.uk/10-gravesend-traditional-english-and-world-cuisine-18-july/) - [smartslider3 slider=8] Wednesday 18th July 11am – 2pm Traditional English and World Cuisine A flavour of Gravesend’s diverse communities and tastes through its food and people. This guided tour with local historian Christoph Bull, will take you through Gravesend’s historic streets and market encountering traditional English fayre and world cuisine along the way. There - [Dartford town - Dartford delicacies](https://t100festival.co.uk/16-july-dartford/) - Dartford Town walk - Dartford Delicacies! Monday 16th July 4-7pm - [Heritage walk around Stanford-le-Hope](https://t100festival.co.uk/9-heritage-walk-around-stanford-le-hope/) - This walk focuses on the town of Stanford-le-Hope, which grew from a small village with the coming of the railway in the mid C19th. The route takes in the 900 year old Church, the home of the celebrated writer Joseph Conrad and of course the Regent cinema, as well as the old market place and - [From peasants' revolt to modern port](https://t100festival.co.uk/11-from-peasants-revolt-to-modern-port/) - This circular walk explores the area around the historic village of Fobbing, which dates back to Saxon times, including the old jetty at the end of the once-thriving wharf, the historic church and the memorial to the medieval Peasants’ Revolt which started nearby. The route also passes the site of the Corringham Light Railway and - [Higham to Gravesend](https://t100festival.co.uk/19-july-higham-to-gravesend/) - 19 July Higham to Gravesend - [Langdon Country Park Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/5-langdon-country-park-walk/) - Walk 5 – A hike around Langdon Country Park Sunday 9th July 10.45am WALK For the more energetic, a hike around Langdon Hills Country Park. This jewel straddling the Thurrock/Basildon boundary proves you can still lose yourself in a green and pleasant place despite being so close to these urban centres. Accessibility These walks are of - [Canvey Island - Pub Grub](https://t100festival.co.uk/4-canvey-island-pub-grub-12-july/) - Canvey Island - Pub Grub! Thursday 12th July 10.30am-3.30pm - [Southend Ice Cream Walk - Tomassi and Rossi's](https://t100festival.co.uk/10-july-southend-ice-cream-walk/) - Southend Ice Cream Walk - Tomassi and Rossi's 10 July - [Chalkwell to Southchurch Hall](https://t100festival.co.uk/14-july-chalkwell-to-southchurch/) - 14 July 9.45 am-12 pm Chalkwell to Southchurch Hall via the sea-front ending with a shared picnic - [Gillingham to Strood](https://t100festival.co.uk/18-july-gillingham-to-strood/) - 18 July 4.45-8pm Gillingham to Strood - [Sittingbourne to Swale](https://t100festival.co.uk/17-july-sittingbourne-to-swale/) - 17 July 2019 Sittingbourne to Swale walk - [Faversham Two Creeks](https://t100festival.co.uk/16-july-faversham-two-creeks/) - 16 July 2019 11.15am-3.30pm Faversham Two Creeks walk - [Leysdowne to the Ferry Inn](https://t100festival.co.uk/15-july-leysdowne-to-the-ferry-inn/) - 15 July 5.15-7.30pm Leysdown-on-Sea to the Ferry Inn - [Two Forts Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/21-two-forts-walk/) - Sunday 17 July, 10am This walk starts at the historic Tilbury Fort, built by Henry VIII to protect the Thames from invaders and near which Elizabeth I rallied her troops on the eve of battle. After exploring the fort we will walk along the historic waterfront to the 19th Century Coalhouse Fort, in time for - [Farmer Cash’s Well](https://t100festival.co.uk/6-farmer-cash/) - A short circular walk to the highest point locally, One Tree Hill, and to the site of Farmer Cash’s famous well. The water was found to be full of minerals and was sold in chemists for its health giving properties in the 1920s as ‘Vange Water’. Download our map here Walk 6. Accessibility This is - [Coalhouse Fort Finale Performance](https://t100festival.co.uk/7-coalhouse-fort-performance-finale-sun-9th-july-2017-4pm/) - Thurrock 100 Tales Finale Performance! This was the only chance to see the The Forger’s Tale, The Copper’s Tale and Cash’s Well performed all together by the Complete Commedia Company in the outdoor amphitheatre that is Coalhouse Fort! The Forger's Tale is a humorous, theatrical performance of a story inspired by two of Horndon on the Hill’s most - [Cash’s Well](https://t100festival.co.uk/langdon-hills-and-cashs-well-sun-9th-july-2017-pm/) - Walk 4 – A stroll around Farmer Cash’s Well at One Tree Hill Sunday 9th July, 9.30am CASH'S WELL Aquatic Antics Afoot in Langdon Angel Inn’s Cash cashes in on quick quack cures! A leisurely short stroll at One Tree Hill to hear the secrets of Farmer Cash's Well. Edwin Cash’s story is reinvented in - [Grays Town - World Taste Trail](https://t100festival.co.uk/19-july-grays/) - [smartslider3 slider=24] This walk is now over but we have left the walk info below in case you wish to replicate it yourself. The original walk happened on: Thursday 19th July 5.30 - 7.30pm This was an easy, short walk around Grays to encounter the delicious variety of world food available, including English, Chinese, Indian, African - [Faversham Town Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/16-july-faversham-town/) - This early evening walk will leave the station and head along Preston Street, to the Market Place where there is lots to see and learn about, with the Regency/Tudor Guildhall. - [Sheerness to Minster](https://t100festival.co.uk/15-july-sheerness-to-minster/) - 15 July 2019 Sheerness to Minster Walk - [Benfleet to Chalkwell](https://t100festival.co.uk/13-july-benfleet-to-chalkwell/) - 13 July 9.15am-2.30pm Benfleet to Chalkwell with brunch at Salvation Army Tea Rooms/ ice cream at Belfairs Woodland Centre - [Canvey Island](https://t100festival.co.uk/12-july-canvey-island/) - 12 July 10.15am-5.15pm Canvey Island ramble with lunch on the sea front - [Launch event](https://t100festival.co.uk/5th-july-launch-event/) - [smartslider3 slider=28] Photos are by Mike Johnston. See all his photos of T100 2019 in his Flickr Gallery. Welcome to the Kitchen Table Launch Event This event happened on Fri 5th July, 5.00 – 7.00 p.m. Venue: The Lightship Cafe at Grays Beach Riverside Park Everyone was invited to the launch of T100 2019 ‘Welcome - [Get to Know event](https://t100festival.co.uk/29-may-2019-7-10pm-get-to-know-event/) - Getting to Know You, Chef Kinetika prepares for fifth T100 walking festival with invitation to meet local chefs Get to Know Event Weds 29 May 7-10pm Venue: Thameside Theatre, Thameside Two, Orsett Road, Grays, Essex Rm17 5DX Kinetika’s popular T100 walking festival is back in July and its theme is Welcome to the Kitchen Table. - [Grow Your Own - In your Garden](https://t100festival.co.uk/27-sept-grow-your-own-purfleet-on-thames-to-hhpp/) - 27th Sept 2020, Grow Your Own - A guided walk from Purfleet-on-Thames to High House Production Park. Meet the artists, park tours and picnic. Make a mandala out of locally grown produce. - [Renewal: In Your Garden or Street](https://t100festival.co.uk/26-sept-south-ockendon/) - 26 Sept 2020 Renewal: A Stroll around South Ockendon - [Imagination our Nation: In Your Mind](https://t100festival.co.uk/23-sept-welcome-to-hardie-park/) - 23 Sept 2020 Welcome to Hardie Park walk - [In Other People’s Shoes: Take a Walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/22-sept-thurrock-nature-reserve-to-east-tilbury/) - 22 Sept Thurrock Nature Reserve to East Tilbury - [Make Do and Mend - At Home](https://t100festival.co.uk/20-sept-tilbury-town-to-cruise-terminal/) - 20 Sept Tilbury Town to Cruise Terminal - [Spring Clean: At Home](https://t100festival.co.uk/19-sept-grays-art-and-architecture/) - 19 Sept Grays Art and Architecture Walk - [Germination: Parks](https://t100festival.co.uk/16-sept-langdon-hills-forestry-walk/) - 16 Sept Langdon Hills Forestry Walk - [Tide Turning: Green Spaces](https://t100festival.co.uk/15-sept-green-spaces-online-event/) - 15 September 4-8pm walk to your local green space to make a mandala from found materials - [Tide Turning: Beach](https://t100festival.co.uk/13-15-sept-tide-turning-online-event/) - Sun 13 September 2020 Tide Turning: Online event - [Tilbury Fort Finale](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-fort-finale/) - Kinetika grand finale with the premiere of 'Tilbury is the Place for Me', the impressive Beach of Dreams flags, giant puppets & family fun! - [T100 Dreaming round up newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-dreaming-round-up-newsletter/) - The newsletter round up of T100 Dreaming is here, with all the details about where to see the photos and films of the year! - [Mandala Activity Packs](https://t100festival.co.uk/mandala-activity-packs/) - How to download the May Mandala activity pack for you to enjoy at home. - [T100 2015 Credits and Thanks](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-2015-credits-and-thanks/) - 2015 CREDITS AND THANKS [rl_gallery id="9843"] “Thurrock CVS was pleased to welcome Kinetika to Thurrock in 2014 as they brought opportunities, skills and knowledge to the borough. The possibilities of us working in partnership to bring communities together through art and activity was very exciting. Those that became involved in the project were extremely proud - [Grays to Purfleet](https://t100festival.co.uk/grays-to-purfleet/) - Map: Thurrock100-Walk3 11 July This is a walk from Grays to Purfleet along the river. The walk departs from Grays station, passing the wharves and jetties that recall the area's importance as a trading centre. Then you make make your way along the river, passing the famous graffiti wall and visiting St Clement's Church which featured in - [10 flags](https://t100festival.co.uk/10-flags/) - Just as we know that walking makes you feel better and improves your health, we also know that people who take part in some form of creative activity have a greater sense of wellbeing than those who do not. Thanks to a grant from Arts Council England, artist Ali Pretty was able to work with more - [T100 Dreaming - A look back](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-dreaming-a-look-back/) - A look back at our 7th successful year and how to get involved in the future. - [T100 Dreaming 2021 Prize Draw Terms and Conditions](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-dreaming-2021-prize-draw-terms-and-conditions/) - T100 Dreaming 2021 Prize Draw Terms and Conditions Download an easy-read large print version here The promoter is Kinetika People Ltd (Charity No: 1160439) whose registered office is at 119 Artists’ Studios, High House Production Park, Off Purfleet, Bypass, Purfleet, Essex RM19 1AS There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this - [T100 Dreaming](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-dreaming/) - Dreaming is the theme for T100 2021 - join in and share your dreams for the local area! - [T100 Dreaming June walks open for booking](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-dreaming-june-walks-open-for-booking/) - T100 Dreaming June walks are now open for booking! - [admin download counter](https://t100festival.co.uk/admin-download-counter/) - [T100 Festival announces inclusion in Totally Thames](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-announces-inclusion-in-totally-thames/) - We are delighted to announce that T100 2020 will be one of the events in the Totally Thames programme! - [100 Stories](https://t100festival.co.uk/100-stories/) - Interactive Story App Over three months, artists Laura Trevail and Jacci Todd worked with communities and schools all over Thurrock to collect 100 great stories about Thurrock, and we're pleased to be able to share the first of them here. Click the button above to enter, and then click on the pins in the - [Walking during lockdown](https://t100festival.co.uk/walking-during-lockdown/) - Walking during lockdown is allowed for your daily exercise, here are some pointers to stay safe and links to routes. - [Kitchen Table Project Summary](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-2019-wrap-up/) - A round up of the continuous 15 day walk from T100 2019 - [Kitchen Table - All walks](https://t100festival.co.uk/2019-all-walks-and-flyer/) - We're back for a fifth year! We're delighted to announce full programme details forT100 2019 Welcome to the Kitchen Table! - [T100 2019 Thank You and Credits](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-2019-thank-you-and-credits/) - A huge thank you to all the people who contributed to T100 2019 Welcome to the Kitchen Table. - [Southend Flags](https://t100festival.co.uk/southend-flags/) - As part of the creative engagement programme of T100 2019 we delivered a series of flag making workshops and here are the fantastic results! - [Tips for happy walkers](https://t100festival.co.uk/tips-for-happy-walkers/) - Walking during lockdown Due to the Covid19 pandemic, the UK Government has placed England into a national lockdown from Tuesday 5 January 2021. This means everyone living in England must avoid all non-essential travel and stay local to exercise. What is allowed under lockdown rules? You can walk outdoors once a day, in a public - [T100 Calling Wrap Up](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-calling-wrap-up/) - [smartslider3 slider="46"] We’d like to thank each and every one of you who came together for this year’s T100 festival, T100 Calling! Thank you for Being with us all the way through lockdown and making May Mandalas Forming teams of local organisations, artists and participants to design and prepare our seven themed showcase mandalas in - [T100 Calling Round-up Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-calling-round-up-newsletter/) - T100 is over for another year, read the round up here! - [Mandala Gallery](https://t100festival.co.uk/may-mandala-gallery/) - A huge thank you to everyone who joined in with the T100 Calling Mandalas online and at home. We hope you have enjoyed being a part of the T100 online community and making mandalas with us, this is just the beginning! This is a gallery of all the contributions and we will continue to add - [T100 festival celebrates another successful year](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-festival-celebrates-another-successful-year/) - T100 Walking, Talking and Making Festival goes international, celebrating another successful year, despite COVID restrictions From Marseille, Bern, Kolkata and Valparaiso to Grays, East Tilbury, Tilbury and Purfleet-on-Thames, hundreds of people have been actively engaged in this year’s festival that is home grown in Thurrock. Now in its 6th year, T100 goes from strength to - [T100 2020 Overview](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-2020-overview/) - A massive thank you to everyone in Thurrock that helped create such beautiful mandalas, and to all those who created your own at home, it has been fantastic to see it all coming together. We look forward to continuing to work together to make a difference! Check out our mandala gallery to see all the - [T100 Calling Covid Update](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-calling-covid-statement/) - We are aware of the latest Government ruling restricting group sizes to six. We are seeking advice and will issue an update in due course. - [T100 Newsletter Sept](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-newsletter-sept/) - Our latest newsletter is out now with all the ways to get involved with T100 Calling! Subscribe to get future editions delivered straight to your inbox.  - [Characters of Commedia Dell'Arte](https://t100festival.co.uk/characters-of-commedia-dellarte/) - What is Commedia Dell’Arte? Originating in Renaissance Italy, but achieving popularity across Europe, Commedia Dell’Arte is a special type of improvised comedy. It involves stock characters – comic servants, young lovers, self-important pedants and soldiers – each one recognisable by stylised costumes, masks and exaggerated gestures. Troupes of Italian players may have travelled through London - [T100 Calling - Newsletter out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-calling-newsletter-out-now/) - Our latest newsletter is out now with all the ways to get involved with T100 Calling! - [May Mandala Activity Packs](https://t100festival.co.uk/may-mandala-activity-packs/) - This new online programme of activities and events will prepare us for the walking festival in September. It is an opportunity to be Inspired, to Reflect, to Make and Do. You can also use it as a tool to think about your own values and the action you can take with your local community. The - [About the project](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/) - T100 is a creative community project that aims to celebrate local stories and places, and share them with the wider world! T100 continues to grow each year, gaining new walkers, new routes and new partners to support the programme. What began as a celebration of Thurrock, 10 miles, 10 walks, 10 days, has developed into - [T100 2020 dates & walks](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-2020-dates-walks/) - T100 Calling is 12-27 September 2020 The theme of T100 2020 is ‘T100 Calling’ and we are inviting a response to the now incredibly urgent question How can we creatively re-imagine our future? A series of mandalas will be created over the course of T100 calling at various locations along the walk routes. Mandalas in - [Purfleet communities invited to design flags](https://t100festival.co.uk/purfleet-communities-invited-to-design-flags/) - Are you a Purfleet based group that would like to get involved in designing a flag with us? Find out more here. - [T100 2018 Credits and Thanks](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-2018-credits-and-thanks/) - Thank You! T100 2018 was a wonderful event made possible by all the volunteers, venues, staff and of course the generous funders and delivery partners. Thank you to each and every one for all your contributions to make the festival so unforgettable! Here are all the wonderful people who contributed to making T100 2018 an - [T100 Newsletter out now](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-newsletter-out-now-2/) - The dates of our on-site mandala planning sessions and a reminder to check out the May Mandala gallery! - [When to share your May Mandala Make](https://t100festival.co.uk/when-to-share-your-may-mandala-make/) - Information about when to share your May Mandala make has just gone out in our latest newsletter, which you can read below. - [T100 Feb 2020 Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-feb-2020-newsletter/) - T100 Calling and how you can be involved in 2020! - [Plastic collection begun for Grays mandala](https://t100festival.co.uk/plastic-collection-for-grays-mandala/) - The plastic is already being gathered to make the beautiful Grays mandala in July! Huge well done to the volunteers of the Grays Beachcombers this month - look at this massive haul of plastic collected from Grays Beach! 28 people collected 50 bags, which included 247 bottles and 2 bags of other plastic gems we'll - [Download your May Mandala activity pack](https://t100festival.co.uk/download-your-may-mandala-activity-pack/) - [/one_third] Thurrock 100 would like to extend a huge thank you to its funders and delivery partners. - [T100 Jan Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/jan20-newsletter/) - All the latest news for the T100 walking festival and our plans for 2020. - [Funding agreed to secure next 3 years](https://t100festival.co.uk/funding-agreed-to-secure-next-3-years/) - Funding has been secured to support the T100 walking festival for the next three years! - [Isabella](https://t100festival.co.uk/isabella/) - The desirable, female lover; hopelessly devoted to love. Beautiful, educated, petulant and spoilt. In Thurrock 100 Tales 2017, Rachael played Isabella , appearing as Lillian Green in The Forger’s Tale and Anna Bata in The Cobbler’s Tale. More information about the background and history of Isabella can be found on Wikipedia HERE. Isabella is one of the 'Innamorati' characters (the 'Lovers') and there is - [Il Capitano](https://t100festival.co.uk/il-capitano/) - The pretentious, self-promoting braggart; extravagant and sonorous; ridiculous and cowardly; he boasts of his imaginary conquests at war. Fancies himself as a winner with the women! In Thurrock 100 Tales, Jordan played Il Capitano as the Copper, the lead character in “The Copper’s Tale”. This is one of the lucky characters that received a special costume thanks to the students - [Pulcinella](https://t100festival.co.uk/pulcinella/) - The quarrelsome, belligerent, servant; a bit of a loner. He has a fatalistic philosophy and takes great pleasure in violence. To learn more about this character here is the Wikipedia entry. - [Colombina](https://t100festival.co.uk/colombina/) - The captivating lady’s maid; coquettish and clever. She manages the plot with wit and benevolence; adored by everyone. In Thurrock 100 Tales, Colombina was played by RUBY. To find out more about Columbina, here is her Wikipedia entry. - [Flavio](https://t100festival.co.uk/flavio/) - The handsome, male lover; hopelessly infatuated with Isabella. Fashionable, vain and melodramatic. In Thurrock 100 Tales, Alex played Flavio as Tomas Bata the lead character in “The Cobbler’s Tale”. This is one of the lucky characters that received a special costume thanks to the students of South Essex College. Read more about the costumes made for the production HERE. Flavio is one - [Pantalone](https://t100festival.co.uk/pantalone/) - The mean-spirited, avaricious, lecherous, cuckold; he is an old, obstructive father and comically, tyrannical master of his under-paid, bullied servants. In Thurrock 100 Tales, Tom played Pantalone who appeared as the character Edwin Cash, the lead character in the “Cash’s Well” story. This is one of the lucky characters that received a special costume thanks to the students - [Arlecchino](https://t100festival.co.uk/arlecchino/) - The chatty, acrobatic servant; an anarchic, brilliant schemer who unwittingly complicates, exacerbates and infuriates those he is supposed to help. In Thurrock 100 Tales, Bernadette played Arlecchino. Otherwise known as 'Harlequin', more info on his history and background can be found on Wikipedia HERE. - [Il Dottore](https://t100festival.co.uk/il-dottore/) - The waffling boffin; an intellectual windbag; an ineffectual father and master. Why use one word when ten will do? In Thurrock 100 Tales, Sarah plays Il Dottore as William Green – the lead character in “The Forger’s Tale”. This is one of the lucky characters that received a special costume thanks to the students of South Essex College. Read - [T100 August Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-august-newsletter/) - The August newsletter is here with the round up of 2019, photos and what's next! - [Winnie's recipe Sukuma Wiki](https://t100festival.co.uk/winnies-recipe-sukuma-wiki/) - A special family recipe for Sukuma Wiki from Winnie Nyamu. - [Valerie Muzelenga's recipe for black beans and rice](https://t100festival.co.uk/valerie-muzelengas-recipe-for-black-beans-and-rice/) - Valerie Muzelenga talking about her family recipe for black eyed beans and rice - [Cristian Bodolan on baking healthy bread](https://t100festival.co.uk/cristian-bodolan-on-baking-healthy-bread/) - Local baker Cristian Bodalan talks to us about why his bread is very healthy, and some very special pastries. - [Florina's recipe for Mushrooms in Alfred Sauce](https://t100festival.co.uk/florinas-recipe-for-mushrooms-in-alfred-sauce/) - Florina Bodolan describes her delicious family recipe for Mushrooms in Alfred Sauce - [Tilbury Carnival flyer released](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-carnival-flyer-released/) - We're excited to share the new flyer for Tilbury Carnival that includes the route information! - [Chase High School students show off their artistic talents](https://t100festival.co.uk/chase-high-school-students-show-off-their-artistic-talents/) - Year 8 students at Chase High School in Southend have been lending their artistic talents to Kinetika’s T100 walking festival - [Book Workshops for 2019!](https://t100festival.co.uk/workshop-details-for-2019/) - Workshops for 2019 are here! Printing, sketching, writing and more! Be sure to book your place! - [T100 May Newsletter](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-may-newsletter/) - The programme for T100 2019 Welcome to the Kitchen Table - all in a handy newsletter! - [Get into your Stride - Free Walk Training!](https://t100festival.co.uk/get-into-your-stride-free-walk-leader-training/) - In preparation for the fifth T100 walking, talking and making festival in July, we are working with Simply Stride who offer walk leader training. - [Free flag design workshops for Tilbury Carnival!](https://t100festival.co.uk/free-flag-design-workshops-for-tilbury-carnival/) - Flag workshop dates are coming up soon in Tilbury and Purfleet for Tilbury Carnival - Get involved! - [T100 newsletter out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100-newsletter-out-now/) - With the help of our wonderful walk leaders, we've been plotting and planning all the activities for T100 2019! Here is the latest round up of news. - [Kinetika newsletter out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/kinetika-newsletter-out-now-3/) - All the latest news from Kinetika including the latest on T100 and a recruitment call. - [Call out for Walk Leaders 2019](https://t100festival.co.uk/call-out-for-walk-leaders-2019/) - Call Out for Walk Leaders & Stewards for T100 2019 - [Thurrock 100 Recipes 2018 - a short report](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-recipes-2018-a-short-report/) - Quotes from participants and a short summary of Thurrock 100 Recipes 2018! - [Thurrock 100 Recipes 2018 - summary](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-recipes-2018-all-walks-and-flyer/) - The Thurrock 100 Walking Festival is now over for 2018. Hear about the news for 2019 before anyone else by signing up to our newsletter - we only send them out a few times a year and you can unsubscribe at any time: Photo Gallery A selection of photos of the event by Mike Johnston - [Tilbury Community Feast 21 July](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-community-feast/) - A community feast to remember in Tilbury. - [Community Feast a wonderful success](https://t100festival.co.uk/community-feast-a-wonderful-success/) - Tilbury was in a party mood on Saturday 21 July when carnival dancers led the Tilbury Docker puppet to the Tilbury Cruise Terminal for dancing, singing and a community feast. - [Trailblazer pupils kick off Kitchen Table for 2019](https://t100festival.co.uk/trailblazer-pupils-kick-off-kitchen-table-for-2019/) - 70 students from the schools on the Royal Opera House Trailblazer initiative gathered with Kinetika artists at High House Production Park to show off their work around food, and look ahead to the forthcoming Kitchen Table project. - [Thurrock 100 Stories: The Book!](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-stories-the-book/) - To support Thurrock 100 and help keep it free for future years, please buy our fully illustrated fun book of stories about local history, only £5 plus postage. ORDER YOUR COPY HERE. The stories were collected by writer Laura Trevail, and 100 corresponding silk flags were designed by Artistic Director Ali Pretty and artist Jacci Todd. - [Spectacular Success!](https://t100festival.co.uk/spectacular-success/) - Thurrock 100 Recipes 2018 is now over after another busy festival! - [Fun day and feast as port opens doors](https://t100festival.co.uk/fun-day-and-feast-as-port-opens-doors/) - Coverage of our our community feast appeared in the Thurrock Independent on page 21 on July 19. - [Visitors from Chile invite everyone to join the fun at Community Feast!](https://t100festival.co.uk/visitors-from-chile-invite-everyone-to-join-the-fun-at-community-feast/) - There’s a feast on offer in Tilbury and everyone is welcome. - [Get involved with Thurrock 100 Recipes!](https://t100festival.co.uk/free-creative-workshops-how-to-get-involved-with-thurrock-100-recipes/) - Kinetika invites you to join free, creative workshops and activities this summer as part of its Kitchen Table and T100 Recipes projects. - [Put your best foot forth and eat!](https://t100festival.co.uk/put-your-best-foot-forth-and-eat/) - We're delighted that the Echo gave Thurrock 100 Recipes walking festival such great coverage. - [Thurrock 100 - Culture and cuisine bind a community](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-culture-and-cuisine-bind-a-community/) - Essex Life report on the Thurrock 100 walking festival for 2018. - [Walking festival returns this July](https://t100festival.co.uk/popular-walking-festival-to-return-this-july/) - The Thurrock Enquirer reports on the 2018 walking festival - [Stepping out once more](https://t100festival.co.uk/stepping-out-once-more/) - Thurrock Independent reports on the 4th year of the Thurrock 100 walking festival. - [Discover Thurrock](https://t100festival.co.uk/discover-thurrock/) - The borough of Thurrock lies on the north banks of the River Thames in Essex. Mammoths once grazed here, and the area has been settled since prehistoric times. Elizabeth I addressed her troops not far from Tilbury as the Spanish Armada sailed up the English Channel, and a medieval mint stood at Horndon. Steeped in - [Kitchen Table Resource Pack](https://t100festival.co.uk/kitchen-table-resource-pack/) - The Kitchen Table resource pack provides ideas for activities around food inc a recipe for Trini Pelau and craft activities, like making a printed lunch box. - [Kinetika Launches T100 Recipes Walking Festival](https://t100festival.co.uk/kinetika-launches-t100-recipes-walking-festival/) - Thurrock 100 is back for 2018, and this year the theme is food! Read the press release here. - [Kinetika Newsletter out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/kinetika-newsletter-out-now-2/) - Here's the latest news, hot of the press, including Thurrock 100. - [Opportunity to learn large scale puppet making in Thurrock!](https://t100festival.co.uk/opportunity-to-learn-large-scale-puppet-making-in-thurrock/) - Help complete our giant TILBURY DOCKER PUPPET 4, 5, 7th June in Purfleet, Essex. Great opportunity to learn about large scale puppet making. - [RIP Will Alsop](https://t100festival.co.uk/rip-will-alsop/) - We are very sad to hear that the British architect Will Alsop recently passed away, aged 70. We were lucky enough to interview him at our studio in 2015 when he told us about plans for a botanical garden in Purfleet that echoed one that had existed before. - [Kinetika newsletter out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/kinetika-newsletter-out-now/) - Here is the latest news from the Kinetika team. - [Thurrock 100 Recipes 2018 - save the date](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-recipes-2018-save-the-date/) - The wonderfully popular Thurrock 100 festival will return for its fourth year with a focus on the rich diversity of local recipes! Dates for the diary are: 13-22 July 2018. - [All welcome to opening night of Silk River exhibition 6th March](https://t100festival.co.uk/all-welcome-to-opening-night-of-silk-river-exhibition-2nd-march/) - *Update* Due to adverse weather, the official opening of the Silk River exhibition has been delayed until Tues 6th March 6-8pm. - [Tilbury Carnival Dance Workshop](https://t100festival.co.uk/tilbury-carnival-dance-workshop/) - 22nd Feb 2018 - a free carnival dance workshop for Tilbury! This is a new addition to the series of workshops at Tilbury Cruise Terminal that will shape its future and rejuvenate Tilbury Carnival. Book your places quick, this is a really rare opportunity for local Tilbury dance students and teachers to work with Jeanefer - [Laying the Keel workshops - Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/laying-the-keel-workshops-tilbury/) - Join Kinetika and the Tilbury on the Thames Trust for a series of workshops to shape the long term plans for Tilbury Cruise Terminal and the rejuvenation of the Tilbury Carnival. - [Thurrock 100 newsletter out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-newsletter-out-now/) - Thurrock 100 has been a bit quiet since the event finished last year, but here is the latest round of news for 2018. Get the full newsletter HERE or click the image. - [Thurrock 100 Tales Flyer is out now!](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-tales-flyer-is-out-now/) - Here are the lovely new designs for Thurrock 100 Tales for 2017! This year, walks feature local tales told in true irreverent Thurrock style by the Complete Commedia Company with costumes by students from South Essex College. The individual walk pages give a hint of the tales told on each one, come and join us to - [Thurrock 100 2017 Opens Today!](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-2017-opens-today/) - Booking links for all walks are HERE. The much-anticipated third year of the Thurrock 100 walking festival starts at 7pm today in Horndon on the Hill. It kicks off with a leisurely stroll around this historic village, hearing tales of the colourful inhabitants and its historic buildings. It includes ‘The Forger’s Tale’ a humorous, theatrical - [Bookings now live!](https://t100festival.co.uk/free-bookings-now-live/) - How exciting! All routes are confirmed and performances set, for the Thurrock 100 Walking & Talking Festival 2017, 7-9th July! Rehearsals have commenced, costumes are being sewn and mischief is being planned! Local stories will be played out in front of your very eyes, all told with a wonderful comedic interpretation of actual historical facts! Places are - [Thurrock 100 Returns for 2017](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-returns-for-2017/) - Save the date! The wonderfully popular Thurrock 100 festival will return for its third year with some exciting additions! Dates for the diary are: Fri 7th July, Sat 8th July, Sun 9th July. More details can be found HERE. To keep up to date easily, follow Thurrock 100 on social media: TWITTER or FACEBOOK In the meantime, - [Thank You!](https://t100festival.co.uk/thank-you-2/) - Thurrock 100 2017 would like to credit and thank the following people without whom it would not have been so spectacular: Funders Arts Council England Thurrock Council Walks Peter Woodard - Walk designer and leader (All walks) Robert Teer - Walk leader (walk 6) Mike Tarbard - Chairman of the Bata Heritage Centre Nick Stanley, - [It's a Wrap 2017!](https://t100festival.co.uk/its-a-wrap-2017/) - The much-anticipated third year of the Thurrock 100 walking festival started on Friday 7th July in Horndon on the Hill and built to a well- attended finale on Sunday 9th July at Coalhouse Fort which provided the perfect natural amphitheatre. Thurrock’s Mayor, Cllr Tunde Ojetola and Stephen Metcalfe MP took part and were treated to - [Performances](https://t100festival.co.uk/performances/) - New for 2017! In 2017 the walking festival included the exciting addition of specially dramatised local stories and songs performed by the Complete Commedia Company. Amongst others, there were tales of Forgers, Shoemakers and what happened at Cash’s Well, all told in the irreverent comedy style of La Commedia dell’Arte with a very Thurrock flavour. Photos - [Thurrock 100 Tales Photo Gallery](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-tales-photo-gallery/) - Here are a selection of the best photos from Thurrock 100 Tales 2017! Photos from all years are also to be found on the GALLERY PAGE. Thurrock 100 Tales 7-9th July 2017. All photos by Mike Johnston. [flickr_photostream user_id="8100814@N03"][flickr_set id="72157683612085561"] - [Alex Mangan](https://t100festival.co.uk/alexmangan/) - Alex is the dramaturg of the company and directs the process of transferring show ideas from paper into reality and streamlines all the components on stage to create fluid performances. Alex graduated from Winchester University with a first class honours degree in Contemporary Performance and is currently training to become a qualified teacher. In Thurrock - [Tom Mangan](https://t100festival.co.uk/tom-mangan-technical/) - Tom handles the technical side to the company’s performances creating soundtracks and imagery as well as discovering the material used in any show The Complete Commedia Company are working on. He graduated from Winchester University with a first class honours degree in Contemporary Performance and is currently studying at the University of Kent for a Masters in Contemporary - [Sarah](https://t100festival.co.uk/sarah/) - In Thurrock 100 Tales, Sarah plays Il Dottore as William Green - the lead character in “The Forger’s Tale”. This is one of the lucky characters that gets a special costume thanks to the students of South Essex College. Read more about the costumes being made for the production HERE. See Sarah in action as the lead - [Costumes!](https://t100festival.co.uk/costumes/) - Specially Designed Costumes! Fabulous costumes for the performances are currently being designed by Kinetika and students of South Essex College on the Costume Construction Degree, based at High House Production Park. The characters of the show with specially designed and constructed costumes are: Il Dottore as William Green - the lead character in “The Forger’s Tale”, - [IT’S A WRAP!](https://t100festival.co.uk/its-a-wrap/) - THURROCK 100 STORIES PROJECT ENDS WITH MASS PERFORMANCE AT COALHOUSE FORT 1700 PEOPLE TAKE PART IN 21 WALKS OVER 10 DAYS MORE THAN 3,000 PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT OVERALL This year’s Thurrock 100 Stories project ended on Sunday with a colourful mass performance by over 100 Thurrock schoolchildren from across the borough who used the 100 batik - [Rachael Dowsett](https://t100festival.co.uk/rachael-dowsett/) - Rachael is currently studying at Southend High School For Boys. She is part of Insanity Theatre Company, with her most recent involvement being in the production "Lift" at the Dixon Studio. She is a former pupil at St Clere's School and Orsett C of E Primary, and is going to study English Literature and Drama at university in - [Ruby](https://t100festival.co.uk/ruby/) - In Thurrock 100 Tales, Ruby plays Colombina who is a captivating lady’s maid; coquettish and clever. She manages the plot with wit and benevolence and is adored by everyone. All Tales performed takes their inspiration from the Thurrock 100 Book. Copies of the Thurrock 100 book can be bought from Grays Library or HERE. See more - [Bernadette Wakeling - Founder](https://t100festival.co.uk/bernadette-wakeling/) - Bernadette studied BA Hons English and Drama at the University of Exeter working alongside John Rudlin, then did her PGCE at the University of Cambridge. Upon deciding to take her commedia training further, she then trained with Antonio Farva in Italy; specialising in Dario Fo. She has been teaching commedia in the south east of England - [About The Complete Commedia Company](https://t100festival.co.uk/about-the-complete-commedia-company/) - The Complete Commedia Company is a new Thurrock based theatre company representing a rebranding of T3G and the Wrinkly, who work with associate company Rendered Retina. Led by Bernadette Wakeling, T3G and the Wrinkly offered lectures, seminars, lessons and courses serving to introduce novices to the art of slapstick and 16th Century Italian theatre. Each - [Jordan Choi](https://t100festival.co.uk/jordan-choi-choreography/) - Jordan takes charge of the physical choreography within scenes i.e. stage combat and general physicality for scripted work. Jordan graduated from Winchester University with a first class honours degree in Contemporary Performance and is currently studying at the University of Kent for a Masters in Contemporary Performance Practices. In Thurrock 100 Tales, Jordan plays Il - [Tips for Happy Walkers 2017](https://t100festival.co.uk/tips-for-happy-walkers-2017/) - Please note: You need to choose walks within your capabilities; the walk leaders are experienced but must take your word that you are sufficiently fit for the grade of walk you have chosen. Walk leaders will be at the start of the walk regardless of the weather. In the unlikely event of any unforeseen circumstances, Kinetika reserve - [More News - Thurrock 100 2017](https://t100festival.co.uk/more-news-thurrock-100-2017/) - More details of the Thurrock 100 2017 programme have just been announced. All 2017 walk details and locations can be found HERE. Local arts organisation Kinetika is delighted to announce that the Thurrock 100 walking festival will return in 2017 as Thurrock 100 Tales. The walking festival will take place over 7-9th July 2017 in - [A fantastic finale](https://t100festival.co.uk/a-fantastic-finale/) - Thurrock 100 2015 came to an end on Saturday 18 July. The tenth walk took in much of Grays and Blackshots, before heading out across the fields to Baker Street for lunch at the Kings Arms and then returning to Grays via Hangman's Woods. We stopped briefly in Grays Town Park, where we were met - [Contributors](https://t100festival.co.uk/contributors/) - A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the 100 stories project - we're grateful to them all! Aveley History Group Jon Catton - Community historian John Copeland, Roger Going and everyone else from the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus Wendy Curtis Louis Gladwell Sue Gray Tim Baker and Grays Yacht Club - [Thank You](https://t100festival.co.uk/thank-you/) - A big thank you to the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England who have made Thurrock 100 Stories possible... ... and also to all the many people who gave their time, creativity and enthusiasm in the creation of this project, including all those who shared their stories and everyone - [Festival Finale!](https://t100festival.co.uk/festival-finale/) - On Sunday 17 July at 1:00pm, more than 150 students from 11 Thurrock schools will come together in a spectacular finale at Coalhouse Fort. The young people have been working with the leading choreographer Jeanefer Jean-Charles, one of the London 2012 dance directors, to create their own dance 'greeting' using all the Thurrock 100 Stories flags. Please do join us - [Opportunity for media students - closes Monday!](https://t100festival.co.uk/opportunity-for-media-students-closes-monday/) - We're offering a limited number of students the opportunity to work on Thurrock 100 Stories as part of a small digital team that will be given practical advice and experience on how to learn use film, photography and audio recording in a real-world context, and how social media can be used to expand the reach of live projects to a - [Thurrock 100 Stories launched today](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-stories-launched-today/) - Purfleet-based arts organisation Kinetika today visited Chadwell St Mary Primary School to launch its new creative community project, THURROCK 100 STORIES, which has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Arts Council England. The company is calling for local people of all ages to get involved in a variety of different ways. THURROCK - [Arts Council England supports Thurrock 100 Stories](https://t100festival.co.uk/arts-council-england-supports-thurrock-100-stories/) - Kinetika is very pleased to announce today that Arts Council England has pledged its support for the Thurrock 100 Stories project. The Arts Council funding is in addition to a grant already secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and means that the company will be able to work with schoolchildren and Thurrock residents on - [HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND SUPPORTS T100 STORIES PROJECT!](https://t100festival.co.uk/heritage-lottery-fund-supports-t100-stories-project/) - Purfleet-based arts organisation Kinetika has today announced that it has been awarded £64,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a new project building on last year’s Thurrock 100, THURROCK 100 STORIES. Working with local historians and heritage volunteers, as well as 20 schools and 20 community groups from all over Thurrock, THURROCK 100 STORIES - [Totally Thames comes to Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/totally-thames-comes-to-tilbury/) - We're delighted to be part of Totally Thames, a festival that celebrates all things relating to the River Thames. Now in its third year, this year’s Source to Sea River Relay began on 15 August when a small bottle of water was collected from the source of the River Thames in a field near Kemble in Gloucestershire. - [Keep on walking!](https://t100festival.co.uk/keep-on-walking/) - Thurrock 100 may be over for this year, but you can still keep walking! Even a few minutes brisk walking every day will improve your health and make you feel better too. All ten new Thurrock 100 walks are of course waiting to be discovered: all the routes can be found here and you can download the maps - [Thurrock 100 2015 is over!](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-2015-is-over/) - Thurrock 100 2015 is over! More than 1,500 people took part in the walks, including students from Gateway Academy, East Tilbury, Bulphan and Horndon primary schools, and individuals from 5 to 75 who walked distances ranging from half a mile to 100 miles over the ten days of the festival. On Saturday 18 July people from - [Day 6: East & West Tilbury](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-6-east-west-tilbury/) - Blog post coming soon! - [Day 7: Little Thurrock and around](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-7-little-thurrock-and-around/) - The children of Thameside Primary Academy gave the walkers a fabulous musical welcome when we arrived with the flag on Wednesday afternoon! https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikejohnston/19759217002/in/pool-2835541@N23/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikejohnston/19771202711/in/pool-2835541@N23/ - [The final frontier!](https://t100festival.co.uk/the-final-frontier/) - We have just one more day to go! There's still (just!) time to join Thurrock 100 with one last walk, this time around Grays itself - and everyone is warmly invited to join the final mile of the final walk. Meet us at Grays Town Park at 2.30pm, and we'll process through the town, with - [Day 4: around SS17](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-4-around-ss17/) - Blog post coming soon! - [Day 1: South Ockendon](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-1-south-ockendon/) - We couldn't have had a more beautiful day for our first Thurrock 100 walk on Thursday morning. 30 walkers were joined by people from all over Thurrock and the Mayor, Cllr Sue Gray, who gathered to wish the walkers well and to enjoy a sneak preview of the 10 Thurrock 100 flags. We all met - [Day 2: Big Skies walk](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-2-big-skies-walk/) - Another blazing day dawned on Friday morning, and we met at the Bell in Horndon-on-the-Hill, a 15th Century coaching inn with a gruesome past: a blue plaque outside told us that in 1533 a local landowner was burned at the stake here for heresy. Thankfully the Bell was more welcoming to about 30 walkers, who, - [Day 3: Grays to Purfleet along the river](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-3-grays-to-purfleet-along-the-river/) - This unexpectedly interesting walk along the banks of the River Thames began early on Saturday morning at Grays railway station. A large group of sleepy walkers met at 7.30am, some still rubbing their eyes in the sun. After being introduced to the flag, with its images of the river's wildlife and its industrial and military - [Snow+Rock Voucher](https://t100festival.co.uk/snowrock-voucher/) - We're really delighted that Snow+Rock Romford is offering a 10% discount to all Thurrock 100 participants until the end of July 2015. Simply print out the voucher here and take it along to the store and find yourself some great new kit! Snow+Rock voucher - [Day 5: the gorgeous gorges](https://t100festival.co.uk/day-5-the-gorgeous-gorges/) - I must admit we were a little worried about today's walk. Only 10 people had booked in advance, and there were looming black clouds and rain promised for later in the day. In the event we needn't have worried: 27 people came along in the event, including several people who had enjoyed previous walks and - [Jeff Brazier gets wound up!](https://t100festival.co.uk/jeff-brazier-gets-wound-up/) - This week Essex boy Jeff Brazier got wound up in the Thurrock 100 flag to show his support for the walking festival. Prepping for his second season as panto prince at Thameside Theatre he spared a few minutes to promote the ten walks taking place around the borough from 9 to 18 July. Jeff is - [Community spirit alive and well in SS17](https://t100festival.co.uk/community-spirit-alive-and-well-in-ss17/) - Terry Piccolo and Shane Ralph explain that community spirit is alive and kicking in SS17! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVJpD5U780I&feature=youtu.be - [Trevor sets himself a challenge!](https://t100festival.co.uk/trevor-sets-himself-a-challenge/) - Not content with walking one of the Thurrock 100 walks, Trevor Rawson of Thai Chi for Health Essex (winners of last year's Beat the Street) has decided to set himself a personal challenge and RUN all 10 routes with his dog, Teddy, for company! But he's anxious to stress that you don't have to walk - [Snow+Rock put their boots on!](https://t100festival.co.uk/snow-rock-put-their-boots-on/) - Thurrock 100 is hugely grateful to retailers Snow+Rock, who have generously agreed to support the project. The Romford outdoor specialists are supporting the project by leading one of the walks and promoting the event to their customers. They are even offering anyone who takes part in Thurrock 100 a 10% discount before the end of the project. - [Start walking - and turn your life around!](https://t100festival.co.uk/start-walking-and-turn-your-life-around/) - John Holmes, from Stanford-Le-Hope, and his wife Coral have signed up for the SS17 walk on 12th July. John, 67, who retired at 60 but still works part time as a chemistry tutor, thinks walking may have saved his life. Nearly two years ago he suffered a stroke after putting on weight when he gave - [Paint a Flag this week!](https://t100festival.co.uk/paint-a-flag-this-week/) - We're hard at work painting the 10 flags! Big thanks to everyone who's come along to one of the workshops - we're delighted with the designs. The studio will be open on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June 10am - 5pm, and then Monday 22 - Thursday 25, 12noon - 8pm. We've already finished some of - [Walk with us!](https://t100festival.co.uk/walk_with_us/) - This July hundreds of people will be walking together in a new community walking festival – and YOU are invited to join in. Register now to take part! - [HW Wilson sign up to support Thurrock 100!](https://t100festival.co.uk/hw-wilson-sign-up-to-support-thurrock-100/) - Plans for the start of the Thurrock 100 walking challenge moved on apace last week when Mayor of Thurrock, Cllr Sue Gray, met representatives from HW Wilson & Co.. The South Ockendon-based builders are supporting the event by providing drinks and fruit for the walkers, as well as encouraging their staff to take part. The - [Become a walk leader](https://t100festival.co.uk/become-a-walk-leader/) - We're looking for walking volunteers in each area to lead the walks, to be a backmarker or to lend support in other ways. We also need volunteer marshals at designated points in each area to offer encouragement and support, ensuring walkers stay on the specified route. Each walk is about ten miles long, but people are not expected to walk - [Flag workshops underway!](https://t100festival.co.uk/flagworkshops/) - Workshops in schools and community centres are taking place this week and next as Thurrock residents use their creativity to design 10 beautiful Thurrock 100 flags. These designs are some of our favourites so far! The ten flags - each representing one of the walks - will feature the buildings, landmarks, beauty spots and other - [Help make a flag](https://t100festival.co.uk/helpmakeaflag/) - We're looking for creative people from all over Thurrock to help design and make ten 4m high silk flags at a series of workshops in June. 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Through exploration, conversation, and creative expression, we journey through local landscapes, uncover hidden stories, and celebrate the diverse voices - [2026 Festival_Programme Page](https://t100festival.co.uk/2026festival/) - T100’s 12th Annual Festival Seeing Thurrock Differently:A Journey Home 23 May – 7 June 2026 From heritage walks to graffiti workshops, poetry in dye gardens to citizen science at dusk, and playful performances to a joyful community celebration, this year’s T100 Festival brought Thurrock into motion, connecting where we’ve come from with where we might go - [Regular Walks](https://t100festival.co.uk/regularwalks/) - Join our free year-round regular walks Get involved with Meandering Mondays (every second Monday of the month – no booking required) or our Weekend Trails (longer walks taking place on Saturdays or Sundays each month – booking required). Upcoming Walks - [2026 Festival](https://t100festival.co.uk/2026festival3/) - T100’s 12th Annual Festival Seeing Thurrock Differently: A Journey Home 23 May – 7 June 2026 Download the Resoure Pack After 12 extraordinary years of exploring, talking, and making together – and three recent years supported by the Reaching Communities Fund – we’re excited to share that 2026 will mark a milestone moment for T100: a - [About](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/) - Explore. Talk. Create. Presented by Kinetika, T100 is a free cultural programme that invites you to connect with Thurrock and its surroundings in new and unexpected ways. By exploring local places, sharing stories, and getting creative, we bring people together and celebrate the voices that make our communities unique. What started as a 10-day walking - [T100 Young Ambassadors](https://t100festival.co.uk/young-ambassadors/) - T100 Young AmbassadorsLeading Creative Explorations of Thurrock Since 2024, T100 has been working with children and young people across Thurrock as Young Ambassadors, empowering them to plan and run creative walk events for their communities. As part of the T100 Goes Wild festival in May and June 2024, they led 11 walks, each designed to - [2025: Our River](https://t100festival.co.uk/ourriver/) - Our River 1 – 31 May 2025 In May 2025, T100 celebrated the Thames Estuary – Thurrock’s ever-changing gateway to the world. As we explored, talked and created along its banks, we asked what stories will we uncover? The clang of industry, the hum of wildlife, the rhythm of the tides – our river speaks. But - [2017: Walk Archive](https://t100festival.co.uk/thurrock-100-2017/) - Thurrock 100 returned for a third year in July 2017 after securing funding from Arts Council England and Thurrock Council. Local arts organisation Kinetika was delighted to announce that the Thurrock 100 walking festival would return in 2017 as Thurrock 100 Tales. The walking festival took place over 7-9th July 2017 in a number of locations around - [2018: Walk Archive](https://t100festival.co.uk/2018-walks/) - The Thurrock 100 Walking Festival is now over for 2018. T100 2018 Photo Gallery A selection of photos of the event by Mike Johnston are below, see the whole gallery here About Thurrock 100 Recipes 2018 During July 2018, Kinetika set off on another series of walks around Thurrock, Southend, Gravesend and Dartford with - [2019: Welcome to the Kitchen Table](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/2019-welcome-to-the-kitchen-table/) - 2019 was a 15-day walk from our home in Purfleet down to Southend, over to the Isle of Sheppey, up the Hoo Peninsula, all the way to Gravesend and back to Tilbury. We were on mission to meet new people and see the places that we already know from a fresh perspective, starting a conversation - [2022: Walk Archive](https://t100festival.co.uk/2022-walks/) - Walking, Talking & MAKING 2nd to 25th June 2022 We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in making the 2022 T100 People festival a huge success. The festival comprised of a series of events, walks, talks and community celebrations along the Thames Estuary, including the return of The Thank You Dance - [2024: Walk Archive](https://t100festival.co.uk/2024-walks-goes-wild/) - T100 GOes WIld 25 May to 22 June 2024 T100 Goes Wild was the 10th annual T100 Festival, a celebration of growing and going wild across Thurrock and beyond. Our 2024 series of FREE walks and events along the Thames Estuary invited you to get outdoors, be creative, and explore the natural environment. From seeds - [2023: Walk Archive](https://t100festival.co.uk/2023-walks/) - T100 Sounds 21 june to 9 July 2023 The T100 Festival of Walking, Talking and Making returned for 2023 with a spectacular exploration of the unique audio character of the local area: T100 Sounds. We were very proud to work with local community members and organisations to bring T100 Sounds festival to life. Our partners, who - [Contact us](https://t100festival.co.uk/contact/) - For general enquiries If you have suggestions or questions, please email us at hello@t100festival.co.uk or fill in our contact form. Facebook Instagram Linkedin Press enquiries If you are a journalist and would like to receive information, photos or to arrange interviews, please email our communications team here. Volunteer with us If you’d like to volunteer to lead - [Volunteers](https://t100festival.co.uk/volunteers/) - Join us as a volunteer Do you have a passion for your community and a few hours to spare regularly? Join us in bringing creativity, connection, and wellbeing to life across Thurrock. We’re looking for local champions to help shape and support T100 – our inspiring year-round programme of guided walks, creative activities, and a - [T100 2015](https://t100festival.co.uk/t100_2015/) - Thurrock 100 2015 was a community walking festival that built on the success of the 2014 project Beat the Street. The project was commissioned by the Public Health team at Thurrock Council in collaboration with CVS, the 19 community forums and arts company Kinetika. Working with the community forums and local volunteers, T100 mapped out 10 new 10-mile - [Making](https://t100festival.co.uk/making/) - T100 Making Get Involved Take a look at T100 Goes Wild to discover what happened during our T100 Festival programme for 2024. Want to be more involved? If you’d like to help shape the festival programme or run events, support our young ambassadors as a buddy, help in the development of our community-run natural dye - [Walking](https://t100festival.co.uk/walking/) - The tenth T100 Festival was T100 Goes Wild, which took place between Saturday 25 May – Saturday 22 June 2024, bringing a range of walks, events and activities to locations across Thurrock, and beyond. Revisit all T100 Goes Wild Walks by clicking this link. The T100 Team has been working with local community members to - [2021 Walks](https://t100festival.co.uk/walking/2021-walks/) - T100 Dreaming 12th JUNe to 1st August 2021 T100 Dreaming was our 7th successful annual walking, talking and making festival! Local people and artists were invited to come together to share their dreams, celebrate community spirit and imagine a more sustainable future. Along with inspiration sessions for artists and creative workshops for community groups, we - [2020 T100 Calling](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/2020-t100-calling/) - 2020 marks a significant moment of change for us all and the theme this year is T100 Calling - a call to action for communities to come together to creatively re-imagine our future. We are inviting people to explore local challenges, and seek possible solutions, working with communities to collectively design and make beautiful large-scale - [2018 Thurrock 100 Recipes](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/2018-thurrock-100-recipes/) - Thurrock 100 Recipes launched Welcome to the Kitchen Table, a two-year project to explore the stories of diverse communities who have settled in Thurrock and along the Thames Estuary. Through a proTilbury on the Thames Trust; One Community Development Trust; Elite Dancers; BB’s Dance Academy; Teatro Container; Southend Hindu Associationcess of gathering recipes from local - [2017 Thurrock 100 Tales](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/2017-thurrock-100-tales/) - In 2017, the locally acclaimed Complete Commedia Company took five of the 100 Stories and created and performed a series of specially dramatised promenades under the theme of Thurrock 100 Tales. Amongst others, there were tales of forgers, shoemakers, inventors and scientists and what happened at Cash’s Well, all told in the irreverent comedy style - [2016 Thurrock 100 Stories](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/2016-thurrock-100-stories/) - Lying on the north banks of the River Thames in Essex, Thurrock is relatively unknown outside the county, only recently becoming a borough in 1998, yet it boasts 239 listed buildings, 15 scheduled monuments, 6 conservation areas and 23 ancient woodlands. “I’ve lived here all my life but I never knew there was so much - [2015 The First 100 Miles](https://t100festival.co.uk/about/2015-the-first-100-miles/) - In 2014 Thurrock Council worked with Dr William Bird and Beat the Street encouraging local residents to walk a 25,000-mile journey, over six weeks. Debbie Maynard, head of Public Health invited Kinetika to build a legacy and create a festival to raise awareness of the places people could walk in Thurrock. 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