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Bob Marley, Kate Moss and Stormzy: Croydon artist draws portraits of people connected by a Slow Way

Artist and English teacher Jonny Kemp explores the route to Croydon from Crystal Palace, called Crocry, drawing famous people who worked or lived nearby

A tale of two cities: wealth gap neighbourhoods

What is going on when the people at one end of a single route live ten years longer than the people at the other end? Heiba Lamara looks at five Slow Ways that pass...

Our Carlisle to Newcastle walk immortalised in silver talisman rings

What to expect when blazing a new coast-to-coast trail across the North (bog soup!), and how we told the tale in film and silver

Tales: A ‘senseAble’ walk with Deaf-initely Women

We all have one or more of our senses compromised and this walk was devised to enhance all the others. Read how we found different ways to appreciate nature, from framing to counting flowers with nature's rosaries!

‘Tales from a Slow Way,’ Round 2, winners announced!

Last year we launched "Tales from a Slow Way," a community stories project that enabled us to commission creatives and groups to work together to produce original stories situated around Slow Ways walking routes. We're happy to announce we're now able to support a further ten projects!

Hebridean wonders: exploring new places close to home

Scottish island resident and photographer Eilidh Carr uses Slow Ways to discover new beaches, pathways and places of interest in South Uist...

From landfill to public park

In her third video for Slow Ways, Vi Assal walks Northwhich to Budford Mere and observes how private or disused land has been turned into public space for all the enjoy

Finding a slower way in Marseille

Saira reflects on what Slow Ways might look like in Marseille in the South of France and the benefits it could bring to its residents and travellers alive as she readies herself for a life change...

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