Walk and Explore Prittlewell Greenway with Lora Aziz
Essex Writers House

Saturday 20 June 2026, 11.00am – 2.30pm
Meeting point: Metal, Chalkwell Hall, Southend -> Belfairs Nature Reserve

Join artist Lora Aziz exploring the Prittlewell Greenway through landscape, observation and language. How can we pull inspiration from the backstreet places and welcome in wonders we might pass every day?

Walk a familiar pathway and discover new perspective through storytelling, local histories, layers of intuitive plant knowledge, and creative encounters with place.

Together we’ll slow down and tune into what is often passed by, from tree canopies to plants pushing through tarmac to running water sources, fragments of story held in hedgerows, footpaths and back lanes.

Through guided prompts, gentle conversation and nature journalling, we’ll explore how memory, ecology and imagination intertwine through sensory mapping and writing, letting language and symbols move as freely as the landscape itself.

Tickets: Free, includes packed lunch. Places limited, booking essential
Book tickets: eventbrite.co.uk

Part of Essex Writers House – A collaborative partnership between Metal and Essex Book Festival, 01 – 30 June 2026

Essex Writers House is a month-long programme hosted by Metal, based in Southend. Chalkwell Hall opens its doors through June as a creative hub, offering a range of events from talks, open advice sessions and workshops to collaborative workspaces for writers, story tellers and book lovers of all levels. Find out more at essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/essex-writers-house-2026/.