VIRTUALLY JANE
Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog

Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world
in support of our Jane's Walk festival

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The Marvellous Mrs Jacobs - or Five Surprising Places to find Jane...

Walk Colchester

Aug 3, 2021
2 min

The Marvellous Mrs Jacobs - or Five Surprising Places to find Jane...

It's not the only way to judge it (and thank goodness for that!), but if you want to get a sense of the impact of Jane Jacobs on our global

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Walk Colchester

May 6, 2020
11 min

A photographic voice

One of the most interesting consequences of Sunday Traders’ photographers sharing their work together has been their diverse exploration of

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Walk Colchester

Mar 31, 2022
1 min

Enjoy a tour from your sofa...

Walking tours from your sofa, with poet, writer, walker and Colchestrian, Alice Goss...

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Walk Colchester

Aug 8, 2021
8 min

Who the Hell is Jane Jacobs...?

On the anniversary of Jane Jacobs' birth (May 4th, 1916), we speak to journalist, researcher and author, Deborah Talbot...

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Walk Colchester

Aug 1, 2021
2 min

For the Love of Alleys

ALLEY: origin late Middle English, from Old French: alee "walking or passage", from aller "to go", from Latin: ambulare "to walk"...

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Borders - An Exile Psychogeographer's Lockdown in Gloucestershire

Walk Colchester

Aug 1, 2021
3 min

Borders - An Exile Psychogeographer's Lockdown in Gloucestershire

For almost fifty years I lived within the protection of the Iron Age and Roman defences constructed on the Western Approach to Camulodunum.

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'A misguided tour around town' with artist Charles Debenham

Walk Colchester

May 15, 2021
1 min

'A misguided tour around town' with artist Charles Debenham

SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 - A Jane's Walk 2021 event In Charles' words: "This misguided tour departs, as tradition has it, from the Golden...

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Night Drawings and Hythe Paintings: a virtual walk and talk around town with artist Nicola Burrell

Walk Colchester

Apr 11, 2021
2 min

Night Drawings and Hythe Paintings: a virtual walk and talk around town with artist Nicola Burrell

MONDAY, MAY 3rd, 2021 - A Jane's Walk 2021 event Nicola Burrell takes us on a walk around Colchester's Hythe, and around Colchester town...

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So why does the Minories Folly point the wrong way?

Walk Colchester

Dec 2, 2020
1 min

So why does the Minories Folly point the wrong way?

Max Fox reveals the true history of the Minories Folly that was actually built for the house next door and takes you along what was a...

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VIRTUALLY JANE Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog

Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world in support of our Jane's Walk festival

Some images from Walk Colchester across the years (2011-2018)

VIRTUALLY JANE
Welcome to our Jane's Walk Colchester blog

Writing, commentary and images on our local walking world
in support of our Jane's Walk festival

Some images from Walk Colchester across the years
(2011-2018)