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Title Address_address Postcode Text With the changing fortunes of the Norfolk coast as a destination spot, this holiday park closed down in 2009 due to rising overheads and cheap flights abroad. It has pretty much remained untouched and still stands as a testament to the past glories of holidaying in Norfolk and the realities of capitalism's effect on rural areas. It would be amazing to see parts of this reanimated by Pontin's Holiday Park Hemsby, NR29 4HT artists and the local community. "We've nominated one of the oldest intact Christian churches in . It is the 19th oldest building in the country, dating back to around AD 660-662. Today it is located next to Christian commune, the Othona community. Structurally, the nave remains, with foundations of an apse and flanking chapels. Until 1920 the chapel was used as a barn, but it was then restored and re- consecrated. It is now Grade I listed. It is largely composed of re-used Roman stone, and the remaining building is distinctive for The Chapel of St Peter-On-The-Wall Bradwell-on-Sea, United Kingdom CM0 7PN the height of its walls." Tesco decided not to open this store in Chatteris after it had nearly finished being built in 2016. The plot lays empty and unused Tesco site Chatteris, United Kingdom PE16 6TG just off the main street in the village, but is a fantastic scope and size to be brought back to life. The rural landscape of the is one of expansive skies and flat plains. The horizon feels like a definite line and out of it, near the village of Mundon, loom these incredible trees that look like they have been inverted; with the roots where the branches and leaves should be. It's a disconcerting sight. Very sculptural but also very melancholic especially on a summers day when the fact that they are long-dead seems even more striking. This forest of great oaks have become frozen; in their location Petrified Forest Mundon Mundon, United Kingdom CM9 6PA and in time. Owned by the Wildlife Trust and now a local geological site, this chalk pit was worked up until the 1980s. It provided much of the stonework for buildings around Cambridge since the 1400s and still provides spring water to the area today. “These chalk pits blew my mind when I first visited them. They are located just outside the city centre yet so few people know about them. The barren, bleached landscape is wonderful for exploring and seems a world away from the Cambridge we associate with punting and Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits Fulbourn Rd, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 9JL Kings College Chapel.“ "This is an amazing site that feels like it's at the edge of the world. The concrete pyramid is situated close to massive maritime endeavours and signifiers of power - Great Yarmouth's outer harbour and the offshore wind farm that it serves, as well as Nelson's 55 S Beach Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 Monument. It was something to do with the former coal power station that stood nearby but now it stands in the sea as a brutalist Concrete Pyramid 3JP, UK NR30 3PX concrete sculpture for cormorants to dry their wings and brave swimmers to venture out to." Station Approach, Saxmundham, United Saxmundham station Kingdom IP17 1BW "Gateway to community and landscape in coastal suffolk. Saxmundham welcomes ideas and excited about possible change." Lover's Lane, Leiston, Suffolk, United "Bizarrely named piece of forgotten woodland near proposed Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station. OS have been unable to determine Fiscal Policy wood Kingdom IP16 when it was named. It feels as if this location must have some strange deep significance" Railway Station, Saxmundham, United The Art Station Kingdom IP17 1BW "New and exciting place to exhibit and discuss art in all its genres" "This is a magical place for my children because their childminder lives nearby and they regularly visit the chalk pits as part of their morning walks. For them it is sometimes the surface of the moon, at other times a beach, or a wild prairie. They regularly return home with their pockets full of chalk, which they then use to draw pictures on our patio, later to be washed away by the rain. The first time we visited as a family, it was the children who showed us round and led us there. It is a hidden away, strange and Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits Fulbourn Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 9JL intriguing place, and very special to us." "Many years ago people would promenade here, or go for an evening out to the now demolished ballroom. Now it sits sad and Lowestoft South Pier Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom NR33 0AE neglected." "The Station building is a key asset for the town but has been neglected for many years and unoccupied for the last 5 years. It Station Approach, Saxmundham, United would make for a great place to display contemporary art and help benefit the local community as well as provide a better first The Saxmundham Train Station Kingdom IP17 1BW impression for those who leave or impression" "The Station building is a key asset for the town but has been neglected for many years and unoccupied for the last 5 years. It Station Approach, Saxmundham, United would make for a great place to display contemporary art and help benefit the local community as well as provide a better first The Saxmundham Train Station Kingdom IP17 1BW impression for those who leave or impression" The Tree 9 Bar Lane, Stapleford, United Kingdom cb22 5bj "Community is trying to save this pub from developers" The Tree Public House Bar Lane, Stapleford, United Kingdom CB22 5BJ "It used to be such a friendly pub. Now it is closed. We need to get it re-opened." Arlesey Arlesey, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom SG15 "Arlesey is a run-down, bleak feeling village, it has a bad reputation locally but has a strong community." "Little known but fascinating, The site of Sogenhoe Chapel features a wooden cross in a copse and an interpretation board. Given it's close proximity to Sutton Hoo and Rendlesham (the site of Raedwald's hall), I have always liked to think it's significance was once great and that Ufford, named for the mythic King Uffa, was a site of great meaning for the Anglo-Saxons. It should be better Sogenhoe Anglo-Saxon Chapel Ufford, United Kingdom IP13 known, not least to protect it from future and proposed developments nearby." "The upper end of the road is ripe for artists and creative regeneration. Strong international communities, a variety of cultural Norwich Road Ipswich Ipswich, United Kingdom IP1 2PT offers in town." "St. Clement Church is one of three medieval flint churches close to the Ipswich Waterfront development, and the last to find a long term re-use. Of the three churches it undoubtedly has the finest setting with a generous graveyard and a number of mature trees. The church is largely C15th and has an exterior of flint with stone quoins. It has a grand tower, perpendicular windows, a clerestory and an 1860's chancel. The church was dedicated to the patron saint of sailormen and has from the beginning had strong connections with the seafaring community. The anchor emblem of the saint can be seen carved in stone details around the church. St. Clement was deconsecrated in the 1970's and used briefly as storage of the Wolsey Theatre Group. Following a fire in St Clement Church (a.k.a Ipswich Ipswich Arts Centre, Fore St, Ipswich, United the 1980's the church underwent significant restoration works. The church is currently being brought back into the cultural and Arts Centre) Kingdom IP4 1JZ social life of the community it was built to serve, as Ipswich's Arts Centre." This strange and wonderful sci-fi landscape is described as a little brownfield rainforest by Natural England officer Dr Chris Gibson, the results of surveys have shown to have more biodiversity per square foot than any other site in the UKâ€.• This Northwick Road, Canvey Island, United nature reserve was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on 11 February 2005 the first brownfield site to be Canvey Wick Kingdom SS8 0PT protected specifically for its invertebrates.' "This is a quiet hidden place of magic, elusive and hard to find, after visiting I have since lost all photos of my journey. Only the walls of the church remain, with a huge oak in its centre bursting through what would be the roof. This is the result of a curse from The ruins of St Mary's Church and Back Road, Somerton, Great Yarmouth, the local witch, the tree growing from her wooden leg. It's a place where I think it's possible to reconnect with the histories of the Witches Wooden Leg United Kingdom NR29 witchcraft so prevalent in East Anglia." Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, United "It's practical and poetic. Fond memories of gliding around this as a child. Nature is slowly reclaiming the surface and space which Wellington Pier Roller Rink Kingdom NR30 3JF is currently inaccessible but feels like it could be activated in new ways." Wisbech Castle Museum Square, Wisbech, United Kingdom PE13 1ES "Fantastic history, beautiful building, stunning location, so much of interest, yet easily passed by" The Shrublands, Burgh Saint Peter, United "A former quarry restored to heathland and woodland, with panoramic view over the Waveney valley, footpath access, picnic Boon's Heath Kingdom NR34 0BB benches. Ideal situation for public art. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getoutside/local/boons-heath-south-norfolk" "Beautiful part of the Brecks, a former Country Park now managed as a heathland and woodland nature reserve. Has visitor centre Knettishall Heath Country Park, Knettishall, and public conveniences, educational facilities, all managed by . End of and start of Peddar's Way Knettishall Heath United Kingdom IP22 2TQ trails. See http://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/knettishallheath/" Emneth Norfolk, United Kingdom pe14 "lovely place famous for the Rev Awdry and for Thomas the tank engine" "The postcode leads to a house off the road next to the junction, which is almost halfway towards Westleton from Blythburgh. There are 4 exits visible on the map, but there is also a track leading to a car park, making it, as we knew it, Five Finger Point. The car park is easily visible from the road and would make an interesting space for a public project. The crossroads are regularly used by people visiting the area for local walks on the heath, and when driving or cycling towards Westleton, Dunwich and RSPB Five Finger Point Blythburgh, United Kingdom IP19 9NF Minsmere from the A12." Royston Heath Road, Royston, United Kingdom SG8 "It's high and windy and spacious" "An interconnected series of meadows, this common is an expanse bounded by the Waveney: rough watermeadow terrain that is Outney Common Bungay, United Kingdom NR35 summer is like an African savannah, in winter like a peat bog. I will try to send a picture...." "I'd like to nominate Kitty Witches Row, a few years back some friends and I made a piece of film about the woman in folklore who at certain times smeared their faces with fishblood, dressed up as men and demanded money from the rich. Interesting stuff Kitty Witches Row Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom NR30 2PA indeed! either for performance art or site specific work." "I walked the Broomway last year and still I can't quite believe it wasn't a dream. Known as Britain's most treacherous path because of the rapid tides, the route takes you from mainland Essex to the MoD controlled island of Foulness. The four-hour journey is like navigating the surface of another planet; walking on silver water, into a hazy, far-off horizon. This is Essex at its best: Broomway Foulness Island, United Kingdom strange, beautiful and potentially lethal." "It is the most Easterly Point in England facing the elements of the sea, it is the first place the sun comes each day and is in need of Ness Point Lowestoft Ness Point, Lowestoft, United Kingdom NR32 1UZ some artistic flare" "This is such an iconic art deco building that everybody sees when they pass through WGC station. It is now deteriorating and Shredded Wheat Factory Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom AL7 there've been a few proposals to turn it into luxury flats or something. An art project would be way more interesting." Ness Point Lowestoft, United Kingdom NR32 4 Ness Point is the most easterly point of Great Britain yet doesn't get the recognition it deserves! Electric Picture Palace Blackmill Road, Southwold, United Kingdom IP18 6AP "Delightful small cinema" Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, "I did an internship here - and was overwhelmed by the beautiful and free to visit art collection. It, and the stunning brutalist Murray Edwards College Cambridge, United Kingdom CB3 0DF building, inspired me everyday" 16 North Dr, Great Yarmouth NR30 4EW, Waterways United Kingdom NR30 4EW "A neglected relic of a once popular seaside resort" Wellesley Road, Great Yarmouth, United Wellesley Recreation Ground Kingdom NR30 2AR "Under celebrated oldest surviving grandstand in English football" St Vincent de Paul tabernacle "I think the design of tabernacles is a wonderful needs-led story. This church has moved around the city and was reconfigured to church Ditton Lane, Fen Ditton, United Kingdom Cb5 8sp work better too. I think it is overlooked and it would be great to celebrate this overlooked building." Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, United "The recent poppies exhibition revealed a special place commemorating sacrifice by our countrymen and women. A permanent Barge Pier Kingdom ss3 9SB offer here would be very fitting" Walsoken Wisbech, United Kingdom Pe14 "I grew up here but it has fantastic links to history that is overlooked" Aston Road, Laindon, Basildon, United Laindon Shopping Centre Kingdom SS15 6NX "A ruin from an era more optimistic, utilitarian and experimental than today." Wakering Stairs, Stairs Road, Southend-on- "With eerie and almost mystical sounding accounts of medieval farmers and doctors risking a watery death by passing through fog Broomway Sea, United Kingdom ss39xj drenched brooms, this historical and treacherous byway deserves to truly reappear as it once did with the tide."

Chelmsford Museum Oaklands Park, Chelmsford, United Kingdom CM2 9AQ "The living beehive and history of Chelmsford is great." Sandford Mill Science and Sandford Mill Road, Chelmsford, United Education Centre Kingdom CM2 6NY "Great outdoor learning facility with fantastic event days" 19a Castle Street, Saffron Walden, United The Fry Art Gallery Kingdom CB10 1BD "A hidden gem with a fascinating collection and exhibitions" Ness Point Lowestoft, United Kingdom NR32 1UZ "It is the most easterly point of England, and Lowestoft deserves more recognition for it's lovely shores"

Bedfordshire, Thurleigh Rd, Bedford, United "Ever since it's closure in 1997, Thurleigh airfield has become known as the 'car graveyard' of Bedfordshire. This is an unusual and RAF Thurleigh Airfield Kingdom MK44 2YP overlooked site, the simplicity of the cars being left to rot in their 1000s is oddly both melancholic and exciting." Salthouse, North Norfolk District, United "There are a multitude of spooky, magical, marshy, pools which belong in a Studio Ghibli film. They are haunting and beautiful and SaltHouse Marshes Kingdom NR25 7SA in the right light are silver and purple. There are birds.... so many birds...." "The Tuesday Marketplace in King's Lynn (the town's central market – now a rather large cobblestone car park bordered by the Corn Exchange and a variety of pubs and hotels) was, for many years, the scene of the public execution of ‘witches'. Having been accused (and found guilty) of witchcraft, Margaret Read was burned alive in Lynn's Tuesday Marketplace in 1590. The legend (of which there are several versions) states that, whilst she was being consumed by the flames, Margaret's heart spontaneously burst from her body and hit the wall of a house opposite searing a permanent sign into the brickwork that can still be seen to this day. The heart is then said to have quite consciously bounced all the way out of town and into the River Ouse where it disappeared beneath the surface of the water in angry, sulphurous waves that recalled the bubbling of a cauldron.The Lynn 'witch's heart' (also Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, United known as the Diamond Heart) can be seen high up on the brickwork of House No 15/16 on the north side of Tuesday The Witches Heart of Kings Lynn Kingdom PE30 1EZ Marketplace." "Its STUNNING. The fort is bigger than you think, and more magical. Its near the River Stiffkey, south of the village of Warham. Warham Camp is circular, has a diameter of 212 metres with a 3-metre-high double bank and ditch. It dates to the last few Warham, North Norfolk District, United centuries before the Roman invasion of Britain, with evidence of post-occupation activity. The University of East Anglia has Warham Camp/ Hill Fort Kingdom described it as the best-preserved hill fort in Norfolk." Aldeburgh, Suffolk IP15 5NA, United Martello Tower Kingdom IP15 5NA "It was built to keep Napoleon out between 1808 and 1812 and is incredibly unique; it is one of the only remaining towers." Pitstone Windmill Pitstone, Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom LU7 9ER "It is one of the earliest forms of windmill still standing today and is a national, industrial treasure."

Tring Reservoir Tring Rural, Tring HP23 4LH, United Kingdom HP23 4LH "The reservoirs are beautiful and serene." A neglected corner overlooking the, soon to disappear, iconic Comet Hotel and busy Comet Roundabout. A major road sign has not Corner of Cavendish Way/ Comet been replaced after a major storm 3 years ago and presents an opportunity to enhance thiis busy corner ( and perhaps mark Way Cavendish Way, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL9 9RH Hatfields aviation heritage St Peter's Chapel on the Wall Bradwell-on-Sea, United Kingdom CM0 7PN "It's so spiritual...I want to see that spirit reflected in art" Royston Cave, Melbourn Street, Royston, Royston Cave United Kingdom SG8 7BZ "Unique cave carvings. Amazing hidden heritage." "The Black Tower is tucked away and overlooked. It's a beautiful part of the wall that used to surround Norwich. Plants are growing on it, over it and and inside the tower itself. I have lived here all my life and found out that it existed and where it was located only this year (I am 47). It's part of our history and is being left to deteriorate. It could be included on walks and promoted The Black Tower, Norwich Carrow Hill, Norwich, United Kingdom NR1 2AJ to tourists. It is such a shame to see it being neglected." "Established in 1848, the cemetery has graves from a number of Cambridge parishes. There gravestones of famous academics and tiny children, broken statuary, half-sunken slabs and border stones. But the place is very much alive. It's the biggest green space in a congested area. It allows disaffected teens to smoke surreptitiously and toddlers to smash their way through puddles and old people to walk dogs and homeless people to hang out in a non-threatening place and everyone to pick blackberries, cherries, elderflower, etc, for home cooking. According to wikipedia, the cemetery is also listed as a City Wildlife Site, containing many indicator plant species for undisturbed neutral/calcareous grassland amongst the 110+ species identified. At least 35 species of bird, 23 species of butterflies and several species of mammal have also been reported, including the European dormouse and Mill Road Cemetery Cambridge, United Kingdom CB12AW weasel." Templefields , Temple Bank, Harlow, "a sacred roman temple site that is a tranquil haven hidden behind industrial units, the goddess 'Minerva who was worshipped roman temple site United Kingdom cm20 2dp here was the goddess of arts and culture" Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 2AW, United Mill Road Cemetery Kingdom CB1 2AW "A beautiful quiet spot" Peter Scott Walk The Wash, Norfolk PE12 9YT "It's beautiful and empty" "Founded in 1832 as the Saffron Walden Literary & Scientific Institution, this is a hidden gem bursting with a surprisingly varied collection of books dating from the 14th century onwards. An airy Victorian reading room is surrounded by shelves loaded with local history, reference and numerous volumes donated by the Gibson family, the local bankers and philanthropists, who supported the library in its early days. The collection of more than 25,000 books demonstrates the wide-ranging interests of the nineteenth century founders and later librarians. Natural history, literature, art and bibliography are all well represented but there is a smattering of virtually every subject including several scrapbooks of ephemera from the Great Exhibition and some wonderful examples of early photographic illustration. New works are added regularly to the core collection and a broad selection of 2 King St, Saffron Walden, Essex, United academic journals can be found on open display. Here is a chance to take time out from the bustle of the 21st century and to Saffron Walden Town Library Kingdom CB10 1ES delve into one of the best public collections of books in Essex." "As is the case with several places on the east coast (e.g. Dunwich, Walton-on-the-Naze), Happisburgh has lost much of its land mass to the sea. This is both romantic and terrifying, as we conjure up in our minds the crumbled remnants of lost lives sitting on Happisburgh beach, Norfolk Happisburgh, United Kingdom NR12 0PY the sea bed, hidden from sight, but perhaps remembered (or imagined) by those left behind." 364 London Rd, Southend-on-Sea, United "This space would be perfect for a gallery or artist studios, it is expansive with great lighting, easy to access and view from the road Derelict Blockbuster Kingdom SS0 7HZ and has been left unused for too long." Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, "Kettle's Yard is a unique setting to view and appreciate modern and contemporary art and music plus countless other arts-related Kettle's Yard collection and gallery United Kingdom CB3 OAQ events and education opportunities."

"This is a walk I discovered with a long ago lover .. he'd just moved to Bungay when we met and every weekend we'd walk a little bit more of the way. I thought I'd mark it down because it's a walk that I love, we walked it in all weathers, sunshine, rain and snow Bigod's Way Bungay, United Kingdom NR35 1JR and i never tired of it, it was beautiful in every season. I have made work celebrating our walks and it is deep-set in my heart." "Springmead Gardens in Brightlingsea is a tiny public space, which my friend introduced to me. We took a detour down an alley Spring Chase, Brightlingsea, CO7 and there it was, snug and shady between some houses. I would like to nominate this place as it felt like an exciting and secret Springmead Gardens 0JR, United Kingdom CO7 0JR find. There were oversized brasicas and a tranquil atmosphere." "The walk out to the point from Burnham Overy Staithe is something quite special. It's a path and place that belongs in my family's psyche. I have taken that path as a child, a mother and a granny. It is particularly nice at sunrise when there are fewer walkers and Scolt Head Point Burnham Overy, United Kingdom PE31 8JF sometimes you might see a hare on the beach." "The most diverse, bombastic, energetic and run down parts of Ipswich, here hosts families from all over the world, coming together in a melting pot of cultural diversity. On the site of a neglected park, abandoned shut down pub and closed social working mans club lies the heart of a homestead for some of the most vibrant people ever to meet - here lies huge potential for change, working with community groups, the local school and the near by theatre - this could house unbelievable opportunities if it were Jubilee Park Prospect Street, Ipswich, United Kingdom IP1 2JX just given the chance..." Neatishead, Norwich NR12 8YB, United Neatishead Radar Base Kingdom NR12 8YB "It is very unique and interesting. It is an incredibly interesting piece of Norfolk history." Martello Tower, Jaywick Sands Belsize Avenue, Jaywick, United Kingdom CO15 2LF "A real pleasure to visit and the staff re very keen to get people involved, whether local or holiday makers" "'In 1899 the nearby town of Huntingdon adandoned their plan to erect a statue of Oliver Cromwell, and the opportunity was St Ives (Nr Huntingdon) Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom PE27 5BX seized by St Ives" The poor relation to Cambridge St Ives has a great location but is in dire need of a cultural uplift." "Because is it a site of historical importance and is currently almost inaccessible to the public because of the surrounding fencing on the promenade, and over-grown flora and fauna. Currently this is considered to be a blot on the landscape but could be a park Beacon Hill Fort , United Kingdom CO12 3NS with history!" Nightingale Avenue, Cambridge, United Nightingale Avenue Park Kingdom CB1 8SG Beautiful local sports and play park. Used and enjoyed by all ages. Parkers Piece Parkside, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 1JE Central point, very visible. Well used.

Wells Maltings Project, Staithe Street, Wells- "An exciting project space for community, art and heritage. Currently being revived and restored. Set in the heart of the thriving Wells Maltings Project next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom NR23 1AU community of Wells-next-the-sea. Would be great to see some innovative and inspiring contemporary art here." This is a fascinating museum that tells the story of a religious movement that started in Bedford in the early 20th century and which had a worldwide reach. Mabel "Octavia" Baltrop was heralded as the Shiloh or second coming of the Messiah and was seen as the eighth in a line of prophets reaching back to Joanna Southcott in the 18th Century. The building is the place where it was hoped that 24 bishops and attendant others would gather to open Joanna Southcott's box of prophecies at a time of national crisis. The box remains unopened. A lovely building which charts the rise of the Panacea movement and the prophets that came before including letters from people around the world who wrote in for the panacea, a small piece of cloth over which Mabel had breathed, which was said to cure all ills. Entry is completely free, there is a small cafe in the communal garden which was seen as the garden of Eden. The place has a very peaceful atmosphere. No followers are still living but the community, which owned many Panacea Museum 9 Newnham Road, Bedford, United Kingdom MK40 3NX houses in Bedford, left the property in trust. St Andrew's Church Lamas, Norfolk, United Kingdom NR10 5JQ "The church and the surroundings evoke the character of the Bure Valley."

"Coprolite is Fossilised Dinosaur Poo! Coprolite Street was once the site of Fison one of the worlds first manufacturers of fertilizers - super phosphate - made from the ground up nodules of coprolite. A whole coprolite mining industry sprung up across the region Coprolite Street Coprolite Street, Ipswich, United Kingdom IP3 0BN during the 19th century. Shillington in Bedfordshire was actually called shittington... i will see if I can get that on the map too" "Noteworthy early examples of Modernist architectural design; the distinctive white, flat-roofed houses on Francis Way and Silver Street are the work of influential Scottish architect Thomas S. Tait, a leading designer of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne buildings in the 20th Century who is also credited with designing the concrete pylons on Sydney Harbour Bridge. Of note are the steel window frames manufactured by Crittall's firm as a test for their use in the damp English climate. Silver End Essex Braintree, United Kingdom CM8 3QQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_End" "It is one of the few 'light handsome Victorian buildings' in the area. Red brick and Mansfield stone. It was a lending library, a place Bharat Bhavan Mill Road Former to meet and share ideas. Then later a wonderful Indian community celebrated festivals and held exhibitions. It is a place to Free Library 1 Bharat Bhavan, Cambridge CB1 2AZ embrace and preserve." "If you came this way, Taking any route, starting from anywhere, At any time or at any season, It would always be the same: you would have to put off Sense and notion." (T. S. Eliot's Little Gidding). V interesting history in relation to community living - Ferrar House, Little Gidding, Huntingdon, Nicholas Ferrar community in 1600s and then Society of Christ the Sower, an ecumenical religious community 1970 - 1998 Little Gidding United Kingdom PE28 5RJ (disbanded under a cloud). A magical place. 20 Market Place, Saint Neots, United "An iconic building in this Cambridgeshire market town that has been derelict for a decade and would be a perfect place as an art The Old Falcon Kingdom PE19 2AW project to regenerate interest and discussions about its future." "Formerly an 18th century private estate belonging to the Rowley family, the 80 acre site is now managed by the district council Priory Park Priory Park, Saint Neots, United Kingdom PE19 1RF and is the ideal location for a large scale art project" Brampton Road, Huntingdon, United Brampton Wood Kingdom PE19 5UQ "900 year-old woodland managed by the Wildlife Trust and is one of those hidden gems people don't know about." St Neots Common Riversmead, Saint Neots, United Kingdom PE19 1RU "Once common land where locals where allowed to graze their cattle, now an open field that could be an outdoor art space." Landguard Fort, View Point Road, Felixstowe, Landguard Fort United Kingdom IP11 3TW "Grade I listed Napoleonic fort with a long history and many interesting rooms and spaces within it." St Clement's Church St Clement's Rd, Grays, United Kingdom RM20 4AL "Under used church in close proximity to Proctor and Gamble factory." "I went on a Brownie Pack holiday in Forest in the 1970s. I remember the storms and ensuing nightmares, the hot chocolate and the freezing dorms best but it's a magical place, timeless and alien. Created after WWI to provide much-needed Thetford Forest High Lodge Thetford Forest IP27 0AF timber preserves, it's the largest lowland pine forest in Britain. Put some art in it. I need an excuse to return." Mill Road Library 112 Mill Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 2AZ "It is a beautiful Victorian Building" "The tennis courts (2) are in an enclosed space in the village centre beside the village hall. They have fallen into disrepair with a cracked uneven surface and weeds growing throughout. Despite this they are still used daily by villagers. A locally run tennis club Newgate Street Village, Hatfield, United does school activities there with primary aged children. This would be a perfect spot for a multi use playground scheme which Newgate Street Village Tennis Court Kingdom SG13 8RP would be suitable for tennis, basketball etc." Drover Way Green Area near roundabout Drovers Way, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0PU "It is a warm, green area with a real potential to show off some wonderful artwork to enhance the neighbourhood." "This location has a high volume of traffic of new visitors to Hatfield and would be a prime location for artworks. At the moment the walls are barren of any artwork and whilst many people have spare time to wait here, this would be an ideal setting for Hatfield train station Hatfield AL9 5AB, United Kingdom AL9 5AB artworks and to showcase what Hatfield has to offer." "Tucked away in the middle of a large estate in a 'hard pressed' area of Ipswich is a beautiful garden for local people to use to improve their mental and physical health. Maintained by volunteers of all ages, the garden provides a haven for all sorts of wildlife, traditional growing areas for the community to grow vegetables and fruit, a place to meet and make friends and learn or share skills. Linking with the garden is a Bee Garden with hives to help to protect the bee population, as well as, train volunteers in bee keeping and building a bee friendly environment. The Garden has helped many people over the last ten years to improve their lives and we would like more people to know about this amazing garden and to come and get involved in this fantastic community The People's Community Garden Halifax Road, Ipswich, United Kingdom IP2 8RE project." "This is a place I go when I need some quiet time. It brings me peace during stressful times and is filled with so much wildlife. It is good for my mental and pysical wellbeing and it so nice to see a beautiful, unspoilt nature spot amongst all this urban living. It Sudbury Meadows 22 Friars Street, Sudbury, United Kingdom CO10 2AA should be protected and loved!" Lock Heybridge Basin, United Kingdom CM9 4RY "This is a beautiful spot to visit and walk, but often overlooked for it's busier neighbour ." Wrabness, United Kingdom CO11 2BB "Beautiful Peaceful Setting with wonderful sunsets" West End Beach Dovercourt, Harwich, United Kingdom CO12 3SF "It's a lovely quiet beach at the end of a beautiful walk along the sea wall past South Hall Creek." "A very important place of pilgrimage, the first religous community after The Dissolution of The Monasteries, the title of TS Eliot's last poem In The Four Quartets, hugely influencial to a generation of people who were inspired by its writing in 1942, home to The Little Gidding Church Little Gidding, Huntingdon, United Kingdom PE17 9RJ Community of Christ The Sower." Hatfield Train Station Hatfield, United Kingdom AL9 5AB "Newly refurbished Train Station with a lot of commuters for work and university" Hatfield Train Station Hatfield, United Kingdom AL9 5AB "The Train Station sees hundreds of people everyday passing for work, study and other trips" Beach Manningtree, United Kingdom CO11 1AU Because I like boats and it is a sweet little beach (M, aged 12) Seawick Holiday Park, Beach Road, Clacton- Seawick Holiday Park on-Sea, United Kingdom CO16 8SG Because my sister and nieces are down here, also relaxing Colchester Castle Park, High Street, Colchester Castle Colchester, United Kingdom CO1 1TJ I just like that it's historical The Woods of Mistley Old Knobbley, Mistley, United Kingdom "Its lovely and quiet with hidden obsticalls and a park (D, aged 11)"

"My grandparents used to live in the village of Fingringhoe, and when we visited they used to tell us the tale about a pirate from Rowhedge who had been caught smuggling. He was executed on this spot over one hundred years ago then buried with an acorn in his mouth, which grew to be a huge oak tree. We were scared yet fascinated by this giant haunted oak, situated by a shady pond and natural spring, opposite the Whalebone pub. With a girth of over seven metres, my sister and I would stare at it until one of us saw the face of the pirate in the bark, and then chase the other one away screaming. I still visit it often and it is timeless – a Smugglers Oak Fingringhoe, United Kingdom CO5 7BG testament to my childhood, the innocent enjoyment of scaring each other with ghost stories, and our avid imaginations." "My favourite place in Essex, on the less touristy, rougher side of Mersea Island - a haven for poets and dog walkers. It feels neglected, slowly being reclaimed by the sea. Every time I go, there are new landslides with felled trees with roots upended, lying helpless and forgotten on the orange sand. Like wooly mammoths. Former buildings, brick stairways and WW2 pillbox remains have collapsed at some point, and are now halfway into the sea, the edges of the concrete and brick being gradually softened by Cudmore Grove Country Park, Broman's the tide. Yet it is also a much loved place, with memorial benches made out of driftwood dedicated to those who lived on or Cudmore Grove Lane, East Mersea, United Kingdom CO5 8UE enjoyed the island. It is a place of inevitability, transience and remembrance. Very poignant. Almost post apocalyptic." 21 Castle Meadow, Norwich, United Basement at The Missing Kind shop Kingdom NR1 3DH "It's unusual and apparently the tunnel could lead to the castle!" Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve, Lode Wicken Fen Lane, Wicken, United Kingdom CB7 5XP A sublime peaty landscape Old hall marshes Tollesbury, United Kingdom CM9 8TP Remnant of the original sea-marshes that once ringed Essex

The former Paines Flour Mill is significant in St Neot's history. This striking building is tucked away behind the main town centre. It now provides accommodation to 16-25 year olds in need. The side view of the tower reveals the doors through which goods Paines Mill Bedford Street, St Neots, United Kingdom PE19 1HP would have entered and left the building with carts positioned directly below with a hoist bracketed out from above. When it opened in 1980 it was the largest indoor shopping centre in Europe. I remember visiting there every week with my mother and nan as a toddler; the galleria in the roof of the centre being my marquee memory – a network of trailing single Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon. Basildon, United Kingdom SS14 1EB width escalators leading you up to a warren of small shops/booths all interlinked with partitioned doors and balconies. Langham Lane, Langham, Colchester, United Boxted airfield Museum Kingdom CO4 0HW We have the largest surviving piece of B26 Marauder Aircraft in the UK. It was the former home of the Arkwright family - descendants of Sir Richard Arkwright. Loftus and Elizabeth had the house built as their family home in Essex in 1867, close to Loftus' relatives. Elizabeth decorated the house in a most astonishing fashion and The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, because the building is owned by an NHS Trust, no money is being spent on repair and maintenance. The house and its contents Parndon Hall Hamstel Road, Harlow, United Kingdom CM20 1QX are deteriorating. It needs to be shared, remembered and enjoyed. Sir Frederick Gibberd bought land and a dwelling on the outskirts of Harlow, the New Town he planned from 1947. On his death in 1984, he left his home and garden to the people of Harlow to enjoy. Run by volunteers, this remarkable garden is enjoyed by The Gibberd Garden Marsh Lane, Harlow, United Kingdom CM17 0NA many, but unknown to most. The Wash, Hertford SG14 1PS, United Hertford Theatre Kingdom SG14 1PS "Has a river view, but the space isn't used" New Road, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 2EA, United "The chapel offers an area of warmth, a friendly cross-generational place with good communication. It is highly active in the arts The Fisherman's Chapel Kingdom SS9 2EA and crafts area and hosts wonderful Gospel Vespers." The Wash, Hertford SG14 1PS, United Hertford Theatre Kingdom SG14 1PS "A fantastic hub for all the community. Everyone should visit" Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden CB10, United Saffron Walden Battle Ditches Kingdom CB10 1AG "It's known as the 'battle ditches' but in fact is a sunken earthworks, and could be suitable for some public art." "Cavenham is a small hamlet, too small to be classified as a village, and so has been classified as 'unsustainable' by the local council, meaning that funding has been cut and they are dependent on donations. It does have a tremendous playground, which families visit from surrounding villages, and that hosts local barbeques. The playground was built on land donated by the local Cavenham playground The Street, Cavenham, United Kingdom IP28 6DA farmer, to help keep the village spirit alive." Broxbourne Railway Station Broxbourne EN10 7AS, United Kingdom EN10 7AS "Didn't know it existed until train broke down" Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth, United "Recently listed, the Scenic Railways Roller Coaster is the second oldest of its type remaining in Britain. Despite its changes and Scenic Railway Roller Coaster Kingdom NR30 3EH alterations, it so well epitomises Great Yarmouth's identity as a place of fun and frivolity." Roundabout at Cavendish Way "This roundabout is one of the first things that visitors to Hatfield sees. We would like them to think that Hatfield is a fun place. & Bishops Rise 3 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0SG See photo for suggestion :)" Roundabout at Cavendish Way & Bishops Rise Roe Green Lane, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0SQ "It's a sad, grey, forgotten corner of Hatfield that needs brightening up!" Flatford Mill Dedham, United Kingdom CO7 6UJ It's where my husbands grandparents met. "This is the site where Hereward The Wake and his guerilla army fought the Norman invaders, as this was one of the few routes River Great Ouse, Cambridgeshire, United across the fens to Ely. Hereward is of huge local importance and stands as a figure and waged a number of successful campaigns Aldreth Causeway Kingdom against the French after the invasion of 1066." Subways between comet way and hatfield garden village Green Lanes, Hatfield, United Kingdom Al10 9ln "So unloved! This well used subway is so dark and dank- the residents would love and appricate some art" Market Place, Aylsham NR11 6EH, United Aylsham Market Square Kingdom NR11 6EH "It needs some life in it!" 18 Regent Road, Great Yarmouth, United "Now closed, the House of Wax was known as the 'world's worst wax works'. A beautiful but dilapidated building, it House of Wax Kingdom NR30 2AF commemorates Great Yarmouth's brilliant sense of humour." "I enjoy walking in this area, especially in the Autumn and winter and there is a roman village nearby and a huge chalk pit. the caistor st edmund Norwich nr14 8qt nr14 8qt grassland and woodland is stunning and it is very peaceful." "1909 Pumping station currently lying empty & unused. Seems to be in good condition but needs a bit of cleaning up. Victorian Trowse Pumping Station Bracondale, Norwich, United Kingdom NR1 2EG building with lots of internal space." The centre of Brentwood, outside the Bayleaf shopping centre High Street, Brentwood, United Kingdom CM14 4BX "The Peasants Revolt began here when a judge attempting to convict local men was chased back to London." "Its an amazing place for young people with a lit lead by volunteers & would really benefit from something like this to inspire the The mix Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, United Kingdom Ip14 1bb young people & join the whole community together."

"Rochford Police Station was closed in 2012 due to the Conservative Government's austerity programme. The police station was the first public services building in Rochford town to be closed, boarded up and left to stand empty up to the time of writing (September 2017). In March 2017 the building was sold to undisclosed developers, its future remains unknown. Additional Notes: Rochford Police Station was built in an Edwardian Baroque style in 1914 and was the last building to be designed by Frank Whitmore (1844-1920) an influential architect in Essex during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Also, Rochford Police Station featured in a series of photographs entitled 'Tory Heritage: Rochford' which were shown at the 56th Essex Rochford Police Station (closed 43-45 South Street, Rochford, Essex, United Open Art Exhibition. These architectural images focused on recently closed public services buildings and highlighted the effects of 2012) Kingdom SS4 1BL austerity. Additionally, the site provided a waymark on the Rochford Austerity Trail - September 17-26, 2015." "Rochford Royal Mail Delivery Office was closed in 2014 due to the Conservative Government's austerity programme. The delivery office was the second public services building in Rochford town to be closed, boarded up and left to stand empty up to the time of writing (September 2017). In July 2015 the site was sold to Silver City Estates, it is currently being developed into eight flats by E&M Design Partnership. Additional Notes: Rochford Royal Mail Delivery Office featured in a series of photographs entitled 'Tory Heritage: Rochford' which were shown at the 56th Essex Open Art Exhibition. These architectural images focused on recently Rochford Royal Mail Delivery Office 50 East Street, Rochford, Essex, United closed public services buildings and highlighted the effects of austerity. Additionally, the site provided a waymark on the Rochford (closed 2014) Kingdom SS4 1DB Austerity Trail - September 17-26, 2015." "Rochford Adult Community College was closed in 2014 due to the Conservative Government's austerity programme. The college was the third public services building in Rochford town to be closed, boarded up and left to stand empty up to the time of writing (September 2017). In February 2017, Essex County Council, Essex Housing and Stanley Bragg Architects proposed to demolish the former Adult Community College (and Secondary Modern School (1937-59)) for redevelopment purposes, such an action according to local opposition will strip Rochford's townscape of its historicity and its people of cherished memories of learning, sporting and dramatic activities. Additional Notes: The former Adult Community College and Secondary Modern School is a unique historic building with a decorative lintel featuring the 1937 construction date and Essex County Council three-seax emblem, quadrangle structure and fine period brickwork - providing an authentic vernacular of historic value, local distinctiveness and civic pride. Please come and visit this endangered building and implore Council to conserve and integrate its fabric into the present and future developments. Also, Rochford Adult Community College featured in a series of photographs entitled 'Tory Heritage: Rochford' which were shown at the 56th Essex Open Art Exhibition. These architectural images focused on recently Rochford Adult Community College closed public services buildings and highlighted the effects of austerity. Additionally, the site provided a waymark on the Rochford (closed 2014) Rocheway, Rochford, Essex, United Kingdom SS4 1DQ Austerity Trail - September 17-26, 2015." "This is the eastern most crossing point of the Michael & Mary earth energy currents in the UK - within the church ruins. (across 4 Cliff Hill, Gorleston-on-Sea, United the land from Land's End). You can look it up on the St. Margaret's website or see it as the destination or stating point of the Hopton St Margaret's Church Ruins Kingdom NR31 6DG Michael/Mary pilgrimage." The Museum Of Power, Hatfield Road, "This ride on railway has steam power and is staffed by volunteer enthusiasts. The platform is complete with ticket booth and Langford Model Railway Langford, United Kingdom CM9 6QA signage." Earlham Cemetery Earlham Rd, Norwich, United Kingdom NR2 3RJ "A place to get lost." "This is a well known place of people from the village; but it's beauty and sense of history radiates from the old forests, streams Thompson, Thetford IP24 1QA, United and bogs. You can of course view Thompson Water itself, a lake with a walk way around it, first through the old trees and then Thompson Water Kingdom ip24 1qa breaking into the open view of Thompson Water. A real beauty." "It is a lovely big square but not used for anything much these days. It has lovely big trees and shops and so much character but Market Place Hatfield Market Place, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0JT has been unloved in recent years." St.Albans Road West, Hatfield, United St John Ambulance Hut Kingdom AL10 0EJ "It's a much loved building but cannot be used anymore. This whole roundabout area would benefit from some love and care." "We have lots of unloved Subways but many have existing artworks that have been graffitied it would be lovely to see them tidied Hatfield Subways Town Centre, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 and loved as they are such a big part of the new town history." Roundabout Junction Cavendish "I would like to nominate this roundabout because I feel art in is at a creative high at the moment with many Way and Bishops Rise 5 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom EN11 0PX emerging artists who would love to contribute to this great county." "It's an amazingly beautiful surprise to be winding down a bumpy rural road to turn a corner and find that you've got the Cam Bridge over Cam on Upware Road Upware Road, Ely CB7 5YQ, United Kingdom CB7 5YQ stretching out in in front of you for what seems like miles" South Quay, Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG, Greyfriars Cloisters United Kingdom NR30 2RG "I would like to see this historic site open to the public. It has a significant history to Great Yarmouth." South Quay, Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG, Greyfriars Cloisters United Kingdom NR30 2RG "Used. Appreciated. Kept better. Anything other than its currently wasted state. Why? Why?" "the 1940 Pillbox that is gradually receding into the waves gives an amazing fixed perspective to the incoming and outgoing tides. Caister Beach Pillbox Caister-on-Sea, United Kingdom NR30 5HG And it gives three dimensionality to an otherwise ordinary beach." Junction Cavendish way and Bishop rise 7 Cavendish Way, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9RH "It needs something nice!" Roundabout Junction Cavendish way and Bishop Rise 5 Cavendish Way, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9HA "We need something nice here that represents Hatfield values" Cavendish Way roundabout 5 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9HA "Great place to have a piece of art to look at!" Roundabout at junction of Cavendish way and bishops rise 5 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9HA "Roundabout looks very dull" "The Tankyard at Thorney is a complex of buildings from the Victorian model village of Thorney. It includes a 6 storey watertower, with a cast iron water tank at the top, with a double height cellar where there used to be steam engines. It is now a much loved village hall, with surrounding lawns, wedding venue and site of the village's community-run Museum. It houses a room for the Parish Council, but may become even more important to the village if the Museum comes here. Unfortunately, it is a building which has been neglected in terms of upkeep and feels a bit fragile. It grabs people's attention from a distance though, as a The Tankyard, Thorney Station Road, Thorney, United Kingdom PE6 0QE magnificent tower in a flat Fenland landscape." Norwich City Council, St Peters St, Norwich, Norwich City Hall United Kingdom NR2 1NH "This majestic and iconic building is a symbol of the city. Instantly recognisable and a back drop to so many events and protests." Old Knobbley Old Knobbley, Mistley, United Kingdom CO11 2NL "A fabulous old tree. Apparently, it was a sanctuary for witches in the past, according to folklore! Bawsey Country Park (Crystal Waters), "It is an area of old sand workings and is important not only as a recreational space, but also for its geological and biological Bawsey Country Park B1145, King's Lynn, United Kingdom PE32 1EP interest." The Hilltop shopping precinct, "The shopping area is in need of some tlc - the square is outdated and run down, as are the garages behind it. Could do with being South Hatfield High View, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 8HZ given a new lease of life." "The Lakes are a huge unused resource for Cambridge. Plans to open them up for public access progresses SLOWLY; A New Cambridge Lakes Burnside, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 3PA Geographies commission would make the whole project much more visible and attract public support." White Lion Square,Town Centre Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0JJ "Once the hub of the post-war new town, now much under-used. Needs a new focus." The Gibberd Garden Marsh Lane, Harlow, United Kingdom CM17 0NA "So many lovely pieces of art in beautiful surroundings. Not appreciated enough or visited by many people." "Right in the city centre. Empty for at least 10 years (not sure how long). Prime location for projection mapping on the outside. Many a local artist's fantasy art centre "if only we had money". Often speculated about. Used to be a popular club for the 5th Avenue City Road, Peterborough, United Kingdom PE1 1XS alternative crowd."

"I'm sure some of the more affluent residents of St Albans would like to see this redundant shop space, formerly BHS, turned into a John Lewis. No doubt I would shop there myself. However, in the meantime, it could be put to productive use as a community 51-57 St Peter's St, St Albans, United hub/for a participatory art exhibit. In a time of increased business rates and threats of pubs closing, temporarily using the space as BHS Kingdom AL1 3DY something other than another Costa Coffee has the potential to empower locals to claim back there Highstreet." "Does Park have a bylaw that doesn't allow buskers or preachers? I'm not sure. Would this tree stump fit the soapbox or small stepladder rules set by the likes of Hyde Park's corner? I'm not sure either, but I'd like to see it used as a Speakers Corner or something other than a Cathedral Selfie spot before its gone. Tree stumps allegedly last up to 10 years before rotting. This ones been here at least 9 as I remember looking up as a school friend stood on it with his fists in the air. More often than not I see a Verulamium Park - Cathedral Tree , St Albans, United child standing on the stump or attempting to climb up. As an adult I too have the urge to step up and leap down with the same Stump Corner Kingdom AL1 1BY glee a child gets from walking along and leaping down off a garden wall." Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, United "An iconic building left neglected with so much potential. Would make a big difference to the seafront to have this building back in The Empire Cinema Kingdom NR30 2HF use." "In our town centre, behind fences and foliage, is a green space containing woodland, watercourses, a neglected Victorian garden with a crumbling Gothic folly and former Dig for Victory allotments. Venture further through the trees and you come across 2 lines of long low mounds: the semi-sunken forms of 15 Costain air raid shelters, built by Courtaulds in 1939 to protect employees in their factory who contributed to the war effort by weaving artificial silk for parachutes. Poised between the 2 lines is the last in this rare group of 16 surviving WW2 air raid shelters: built above ground in reinforced brick, its solid form now clad in ivy. Despite the closeness to the high street, this unique combination of natural and historic built assets have been hidden for decades. Yet they hold special memories for the many people who worked at the local factory, or who played in this woods and shelters as children. A growing number of residents believe it is time for these assets to be seen, and their significance recognised and Land East of the High Street Factory Lane East, Halstead, United Kingdom CO9 2JH cherished for generations to come." Roundabout junction Cavendish Way/Bishops Rise. Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0SG "Currently a featureless roundabout. Local art could add an inspirational message for locals and visitors alike." "In June 1948 the SS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury on its voyage from the Caribbean, with 500 migrants on board seeking a new life in the United Kingdom away from the economic depression that had taken hold in their homelands. These men and women were the first significant wave of migrants to come to Britain in the immediate post-war years and represent the Tilbury Riverside Station Fort Road, Tilbury, United Kingdom RM18 7HD beginnings of Britain's black community as we know it today." Nightingale Recreation Ground, Cambridge, Nightingale Garden United Kingdom CB1 8SG "'Secret community garden' upcycled by volunteers from a former bowling green" Rock Road Library 69 Rock Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 7UG "A charming suburban, art deco, branch library with its own secret garden with apple orchard" King Street, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 St George's Theatre 2PG, United Kingdom NR30 2PG "It is an amazing building over 300 years old and absolutely beautiful" Walton Mere and site of old "Walton Mere used to be a popular summer boating lake with a former windmill but now lies as empty marshland and is mostly windmill Walton on the Naze, United Kingdom CO14 8PF forgotten and not visited by holiday makers" Baconsthorpe Castle Baconsthorpe, United Kingdom NR256LE "Wonderful ruined castle that nobody knows about"

"Home to dog walkers, young weekend footballers and Forest School for the local Infant school, Priory Park is 80 acres of 18th century parkland with extensive mature woodland, and large open spaces, formally part of the Rowley Estate and if you know Priory Park Priory Hill Road, St Neots, United Kingdom PE19 1DY where to look you can still see medieval ridge and furrow land waves created by several centuries of feudal communal farming." Writers' Centre Norwich, King Street, "It's an amazing, unique 15th C sole trading merchant's hall about to start a new life as The National Centre for Writing - it's full of Dragon Hall Norwich, United Kingdom NR1 1QE stories!" Hatfield Leisure Centre Travellers Ln, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 8TJ "It's a place that local people visit regularly, however it could do with a bit of love and would be a great spot for some art." 30-34 Southdown Road, Harpenden, United "It's a gorgeous, hidden and under-appreciated duck pond on Harpenden Common, obscured by trees and home to a vast array of Southdown Ponds Kingdom AL5 1PF flora and fauna." "I would like to nominate this space as I believe it has a great impact on the community in Cambridge (North), hosting and providing community arts activities while also providing affordable studio spaces for artist in Cambridge. They believe that everyone should be able to have the chance to access art, regardless of background. Each year, we also programme arts projects with an inclusive focus, loosely themed around a particular theme. They catalyse both artistic and community development, Thrifts Walk Studios' 1 Thrifts Walk, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB4 1NR encouraging risk and accessibility to the arts." This a small modernist gem designed by Wells Coates and built in 1937 for John Wyborne; one of the directors of Ecko (electronics Shipwrights 241 Benfleet Road, Benfleet, United Kingdom SS7 1QG company) in Southend-on-Sea. "Located in a neglected social housing estate on the edge of Mousehold Heath in north Norwich, these concrete 'walkways in the Norwich Heathgate concrete arial Heathgate, Norwich NR3 1PW, United sky' speak of a bold architectural and social optimism. There is something interestingly anachronistic about them, a vision of a walkways Kingdom NR3 1PW future which has not come to pass." Anglia square Magdalen Street, Norwich, United Kingdom NR3 1DZ "There is an enormous brutalist office block, boarded up for ten years" Old train track of Chatteris station 2 Old Station Pl, Chatteris PE16 6BF, UK PE16 6BF "The site of the old Chatteris station closed in the 1970s. The A14 was built on top of the tracks." "The Empress Cinema was opened on 24th December 1934, as part of the H. Bancroft Circuit. It had a 38 feet wide proscenium and there were 479 seats in the stalls, and stone pillars supported the balcony which had 76 seats. In the early-1950's it was taken Empress Cinema, now Swimming Empress Swimming Pool, Park Street, over by an independent Chatteris Amusements Ltd. It was closed on 31st December 1961. Since 2009, it operates as the Empress Pool Chatteris, United Kingdom PE16 6AB Swimming Pool. Chatteris Library, Furrowfields Road, Chatteris library Chatteris, United Kingdom PE16 6DY "I love the library" - Daniel, 8 yrs old. "The former home of artist Sir Alfred Munnings, past president of the Royal Academy. Best know for painting horses, Munnings also painted hundreds of scenes of the local landscape and help found the Dedham Vale Society for the protection of the The Munnings Art Museum Castle Hill, Dedham, United Kingdom CO7 6AZ countryside." Time & Tide Museum tells teh fascinating story of Great Yarmouth and its people from teh Ice Age to the present day. It is housed Blackfriars' Road, Great Yarmouth, United in a former herring smoking factory that was once at the centre of the towns thriving fishing industry. The museum houses a Time & Tide Museum Kingdom NR30 3BX fascinating collection of artefacts that would provide a wealth of inspiration for a site specific artwork. It's a stunning old hotel right on the sea front of the wildy sublime North Sea. Lots of renovation ideas have fallen through. Its a building that really needs to be taken by the balls and turned into something truly spectacular in this legendary seaside town!!!! Shannocks Hotel Sheringham 1 High Street, Sheringham, United Kingdom NR26 8JP Please bring art and youth and balls to Sheringham Isolated on a low rise in the marshes, the abbey was physically moved in the 13th century, reusing the stone, to a new site a few Leiston old abbey chapel/gun miles inland due to the threat of flooding. A small chapel remains, which during WW2 a gun emplacement was hidden. Now to be emplacement Eastbridge, Leiston, Suffolk, United Kingdom IP16 4SN potentially overshadowed by the proposed sizewell c nuclear reactors. Religion, war, and the environment... Ketts Heights is one of Norwichs best kept secrets, a steeply wooded space intersected by Victorian steps and paths, leading to a ruined medieval chapel and one of the most impressive panoramas over Norwich. Ketts Heights has many historical associations dating back to the ruins of the 11th century chapel of St Michael, which can still be seen at the viewpoint. The chapel was abandoned in 1539 after the dissolution of nearby St Leonards Priory. In 1549 Robert Kett set up his headquarters here during the Norfolk rebellion when he besieged the City and housed his prisoners in the adjacent St Leonards Priory. During the late Victorian era, walks and flights of steps were laid out around the romantic chapel ruins and it became a fashionable place to visit. The site was owned and cared for by the nearby gasworks, but during the Second World War the garden was turned into allotments before becoming derelict. The Friends of Ketts Heights was set up in November 2015 to support the regeneration of Ketts Heights so that it can be a welcoming space for the local community and visitors to Norwich; an attractive space with a wide diversity of plants and wildlife; an event space with activities to suit a wide audience, and an educational space where its long and Kett's Heights Kett's Hill, Norwich, United Kingdom NR1 4EX diverse history can be investigated and interpreted. It's a tiny beautiful riverside hamlet with two working traditional boatyards ,a pub and a cafe /studio, that looks like a piece of Pin Mill Chelmondiston, United Kingdom IP9 1JD Cornwall has broken of and drifted round to Suffolk . Centrum, Colney Lane, Norwich, United Amazing science - great location - free parking - good café - just needs a proper visitors centre where families can explore the Norwich Research Park Kingdom NR4 7UH science. It is an historical site that is located in a beautiful setting. Picturesque but not often visited despite its proximity to the very busy Thetford Warren Lodge Brandon Road, Thetford, United Kingdom IP27 0AF site of High Lodge Visitors' Centre. NB: Picture is from English Heritage website. Bentwaters Parks, Rendlesham, United Atmospheric, moody, mysterious. The Hush House has a hidden history which would fascinate people if only they knew about it! Hush House Kingdom IP12 2TW NB: Picture is from Bentwaters Parks website

This place has an alluring and enigmatic history of almshouse, care and philanthropy with some superb yet hidden architectural gems such as the (reputed) smallest Cloisters in Europe and the Eagle Ward, which has a medieval painted roof of eagles (reputedly for Anne of Bohemia) while also housing 'alms beds' in the guise of 'cells' which still contain the belongings of previous inhabitants, such as candlewick bedspreads, 1960's night dresses, ceramics and keepsakes ,which are extremely moving. The site Bishopgate, Norwich, Norfolk, United hosts more gruesome sites such as the 'Swan Pit' which still survives but is not in use. The Hospital is currenlty also a sheltered Great Hospital Kingdom NR1 4EL housing village and care home and oddly a conference centre. a really unique and fascinating place. Great Hospital Bishopgate, Norwich, United Kingdom NR1 4EL A hidden gem, full of history and mystery and still occupied today Hatfield House, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL9 5NB Nominated by Ania Currie, 3. Her favourite place in Hatfield created as part of fun palaces at Hatfield Library. Hatfield House Hatfield House, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL9 5NB Nominated by Tamara, as part of fun palaces at Hatfield Library - draw your favourite place in Hatfield. Howe Dell woods (or Stream Nominated as part of fun palaces at Hatfield Library as a favourite place in Hatfield - 'Everyone should go - it has streams and lots Woods) Howe Dell, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 8NW of trees & animals. But people leave their rubbish and it doesn't get cleaned up'. Hatfield Library Hatfield Library, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0LT Nominated as part of fun palaces - draw your favourite place in Hatfield The Elveden War Memorial is a war memorial to the First World War dead. It is situated at the meeting of the three parishes of Elveden War Memorial London Road, Brandon, United Kingdom IP27 Eriswell, and Elveden to which the monument honours Houghton and Wyton, Cambs, United The Old Pumping Station Kingdom PE28 2AW An abandoned building on the low lying fields in the heart of a number of communities that all walk around that area Derelict glass houses along A1 These glass houses are reminder of the market gardening traditions of our area. They have long ago ceased operation and now are around Beeston and Sandy A1, Sandy, United Kingdom being over taken by natural fauna and flora. I have a soft spot for this location, I grew up in Covehithe which is near Southwold. We would go on Sunday dog walks to Dunwich and I always loved walking through the Friars Gate past the ruins of Greyfriars and then around Dunwich towards the Heath. I think Dunwich is a great location because this part of the coast attracts lots of visitors in the summer. Either camping, caravaning or in holiday homes. Dunwich has a lot of history, being an early settlement, much of the town is under the sea. Time Team have Friars Gate, High St, Dunwich, United done archeological digs here along with universities researching the area. It would be great to have sculpture here to remember Greyfriars Dunwich Kingdom IP17 3DW the heritage of the site. As the highest place in Norfolk, the bump is already a significant location. It has an interesting history as a wartime station, and landmark. But the sky above it is today used by many people as a site for parascending, microlite flying, and biplane acrobatics. One evening we stood amazed watching a guy launching himself off the cliff on a parachute, only to come circling back on the The sky above Beeston Bump Beeston Bump, Sheringham, United Kingdom NR26 8DB updraught. We talked to him as he flew overhead - an amazing experience! Hatfield Rd, Langford, Maldon, United This is housed in an "ancient monument" status building with seven acres of land, including a river. It has small gardening team Museum of Power Kingdom CM9 6QA which is struggling to improve a half century of neglect - in itself, an artistic endeavour.. I would like to nominate an amazing community allotment project in central Cambridge. I run the project with a local homeless charity, Cambridge Cyrenians, to provide therapeutic horticulture for those who are sleeping rough or have vulnerable housing in the area. The project is so important and unique for those that come along who say that the benefits they get include - improved Cambridge Cyrenians Allotment Whitehill Allotments Society, Elfleda Road, physical and mental health, learning opportunities, new friends and team spirit, positive role models, lots of fresh and healthy Project Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom CB5 8LZ vegetables. Wellington Bowl, Marine Parade, Great Boarded up beach huts that have so much potential. Architecturally they speak of their time and have dual aspect, looking out to Old beach huts. Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom NR30 3JF sea and supporting a canopy that overlooks the former skating rink. Thorney Bay Camp, Canvey Island, United Navigational beacon. No longer standing but immoratilised by artist Charles Pears in poster for London Transport. More info and The Canvey Lady Kingdom SS8 0DB pictures at http://canveyisland.org/page.aspx?id=339 This is, as stated above, the most Easterly Point in the British Isles. It's position at the edge of an Industrial Estate does not encourage passing visitors, and as a "destination" it is sadly lacking in any amenities. All that is at the site is a circle (Euroscope) set into the concrete, giving distances from Lowestoft to various destinations. It needs something to draw people there.There are plans to develop some of the area, which was once known as The Beach Village, into the East of England Park, but the funds are limited. There has been very little progress on this so far, and a project such as this to inspire new art work may well be the spark that kick-starts the whole project. Land's End and John O'Groats both provide a boost to local tourism, which is something that Lowestoft desperately needs. The new Lowestoft Town Council are looking for every bit of support to improve the town on a very Lowestoft Ness Lowestoft, United Kingdom NR32 1XQ limited budget. All support is welcome! This fine medieval three arch bridge is tucked away from the town.You come across it unexpectedly when walking by the River Toppesfield Bridge Hadleigh, United Kingdom IP7 6BY Brett. One of the finest ancient road bridges in Suffolk which is stll in use.. It has always been an eyesore in a prominent position in the town but it is also a key landmark and important to the local economy Commercial Road, Lowestoft, United and history. I've seen how in Australia thes have been turned into enormous works of art that celebrate the local community and The Grain Silos Kingdom NR32 2TD history and believe this could be a stunning project to celebrate Lowestoft and it's people.

St Albans Old Police Station St Albans City, St Albans, United Kingdom AL1 3TG Brilliant empty space in high footfall area which needs cheering up with contemporary dance, music and colour inside and out. Mousehold is an unique site in Norwich, rich in history and also a sanctuary to a myriad of Flora and Fauna. It's wooded areas, ponds and heathlands create special moods and "rooms" that would showcase creative talent whilst providing a spacious arena for Mousehold Heath Heartsease Lane, Norwich, United Kingdom NR7 9NT the art work to be fully appreciated by small or large groups. It is a lovely peaceful little spot with a bit of everything - 2 wind pumps, the river, a mini-museum, a nature trail, a meadow and How Hill How Hill Road, Ludham, United Kingdom NR29 5PG lots of lovely old trees - tucked away in a forgotten corner of the Broads St Clements Park Woodcock Road, Norwich, United Kingdom NR3 3QD Norwich's first ecopark. Completely unknown apart from local residents and their children. Roundabout at junction of cavendish way and bishops rise 5 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9HA Hatfield is lacking in any art or creativity! Grapes Hill Subway (Pottergate / West Pottergate) Grapes Hill, Norwich, United Kingdom NR2 It always has changing artwork and a great echo Market Gates, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Market Gates Public Toilets United Kingdom NR30 2BG The tiling is amazing. The largest episode of witch-persecution started in Manningtree in 1645; the first 6 women to be accused came from Manningtree, Mistley and . There is currently a small green at this cross-roads with a sign-post naming the 3 villages. It Manningtree/Mistley green area The Walls, Manningtree, Essex, United would be wonderful to have some sort of commemoration here to the local women victims of the witch-persecution, to counter- (opposite Mistley Towers) Kingdom CO11 1HB balance the current emphasis on the 'Witch-finder' Matthew Hopkins. 19 women were condemned to death by hanging in 1645 at the end of the Essex phase of the East Anglian witch-hunts. Very Green area on South Street, unusually 4 of them were not hanged in Chelmsford but returned to Manningtree to be executed. An artwork to acknowledge this Manningtree South Street, Manningtree, United Kingdom CO11 1HB and to tell the victims' side of the story would be wonderful. Cavendish Way Roundabout Cavendish Way, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0SG This is a lonely looking place that needs some sculpture Bishops Rise Roundabout 1 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0SG A busy but forgotten hub - A chance for Hatfield to shine!!!! Winter Gardens Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom NR30 3JF It's such a beautiful building, full of memories, history and culture. Cavendish Way/Bishops Rise 5 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, roundabout United Kingdom AL10 9HA Useful place to have a landmark and would improve area Roundabout at junction of cavendish way and bishops rise 5 Bishops Rise, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9HA It's a route to work that I notice the space could benefit from some artistic flair! The Comet Roundabout Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 9RH Hatfield Needs to be uplifted its been gloomy for too long. White Lion Square Town Centre, Hatfield, United Kingdom AL10 0JL The town has been neglected for a long time, it would make a great focus point with the re-generation that is going on. This spot on the elevated bank of the River Nene gives the finest views of the flat agricultural farmland of the Fens for miles around. Looking out over the fields and orchards between Wisbech St Mary and the Nene, whether they are populated with cattle The view from North Brink across North Brink, Wisbech Saint Mary, United or large hay bails among the sparse cottages, one could be forgiven for thinking they were looking at The Harvest at Arles, by The Fens Kingdom PE13 1JR Vincent Van Gogh; Arles incidentally the town that Wisbech is twinned with. A silent structure with so many hidden stories to tell (and to inspire). A fantastic piece of heritage completely overlooked and taken for granted by those who live in the town (including myself as a Colchesterian, born and bred). However, fantastic tales and observations – personal, contemporary and historical - which come out whenever you talk to anyone who lives here. Stories of houses being built up against the wall (with evidence of plumbing still embedded), to children scrabbling through its drains in olden days. It threads through the town, some parts visible and looked after, other parts hidden and neglected in the old bus station, restaurants and cellars throughout the town centre. Thoughts and themes it inspires include BORDERS, PROTECTION, DIVISION, and my favourite COLONISATION (the Romans who built the wall but also the fauna and flora which has invaded and Colchester's Roman Wall Colchester, United Kingdom CO1 2QA colonised the wall over the years). Ruth Rayner, a PHD student studying memory mapping and psychogeography, took us on a SEASIDE MILE long walk along the beach of Jaywick. One of the most inspiring parts of the talk was when she pointed out the large boulders that protect the beach from erosion. They were shipped in all the way from Norway, and you can see lines and holes on some of them, made by the dynamite rods they use to blast them in the quarry. It made me think about MIGRATION and BELONGING, and what's on the beach that comes from somewhere else. It made me think of the migratory population of Jaywick itself, a community made up of people Jaywick, Clacton-on-Sea CO15, United who come from other parts of the UK, mainly from the East End of London. Just because you don't originally come from a place, Jaywick Sands Beach Boulders Kingdom CO15 2HZ does it mean you don't belong? I found this image online © Glyn Baker (Creative Commons Licence) Petrified Forest Mundon Mundon, Maldon, United Kingdom CM9 6NX To find out more detail about the history and community. Thorpe Meadows forms part of the stunning 1,725 acre Nene Park in Peterborough. As well as being a great place to walk, cycle, jog or just relax and spend time, Thorpe Meadows is home to a purpose built rowing lake and links Peterborough City Centre to Ferry Meadows. Much of Peterborough's sculpture collection can already be found here including works by Sir Anthony Caro, Lee Grandjean and Miles Davis. The harsh, modern day structures of Peterborough's road network intersect the beauty, tranquillity Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, United and open spaces of the existing park land and lake, making it a unique landscape so close to a thriving and busy city. You can find Thorpe Meadows Kingdom PE3 6LN out more about Thorpe Meadows and Nene Park by visiting www.neneparktrust.org.uk

University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom CO4 3SQ Because the topic of exhibition is diverse and fascinating A once extremely popular place that became derelict, the Clacton Pavilion has recently been brought back to life. Nominated by local historian Norman Jacobs, he gave a fascinating talk in situ about the building and its history. It is now a restaurant, bowling alley and amusements arcade combined, and the owner very generously let us take over half the restaurant for Norman's talk, with free tea and coffee. It was great to see Norman peel away the layers of history, like we were in a time machine travelling back 100 years, standing in the same place and watching it change before us. He presented research and old photographs, telling its story from open band stand on the sea front drawing crowds of hundreds, to a 3000 seated theatre hosting big names. The building fell into decline in the 80s and 90s, but has recently been painstakingly renovated by Clacton entrepreneur Billy Peake, who is passionate about the regeneration of the area. It's not often you get to see the context of a building in such detail, in situ. Clacton Pavilion Pier Gap, Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom CO15 1PS Really interesting as a landmark to Clacton's rise, fall and rise again. Oblique Arts is an artist led organisation. We enable communities to work with us. We provide unique creative workshops and projects for individuals and groups to inspire and educate. We specialise in working with at risk young people and hard to reach communities. Our projects empower our participants to explore their creative potential through high quality visual arts projects. We use the arts to explore important questions around sustainable futures and to encourage critical thinking and creative action Oblique Arts Cambridge, United Kingdom CB1 3NB in order to improve lives.

This location was nominated by James Canton, writer and lecturer at the University of Essex who has recently written a book on the lost landscapes of Britain called ‘Ancient Wonderings'. One chapter is dedicated to the search for the lost Roman Road in his home village of Little Maplestead, so he led us on a walking tour to find this ancient relic. It felt rather timeless, a bit surreal and out of time, standing on a hilltop with a large group of people and contemplating a lost road's route through the countryside. The highlight was moving onto to some farm buildings and standing in the middle of quite a busy road. This was where the Roman road would have intersected with the new one – a meeting point between the old and now non-existent, and the contemporary, Little Maplesteads lost Roman Road Little Maplestead, United Kingdom very real world. Excellent walk and lots to think about. (photo copyright Patricia Fletcher) I would like to nominate the walls of the former Colchester Cavalry Barracks Riding School, now a Doctors surgery based on a brand new housing estate. Hidden and largely unseen on the walls of this listed building can be seen soldiers graffiti scratched into the soft red brick some dated from over 150 years ago. War is often thought of as exciting, action packed and dangerous, but the soldiers graffiti speaks to me of hours of dull waiting, and the anxiety that being a soldier must entail. The exquisite Victorian script Soldiers' Graffiti at the former of a 4th Hussar, cheeky nicknames, and simple drawings of horseshoes, union jacks and Irish tricolour flags, remain unnoticed by Cavalry Barracks Cavalry Road, Colchester, United Kingdom hoards of people using the surgery, yet memorialise the lives of a host of bored ghost soldiers. The worst kept secret in Essex. This huge underground bunker would have housed the Prime Minister and Government officials in the event of a nuclear war, along with 600 military personnel and civil servants. The land was requisitioned from a local farmer and the bunker built in 1952, and was fully operational for 40 years until 1992, after which it was bought back by the same family and opened as a museum. It is an amazing space lots of 60s - 80s kitsch which makes for an alternative ironic day out, yet absolutely frightening at the same time. There's a post-apocalyptic air to this disused military compound, with a lone child's see-saw, decommissioned missiles and even a tank on arrival. As well as being a museum with an awesomely retro self-guided audio tour, the venue is also host to scout sleepovers, a climbing wall, office away days, dummies adorned with Thatcher masks, and overnight Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Kelvedon Hall Lane, Kelvedon Hatch, United paranormal tours. But I think it is important and timely to revisit this defunct space, with the threat of nuclear war becoming more Bunker Kingdom CM14 5TL real than ever since the 1980s. Colchester's Roman wall 57 St Mark Dr, Colchester, United Kingdom CO4 0LP Needs to be looked after. It would be great to reacquaint a new audience of nomadic art lovers with public libraries and it would be great to set up a temporary Art Library within any chosen library/ies to showcase library stock to this, hopefully appreciative, audience. It would also be a great chance fantastic to add to the innately seredipitous nature of libraries for our regular audience too. This audience features high proportions of older women, families with young children and those at risk digital exclusion. The libraries I've selected all seem worthy for a variety of reasons. Some are featured because they are in parts of Norfolk in which people are less likely to have access to much in the way of visual or creative arts (West Earlham, Tuckswood, Mile Cross) Some are busy libraries West Earlham, Tuckswood, with good parking onsite (Taverham, Wroxham) for maximum accessibility. Hingham is our smallest static public library (a former Taverham, Mile Cross, Hingham or TA training hut) which sits on a small section at the edge of the village green and Wroxham is built on stilts, it also has a large Wroxham Library Wroxham Library, Norwich, United Kingdom NR12 8RX outdoor space to the front of the building visible from the road (see pic).

Ruth Raymer, a PHD student studying memory mapping and psychogeography, took us on a TREE WALK around the University of Essex Colchester campus. The trees were inspiring. There were stories of how General Rebow, the owner of the Estate in the nineteenth century, smuggled the saplings for the wonderful Cork Oaks into the country from Lisbon in his boot while on tour of duty. As a country house trees were trophies, a status symbol of empire and colonialism, so there are trees from across the world that are over 200 years old. They all have wonderful characters, the Coast Redwood towers up 20 metres (no where near its University of Essex Colchester Campus, maximum height of over 100 metres) while the Cedar of Lebanon's long and weighty branches seem like a stage set, dramatically Trees on University of Essex campus Colchester, United Kingdom CO4 3SQ awaiting a cast of actors. There are even Swamp Cyprusses hanging over the lake. Magnificent!

There were originally plans for 24 of these towers when the University was being built in 1964. Thankfully they stopped at 5. These iconic Brutalist monuments can be seen on the horizon from miles around, loved and hated by locals in equal measure. Brutalist on the outside, they aren't too pretty on the inside either – each floor is one flat, with tiny identikit box bedrooms and basic amenities for 16 students. Some students love the simplicity. In the 60's they were seen as radical and the height of community living, but now some would say they are ‘outdated high-rise hells'. I heard they were used as a lookout towers during the cold University of Essex Colchester Campus, war, situated in an ideal spot to see Russian bombers fly over from the North Sea to London – allegedly there are (or used to be) University of Essex ICONIC TOWERS Colchester, United Kingdom CO4 3SQ red telephones on the top of the towers, with a direct line to Whitehall to give a five minute warning of imminent nuclear attack. Ruth Raymer, a PHD student studying memory mapping and psychogeography, took us on a TREE WALK around the University of Essex Colchester campus. The trees were inspiring. There were stories of how General Rebow, the owner of the Estate in the nineteenth century, smuggled the saplings for the wonderful Cork Oaks into the country from Lisbon in his boot while on tour of duty. As a country house trees were trophies, a status symbol of empire and colonialism, so there are trees from across the world that are over 200 years old. They all have wonderful characters, the Coast Redwood towers up 20 metres (no where near its Wivenhoe House Hotel, Park Road, maximum height of over 100 metres) while the Cedar of Lebanon's long and weighty branches seem like a stage set, dramatically Trees on University of Essex campus Colchester, United Kingdom CO4 3SQ awaiting a cast of actors. There are even Swamp Cyprusses hanging over the lake. Magnificent!

When my time comes, I would like to lay to rest in the Woodland of Remembrance in Wrabness, rather than my local graveyard. It seems like a natural return to the earth and ecologically sound, but there is also something very 'East Anglian' about it. We live in this rather remote area of the country, brought up in communities that have radical roots, connected to the land, estuary, mud Wrabness Woodland Burial Wrabness, United Kingdom CO11 2TF and sea, so why not do something a little more unusual in death. Feels right - I was born here and am 'of this place'. Redoubt fort Harwich Main Road, Harwich, United Kingdom CO12 3 LT The allotments and the ford are so unusual a combination. The view is gorgeous. St Osyth priory Saint Osyth, United Kingdom CO16 8NZFor a memorial to those persecuted in witch trials It is an amazing community garden that is welcoming and friendly. You can visit or volunteer and learn new skills as well as making The Green Backyard Oundle Road, Peterborough, United Kingdom PE2 8AT friends. "This ancient path is used by walkers, children on bikes, cyclists and shoppers from Palgrave to Diss. It is a wonderful, natural and The Lowes path Palgrave, United Kingdom IP22 car free walk in nature and the changing seasons."

At an isolated gateway to the East of England, this brutalist concrete relic of the Second World War remains a mute guardian of the Crouch estuary; a rare marker point for intrepid walkers taking the coastal path around the peninsula. Set against the empty backdrop of the arable flatlands stolen from the sea centuries before, it seems like the discarded helmet of a giant knight. Minefield Control Tower, Holiwell The blank visor now watches out for migrating birds and North Sea swells that might bring coastal inundations. As the climate point Burnham-on-Crouch, United Kingdom CM0 8NG changes and the waters rise, this abandoned piece of armour poses questions about what we defend and when we retreat. Church Road, Alresford, Colchester, United "The church has been ruined since a fire in 1971 but still carries an essence of the power of place. Maybe this was also a point of St. Peter's Church Kingdom CO7 8AS worship or celebration in pre-Christian times?" Wivenhoe Park at the University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom CO4 3SQ "Where 18th century parkland meets 1960s Brutalism" "This is a great view and wave breaker at Harwich. It looks out over the North Sea and the mouth of the river Stour. Boats are Harwich foot path along the seen coming in and out of harbour. The path is a bit unkempt right next to a forgotten bit of land. A sculpture at the end of the seafront. 5 Parsonage Lane, Tendring, United Kingdom CO16 0DE wave breaker covered and uncovered by the tide would be fitting."

65 Quay St, Orford, Woodbridge IP12 2NU, This is a really unmissable, unique landscape. Littered with history from East Anglia's involvement in wartime Britain it's now also a Orford Ness UK IP12 2NU perfect example of "re-wilding" as the hares (and sea) reclaim the landscpe. It's isolated, desolate but absolutely inspiring Broadhall Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire It's an underpass and cycle track sandwiched between two carriageways. However the track is cut off at both ends rendering the Underpass in Stevenage SG1, United Kingdom SG2 8RH pathway as useless. It no resembles a non space which is quiet interesting when walking through "The village of St Osyth suffered at least two periods of persecution as witchcraft hysteria swept through East Anglia, one being in 1582 and the second being in 1645. Perhaps the most well-known 'witch' was a villager, Ursula Kemp, who was accused by various persons of using familiars to kill and bring sickness to her neighbours. Her examination took place before Brian Darcy, a magistrate and descendant of the Darcys who owned the local Priory. Kemp was eventually found guilty and hanged in Chelmsford in 1582. Later in 1645, despite the Civil War which was ranging at the time, came the second outbreak of witch-hunting, on a much larger scale, incorporating no less than twenty two women from the area. The culmination of four St Osyth witches being hanged at Chelmsford, namely Joyce Boanes, Susan Cock, Rebecca Jones and Margaret Landish. In addition, Rose Hallybread died in jail. Although many of these women confessed to evil doing in the hope of mercy, it was always to no avail. Given that a church has stood on the site of St Peter and St Paul's church in St Osyth for at least 900 years, and that it was undoubtedly where many of the persecuted women went to worship, it seems like an appropriate area to commemorate their lives. Moreover, given that Darcy's epitaph (which is housed within the church) contains no mention of his activities as a witch finder, it would be particularly fitting for a commemorative project to be featured here; especially one which informs the public of this dark period in history, and Church of St. Peter & St. Paul honours the lives of those who were the victims of ignorance and prejudice. Note: if the church ground is not appropriate, the (St Osyth) Church Square, Saint Osyth, United Kingdom CO16 8NX green outside of the St Osyth priory would also be a suitable environment to house such a project." Jack Warren Green, Cambridge, United Jack Warren Green Trim Trail Kingdom CB5 8US I like playing here with my brother 100 Coleridge Rd, Cambridge, United Coleridge Rec play ground Kingdom CB1 3PR I go there after school, it's super fun with a pool and a super cool slide 161 Thorpe Way, Cambridge, United Thrope Way Park Kingdom CB5 8TS "Really fun park, but it's a bit run down - been all graffitted - but it's fun to go there" 197 Barnwell Road, Cambridge, United Barnwell Road Nature Reserve Kingdom CB5 8TS "Lovely reserve and really well placed for the community but a bit overlooked." Baits Bite Lock Milton, United Kingdom CB24 6AF Beautiful river walk with lock, weir and lots of local history 78 Jack Warren Green, Cambridge, United Jack Warren Green Kingdom CB5 8DS The football bowl and and the park is the best Wallasea Island Wild Coast project, United Wallasea Island Kingdom SS4 2HD "A hidden gem of Essex, created from the mud of Crossrail." - image from the RSPB Elfleda Road, Cambridge CB5 8LZ, United 'To continue the ongoing work that this project does, gardening and growing crops, community-based, therapeutic opps for Whitehills Allotment Project Kingdom CB5 8LZ vulnerable adults, learning, sharing and having fun.' Cardington Airship Hangar Site Cardington Airfield, Bedford, MK42 0TF MK42 0TF "Its size (the Hangars), its history, the airships were built and flew from here, its wartime associations." "It has a Victoriana beauty and seclusion that is completely at odds with the busy hill its on. Nobody seems to know its there." - Ketts Heights Kett's Hill, Norwich, United Kingdom NR2 4HB image (C) Evelyn Simak North Drive, Great Yarmouth, United Shelter Kingdom NR30 1EQ "a plinth for a sculpture" Chalgrove, Welwyn Garden City AL7 2QJ, "Has been a small airfield mostly demolished now." There is a campaign currently underway called Project Pheonix to redevelop it Panshangar Airfield United Kingdom AL7 1QJ into a world-class aviation site and community asset.