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Arts trail launches

Wednesday, 07 July 2010

A new arts trail for Scarborough launches this month. CHART Scarborough is a new type of map, setting out the town’s cultural and creative hotspots in both paper and website form. Its aim is to encourage people to think about the town in a new way by visiting these hotspots and making more use of them.

The map uses the cultural landmarks of the town to help people navigate their way around Scarborough. In order for people to be able to use it comfortably and to help people move around the town on foot, it is much more detailed than traditional maps and focuses on the central area of the town.

The project has also created a web-based version. This includes a series of themed trails that people can follow on the site to take them around Scarborough’s cultural highlights. Some of them are quirky; all of them give a fresh take on the town. Organisers want to encourage people to submit their own favourite trail around the town for inclusion on the website.

Scarborough residents have already contributed by texting their favourite places, responding to posters, pavement art and window displays around the town. Favourite places ranged from the Stephen Joseph Theatre to Mojo’s Music Café to the YMCA, art galleries, Scarborough Castle and North Marine Drive.

The map is available free and can be picked up at venues across the town. Also look out for free postcards produced by Scarborough residents, working with professional photographer Tony Bartholomew and award-winning poet John Wedgewood Clarke, which give their unique take on the town.

Project developer Dorcas Taylor said: ‘CHART Scarborough will be a celebration of Scarborough: its buildings, its heritage, its atmosphere, its culture - everything about it.’

More about the project from www.chartscarborough.com or contact the CHART team on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 01723 384545.

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