Join us for an engaging guided walk through Southampton city centre, focused on discovering how thoughtful interventions at street-level can transform our urban experience.
Whilst Southampton has many beautiful assets, the current experience of the city is blighted by the results of poor planning and design. The experience of other cities such as Rotterdam is that thinking and acting at street-level can dramatically improve the lived experience for individuals, visitors and communities alike despite similar post-war challenges. This is not about grand-plans that take years or decades to materialise, but about making smaller, thoughtful interventions that create connections and foster community at ‘human scale’.
Our guided walk will start in a central city location, and take in a cross-section of our city – the good, bad and opportunities for positive change. Led by Spencer Bowman we will be discussing and identifying opportunities for change that are achievable and impactful with a view to progressing at least some of these. Spencer is a proud Sotonian and urbanist, city centre resident for the past 17 years, founding director of Southampton’s Business Improvement District, and owner of Mettricks so the tour is sure to be enlightening and entertaining.
The precise route will be agreed when we have an understanding of the weather – We will advise the start-point nearer the time which will be in Southampton City Center. Please bring comfortable shoes, weather-appropriate clothing and a desire to act positively to change our city. If you would like to participate in the discussion but not the walk please do come to Mettricks, Guildhall which will be open from 6pm.
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