Re-opening Crewe

Join a creative walk through central Crewe with 36 unique game cards. Through drawing, sound, storytelling and reflection, you’ll explore urban space in new ways. Your discoveries will contribute to a public exhibition on how we perceive the town.

Re-opening Crewe invites you to explore the town centre through creativity, reflection, and shared experience. Centred on Market Street, this town walk offers a new way to connect with Crewe’s urban spaces — not by learning facts, but by seeing, sensing, and imagining.

Each 1-hour 20-minute walk begins with a short introduction covering the area’s architectural context and future development plans. From that point, you’ll take the lead in exploring the town your way. You can select two of 36 specially designed game cards, each with a prompt to help you notice and interpret space differently.
You might find yourself collecting sounds, sketching unnoticed details, inventing stories or tracing emotional responses. In small groups, you’ll exchange cards, share impressions and document your discoveries through photos, notes, drawings or objects. We’ll regroup for a reflective phase to share insights.

Your creative responses will then become part of a public exhibition at Crewe Library, capturing how people experience and interpret the town centre.

This is not a traditional tour. It’s an invitation to slow down, engage your senses, and explore how imagination shapes our sense of place — and how familiar spaces can be transformed through attention and interaction.

Friday 12 September: 1400-1520

Saturday 13 September: 1100-1220

Sunday 14 September: 1200-1320