Your Town, My Town, Our Town Workshop - Swaffham in context: Past, Present and Future

A partnership between Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Breckland District Council, Your Town, My Town, Our Town is a three-year programme artist-led youth engagement in Swaffham. It forms an integral part of a wider High Street regeneration project, Swaffham – A Historic Market Town which aims to revive the town’s historic high streets and champion its rich character, culture and heritage assets. 

In this workshop, using maps, images and artefacts in Swaffham Museum as guidance, participants will explore the development of Swaffham’s historic market place over time and the circumstances, advances and events which have influenced its growth.

After considering the current challenges facing the town centre the main output will be a visualisation of how it might look in 30 years’ time. The main outcome will be that participants better recognise and understand the impact of local, national and international events on the character and landscape of a town centre. A walk around the market place may form part of the workshop.