Participating in the Past: Guided Walks

4.2 Guided Walks

Referred to by a number of correspondents, local guided walks led by ‘experts’ – even if their expertise covers a relatively small geographical area – provide memorable opportunities to experience a direct relationship with the historic environment which it is not so easy to achieve in the context of rows of chairs and a screen in a lecture room. Such encounters also have considerable potential for recruitment of new interested parties and for encouraging individual research.