Resources

Resource Pack

Full of information and ideas, our education resource pack is now available, suitable for keystage 3 upwards and visiting groups of all ages. Please email if you wish to order one, or drop into Connections at Beechenhurst Lodge to buy one when you arrive, only £4.99 (£5.50 inc p&p). In it you will find further information about each of the sculptures, the history of the Trail and some thoughtful ideas for projects.

see what is inside: download the index Resource Pack index (pdf file)

Navigating the Sculpture Trail

Traditional walking maps are sold by the Forestry Commission and are available for only £1.25 at the Beechenhurst Lodge Cafe and other tourist information points in the Forest. We are also interested in other ways of discovering the trail. Two new approaches are now available to online users- we have MP3 narrative walks, developed by artist Duncan Speakman with local children and we have a link here to a Geocaching route. (Please note this site is outside the responsibility of the Sculpture Trust). Geocaching uses satellite navigation systems to locate a cache and this particular walk uses clues near sculptures on the trail to harvest the co-ordinates.

Soundwalks

Audio-works on mp3 players that take you on a walk with a difference - listening to journeys written by local young people in response to their visits to the Sculpture Trail. Not documentation but audio-theatre - a fascinating experience. These soundwalks were commissioned by Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust and created by pupils of Heywood School and Forest View school working with audio artist Duncan Speakman.

Download MP3 files, simply transfer to your MP3 player, ipod or mobile phone before you leave home. The walk lasts around 40mins and begins at Beechenhurst Lodge.

Bibliography

Publications

The Secret Forest of Dean by Fay Godwin
Redcliffe Press, Bristol (in association with Arnolfini Bristol and the Forestry Commission) 1986
ISBN 948265 65 5 (out of print)

The Sculpted Forest : Sculptures of the Forest of Dean by Rupert Martin
Redcliffe Press, Bristol 1990
ISBN 0 948265 04 3

On The Beaten Track: Care and Maintenance for Sculpture Commissions in a Working Forest by Lesley Greene, 1996 Public Art South West
South West Arts,
Bradninch Place, Gandy Street,
Exeter EX4 3LS telephone 01392 218188
ISBN 1 874396 051

Underneath
neville gabie, reinhild beuther, stefan gec, philip reilly and filmbrigade nord in the forest of dean
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust 2001
12 page fold-out in full colour, page size 11.5cm x 11.5cm
no longer available