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Bardic Walk: Dulwich Library to Nunhead Cemetery

Walk with an Elder Bard of Glastonbury from Dulwich Library to Nunhead Cemetery - with stops for poetic insight along the way

An image of Wes Viola in a dark blue hooded robe. In the back ground are the fields of Somerset, and a man wearing orange taking a picture, who due to an illusion of perspective appears much smaller than the figure of Wes in the foreground
Elder Bard of Glastonbury, Wes Viola, on Glastonbury Tor

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Description

Join Elder Bard of Glastonbury, Wes Viola, and walk with him from Dulwich Library to Nunhead Cemetery, with stops for readings at points of interest along the way. What connects Glastonbury Abbey, Boris Karloff, William Blake, and the ‘lost poets’ of Nunhead Cemetery, documented by Chris McCabe? This walk!

Please note - this is not a circular walk; it will end at or nearby to Nunhead Cemetery.

Please wear appropriate footwear for an outdoor walk, bring water, and be aware of traffic at road crossings.

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How to get there

By bus
12, 40, 176, 185, 197
By train
East Dulwich

Accessibility

This is an outdoor walk through public spaces. There should not be any parts of the route that necessitate using steps, but there are quite steep up- and down-hill parts and there may be places where the terrain is not entirely smooth. The walk is likely to take at least two hours and finishes at Nunhead Cemetery.

Location
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Dulwich Library
368 Lordship Lane
Dulwich
SE22 8NB
United Kingdom

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