Lemington-Newburn Interpretation Project became a series of 3 panels and 12 waymarkers interpreting Newburn/Lemington area and included community consultation, illustration, research and artwork.
Our task was to meet with the community groups and schools in the area of the trails and to provide a mechanism for them to become involved. This involved organizing sessions where people could come along with their tales and help with the research for the text.
On walking the trail and having a specific knowledge of the area through our contacts we advised the client against producing 6 panels, which was the original brief, as we felt that these were at high risk of vandalism. Our solution was instead to produce 3 large panels in “safe” locations, and 12 smaller “waymaker” panels which carried a smaller risk and were relatively inexpensive to replace. We also felt that the trail leaflet wasn’t required as the waymarkers said it all and as the path was a short linear one we felt a map was redundant. Instead we transferred this budget across to the research team in order to make more of the education pack.
In addtion we produced a website using our Accessible Content Management Solution allowing the local community and history group to update their own material.