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GoWest

This site is being developed by the GoWest.

Thank you for your interest, keep returning and see whats new.

 

GoWest is a constituted unincorporated association of volunteers.  Its roots developed in the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Diocese of Worcester in 2001 when the countryside was recovering from Foot and Mouth disease. It set out to use the rich heritage of the church in the countryside in ways that would benefit the rural community and contribute to better understanding between town and country.  In 2005 it was awarded £50K from the National Heritage Lottery Fund for its 'Stories from the Stones' pilot in the Teme Valley. Today Go West is on the way to becoming an independent Community Interest Company.

 

The GoWest Heritage Knights are a loose association of volunteers who come together when there is a specific task or activity requiring their skills. Sandy Marchant is the founder of Go West and its Project's Director. 

Our headquarters are in the 900 year old Church of St. Edmund, King & Martyr,  in south Worcestershire.  Here you will find the Heritage Detective's School. The GoWest Heritage Knights are active in an area that spreads from historic Pershore into the borderlands of England and Wales, following River Teme to its source in the Welsh county of Powys. The area is rich in hidden history. Heritage detectives of all ages are out to discover the stories in the stones in the places they visit .

 

Our intention is to grow the 'Time Traveller's Guide' and our young people's 'Information Library'.  We intend them to be  a source of reference for heritage detectives and visitors to this beautiful area. (Where appropriate we will also create information links to other sites run by different organisations but remember we cannot vouch for the accuracy of their information!)

 

We carefully check the information we discover but recognise that we cannot be right all the time. If you discover something you think may be of use to us please contact us.  Similarly contact us if you cannot find the information you are searching for, we might still be able to help copyright issues mean that we can't always put things online.

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The GoWest Heritage Knights take their duty of care to you very seriously but you must do your own risk assessments for all the activities you plan.

 

Children should NEVER go questing alone, they should be in the care of responsible adults at all times.

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  • EXPLORE
    • THE TEME VALLEY
      • RIVER TEME
      • Stage 1.
      • Stage 2.
      • Stage 3.
      • Stage 4.
      • Stage 5.
      • Stage 6
      • Stage 7
      • Paces to Visit
      • Teme Valley Churches
    • THE PERSHORE AREA
      • Visit Pershore
      • Visit Defford
      • Visit Drakes Broughton
      • Visit Eckington
      • Visit Elmley Castle
      • Visit Norton-juxta-Kempsey
  • THE TIME TRAVELLER'S GUIDE
    • PARISH HISTORIES
    • DEFFORD CUM BESFORD
      • Defford Explorer's Pack
      • Old Defford
    • DRAKES BROUGHTON & WADBOROUGH
      • Drakes Broughton Moments
      • Old Drakes Broughton
    • ECKINGTON
      • Old Eckington
    • ELMLEY CASTLE
      • Elmley snippets
      • Elmley Moments
      • Pershore Explorer's Pack
      • Old Elmley Castle
    • NORTON-JUXTA-KEMPSEY
      • Norton. Explorer's Pack
      • Norton knowledge sheet.
      • Old Norton
    • PERSHORE
      • Pershore knowledge sheet.
      • Pershore Wonder Points
      • Old Pershore
      • The Hundred of Pershore
      • Pershore Moments
    • STOULTON
    • THE INFORMATION LIBRARY
      • Church Fonts
      • Church towers
      • Parishes and Hundreds
      • Plums
  • HERITAGE DETECTIVES
    • DETECTIVE'S SCHOOL
      • Make detective's tools
      • Skills. Get to grips with time
      • Skills. Learn to use the Detective's Handbook
      • Skills. Learn to use a timeline
      • Skills. Get to grips with change
      • Skills. Learn to wonder.
      • Skills. Learn to ask questions
      • Your questions answered
      • Hints & Tips for Team Leaders
    • THE DETECTIVE'S HANDBOOK
      • SECTION 1. ARTHUR
      • Information for Arthur
      • Arthur's Quest - the full story
      • Reporting to Arthur
      • SECTION 2. YOUR MISSION
      • How to plan expeditions
      • Arthur's world today
      • How to listen, ponder & deduce
      • How to create trail routes
      • How to explore, spot and wonder
      • How to make & use timelines
      • How to get the knowledge
      • How to create story
      • How to make a wonder card
      • SECTION 3. THE GLOSSARY
    • HOW TO PLAY
    • EXPLORE WITH ARTHUR
    • EXPLORE A PLACE NEAR YOU
      • Defford knowledge sheet.
      • DRAKES BROUGHTON. Explorer's Pack
      • Drakes Broughton knowledge sheet
      • ECKINGTON. Explorer's Pack
      • Eckington knowledge sheet.
      • ELMLEY CASTLE. Explorer's Pack
      • Elmley Castle knowledge sheet.
  • ABOUT US
    • EXPLORE, FIND, DISCOVER.
    • Stories from the Stones
    • Contact Us
    • Archive
    • Quest Archive
      • The Quest for the Pershore Plum.
      • Pershore Abbey Quest.
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