Access information for Are You Lost?
Access Information for Are You Lost? in Nelson on Saturday 28 June 2025
Location:
Building Bridges Pendle, 20 Scotland Road, Nelson, BB9 7UU
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How to get there:
Public Transport
Nelson Train Station and Bus Interchange are marked below, the red pin shows Building Bridges Pendle.
The walk from the Train Station/Bus Interchange is around 350m, and takes an average of 5 minutes. The route below is identified by Google Maps as wheelchair accessible.
Bus timetables can be accessed via the Stagecoach website:
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/
Train times can be accessed via the Trainline website:
https://www.thetrainline.com/
Driving
Local car parking is listed below:
Free parking can also be found using: en.parkopedia.co.uk
The Are You Lost? Installation
AYL will be open during Pendle Festival of Culture, which will use the lengths of Scotland Rd and Market Street in Nelson Town Centre.
There will be festival stands and stalls along both roads, so there is no direct access to AYL by car. Scotland Road is smoothly paved and can be accessed by wheelchair. The area of road used by Pendle Festival of Culture is around 100m long, the AYL site is halfway down this road.
Accessible entrances
There is a dropped kerb to the right of Building Bridges Pendle, which allows for wheelchair access to the pavement.
The installation will be entered via a door on the front of the building. This door has a step of around 10cm. There will be a ramp to allow wheelchair access. The door width is 85cm. Inside there will be a large curtain blocking light from the windows at the front of the building. A staff member or companion will hold aside the curtain to allow easier wheelchair access.
The installation on the ground floor of Building Bridges Pendle will include projections of video, sound, and hanging/standing textiles work and there is a bench with room for three people.
Care will be taken to ensure that sculptures and other elements such as plinths, benches, and scaffold are placed allowing for a wheelchair accessible route through the installation.
Those who require wheelchair access will exit through the same door they came in.
An image of the entrance can be found below.
Further Access Support at the installation
The film element of the installation is not captioned, however there are printed transcripts of the text available on request and these come in both English Language and Urdu translations.
If you would like a guide who can walk you through the installation and provide verbal descriptions please speak to a member of staff and they will be happy to provide this.
Ear defenders are available for those who request them, please speak to a member of staff who will be able to provide these.
The installation will be quite dark to ensure the film can be viewed clearly but a torch is available if you would like one. Again, please ask a member of staff.
Additional Activities:
The following activities will be taking place:
Reflection area/ chill out space
A calm and quiet area for people to have conversations, refreshments, and to refelct on the installation. This is located outside next to Building Bridges Pendle. It is wheelchair accessible.
Conversations
1. Stories of the Forest of Bowland, with Rob St John and YES Hub young people
2. On Farming, with Philip Marginson, members of the Marsden Makers, and Laura Simpson and Nichola Gill from the Forest of Bowland National Landscape. Facilitated by Mashuq Hussain, the Senior Youth and Community Worker at Marsden Heights.
3. Radical Histories, Presents, and Futures, with Rob St John, Nick Burton, and Caprice Schaefer
These conversations will all take place in the former Althams shop located 1 Scotland Road, Nelson, BB9 7UR. The Althams shop is located a three minute walk straight down Scotland Road from Building Bridge Pendle. The shop is wheelchair accessible.
Listening and Reading Zone
An area with books relating to Are You Lost?, a listening station to hear the Are You Lost? Podcasts, and comfy seating to relax and have conversations. This is the same location as the Refection Area.
Welcome table
Directly outside the Are You Lost? installation at Building Bridges Pendle. There will be a table with staff ready to welcome visitors, support entry to the exhibition, and provide additional information on the project, as well as on the Forest of Bowland National Landscape.
Screen Printing Workshop with artist Ian Halawi located in the street outside Building Bridges Pendle.
Singing Workshop located in the street outside Building Bridges Pendle – a workshop open to all led by Julian Evans.
Listening walk to Pendle Water (and back) – a walk from Building Bridges Pendle to Victoria Park and garden where Pendle Water is located, lead by Janet Swan. The route can be found below. The walk is approximately 14 minutes there and 14 minutes back.
