Truth Trail - Stop HS2 (North)

The focus of the Trail is very much on outreach and raising awareness. This is not a ‘spicy’ action. It will be an enjoyable, interactive and conversational walk through the English countryside, highlighted by activities and presentations in towns and cities that are due to be affected by HS2. 

This is your trail. It is enthusiastically open to everyone. Outreach events and parts of the trail are family friendly – please bring your children, they are the ones who will pay the true cost of HS2, until it is finally completed in 2040 – and beyond!

Daily walks are expected to be between 10-16 miles long, depending on the day, but need not be walked in full. Please keep in mind that there will be long days of walking involved, including difficult to access footpaths – however, the trail can be walked in parts. Please join it for as little, or as long as you can. The trail is designed to pass through public transport links as often as possible, some public transport options are listed below.

The Trail will provide a safe space for us all to share our thoughts, concerns and questions about HS2. There will be opportunities to learn from our experiences of the horrors of HS2 in the south, and to prepare to prevent the same injustice, destruction and ecocide happening in the north. We will also be reflecting and recording stories about the communities and green spaces HS2 intends to destroy.

Learning, conversation and collaboration will be delivered through a diverse week-long programme of talks, workshops, performance, art, music, dining and more. Creative outreach activities will be facilitated by the environmental arts group Undergrowth Collective. This will be an opportunity to collectively imagine a secure future for our families, homes, jobs, communities, wildlife and green spaces. Along the route we will be meeting up with other social and environmental groups, walking to emphasise that this issue is about far more than just a railway.

Please note: The route is subject to change. We have included an interactive map, which will give a fair indication of our direction of travel, with key points marked throughout the day. Depending on available footpaths etc. we may not always be able to keep to this exact route.

To register your interest, find out more, get involved in planning, or to volunteer ideas and participation in creative outreach opportunities, please click

https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfC3reQ3BzkTw…/viewform

https://www.facebook.com/events/559500735018003

Telegram chat:

https://t.me/joinchat/__CHbWHRq8BhMmM8

To donate to our fundraiser, which will help us to cover costs of food, outreach material and shelter:

https://uk.gofundme.com/f/truth-trail-stop-hs2-north