River Picnic

Sunday 3rd of September 2023
1pm – 4pm
FREE to attend and NO BOOKING required
Weather permitting

Please bring along your favourite snacks and a picnic blanket, if you have one. BCA will be providing family-friendly activities and a spectacular swan sculpture for photo opportunities!

Queens Bridge, Kempston
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Public footpath accessible from Granville Street, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 9DZ

As part of our River/Flow/Connect programme of delivery we are working with riverside communities to understand their relationship with the River Great Ouse and their communities.  

This September we are holding a community picnic to talk to people about the river and our longer-term sculptural space vision for the future as part of our programme. 

We have commissioned a local artist to design and build a small sculpture to be the focal point of a community/ consultation event for inspiration. 

Individuals will be able to talk to the BCA team through creative consultation regarding the river, the impact on the community, the environment and sculpture through a digital and physical survey.  

Topics for consideration include:   

Environment / Safety / Mindfulness / Preservation / Pollution / Nature and Well-being.  

We hope through this consultation that individuals will consider joining our working group on this ambitious project as community leaders, members of our steering group or partners.