Company Archive 2018-2025

Urban Wilderness CIC is a community arts organisation based in Stoke‑on‑Trent. This archive highlights key projects and events that illustrate our practice, partnerships and impact. During this period, the organisation was led by founding co-directors Laurel Gallagher, Isla Telford, and Jenny Harper. Our flagship annual events — Pig Walk Parade and Winter Gathering — are included here as recurring anchor entries, alongside other major commissions and collaborations.

Posts tagged National Trust

Garden of Possibilities

Urban Wilderness CIC co-created the Garden of Possibilities with young people from 42nd Street for the National Trust’s Castlefield Viaduct — a quiet, restorative space shaped by youth voice and urban nature.

The Norns Collective

The Norns Collective presented a durational performance on Castlefield Viaduct, exploring rest, dreaming and communal care within the National Trust’s new urban sky park.