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You Are Here was devised and developed by Metal as a way of exploring with young people the atmosphere, cultural life and future potential of their home towns and cities.

Metal is interested in how artists of all different kinds, contribute to the thinking, the identity and the development of ideas within civil and community life, and in particular within places that are undergoing major change and development.

Working with Insite, and Essex County Council we identified three towns across Essex that are currently undergoing a masterplanning process – Harlow, Harwich and Southend on Sea – all of whom are working towards a future vision for their town. 

We asked the pupils of a secondary school in each town to work with us, alongside an artist, an architect, a designer and the masterplanning body, to help us to understand their town, and to draw out the ideas and potential for its future.

‘You Are Here’ is a set of three guides (one for each town) to give you a flavour of what the pupils discovered about the place they live (including best places to hang out, best activities, best people, landmarks, eating places, urban myths, sounds, smells etc), the people they met, and the excitement they felt for its future.

You can obtain free copies of You Are Here by emailing Metal at info@metalculture.com