Heritage2Health Access 4 All event at Leith Hill, September 2012)
Channel: My Life Is My Museum
Date: 21/09/2013

On 22nd Sept 2012 Heritage2Health, the National Trust, and Surrey Wildlife Trust held an Access 4 All event at Leith Hill, near Dorking.  At 294 metres (965 ft) above sea level, Leith Hill is the highest point on the Greensand Ridge, and is the second highest point in south-east England, after Walbury Hill near Hungerford, West Berkshire.  

A group of 135 people of mixed ability and aged between 12 months and 92 years old, were challenged to climb to the top of Leith Hill.  On the summit stands an 18th-century Gothic tower, Prospect House (built by Richard Hull between 1765 and 1766), with panoramic views northwards to London and to the English Channel to the south. It was here that the Heritage2Health group installed a fifty-year Time Capsule containing the each of the participants' reflections on the day and hopes for the future, as well as a newspaper collage of 22nd September 2012 and an attempt at creating the world's longest paper chain.  The National Trust is currently (September 2013), in the refurbishment of Prospect House, creating a dedicated niche for the Time Capsule.

The event is more fully documented at http://www.heritage2health.co.uk/events3/

Founder and Director of Heritage2Health Theresa Nash is a Principal Lecturer in Nursing and Social Enterprise Lead within Kingston University and St Georges University of London and an Associate Fellow and invited member of the Royal Society of Medicines General Practice and Primary Care Council.

The primal singing workshop was led by María Soriano (Singing4Health).

Video recording and production by Christopher Hutchison (My Life Is My Museum)
Music by Adam Hutchison (The Physics House Band)