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Tilbury and East Tilbury were visited by the Silk River 'art' walk this week to celebrate a major bilateral year of cultural exchange between the UK and India.

Indian Themed Art Trail Brings Borough to Life. A fantastic festival celebrating the regions links to India has come to a colourful conclusion.

The Echo Southend reported on the finale of the UK Walk on 24th Sept, appearing online and in the paper on 28th Sept.

After carrying the 22 Silk River banners 128 miles (206km) on foot and 10 miles (16km) by river, triumphant participants from ten areas along the Thames arrived in Southend on Sun 24th Sept.

Silk River finale comes to Dartford!
Last Wednesday, 20th September, DAN members joined What If Gallery, Dartford Borough Council, Kinetika, and other Silk River participants on the Dartford leg of the Silk River journey.

Scrolling along country lanes - The Thurrock Independent covered the Silk River walk in Tilbury and East Tilbury this week.

What’s Linking London to Bengal? 20 Murshidabad Scrolls on Thames.
Thank you to Anjana Parikh of The Quint website for reporting on our project.

All ten of the Silk River UK walks are now complete! What an amazing journey - 138 miles by boot and by boat from Kew all the way to Southend on Sea. We would like to extend a heart felt thank you to all the partners, performers, artists, walk leaders, link walkers, schools, teachers, boat owners and participants who made it such an outstanding success.