Beverley historian Pam Hopkins, and Dr Alan Spedding, MBE, the Minster's Director of Music and organist, will bring alive the rich musical history of Beverley in the Trail's first of many school workshops. Under the guidance of artist Judy Mullett, the young people will be drawing the carvings (or label stops) featuring the numerous examples of medieval musicians, as part of their introduction to the medieval guilds and crafts of Beverley. Other primary and secondary school workshops have chosen to study cordwainers (shoemaking), milling, spinning, armourers, glaziers, dyers, hatters, and more. Their ideas will be incorporated in the thirty-nine street art works of the Trail.

The Trail, from North Bar Within to Beckside, will give visitors of every age and interest an intriguing story of the medieval guilds in Beverley, placing them in context, and allowing them to discover lesser known areas and aspects of the town. It will be a permanent story of the numerous guilds and craftsmen and women who built the fascinating structures and provided legacies of the captivating Beverley of today. The route gives the option to start and finish at any one of the thirty-nine visual sculptures and works of street art, and has been designed to have an instant appeal for children, as well as adults


Excitement is mounting as the Trail finally takes its first obvious steps to realisation, after five years of planning and raising funds. Volunteer enthusiasts from all Beverley communities are involved – from historians, artists, teachers, schoolchildren, and professionals, to business and commercial contributors, tourist boards, councils and many organisations.

Many leaders and planners have embraced the precious legacies in the ongoing regeneration of Beverley. Trail committee members have been working closely with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund, VHEY (Visit Hull and East Yorkshire), many keen business and commercial interests and sponsors, and Beverley Town Council. All have provided substantial funding to bring the Trail to fruition and make their contribution to explaining medieval and modern-day Beverley.