E17 Art Trail

Entry: Free

The E17 Art Trail is currently taking place in Walthamstow. This annual festival is organised by local artists and makers to promote their work, which is displayed in local businesses until 11th September. There are 157 venues altogether, though some of them, such as Walthamstow Library, are hosting more than one exhibition.

With so much going on there's definitely something for everyone. However, each venue on the trail is open at different times and on different days, so if there are specific things you want to see you may have to make several trips to catch them all. Even if you don't go for anything in particular, but just take the paper guide and explore, you can expect to spend a lot of time flicking through it trying to work out which exhibitions are open on a particular street. I suspect that it's easier if you download the guide as a phone app, but I lack the technology to confirm this.

There are walking and cycling tours, though they don't cover all of the venues, and there are various workshops, activities and performances taking place in addition to the exhibitions. Honestly, if you live in the area you have no excuse not to stop by and see something. Walthamstow was one of the places in London affected by last month's riots so it's good to see something positive happening there instead.