On Saturday, 12 August the Shelley Memorial Project fundraising team will take part in a sponsored walk to raise funds for a permanent, public memorial to the great Radical and Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. They will be joined by members of St Margaret's Church, Warnham who are fundraising for the restoration of the church's Shelley family plaque.

The nine mile circular walk will start and end at St Mary's Church, Horsham, where Shelley's family are commemorated. The route will take our walkers through areas of beautiful Sussex countryside which Shelley would have known well and will pass key Shelley sites including; St Margaret's Church Warnham, where Shelley was baptised, Warnham Nature Reserve, where he fished and sailed boats with friends, and Horsham Park, the proposed site for the Memorial. There will be pauses along the way for restorative readings of Shelley's poems

The funds raised by The Shelley Memorial Project will contribute to the commissioning of a public artwork which will be installed in Horsham Park to commemorate Shelley's life and work, celebrate Horsham's literary heritage and provide inspiration and enjoyment to Horsham residents and visitors to the town most closely associated with Shelley's family and early life. Sponsorship contributions for the Shelley Memorial Project team can be made via their fundraising page, and to sponsor the St Margaret's church team please contact Roy Boud by email at: tugglesplat@gmail.com.