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Walk in the Footsteps of Archibald Knox – Upper Sulby Valley

Sunday, 5 October 2025

Time
10:00 - 13:00
Price
£20

Join Catriona Livingstone for a walking tour through the beautiful Manx countryside to see the landscapes that inspired Archibald Knox’s work.

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The artist and designer, Archibald Knox, was anonymous and elusive, an intensely private man who did not seek to promote himself, but whose soul and creativity live on in his extraordinary art and designs. These walks will take us into the Manx countryside where you can experience for yourself the place that inspired Knox and deepen your understanding of the man himself. Walking is a sensory way to experience a place and a visceral way to appreciate Knox and his work. As we walk and talk about Knox’s life and legacy, there will be time to pause and take in the wonder of the light and the views, that are not that much different now, than as he experienced them.

Upper Sulby Valley

10am-1pm, 17th August 2025 or 5th October 2025

Magnificent Sulby Valley! Views of Snaefell, Slieu Managh, the Michael Hills, and Mount Karran. We will walk down into the valley from the reservoir, then up through the glen to a site where there are two tholtans, the remnants of a once prosperous farming community, a Keeill and a covered well. There are no Knox watercolours in our collection showing this area. However, Knox must have known the valley well and you are walking where he would have walked before the reservoir was constructed between 1979 and 1982.

Start Point: Sulby Reservoir Car Park
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Duration: Approximately 3 hours
Toilets: None. Nearest would be at Lezayre Community Hall, or if closed, ask at the Sulby Glen Hotel
Walking Terrain: Footpaths and lanes. Trip and slip hazards if wet underfoot
Distance: 3 miles
Ascent: 661 feet

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