Joy Diversion: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Exploration of Manchester and Salford
Details
Joy Diversion is a "choose your own adventure" exploration of the centre of Manchester and Salford.
Whether you're drawn to urban architecture, unexplored places or odd encounters, Joy Diversion gives you permission to go and do it.
Open Data Manchester has been running Joy Diversions, in Manchester and elsewhere in the UK, since 2018. What started out as a fun way of mapping places on OpenStreetMap has turned into an opportunity to team up with fellow explorers, devise a mission, and go and explore.
## What you'll get
Each team is issued an explorer's backpack containing everything you need for an adventure. We give you maps to help you along the way — though they're a hundred years out of date — and an avatar to guide you.
Teams must gather evidence: photos, artefacts and stories of their adventure, to share with everyone else once you're back.
## You will need
- Yourself
- Comfortable walking shoes, or whatever you need to get around
- Weather-appropriate clothing (hopefully sun cream rather than waterproofs!)
- Water
Joy Diversion is free, but do bring along biscuits and cake if you fancy it :)
It is a great way to meet new people, spend time with friends or entertain the family. All whilst finding bits of our city you never knew existed.
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