Our Place, Our Marks - The Big Draw

Our Place, Our Marks is running at Tattershall Castle as part of The Big Draw, the world's largest drawing festival. It's an outdoor session that asks you to slow down and tune into the castle and its grounds: the birdsong, the whisper of the wind, the movement of the moat. Whatever you see, hear or feel, you capture in chalk on a large collaborative drawing board. As each visitor adds their own mark, the artwork evolves throughout the season into a collective celebration of creativity, history and connection with nature.

Because it's a collaborative piece, the drawing doesn't start and finish in one go. It builds up over the weeks, so if you go once and then come back later, you'll see how other people have added to it in the meantime. The castle is a National Trust property, and the drawing is an outdoor pursuit, so you'll be working right out in the grounds rather than tucked away inside.

It's not a one-off, either. The session runs from 23 September to 1 November 2026, every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, from 10:30 to 15:30. That gives you plenty of options to fit it in around your weekend or a weekday morning, and since it's an ongoing project, you can drop in whenever suits you best. The castle is at Tattershall Castle, Sleaford Road, Tattershall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4 4LR.

Taking part is free with admission: free for National Trust members, and normal admission charges for non-members. With the sessions running every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday until 1 November, you've got plenty of time to leave your own mark.