Keith Myers
Connecting people to local heritage can reignite civic pride and rebuild community identity and purpose.
Keith Myers is a creative technologist and educator from Warrington. As Founder of AVimmerse and The Warrington Castle Project, he combines storytelling, digital reconstruction, and community engagement to bring hidden histories back to life. His work explores how technology can reconnect people with place, pride, and purpose, including 3D models of lost castles and immersive learning experiences for schools and museums.
Keith’s projects bridge heritage and innovation, turning forgotten landscapes into shared spaces of belonging. He believes heritage isn’t just history, it’s how communities see themselves and their future. Through his work, Keith demonstrates that rediscovering local heritage helps to rebuild community identity and collective purpose. His vision extends beyond one place, showing how towns and cities everywhere can reconnect with their stories and reclaim pride in their heritage.
About the talk
Keith’s talk will describe how when forgotten remains of a medieval castle were rediscovered beneath an ordinary town, they revealed something bigger. Through technology and storytelling, Keith will demonstrate how rediscovering the past can rebuild pride, purpose, and belonging. He will examine how communities lose connection to their local history, and how they can be restored. His vision extends outside of just Warrington, showing how towns and cities everywhere can use heritage as a catalyst for community resilience and shared purposes. Attendees will leave inspired to reconnect with their own local stories and see heritage as a foundation for collective identity and renewal.
Interesting Facts
Interesting thing about you that people won’t know
I lived and worked in Australia for a year, where I first discovered my passion for art and film. Since then, I’ve been fortunate to visit some of the most ancient sites in the world: from Easter Island and Machu Picchu to Angkor Wat, the temples of Malta, and the stone circles of Orkney and Ireland. Experiences that deepened my fascination with history and storytelling.
What achievement makes you most proud?
I’m most proud of helping others discover their creativity, whether that’s mentoring students at the UK’s first Unity Centre of Excellence, or after many years lecturing at some of the top academic institutions in the UK, to supporting communities to reconnect with their local history through projects like Warrington Castle. Seeing people light up with pride or possibility, gives me a sense of pride; knowing I’ve helped them see their potential or their place differently, is the most rewarding part of what I do.
What do you get up to in your spare time?
In my spare time, I explore castles and ancient sites, run the Warrington Castle Project, and follow my passion for photography and film. I’m always chasing stories hidden in landscapes, capturing them through a creative lens to bring the past back to life.
If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what would you be doing instead?
I’d probably still be working in an office somewhere, or on a building site. The truth is, I’ve had more jobs than hot meals, so I’m grateful to have finally found focus in my creative practice. It’s taken a lot of detours to get here, but every one of them helped shape the storyteller I’ve become.