MASONS, MIRTH AND MONKS
EXPLORE LONDON'S HIDDEN VILLAGE
Clerkenwell is a village that has to be seen to be believed. It is a place where the past has never really died.
Scratch its surface, and you could easily be wandering through a warren of atmospheric old alleyways in the company of either Shakespeare or Dickens.
A LITTLE BIT OF ARTFUL DODGING
It is a quirky little village that sits on a hill overlooking the valley of the River Fleet.
It was where Dickens set much of the narrative of Oliver Twist and the clues that we have devised for you are guaranteed to artfully dodge their way into places that are true time capsules.
YOU'LL DISCOVER SOME WONDERFUL OLD PLACES
There is the old Clerks Well, for example, the foundation that gave its name to the village. We have managed to include it as a mind-jarring clue that might keep you guessing for a long, long time.
Then there is London's only surviving medieval gate that dates back to the latter 14th century and which spans a quiet back street.
SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT FRIGHTENING
The former home of Janet Street Porter is also included on this journey, as is a creepy backwater thoroughfare where the flagstones literally echo with history.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CLERKENWELL TREASURE HUNT
- London's oldest Parish Church (c.1123)church inside which scenes for Four Weddings and a Funeral , Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, The Other Boleyn Girl, Shakespeare in Love and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes were filmed.
- An ancient market that has been bringing chaos to this part of London for nigh on eight hundred years
- London's only surviving Tudor town manor house, a picturesque relic that has changed little, if at all, since the 16th century.
- The historic village green that isn't in the least bit green!
- Several buildings that survived the Great Fire that destroyed so much of London in September 1666.
- A curiously named thoroughfare that remembers the halcyon days when this was very much the countryside far outside the stinking, smog filled streets at the centre of the City of London.
Mix in a whole range of informative information boards and commemorative plaques and the stage is set for a fascinating quest that will see your teams stomping their way through a fascinatingly historic part of London as they attempt to find the clues and solve the conundrums that are hidden away in some truly intriguing places.
FUN AND FASCINATION IN EQUAL MEASURE
These clues might be buried beneath layers of bramble, displayed high up on the walls and in furtive corners of forgotten buildings.
Then again, the solutions to the clues might be so obvious that you may well miss them!
All in all, fun and fascination are the order of the day on this entertaining activity that makes an ideal team building activity to get colleagues working closely together, or offers a perfect way for work colleagues to socialise and unwind, or serves as a great way for groups of friends to get together or celebrate a birthday, engagement or to just have a laugh.
And, since this area offers you the chance to explore a decidedly different part of London in which the flavours of the past have been mixed and mingled with the vibrancy of the present, you are guaranteed a fun-filled Clerkenwell Treasure Hunt that will be both informative and entertaining whilst, at the same time, presenting participating teams with a true challenge that will stretch their powers of deduction and observation to their very limits!
