THE GREENWICH TREASURE HUNT
STARTING POINT: GREENWICH PIER. ALONGSIDE THE CUTTY SARK
DURATION: 1 3/4 TO 2 HOURS
FINISHING POINT: THE TRAFALGAR TAVERN
Maritime Greenwich is London with a difference. It has the flavour of the sea about it, yet it is little more than a stone's throw from Central London. It boasts intriguing curio shops, world class museums, the Royal Observatory, some superb pubs, and it is also the place where time begins. What better place to pit your wits against our cunningly set out cryptic clues as you race against time, with time, and over time to hunt down the answers to some fascinating questions.
We have not strayed from our ethos of providing you with quality, well paced out treasure hunts, so once again you will need no prior knowledge of the streets of Greenwich, nor of the history of Greenwich to be able to complete the route. What you will need is a keen eye, an enquiring mind and an ability to split infinities and boldly go where no man has gone before. You will explore the backstreets, and hidden places of Greenwich. You will delve into secret churchyards, trudge up the slippery slopes of several picturesque hills and enjoy a few hours of discovering places that you would never dream still existed.
You will have to find the answers to some intriguing conundrums and even have to identify a famous Greenwich figure with only his nose to go on. But by dedicating yourself to sniffing out every hidden courtyard, every overgrown tombstone you should find yourself speeding through the streets of this wonderful riverside village, and by working out what each clue is directing you to do you may even find yourself stepping back in time, or at least stepping back over time!
As with all our treasure hunts, the Greenwich package consists of a set of cryptic clues that you will need to solve in order to find your way around the route. Each of the clues is a visual clue that refers to things you should be able to see from the spot where you are standing. No knowledge of the area, nor of the history of the area, is required. Reasonable powers of observation and deduction should be sufficient to help you find your way around the route. By reading what each clue says and concentrating on what it is telling you to do you should be able to pick your way around the route and solve the clues. In addition your pack will also contain a sheet of observation questions and a sheet of photo challenges. These are what score the points, and each correct answer is worth 100 points. They relate to items you will pass as you make your way around the Greenwich Treasure Hunt route. The answers to these observation questions and photo challenges might be on blue plaques, on information boards, or even on tomb stones! Some of them are a little way off the route, some are hidden down tucked away alleyways, so locating them might pose something of a challenge. But with a keen eye peeled and a natural curiosity locating the answers shouldn't be too difficult. How you find the answers is completely up to you. As we say, there is no such thing as cheating on the Greenwich Treasure Hunt there is only initiative! So, by fair means or foul, it should be possible to find the answer to each question and thus increase your teams score.
So, whether you are looking for a team building activity, an event that will get yourself, your friends and work colleagues out onto the streets of London, or just a nice way to while away a summer or winter afternoon, why not give our Greenwich Treasure hunt a go? You really will discover a wonderful riverside village that offers lashings of fun and fascination that will combine to create for you a memorable quest that will keep you on your toes throughout.
