THE SPITALFIELDS TREASURE HUNT
STARTING POINT: BISHOPSGATE EXIT OF LIVERPOOL STREET STATION.
DURATION: 1 3/4 TO 2 HOURS
END POINT: DIRTY DICK'S PUB ON BISHOPSGATE
Imagine a Victorian market surrounded by quaint old shops that date back to the 18th century. Picture a gleaming white church the soaring walls of which have dominated their surroundings for over 200 years. Think of yourself wandering along cobblestone streets lined by study old houses that have changed little since the days when Jack the Ripper walked this way, leaving a trail of bloodshed and panic in his menacing wake. Imagine traditional old East End
Pubs that still possess the true ambience of "locals". It's time to stop imagining for all these and more help make our Spitalfields Treasure Hunt a memorable and special event.
From the moment you set off you are pitched into a charming sequence of narrow alleyways in which you must seek out all manner of strange and cryptic clues. Throughout the entire Spitalfields Treasure Hunt each corner turned will open up new vistas that present you with surprise after surprise. The private residential back roads, for example, that are trapped in a bygone age and where you wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if Jack the Ripper were to round the corner and (hopefully!) hurry past you.
Then there's the wonderful Spitalfields Market itself where an eclectic mix of craft stalls and bric-a-brac stalls nestle cheek by jowl alongside stalls that serve up a rich array of ethnic foods and delicacies. And we've not even begun to tell you about the old brewery, older church and even older alleyways all
of which are included in one way or another on your quest and all of which will help make your Spitalfields Treasure Hunt such a fascinating, enjoyable and memorable occasion.
As with all our treasure hunts, the Spitalfields 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 and reading the clue. No knowledge of the area nor of the history of the area is required, just reasonable powers of observation should suffice. By reading what each clue says and concentrating on what it is telling you to do you should find it reasonably easy 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 Spitalfields 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 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 Spitalfields 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 evening event that will get yourself, your friends and work colleagues out onto the streets of London, or even an enjoyable Saturday morning or afternoon for a social gathering, hen party or birthday party, this delightfully unchanged and often overlooked neighbourhood will most certainly fuel your imagination and you will want to return time and again to re-discover the places that our Spitalfields Treasure Hunt will introduce you to.
