London Covent Garden walking tour

This scavenger hunt has a difficulty level of MODERATE.

It will take you around 3 hours to complete depending on your walking speed. Multiple teams competing on time usually finish within 2 hours.

Your group’s size should be between 2 and 6 persons – but is not restricted to this. Children are welcome and will enjoy the various challenges.

After purchase, to begin your London Covent Garden scavenger hunt, direct yourself to Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, London WC2N 5DN, United Kingdom. This is the start location.

Once there, stand outside and log in to this website and begin your hunt.

Also, you’ll need a fully charged smartphone connected to the Internet (LTE, or 4G with a data plan, Wifi isn’t available throughout). Instructions will be supplied on-screen or directions and challenges, as well as some historical information.

This area, including London Covent Garden, was inhabited in 4800 BCE (before the common era) as structures have been unearthed through archeology.

The Roman Empire settled the area in around 100 CE (common era) and called it Londonium. This lasted until the 5th century.

Then it was the Vikings who initially assaulted the coastlines then settled in north-eastern England until the 11th century.

The city evolved in every sense (architecture, governance, religion, and more) from then on. The population grew rapidly through the centuries, despite losing ⅓ during the Black Death in the mid-14th century.