Description
The London Greenwich Tourist Scavenger Hunt is a 3.4 km / 2.1 mi self-guided walking tour with challenges at every stop. It takes between 2 and 3 hours to complete.
What you’ll see:
- Cutty Sark
- Greenwich University
- National Maritime Museum
- Queen’s House
- St.Alfege Church
- Royal Observatory Greenwich
- Greenwich Park
- And much more!
This scavenger hunt has a difficulty level of NORMAL.
Your group’s size should be between 2 and 6 persons. In fact, children are welcome.
After purchase, to begin your London Greenwich walking tour, direct yourself to just outside the Cutty Sark Maritime Museum, Greenwich, FXJQ+MM London, United Kingdom. This is the start location.
Once there, log in to this website on your smartphone and begin your hunt.
Also, you’ll need a fully charged smartphone connected to the Internet (LTE or 4G with a data plan; Wi-Fi isn’t available throughout). Instructions will be supplied on-screen, along with directions and challenges, as well as some historical information.
Ancient History
This area, including London Covent Garden, was inhabited in 4800 BCE as structures have been unearthed through archeology.
The Roman Empire settled the area in around 100 CE and called it Londinium. This lasted until the 5th century.
Then it was the Vikings who initially assaulted the coastlines then settled in northeastern 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.
History of Greenwich
Greenwich Park includes ruins of a house from the early Bronze Age (3300 BCE), re-used by the Saxons in the 6th century as a burial ground.
Invading Vikings took prisoner the Archbishop Alphege of Canterbury in 1012. He died by stoning and achieved sainthood in the 12th century. A church now bears his name.
Henry VII (1457-1509), and later Henry VIII (1491-1547), made this their home in London until Whitehall Palace opened in 1530.
Charles II (1630-1685) chose the site for a Royal Observatory, which originated the global Prime Meridian in 1721.
In 1838, the London and Greenwich Railway was completed. Queen Victoria (1819-1901) renamed the Palace and Queen’s House the Royal Hospital School in 1892.
In 1937, the National Maritime Museum opened in the Palace. King George V (1865-1936) prepared this museum.
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