York M**der Mystery Trail (Whodunit Treasure Hunt) by Killer Trails
Schedule
Wed Oct 25 2023 at 10:00 am to Sun Oct 20 2024 at 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
St. Helen's Square | York, EN
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About this Event
🏛️ Discover ancient landmarks & hidden gems
🕵♀ Find clues & solve cryptic puzzles
🧭 Self-guided tour – do whenever you like & at your own pace
🍺 Plenty of historical & spooky pubs along the route
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Average Tripadvisor rating (across all trails) is 4.9/5!
Would you like to explore the spooky streets and snickelways of York whilst solving a M**der mystery? 👻Well, you’ve come to the right place, detective! Silence of the Shambles is an immersive treasure hunt with a whodunit twist. This imaginative self-guided city tour leads you on a thrilling journey past the city’s most visited points of interest within the city walls. Discover historical landmarks, old pubs and spooky legends in Europe’s most haunted city. Along the way, you’ll solve cryptic puzzles and find hidden clues to ultimately deduce whodunit. The game is afoot!
ℹ️ About this awesome trail:
This York M**der Mystery Trail has the perfect route plotted out to make sure you see all the highlights inside the city walls.
Silence of the Shambles – York M**der Mystery Trail is a self-guided walking tour that navigates you past some of the best historical landmarks that York has to offer, including:
📍 York Minster
📍 St. Michael le Belfrey Church
📍 Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate
📍 York Shambles
📍 Historical and spooky pubs
📍 and many hidden gems
The route of this York treasure hunt is relatively flat and approximately 2.2km long. Allow 2.5 hours to appreciate your surroundings and complete the trail at a leisurely pace. There are plenty of refreshment stops and photo opportunities along the way. This trail makes a great day out for tourists and locals alike. So, what are you waiting for?!
📈 York trail statistics:
• Start and end location: St. Helen’s Square, YO1 8QP (the trail is a loop).
• Clue difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐
• Duration: ~2.5 hours
• Distance: 2.2km
• Terrain: Easy
• Wheelchair/buggy accessible: OK*
💼 The case synopsis:
An apparition of Guy Fawkes… Wicked witchcraft… Buried Treasure… and the death of a butcher. But which suspect is behind these sinister events? Never have your detective powers of deduction been so baffled as in this, your spookiest challenge yet. Can you navigate the labyrinth of snickelways and solve York’s most extraordinary mystery?
🖨️ Print specification:
• Receive two high-quality printed copies of the trail through your letter box!
• Printed on 120gsm white uncoated A4 paper with a single-sided print.
• One staple in the top left corner of each copy.
🚚 Delivery details:
• FREE delivery!
• We ship to the UK only. Unfortunately, we don’t deliver to Jersey, Guernsey or the Republic of Ireland. If you order from another country you will be refunded. International customers, please visit our Killer Trail Etsy store!
• 2-3 working days for delivery. We deliver using Royal Mail tracked; delivery times are estimates.
🔍 How it works:
• Book your trail here or via killertrails.co.uk. Only one purchase required for a group of up to 6 people.
• Our trails are self-guided. This means you can do the trail whenever you like. You don't have to do it on the specific day you've booked.
• If you need the trail urgently and/or you'd rather print it off yourself, please let us know in the email and we will send you a digital PDF instead. Or alternatively, you can order a digital PDF of this trail here.
If you have any questions, or for more information, please visit killertrails.co.uk
*The route is all paved or solid. Some road crossing points may not have dropped kerbs. Some of the route has cobbled streets.
Where is it happening?
St. Helen's Square, St. Helen’s Square, York, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 14.99
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