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Children’s University
Treasure Hunts - Colchester

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...and spend some quality time together at the weekend or in the school holidays! Our Colchester treasure hunt is a great fun activity taking you past many local attractions and places of interest, Colchester Castle Museum, Hollytrees Museum, Castle Park, St. Martins Church, The Town Hall, Holy Trinity Church, Tumperleys Clock Museum and Colchester Natural History Museum, opening your eyes to so many other things you would ordinarily just walk straight past!

Our Colchester Treasure hunt starts at Colchester Visitor Information Centre, Castle Park, Colchester, CO1 1UG

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Printed Hunt

Printed hunt booklets that we send to you, in the post, containing everything you need including a map, directions, clues and the answers. If you order more than one copy you can have the answers on a separate sheet and we include some extra scavenger tasks too. This makes your hunt a bit more competitive as you can hunt in teams and not having the answers in the hunt booklet means there is less temptation to cheat!

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Download Hunt

The quick option as your links are available to download immediately and containing everything you need including a map, directions, clues and the answers. Great if you are looking for something to do today or need them before the post arrives! Once you have the links simply print the hunt onto A4 paper or view on a smart phone, ipad, Amazon kindle etc

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Personalised Hunt

Looking for a gift that's a bit different? Then look no further. Our personalised treasure hunts are great for all occasions including Christmas, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Mothers & Fathers Day or just to make your day out extra special! To make it even more personal why not consider our PLUS4 version where we also add 4 extra pages with 4 pictures and 4 clues that you have given us to add! See what your personalisation will look like below and do contact us for more details!!

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More about our Children’s University treasure hunt...

Our treasure hunts are pre written so all you need to do is buy one and you're set with everything you need.

What you get! Our easy to organise treasure hunts are pre written so all you need to do is buy one and you're set with everything you need including directions, clues, extra tasks, a map, the answers and a free teachers pack You can order a printed hunt which we will post to you, or you can buy a downloadable hunt to print yourself or view on smartphones, ipads, kindles etc.

How Long? The hunt will take up to two hours to complete and can be incorporated into a half or full day trip by stopping off for lunch and/or visiting other educational sites en route or nearby.

Once you have completed your hunt, join our member's area and personalise and print your very own huntfun certificates!

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In more detail:

When you buy one of our printed Colchester treasure hunts this is what you get...

An A5 printed booklet which contains everything you need to do the Colchester hunt including a map, directions, clues and the answers. Have you had a look at our sample hunt ? This is what a hunt looks like and what we print into an A5 booklet. One booklet is all you need for 2-3 participants. Great for a small group, a couple of adults or a family with younger children, older children might want a book of their own?

Our Standard Colchester treasure hunt booklets have a colour outer and are colour inside too.

Our Budget Colchester treasure hunt booklets have a colour outer and are Black and white inside.

The answers are tucked away at the back of the booklet. If you order 2 or more booklets you are given the option of having the answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Delivery and postage. We send out printed treasure hunts 1st class usually the same or the next working day. If you are looking for things to do today you are best ordering a downloadable treasure hunt!

All booklets are printed specifically to order.

When you buy one of our downloadable Colchester treasure hunts this is what you get...

PDF files containing your Colchester treasure hunt, which can be printed onto A4 paper or viewed on a smart phone. (Please note the download versions, when viewed on a smartphone, are not interactive and you will need a pen and paper to write the answers on and a printed copy of the answers to do the marking at the end)

When you come to the 'confirmation of payment page' there will be a button which says 'click here to get your invoice and any download links' This will take you to a page containing the links you need to click on. We will also send the same links to the email address provided. Downloadable treasure hunts are ideal if you are looking for things to do today and you can't wait for the post!

When you buy one of our personalised Colchester treasure hunts this is what you get...

A full colour A5 printed Colchester treasure hunt booklet which contains everything you need to do the treasure hunt including a map, directions, clues and the answers, (just like in all our hunt booklets) and we also add a personalised message on the cover for you too.

You can add anything you like some popular ones are:-

Happy Christmas Emily Love Nanny & Grandad

Sam and Sally's Day out

Happy Birthday Helen

Happy Fathers Day Dad

Claire and Tom's Easter Treasure Hunt

The Carter families' day out exploring

Emilie's Halloween Treasure Hunt

When you buy one of our personalised PLUS4 Colchester treasure hunts this is what you get...

A full colour Colchester treasure hunt booklet with everything you need to go off hunting including a map, directions, clues and the answers, (just like in all our hunt booklets), with a personalised message on the front AND 4 extra pages with 4 clues and pictures you have sent to us to add! We also add the answers to the answers. Do get in touch if you would like to have a chat about this option.

Our Colchester treasure hunts - what are they all about?

You are told where to start your treasure hunt, given simple directions to follow and a map of the area. In between directions you have things to hunt for by simply looking around on buildings, plaques, signs and statues etc. They are not a race and once you have your treasure hunt you are free to do it whenever you like.

When you have completed your treasure hunt why not mark the answers while having a cup of tea, an ice cream or how about a picnic on a sunny day. If you visit the members area on our website you can personalize and print your very own huntfun certificates. (There is no actual treasure at the end by the way sorry!)

Wheelchair access.

The hunt is not suitable for wheelchair users due to the number of steps along the route.

The Small Print

Copyright Huntfun Limited All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. The compiler of this Treasure Hunt accepts no responsibility or liability for any claim, loss, damage, injury or inconvenience whatsoever however sustained or caused as a result of using this Treasure Hunt. By taking part in the Treasure Hunt you and anyone accompanying you agrees to do so entirely at your own risk.

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