Rove list
Roves under 30 minutes
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- 01
Forbury Road · Reading
Oscar Wilde's Cell
Find the prison that turned a scandal into one of literature's great poems.
- 02
Bourton-on-the-Water · The Cotswolds
The Venice of the Cotswolds
Cross four low stone bridges without getting your feet wet.
- 03
Forbury Gardens · Reading
Meet the Maiwand Lion
Find the six-tonne bronze lion mourning a battle you've never heard of.
- 04
Stow-on-the-Wold · The Cotswolds
The Doors of Durin
Find the church door that (maybe) inspired Tolkien.
- 05
🧭🧭 Explore 88
City Centre · Oxford
The Hidden Oxford
Find something you've walked past a hundred times without noticing.
- 06
Bathwick · Bath
Bath After Dark
Walk Great Pulteney Street once the lamps are lit and the tourists have gone.
- 07
🗺️🗺️ Hunt 87
Woodhouse · Leeds
Hunt the Park Between Two Universities
Find the green space wedged between Leeds' two big universities.
- 08
St Peter's Square · Manchester
The Peterloo Puzzle
Find the memorial to a massacre most of Britain has never heard of.
- 09
🕵️🕵️ Mystery 87
New College Lane · Oxford
The Bridge Mystery
Three clues. One bridge. Figure out why it's called what it's called.
- 10
Castle Hill · Windsor
The Castle From Outside
Find the exact spot where Windsor Castle stops looking real.
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