Winners:
Cryptic Treasure Hunt:
- First Place: Emma Withers
- Second Place: Tiggy Evans
- Third Place: Chichi Evans
Children's Treasure Hunt:
- First Place: Harry Stockley
- Second Place: Edward Saunders
- Third Place: Finlay Caldow
Cryptic Answers:
Starting in the Pre-School Garden:
1. Who feeds the birds? The Leavers of 2010
Leave the Pre-School and head for the school car park:
2. If you take away the number of logs from the number of spaces what number do you get? 2
Follow the Purbeck Way to East Street:
3. When was Jubilee House restored? 1977
4. Head up East Street towards the Castle and cross the road from new (what year?) Corfe Castle First School 1895
5. To old (what year?) Royal British Legion / Old school building 1834
Head through the British Legion garden towards the Halves:
6. While you’re in the garden stop to smell the roses and tell us who was ‘simply the best’? Loraine Rose Squire
Go through the gate at the bottom of the garden and head towards the Castle:
7. Stop for a rest by the Congregational Church and tell us who loved Corfe Castle? Jo Riddle
Have a quick play in the park:
8. Who had an inappropriate rest here? Corfe Castle Rifle Club
Leave the play ground by the west ally way heading for the castle:
9. How many Limes do you get in a cottage? 19
10. If someone wants to call you back from next to the Parish Council Notice board, what number would they use? 480201
11. The Town Seal can be found in three places in Corfe Castle; the first holds ‘memories of a bygone age’. What is its full title? Smallest Town Hall Building in England
12. The cross in the square was put up for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. What was it put on top of? The steps of the ancient market cross
13. The second place where you can find the Town Seal is wet and blue? Village Pump
14. How much does it cost for a standard child to get into the castle? £3.86
Head back towards the church:
15. When was King Edward Martyred? 18th March 978
16. Go through the church grounds and tell us; what is the path that leads to the red door made from? Headstones
Leave the church yard by the East Street gate and head back towards the Pre-School:
17. On the way you’ll see across the road the third place where you can find the Town Seal, it’s also wet and blue and outside which cottage? Grace Cottage
Cross the road by Why and keep heading towards the Pre-School:
18. Walk past the old underground, but where is the new one? Gods Acre, West Street
19. How many herons do you get on a gate post? 55
20. Who’s got a B.Ed (Hons) N.P.Q.H.? Mr N Beckett
Children's Answers:
Starting in the Pre-School Garden:
1. Who gave the Pre-School a bird table? The Leavers of 2010
Leave the Pre-School and head for the school car park:
2. How many cars can park here? 18
Follow the Purbeck Way to East Street:
3. Why would this house be fit for a Queen? It's called Jubilee House
Cross the road and head through the British Legion garden towards the Halves:
4. While you’re in the garden stop to smell the roses and tell us who was ‘simply the best’? Loraine Rose Squire
Go through the gate at the bottom of the garden and head towards the Castle:
5. Stop for a rest by the Congregational Church and tell us who loved Corfe Castle? Jo Riddle
Have a quick play in the park and leave by the west alley way, heading for the Castle:
6. How many Limes do you get in a cottage? 19
7. Our Model Village is quite small but just across the road is something that is the ‘smallest in England’. What is it? Corfe Castle Town Hall
8. The cross in the square was put up for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. How many steps does it have? 4
9. How much does it cost for a standard child to get into the castle? £3.86
Head back towards the church:
10. Go through the church grounds and tell us; what is the path that leads to the red door made from? Headstones
Leave the church yard by the East Street gate and head back towards the Pre-School.
