Nottingham Treasure & Scavenger Hunts
Urban adventures bringing the secrets of Nottingham to life.
- Work together to solve fun challenges & puzzling clues
- Guided by clues sent to your phones
- Explore Nottingham's historic landmarks and hidden gems
- Discover top-rated pubs, bars and cafes
- Compete for top spot on the Nottingham leaderboard
Next Steps
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- 1. Select your game, pick a trail of your choice and receive your welcome email.
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- 2. Rally your team and enter a team name and phone number(s) into the system.
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- 3. Receive your welcome text, then head to the start location on a day and time of your choice.
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- 4. Text START to receive the first in a series of cryptic directions. Solve the puzzles to unravel your mystery.
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- 5. Discover unique places, the secret and hidden of your city - and great independant pubs/cafes!
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CityDays Nottingham Hunts
Each hunt explores a different area of city in one of two ways. Our classic treasure hunts & scavenger hunts use puzzle-filled directions to guide players to exciting new sights. Our Story trails do all this with the added bonus of an immersive story on top - play the main character and relive a tale from the city's past or experience a story all your own.
Action-packed Treasure Hunts & Scavenger Hunts in Nottingham
How the Nottingham days out work
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Discover Nottingham's secret places
- Experience Nottingham's unique places and share stories in independent pubs & cafes, curated for each Nottingham Treasure Hunt / Scavenger Hunt.
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Fun challenges
- Engaging puzzles and captivating stories reveal Nottingham in a new light.
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Play together or competitively
- Work as a team or compete head-to-head to set the fastest time on our Nottingham leaderboard.
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Fully flexible bookings
- Alter your booking freely; change the date, time, number of people or chosen Nottingham Treasure Hunt / Scavenger Hunt. Even stop and start once you've begun.
Discover, Play and See More on Your Nottingham Treasure Hunt
Your urban odyssey starts here!
Go beyond the well-known tales of daring and unforgiving tax rates and discover Nottingham’s hidden side, where the legacy of lace, legends and lost secrets prevail…
And that’s only the beginning. For centuries, curious minds have tried to unravel the truth about Nottingham’s history and heroes - now it’s your turn!
Our Nottingham treasure hunt gives you the chance to explore your way. Here’s how…
Get The Most Out of Your Treasure Hunt in Nottingham
Our Nottingham treasure hunt transforms you and your friends, family, colleagues or whoever into detectives, explorers and tour guides all at the same time.
It’s your job to uncover Nottingham’s hidden tunnel - no, really! - and venture beyond its iconic landmarks to discover urban secrets.
You answer the clues, you discover the secret sights and hidden gems, and it’s your team that competes for top spot on our leaderboard.
We’ve worked hard to make sure there’s something for everyone who plays our Nottingham treasure hunt. So if it’s history, Greek mythology, pubs, cosy cafes, weird geographical quirks or just fascinating facts you’re after - know that you’ll find it with CityDays!
The Best Treasure Hunt in Nottingham
Our Nottingham scavenger hunt is designed to show you the good stuff, cut out the boring stuff, and get you interacting with your surroundings.
How do we do that?
Well, we put the activity back in your hands. We curate our trails so they take you around a city’s most interesting streets, landmarks, and history, and introduce you to its famous figures. The only catch is - it’s up to you to solve our puzzles, riddles and clues to take you from each one to the next!
Look up, look down, look left, look right!
We don’t support littering, so we haven’t left any physical objects anywhere for you to find.
Instead, we’ve made use of existing buildings, curious city quirks, sculptures, pieces of street art and even street furniture as clues.
Think of the treasure in our Nottingham treasure hunt as a quest for golden nuggets of information. The only physical objects you’ll take away from our Nottingham treasure hunts are photos (please do send them in, we love to see them!), so you don’t have to worry about carrying anything around with you other than your phone.
We find this is much the best way to ensure that our clues stay put (we don’t want anyone ruining it for the next group of adventurers!) while also allowing you to learn about Nottingham.
Still a bit confused? Here’s how it works.
Treasure Hunt Nottingham: Uncover Nottingham’s Hidden History
From Robin Hood’s noble acts of heroism to Nottingham Castle’s noble roots, Nottingham is packed with undiscovered treasures that you’ve probably never spared a glance.
On this Nottingham treasure hunt, you’ll journey through a mysterious 19th century tunnel beneath a former hunting ground and find yourself whizzing through an urban time machine that exposes the city centre like you’ve never seen it before.
All you have to do is crack our puzzles, riddles and clues to take you there.
See More Nottingham Hidden Gems
Our Nottingham treasure hunt is a best-of-both-worlds scenario. Of course you’ll get to see legendary landmarks such as Nottingham Castle, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and Nottingham Arboretum - but we’ll also introduce you to a few…less obvious gems.
Armed with nothing but a phone and the power of your minds, you’ll be introduced to some of Nottingham’s formative and famous figures, such as lions with Greek mythology links, literary legends and a royal refugee.
You’ll also get the chance to find out the location of a secret booze bunker from the Second World War and see where a public execution became deadly for the crowd…
Available Trails and Nottingham Treasure and Scavenger Hunts
Interested in finding out more about the kinds of self-guided Nottingham treasure and scavenger hunts we provide? Here’s where you get a tiny sneak peek into where you can find your next adventure…
Tunnel to The Unknown
Embark on a thrilling, riddle-filled treasure hunt across Nottingham, exploring a mysterious 19th-century tunnel, hidden city sights, and historical wonders.
Solve intriguing puzzles, uncover sinister stories, and visit iconic landmarks like Old Market Square and the city's famous castle. This unique, interactive treasure hunt is perfect for escape room enthusiasts, history buffs, and anyone with a passion for discovering unknown treasures, complete with stops at traditional pubs and cafes.
Fun activity for all groups
Nottingham Treasure Hunt / Scavenger Hunt Reviews
The great things our customers have to say about CityDays Treasure Hunts & Scavenger Hunts
¡Día de Jenny!
Fantastically fun day out! Have been a Londoner for nearly 10 years and got to experience the city in a new way-and at …
Charli and Dharini
Had a really fun time doing the London trail, looking forward to doing it again :)
Double D
Very fun way to explore the city
Irina & Louis
We absolutely loved the experience! After 18 years living in London, I thought we can’t be surprised but it is not the …
PAV-SMITH
Amazing day out! This was my teams 3rd adventure in London and it was are favourite so far. The scenery was amazing. We…
Cambridge newbies
We absolutely loved the tour! We’re new to Cambridge and loved exploring the city and finding new things! We’d love to …
JBR
Great fun
Potten End Old Boys
Excellent way to spend a couple of hours in the City. I used to work there and saw things I never knew were there. Well…
United
Really enjoyable experience. We learnt new things about the city of Brum.There is scaffolding outside the hotel opposit…
Kungaloosh
Our second City Days treasure hunt and another fabulous day! My husband was born and bred in central London and once ag…
Windsor oldies
Great day out exploring parts of London you would never normally do
Seekers of Aravos
I was in a team with my partner and our 9 year son. We had a blast. There was something for us all!
Are you okay?
We really enjoyed the scavenger hunt! It was a great way to get outside and enjoy the city in a different way. We both …
Three Women and No Baby
Second one I have done. Such a brilliant format. The clues are well written and make you really look at what’s around y…
3 Gen
Great way to entertain teenagers, they loved it.
Bopchkin
A great way to learn about a city and have fun doing it. The clues were good and the walk was about right
Team Hammond
My wife and I had a fantastic day of exploring and refreshments. We will definitely be back!
Daryls birthday
Really fun morning. Would definitely recommend
Bickle's Bongles
The clues were excellent - easy to follow without being too easy to solve! Took us on a very pleasant journey around Lo…
Donkeys@2pm
It was excellent. Only error we made was at the Plague for the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This was because the bronz…
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