Ashbourne Meander Multi-Cache
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This is multi-cache designed as a walk around Ashbourne town centre.
We have tried to include as many places of interest as possible so people can learn more about this historic town.
The walk is circular and 1.4 miles long and should take no longer than an hour to complete.
The majority of the walk is along pavements apart from the last small section which is across a playing field but should still be suitable for most pushchairs.
The walk starts at Shaw Croft car park, Park Street, Ashbourne.
1. Go to N 53.01.030 W 001.43.795. These are the co-ordinates for the Shrovetide plinth in the car park near to Park Street.
This is where each Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday the Royal Shrovetide game is started please visit the caches, “Up’ards”, “Down’ards” and “The Hug” for more information about this ancient game.
When were the words written for the Shrovetide song 18A1?
2. From the plinth look across the car park and walk across to the top left hand corner. Follow the pedestrian area with Waitrose on your right and the doctors surgery on your left to the co-ordinates N.53.00.A50 W.001.43.A31
What year was this building built 19BB?
3. Now walk down King Edward Street pass the bus station until you reach another set of traffic lights. Walk straight across these traffic lights into the leisure centre car park and go to the co-ordinates N.53.0B.914 W.001.44.143.
How many miles to Buxton along the Tissington Trail C4 miles?
4. Now walk through the car park, pass the entrance to the leisure centre, once you have the doctor’s car park on your left there will be a footpath on your right that leads into School Lane.
Walk up School Lane to the entrance of St. Oswald Church.
If you have time please visit the church that dates from 1241 and is extremely beautiful inside.
At the bottom of School Lane turn right into Church Street and go to N53.00.949 W001.44.C01
When was the lower storey built AD 1D40?
5. Carry on down Church Street back into the town centre. Go straight across the traffic lights and you will see a sign across the road.
This sign is for the “Green Man Inn” and has had a double title since taking over the trade of “The Black’s Head”.
Just before this sign turn left into Victoria Square, walk pass the gas lamp up into the Market Square.
Go to N53.01.110 W001.43.9D5 where it is said that John Wesley is said to have preached from the steps leading up to the Queen Anne House.
What number is carved over the door IBE 17E2?
6. From the Queen Anne House go down Buxton Road to N.53.01.0(A-E)9 W001.43.933
The plaque states : - Charles Edward Stuart declared his father James King of England, Wales and Scotland on 3rd December 174F.
7.Carry on towards the t-junction. At the bottom of the road turn left.
Walk along St. John Street until you reach N53.01.08F W.001.43.836.
The school was established in 179G.
8.At the end of this road cross over the road to the War memorial into the memorial gardens and go to N53.01.117 W001.43.7G0 near to the memorial of Catherine Booth. The “mother” of the Salvation Army who was born in Ashbourne.
The plaque states: - W Harrison 190H to 1977
You should now have all the co-ordinates for the final cache.
N.53.01.BFA
W.001.43.FHB
The final co-ordinates should add up to 44.
From the last co-ordinates walk through the memorial gardens onto the playing fields where in the 1966 World Cup the West German Team practiced. The cache is close to these playing fields.
This cache is an unusual shaped cache, please look at hint for clue. Please bring your own pen just incase the pencil is blunt. There might be space in the cache for very small items. Please re-hide well as the previous cache went missing..
Additional Hints
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Fgbar ng onfr bs gerr