Christmas Lights Hunt
A Magical Mystery
Discover magical lights
Decide the fate of your story
The Experience
How it works
- Solve a trail of clues sent to your team's phones, that reveal your path to magical and scenic lights.
- Your decisions have consequences that alter the story and impact the rest of your experience.
- Pause at built-in break points to grab food and festive drinks on the way, all optional recommendations.
- No prior knowledge required, hints are available to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.
The Story
- The Christmas lights are more than just decorations - they are imbued with magic that has protected the city for centuries.
- The Festive Guardian, who helps safeguard the lights, has gone into hiding - placing everything in jeopardy!
- Will you uncover then hidden truth and help them rediscover their Christmas spirit? Or maybe you're happy for the lights to dim… bah humbug!
Plan Your Day
Across 4.1 km / 2.6 miles
for all levels
Christmas Experience
- Escape room style puzzles scattered across scenic streets.
- A self-guided walk around the city’s best, and lesser-known, Christmas light displays.
- An interactive story that puts the fate of Christmas in your hands.
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Please Note:
- If you play at night it is advised you bring a torch.
Reviews
Awesome Foursome
Great experience! Lots of fun.
Go Go Superteam
Great fun. Very easy to do. Would quite like the option of easy or cryptic. Really fun to see parts of the city I would…
Charlotte & James
I’ve done 2 CityDays Scavenger Hunts and enjoyed them both. They’re really well planned and thought of, and sent us to …
Sisterslooseatxmas
Loved it, Christmas trail on Christmas day. Can't wait to do the rest
Team Smith
We had a great time - found the clues sufficiently challenging to be fun but not too difficult, the gaps between clues …
Pinagapany Pigs in Blankets
A really fun trail which saw us visiting places in London that we’d never been to before! The clues were just challengi…
Teddy Bears
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the interactive experience. The combination of puzzle solving and strolling through th…
Wow wow williams
Great fun. Clues were not too easy, not too hard Saw parts of London I wouldn't have if I didn't follow this. Will defi…
Eggnog Squad
A brilliant way to spend an afternoon in London! Great clues and the trail took us around all the best sights - can’t w…
Owen the Campbelltition
A really fun and interactive experience. Taking us to areas we hadn’t explored before. Definitely recommend
Splendor friends
A great fun way to see the Christmas lights around London, while solving puzzles at the same time!
Little tinkers
A wonderful trail showing us some wonderful Christmas lights and sights and roads I had never been down before! Definit…
The J's
Great fun adventure.. Clues were very manageable, and the trail took us to some interesting places 😁.. You get choices …
Santa’s Seekers
Excellent. Had a lovely afternoon following the clues around London. Highly recommend
The Hardy Seniors
A good day out. Gets better when it gets darker. We will be doing this again
Maliboobies
A great Christmas adventure, with hints, tips and pub stops! Find bits of London you've never been and see the everyday…
The Sibleys
A great trail today - Christmas themed and took us along loads of areas with great Christmas lights and decorations! Wo…
Team Awesome
Great puzzle tour around the London Christmas lights. The puzzles were just the right to stay enjoyable and solvable. T…
Vivi
We had great time on the Claus & effect! It took us almost 3 hours, and took us around London. Highly recommended.
Festive Queers
A nice route to see all the lights, especially to see lights that we wouldn't normally know aboutA good length of time …
Bros from other hoes
We booked Clause & Effect for our family when they were visiting from the South West and had the best time (and scran!)…
Quins in the city
A really enjoyable day out seeing bits of London that ordinarily I won’t go to Clues mostly well prepared a couple open…
Team AR
Excellent tour - very friendly service, excellent food
The Cox Couple
Great time would recommend seeing parts of London you haven't seen 😀
Coven of silliness
The whole set up was really great, we really enjoyed the clued and storyline and thought there was a good mix of clues …
APU Relics
Really good fun and great way to spend an evening seeing the lights and sights of London. Clues really got us thinking …
Team Squad
We had such a festive fun time! Wish I'd worn a thicker coat but the food and Christmas lights made for a great day. Ne…
CHRISThaventgotaclueMAS
Some of the clues were a little hard for us but we completed it all eventually with the help of the hints and google! …
Calvin
The clause and effect tour was a really great way of seeing all the London Christmas lights! It covered so much ground …
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FAQS
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- Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.
- Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.
- On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.
- Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
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Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
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Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.
We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum. -
All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
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Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
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All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
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Although most trails have no age rating the usual break points are pubs/bars, usually children can accompany adults into these venues without a problem.
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After you've purchased your tickets, head to our dashboard where you'll see your order. Enter a team name and phone numbers for each player and press submit. The setup process might be disabled until a week before the event.
After submitting your team you'll receive an SMS message to each phone number with a pin code and link to the event hub page where you'll find extra setup information, an image feed from the day and the leaderboard.
On the hub page you'll find links to download the app. Once downloaded simply enter the username & pin code sent via SMS to login.
You're now good to go, head to the start zone with enough time to prepare for the game starting! -
After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.
WhatsApp Setup Guide
Telegram Setup Guide -
Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
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Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
