Next to the home of Southwell Cricket Club and the student accommodation buildings, who knows what goings on you might bear witness to as you hunt down this cache!
Cricket has been played at 'top ground' Southwell since the 18th Century. The earliest reference to the Club, which was then known as the Southwell Cricket Society, appeared in the local Nottingham paper and records an encounter between one 'Humphries of Thurgarton, a member of Southwell Cricket Society, and Hawkins of Newark, which was won by the latter. So certain was the Southwell Society of winning that 6 to 1 was laid on Humphries who they deemed was the best player in England. During the next fifty years, the importance of Southwell Cricket Club was illustrated by the number of references chronicled in the weekly Nottingham newspaper.
The names of the Brackenhurst accommodation buildings are all in keeping with the campus's beautiful natural surroundings. The Willows, Sycamore, The Limes, Maple, Fir, Elm, Oak, Cherry, Beech and Southill House.
Did you bring your four legged friends along on the treasure hunt? If so, we would love to know. Please comment with how many dogs and if you’ve walked them here before. Thanks.