Additional Covid-19 restrictions
Please sanitise your hands on arrival and the manager asks that while moving around the building, you wear a face mask if you are able to. The opening hours may also be subject to change so please check their web site for up-to-date details.
Havant Museum
Havant Museum is housed inside The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre. In its compact rooms, it contains a wealth of information about the heritage of Havant and the surrounding area - from the genealogical to the artistic, from the natural to the man-made, from the nostalgic to the bizarre! Follow the arrows on the diagram below, once inside the main building to find the museum entrance. No co-ordinate waypoints are given for the items you need to find, as satellite reception inside the building will be impaired but you may find the following diagram helpful.
What you need to find
- On the left-hand side of the entrance door is a cabinet housing some artefacts from Havant's pre-history. On one of the shelves is a notice telling you about the bronze palstaves or flanged axes found on the coast of Hayling Island and originally imported from what is now Northern France. How many axeheads are arranged in a fan shape near this notice? This is A.
- Turn right just past the free-standing, 3-poster display and in front of you, on the left, is a cabinet dedicated to Havant's Railway History. The railway first came to Havant in 1847 and a direct line to London opened in 1859. The most famous local railway was the 'Hayling Billy' which ran from Havant to Hayling Island from 1867 to its closure in 1963.
Operating only a single track, a simple system had to be in place to control the number of trains on the line at any one time. At what ticket number is the original Havant to Hayling Island Train Staff Ticket Book open? 225B. Substitute the correct number for B.
- In the far corner of the room, is the restored workings from the clock of St Faith's church.
On what date does the notice suggest the clock was installed? 18C4. Substitute the correct number for C.
- To the right of the clock is a corridor leading to the Research room.
As you enter this room, turn right where you will see an example of one of the Royal Doulton Nursery Rhyme tiles saved from the children’s ward of the Havant War Memorial Hospital. Which particular nursery rhyme does this set of tiles portray? If it is:
- Mary, Mary quite contrary, then D=0
- Little Miss Muffet, then D=1
- Little Bo Peep, then D=2
- Nuts in May, then D=3
- Old King Cole, then D=4
- Margery Daw, then D=5
- Old Mother Hubbard, then D=6
- Little Boy Blue, then D=7
- Little Jack Horner, then D=8
- Ding Dong Bell, then D=9
- Back in the main museum room, the central display case shows (among other things) a sewing machine and glove templates from the heyday of Havant's glove-making era.
On the sewing machine is a small metal plaque with 2 digits, a letter and 2 digits: 46KE5. Substitute the correct number for E.
- Opposite the clock is a small room housing the 1950s kitchen. The 1950s was a time of great population increase in the Borough with the creation of the Leigh Park housing estate and this area resembles a modern kitchen of the time; notice the lack of fridge or freezer! Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, visItors were encouraged to touch and handle any of the items in this kitchen. Sadly at the moment, access to the kitchen is restricted although you can look inside from the entrance.
Looking at the food larder on the wall opposite the entrance, what brand of product is to the RIGHT of the red and white macaroni packet on the bottom shelf? The number of letters in this brand name = F.
Back towards the entrance, there is a time-line of Havant history above an interactive model train display created especially for The Spring by artist, Tom Bennett. 
Past this and heading back towards the exit you will see another automaton representing various themes prevalent in the Borough.
Turning the handles move the sea, the sailing boat, seagulls and waterwheel.
CARE: While some historic information is available on-line, not all of it is necessarily correct and in fact may not match that which is to be found in the museum itself. Such are the perils of internet research rather than first-hand investigation 
. The artefacts and information to be found within the building at The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre will count as the definitive answers for the purpose of obtaining the final co-ords.
Formula
The cache can be found at:
N 50° 50.(A+1)BC W 000° 58.DEF
Check your answers
Extra hint information can be found when successfully getting through the geochecker. If you do not have your own data plan, free wifi is available at The Spring. Password available on request.
Getting There
The A27 Havant bypass is nearby and I would recommend taking the Emsworth exit (from whichever direction you're coming), to avoid having to drive through Havant itself. While the Havant exit may appear to be a shorter distance away, with 5 sets of traffic lights between you and the venue, it can be busy and slow. The postcode for your satnav is PO9 1BS.
Havant Station is a few minutes walk away (with trains from Brighton, London, Portsmouth and Southampton) at the end of North Street and the Stagecoach 700 bus service has a stop right outside the building. 700 buses run every 20 minutes along the coast from Portsmouth and Bognor - and Havant Bus Station is a short walk away in Elm Lane for services from other areas.
National Cycle Route 2 runs right past the venue.