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Turn Peterborough into a tactical playground with a one-hour app-driven scavenger hunt. Use strategy, local landmarks and quick feet to collect survival items, complete zombie challenges and compare your score on national leaderboards.
Turn Peterborough into a tactical playground with a one-hour app-driven scavenger hunt. Use strategy, local landmarks and quick feet to collect survival items, complete zombie challenges and compare your score on national leaderboards.
On a crisp morning in central Peterborough, your phone buzzes and the city becomes a map of survival. The game drops you at Cathedral Square and asks you to find ration cards, a crowbar and cobbled clues, pushing you along riverfront paths and through market streets. The River Nene dares you to test bridge crossings while modern storefronts and brick terraces offer hiding places for the items you must locate.
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Operated by Zombie Scavengers Hunts · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
On a crisp morning in central Peterborough, your phone buzzes and the city becomes a map of survival. The game drops you at Cathedral Square and asks you to find ration cards, a crowbar and cobbled clues, pushing you along riverfront paths and through market streets. The River Nene dares you to test bridge crossings while modern storefronts and brick terraces offer hiding places for the items you must locate.
Peterborough’s story runs from Roman-era roads and fenland peat to a medieval abbey and the soaring Gothic windows of the cathedral built around the 12th century. These layers of history provide easy visual anchors during the hunt: the cathedral, the Market Hall and pockets of Victorian industrial architecture orient your route and add texture to each checkpoint.
This is a self-guided, one-hour urban walking game that relies on an app to present challenges, score finds and compare results on national leaderboards. Expect paved streets, occasional cobbles and short sprint-like bursts between objectives. A remote host is available via chat for tech or routing help, but navigation, strategy and item-spotting are team responsibilities.
Practical tips: start near Peterborough station for public-transport access, avoid busy market hours for clearer sightlines, and bring a fully charged phone plus a small power bank. Wear shoes with decent grip for wet cobbles and plan 10–15 minutes after the game for a debrief coffee and leaderboard check. The result is part city tour, part timed puzzle—an accessible, social way to see Peterborough with a competitive edge.
easy.
1 hour.
Suitable for all fitness levels; requires basic walking stamina and short brisk walks between points
The standard experience lasts one hour, though you can spend extra time exploring sights between objectives.
Yes — the activity is rated easy and stroller-accessible, but younger kids will need supervision and a phone to follow the app.
No — the activity uses a mobile ticket; the app and remote host handle check-in and instructions.
The game runs rain or shine; wear appropriate layers and the host remains available via chat for support.
Peterborough developed around a medieval abbey that later became the cathedral; the city’s growth was shaped by fenland drainage and Victorian industry.
Stick to pavements and public paths, take any litter with you, and support local businesses to keep city-centre tourism sustainable; the digital format reduces paper waste.
Zombie Scavengers Hunts operates guided outdoor trips and adventures with an emphasis on safety, stewardship, and memorable experiences.
On a crisp morning in central Peterborough, your phone buzzes and the city becomes a map of survival. The game drops you at Cathedral Square and asks you to find ration cards, a crowbar and cobbled clues, pushing you along riverfront paths and through market streets. The River Nene dares you to test bridge crossings while modern storefronts and brick terraces offer hiding places for the items you must locate.
On a crisp morning in central Peterborough, your phone buzzes and the city becomes a map of survival. The game drops you at Cathedral Square and asks you to find ration cards, a crowbar and cobbled clues, pushing you along riverfront paths and through market streets. The River Nene dares you to test bridge crossings while modern storefronts and brick terraces offer hiding places for the items you must locate.
Peterborough’s story runs from Roman-era roads and fenland peat to a medieval abbey and the soaring Gothic windows of the cathedral built around the 12th century. These layers of history provide easy visual anchors during the hunt: the cathedral, the Market Hall and pockets of Victorian industrial architecture orient your route and add texture to each checkpoint.
This is a self-guided, one-hour urban walking game that relies on an app to present challenges, score finds and compare results on national leaderboards. Expect paved streets, occasional cobbles and short sprint-like bursts between objectives. A remote host is available via chat for tech or routing help, but navigation, strategy and item-spotting are team responsibilities.
Practical tips: start near Peterborough station for public-transport access, avoid busy market hours for clearer sightlines, and bring a fully charged phone plus a small power bank. Wear shoes with decent grip for wet cobbles and plan 10–15 minutes after the game for a debrief coffee and leaderboard check. The result is part city tour, part timed puzzle—an accessible, social way to see Peterborough with a competitive edge.