Corporate Treasure Hunt — King's Cross South & Bloomsbury, London (ZONE 8)
Literary history, hidden museums, and London’s most elegant garden squares — a Red Herring smartphone treasure hunt through the heart of Bloomsbury.
Your King's Cross South game zone
Zone 8 takes teams into the heart of Bloomsbury — one of London’s most historically and intellectually rich neighbourhoods.
Home to the British Museum, the University of London, and a cluster of fascinating specialist museums, this is a zone that rewards curiosity and delivers genuinely surprising discoveries at every turn.
Your teams will navigate a route taking in:
- Russell Square — one of London’s largest garden squares, at the heart of Bloomsbury and surrounded by the University of London
- The Charles Dickens Museum — the house where Dickens wrote Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, a remarkable piece of London literary history
- The Postal Museum — a fascinating and often overlooked museum celebrating the history of the Royal Mail, hidden in plain sight in Bloomsbury
- Brunswick Square Gardens — a beautiful garden square with strong connections to Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group
- Tavistock Square — a peaceful garden square with memorials to conscientious objectors and victims of the 7/7 bombings
- St George’s Gardens — one of London’s earliest public burial grounds turned garden, a hidden green gem in the heart of Bloomsbury
The zone is packed with more challenges than any team can complete in the two-hour window — so there’s no coasting. Every minute counts, and the pressure to squeeze in one more challenge never lets up.
Why King's Cross South works for corporate teams
This zone is particularly well suited to teams based in Bloomsbury, Holborn, and the wider WC1 postcode — home to a large concentration of publishing, legal, academic, and public sector organisations.
Russell Square, King’s Cross, and Euston stations all sit on or near the route, providing excellent access from across London and beyond.
The concentration of museums and cultural institutions makes this one of the most intellectually engaging routes in the Red Herring London portfolio — perfect for teams who want more than just a walk around famous landmarks.
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