Explorer pack
Ready to Discover Explore?
You'll need an Explorer Pack to help you on your way!
Each pack contains all the essential information you'll need for your adventure – information on the location you are visiting, a map, top survival tips, important info for grown ups and the missions.
Select a location to download your explorer pack.
Amwell Nature Reserve
Once a gravel pit, Amwell Nature Reserve was transformed by Herts
and Middlesex Wildlife Trust into a wetland nature reserve and opened in
2006. Huge numbers of visitors (both humans
and wildlife!) flock ...
Amwell Nature Reserve explorer pack
Bruce Castle Museum
Bruce Castle is a 16th Century Manor House. Set in 20 acres of beautiful parkland the
building has been owned by Lords, borrowed by a king, used as a school... it
even ...
Bruce Castle Museum explorer pack
Markfield Beam Engine & Museum
Markfield
Beam Engine & Museum is situated in the beautiful surroundings of Markfield
Park. Step inside the magnificent Beam
Engine House and discover the story of the old sewage works which helped
improved public ...
Markfield Beam Engine & Museum explorer pack
Myddelton House Gardens
Enjoy eight acres of stunning gardens. Myddelton House was built in 1812 by Henry
Carrington Bowles and remained in the Bowles family up till the death of E. A. Bowles in ...
Myddelton House Gardens explorer pack
RSAF Enfield Island
In 1816 the Royal Small Arms Factory
was built on this patch of marshland by the River Lea. The factory grew and
changed over the years but was always a place for ...
RSAF Enfield Island explorer pack
Rye Meads nature reserve
Rye Meads nature reserve sits near the
River Lee and is the perfect place to spot some very special wildlife and
birds. It is home to otters, kingfishers, moorhens and swans, as ...
Rye Meads nature reserve explorer pack
Secret Island (Royal Gunpowder Mills)
Surrounded
by canals and hidden by trees, Secret Island (Royal Gunpowder Mills) is a top
secret location near Waltham Abbey waiting to be discovered by intrepid
explorers and nosey scientists. For over 300 ...
Secret Island (Royal Gunpowder Mills) explorer pack
The House Mill
The Lower Lea Valley has been an important area
for agriculture and industry since the Saxon times. The Domesday Book
identified eight mills in the area. Three Mills Island now includes the
Grade ...
The House Mill explorer pack
Waltham Abbey and Gardens
Set in the heart of an English market town are the church, ruins
and gardens of Waltham Abbey. It was once the favourite church of King Harold,
who died in the famous ...
Waltham Abbey and Gardens explorer pack
Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum
Walthamstow Pumphouse
Museum is situated in the 1885; Grade II listed Low Hall Pumping Station, which
was originally a sewage pumping station. It still contains a pair of rare
Marshall C class steam ...
Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum explorer pack
Ware Museum
Ware Museum is a little gem set in the picturesque town of Ware. Situated in the 14th century Grade 1 listed Priory Lodge the museum holds a treasure trove full ...
Ware Museum explorer pack
WaterWorks Nature Reserve
Over 150 years ago the Essex Filter
Beds began supplying the surrounding areas with much-needed clean water. Now as
the WaterWorks Nature Reserve the site has an important new role as a ...
WaterWorks Nature Reserve explorer pack
Discover Explore has been built by The Workshop. It is part of Discovering Places which is principally funded by the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor
Discovering Places is delivered in partnership between The Heritage Alliance and London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Original artwork by Tom Morgan-Jones & The Geography Collective.