# CacheMemo

Code: GC37QVD
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4f69357c-a540-46fe-8d5c-4258e450446c
Hints: M19A
ShortDescription:
Part of a 'cache and dash' series in SE12 which is an area with very few caches. You are looking for a magnetic specimen bottle.


Code: GC1M3GA
ShortDescription: In Gunnersbury Triangle - a beautiful nature reserve surrounded by railway lines.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=cd78f5a1-6758-461c-b2c6-977eba016179
Hints: Any logs here?
LongDescription:
This is a small tupperware box and, when placed, contained a
logbook, etc. and a yoyo and a couple of other little things.
<p><br />
The entrance to Gunnersbury Triangle is at N 51° 29.656' W 0°
16.103'</p>
<p>1st Feb 2009: Following the reports by Ray H and iamasmith
(thanks guys - see their comments below) I've replaced the heavily
nibbled tupperware container (damn squirrels!) with a metal tin.
Not ideal, but should be squirrel-proof, and I've greased the edges
of the lid to make it really watertight and to make it easy to get
the lid off. Let's hope it works anyway...</p>
<p>26 Sept 2010: New logbook! - I've taken away the old logbook
which was completely full, and slightly damp.</p>

TravelBugs:
<BR>Golden Eagle Geocoin - a spate of protective bird (id = 1065720, ref = TB1JHR0)
<BR>Travel Bug Origins - Ceska Republika (id = 3674940, ref = TB4D4WC)


Code: GC34X1J
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=aad9813a-4517-4b11-9a72-66e006336e58
Hints: Find an ivy-covered fallen tree near the bug hotel.
LongDescription:
The Location around the cache:
The remains of the wall and small nearby building used to be one of the main entrances to the horse-racing course that used to be just South of here in the park (where the cricket and football grounds are now).

In the shelter of the South side of the wall are what appear to be two rather grand "Bug Hotels" erected here recently. You will see that they have all sorts of different materials and places for bugs to inhabit. I assume it was done as a project by local schools or by the BBC as part of Springwatch event which is sometimes held in the park.

The Cache:
The cache itself is hidden nearby the bug hotel.
It is a slightly camouflaged, round, plastic tub.
Inside is a small notepad, pencil and a few small items.
NOTE: The coordinates are for the cache itself, not the nearby Bug Hotel.

Happy hunting!

ShortDescription:
A small cache in the North East corner of Alexandra Park near what appears to be a large Bug Hotel!
The coordinates are for the cache itself, not the nearby Bug Hotel.

TravelBugs:
<BR>Rennsemmen's Dartboard Geocoin (id = 5979324, ref = TB6XFRB)
<BR>What Comes After 3 in Countin' Numbers Pappy (id = 2554164, ref = TB36GKA)


Code: GC4FN8P
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=34e0a223-c02d-491c-800f-20ed0d683b94
Hints: Magnetic / Corner / Up those steps you go.
LongDescription:
Coordinates taken on 2 separate days and with 2 gps's. The other gps had it as 877/107 so good enough for me. No obvious spoiler pics please.

ShortDescription:
<p>Surprisingly this station is only shown on Gmaps when you are either at 50m or 2km zoom levels.</p>
Although that map is not accurate it's not far off at all.
<p>Log Only so bring that pen please</p>


Code: GC5CCCF
ShortDescription: <p>Quick grab cache Church End</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7155adb8-11ff-44eb-80a5-44988cefaec1
Hints: Green
LongDescription:
<p>Last one of the hidden heart series, mostly placed around Harlesden area. Magnetic, tube sized, quick grab cache. Please bring your own pen.</p>


Code: GC22D8R
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=96221d77-8b27-4be4-8e33-1dc66051ec96
Hints: brambles and stumps
TravelBugs: <BR>Casino Geocoin (id = 917504, ref = TB1DJGV)
LongDescription:
This series is run by FantasticCat (The FTF Greater London #1 cache is GC1N994) and is a continuation of the series that Dorsetgal started in Dorset, after hearing about it how it got established in the US on the Podcacher Podcast. Hopefully in time it will become established nationwide! As Groundspeak has now prohibited the publication of caches which required you to hide another cache as a condition of logging the FTF find, you do NOT have to place another cache as a condition of logging the FTF but it would be nice if you did (particularly for YOU!), so the chain is not broken!

Guidelines for this series are below:

1. FTF'er should place the next cache in the series (in this case, The Curse of the FTF #14!) within 1 month... Otherwise the curse will prevent you from ever getting another FTF again!!! Muhahahahahahahaha!

2. You can only be a FTF for this series once. This spreads the FTF love around, and gives others a chance to play along.

3. Cache can be any type of cache (Puzzle, Multi, etc.), but I do ask that you set it in Greater London (there are 33 London boroughs making up Greater London; Enfield in the North down to Croydon and Bromley in the South, Hillingdon in the West through to Havering in the East).

4. You must include this set of guidelines in your listing for the series I will be happy to answer any questions concerning the guidelines or about the placing of caches to those who have not placed a cache before. By way of clarification, there is no requirement besides the standard signing of the cache log to prevent you from logging this cache when found. Everyone should log their find, and hopefully the FTF person will play along and place another cache, but it is in no way a requirement for logging your find.

Greater London Series FTFers

# Cache Name GC Code FTF 
1 New River Head GC1N994 Loony Londo 
2 Barnet Church GC1NA65 Rastan 
3 The Mill Field GC1QC5M Ducktagnan 
4 Winchmore Hill GC1QVVV Renatopivano 
5 Abney Park GC1RMNK james and sadie 
6 Frieze! GC1TG5G groosome 
7 Westway Sports GC1VNEQ The Bongtwashes 
8 M1 Jct 3 GC1W0BQ bones1 
9 Spur Road GC1XG6T rodz 
10 WTF GC1XGN8 Belplasca 
11 Hail Caesar GC215C2 TheAardvarkFamily
12 Henry’s Gateway GC221PG bevroutley

The cache is placed near Palewell Common and Fields. A great place for kids.
Caution if taking kids the cache is near the Bank of Beverley Brook and close to the Bank of England Sports Ground .


Code: GC37QX4
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d02b0cd8-d383-43fd-9701-2d78c41c659d
Hints: Pat's grey box
ShortDescription:
Part of a 'cache and dash' series in SE12 which is an area with very few caches.  You are looking for a magnetic specimen bottle.


Code: GC1R6Z9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1ecd70b6-071d-407a-810b-045b76e96703
Hints: SW corner well protected.
LongDescription:
The title for this cache refers to a piece of advice as to what to do in case of nuclear attack. The full quote is probably not suitable for a family activity but try googling it and you should find the second half quite easily.

Some people however would have been a bit more occupied should the worse happen during the cold war. The Royal Oberserver Corps had the job of reporting the intensity, direction and distance of the nuclear bursts. They carried this out from 1500 undergound bunkers, usually on high ground, scattered across the country. 

You are trying to find the site of The Bowes Park Post, and here you can find the remains of the entrance hatch and the various surface measuring devices safely fenced off from further investigation. 15 feet below there lies 2 small rooms containing, according to the Subterranea Britannica website which reported a visit in 1998: "A cupboard, shelf, rack of shelves, some BT equipment, papers, posters, utensils, maps and four pairs of Wellington boots."

I  wonder what the occupants would do after their 7 days of rations ran out?

When originally hidden this site was heavily overgrown, but in the spring of 2010 it was cleared showing all the surface features. These comprise of the large padlocked entrance hatch with concrete steps leading up to it, a smaller air vent with louveres in the side (which also contained the retractable radio antenna), a small flat plate on a pole for indicating the direction and intensity of the bomb flashes and a single vertical pipe which had the area radiation meter on top to monitor fallout. 

There is an interesting description of the history of these structures (thanks to Tweetiepie for the link) here http://www.ringbell.co.uk/ukwmo/index.htm

Also some rather nice photos of a restored version here http://www.sussexmilitary.org.uk/gallery/index.asp?a=cuckfield

Hidden on the feast of St.Theodore of Pavia, with the blessing of Mark Everson the park manager.

ShortDescription:
Replaced in May 2011 and the third container for this site you are looking for a reasonable sized tupperware box, about 750ml. Should take most sensible bugs and coins. Decorated to match its surroundings and hidden in full view.

 Please replace as you find and don't push too far back.

TravelBugs:
<BR>Ding Ding! (id = 269037, ref = TBPTQH)
<BR>My Little Baby Girl Dog (id = 5197503, ref = TB6287A)


Code: GC5G09M
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c22a72ac-7db2-4928-a4a5-6e9e3daa465d
Hints: Under brickwork, please replace exactly as found.
LongDescription:
This is located in Beckenham Place Park.... Please double check for dog walkers etc before going for the find, and please replace as found so it's out of sight of muggles. You will need to bring your own pen.

ShortDescription:
We have all had those odd occasions when you have needed to "Phone a Friend". That's the theme of this cache.


Code: GC5M8CH
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=15e4ae89-f7e1-442a-802f-a68b9c0125d5
LongDescription:
<font size="4"><em>Urban Geology is the geology of the built environment. This includes the building stones and other materials used in town and cities as well as the tantalising glimpses of the pre-urban landscape and underlying bedrock.<br />
<br /></em></font> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><strong><u>TO LOG THIS CACHE</u></strong><br /></font><br /></font> <font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">To claim a find please email your answers to me via the GC.com website (DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR LOG). There is no need to wait for confirmation before logging, if there is a problem with your answers I will get back to you. I will however do my best to respond out of courtesy.<br />
1. Describe what small sea creatures you can see embedded in the stone? Why are these objects there?<br />
2. What is written on the side of the memorial that is facing SE?.<br />
3. Take and post an optional picture of you or your GPS with the memorial in the background.</font></font>
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<div class="_oDd"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><u><strong>THE MEMORIAL</strong></u></font></font></font></font></font></div>
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<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">The Wimbledon war memorial is:</font><br />
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<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">"In honoured memory of the men of Wimbledon who gave their lives for their King and Country in the Great War 1914-1918."</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
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<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">"In the honoured memory of the men and women of Wimbledon who gave their lives serving in his Majesty's forces during the second world war 1939-1945, and those killed in other conflicts."</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);">
<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">"In honoured memory of the civilians of Wimbledon who lost their lives in the second world war 1939-1945, and those killed in other conflicts."</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<div><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">It is built entirely of Portland Stone which formed at the end of the Jurassic period, around 145 million years ago when what is now <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland">Portland</a>was much closer to the equator than it is today.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><strong><u>PORTLAND STONE</u></strong></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
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<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">Portland Stone formed in a marine environment, on the floor of a shallow, warm, sub-tropical sea probably near land.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">A chemical reaction in the warm, shallow seas where Portland Stone was forming caused calcium and bicarbonate ions to combine, forming a 'muddy' calcareous precipitate. Minute particles of sand or organic detritus lying on or in suspension close to the sea floor acted as nuclei which gradually became coated with this fine-grained calcium carbonate.  </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div>
<div style="color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961);font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:17px;line-height:normal;-webkit-composition-fill-color:rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392);">
<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">Over time more calcium carbonate accumulated around these nuclei in concentric layers, forming small calcareous spheres (less than 1mm diameter). Countless billions of these spherical sediments, called 'ooids' or 'ooliths',<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolite">(what are 'ooliths'?)</a> ultimately became buried and partially cemented together by more calcium carbonate, resulting in the oolitic limestone we now call Portland Stone. The process of lime scale build up in a kettle in hard water areas is similar.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">Fortunately, the degree of cementation in Portland Stone is sufficient to allow it to resist the detrimental effects of the weather, but it is not so well cemented that it can't be readily worked (cut and carved) by masons. This is one of the reasons why Portland Stone is so favoured as a monumental and architectural stone.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">The earliest known building to be constructed using Portland stone is Rufus Castle at Church Ope Cove, Portland. The original structure was probably built in around 1080, rebuilt in around 1259 and rebuilt yet again in about 1450 which is the likely date of the walls seen today.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">Portland stone was used to build the Palace of Westminster in 1347, the Tower of London in 1349 and the first stone London Bridge in 1350. Exeter Cathedral and Christchurch Priory, also constructed during the 14th Century are built of Portland stone. The East side of Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of Queen Elizabeth II, including the balcony, was faced with Portland stone, first in 1854 and again in 1913. The Victoria Memorial is also made of it.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
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ShortDescription:
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<td align="center">I am a proud</td>
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<td align="center"><a href="http://www.earthcache.org"><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/user/e01b4330-2470-4531-a05d-2662bb4def80.jpg" border="0" /></a></td>
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<font size="6"><strong><u>URBAN GEOLOGY</u></strong><br /></font>


Code: GC50THX
ShortDescription: A 90ml container, above head height.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=184b8463-2a59-4a5c-8172-7a610a16229f
Hints: Circled hole.
LongDescription:
Although maps show the Quaggy flowing Northwesterly across Sutcliffe Park, a branch of it, that gets added to by rain runoff from the nearby housing estate, passes around the perimeter of the park.<br />
This section is partway between two daylit parts.<br />
As you won't have a GPS signal here you are looking for a circled hole around chest height, around 80 metres downstream from 'Con'.<br />
You will be walking under the footpath in the photo below:<br />
<img src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/41/13/2411358_92eb6560.jpg" />


Code: GC5WHNK
LongDescription: <p>black magnetic 35mm film canister</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0de1b68b-1f8b-47f3-975b-4b47b872be22
ShortDescription:
<p><br />
 </p>

<div class="UserSuppliedContent">West Ham derives from  the old English  <em>Hamme . </em>The team was founded in 1895 and is often called <em>The Hammers</em></div>


Code: GC5VNEM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=99cd7c93-f1cd-4fef-96ed-06c3eb45b155
Hints: Look inside.
LongDescription:
<p>I've walked past here thousands of times and have never taken much notice of this object until I was looking for a good cache location. You never know, I might bump into you and say hello!</p>
<p>Don't forget to note down the value of the letter B if you want to find the bonus cache. </p>

ShortDescription:
<p>There's more to Wimbledon than just tennis. <br />
The Wimbledon Wander is a series of 12 caches that takes you around some other sights in the area. The circuit starts near Wimbledon station, so leave your car at home and enjoy the walk. The whole loop is about 5 miles in length and will take you 3-4 hours to complete. The first 10 caches contain a clue to the location of the bonus cache. Good luck!</p>


Code: GC395GF
ShortDescription: <strong>Good luck with the house hunting!</strong>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7a747198-c638-4c12-ba90-7af4323a48bc
LongDescription:
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Roses are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Apples are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Minced meat is <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Raspberries are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Letterboxes are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Ferraris are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Lips are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Santa hats are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Tomatoes are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Sunburn is <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Hot lingerie is <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Cherries are <font color="red">red</font><br />
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Some houses are <font color="brown">brown</font><br />
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<strong>No pictures of the container or location, please!</strong>


Code: GC5B3YX
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=45c3a218-7029-4f20-baad-f6bf8487dbb5
Hints: From the club house....Four by two!! look up!
LongDescription:
<p>You are looking for a small black container hidden in a nook of one of the trees just oposite the finishing post.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>This point is where Oxford and Cambridge finish their famous boat race every year in April.</p>
<p>It is a post in the river, painted the University colours that the teams cox looks for at the finish!</p>
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Code: GC3GNNF
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=be1924fa-d7ce-47e7-bba0-e94c958cde2b
Hints: East End, low cross
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/424878e5-7f71-45d6-8208-2729ee9b01d4.jpg" /></center>
The building is now a residential property but still recognisable as a former church. It was originally built as a mission hall for the large church of St Margarets. In 1906 the building became the mission church of St. Anselms until its closure around 1926.<br />
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<p align="center"><font color="red">**************************************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at <a href="mailto:churchmicro@gmail.com?subject=Number%20request%20for%20new%20Church%20Micro">churchmicro@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
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ShortDescription:
This is a church micro cache, located about 200 feet east of the former mission church of St Anselms.


Code: GC57RZT
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=23ac3f4c-91e6-4174-87c1-00d6270ce1de
Hints: To the left of the gap, at floor level.
TravelBugs: <BR>Miss Teddy likes wood (id = 2961116, ref = TB3M62T)
LongDescription:
<p>Abbey Recreation Ground was once within the lands of Merton Place estate owned by Lord Nelson, where he lived form 1801-1805 immediately prior to his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.</p>

<p>The Recreation Ground is predominantly open green space that is used for playing fields, with perimeter path and trees. To the north is a woodland path between Merton Park and Morden Road that you can access from the Morden Road or the end of Melbourne Road.</p>

<p>There is a children's playground in one corner that we call "The Triangle Park", suitable for primary school age children.</p>

<p>On a nice sunny day you can take a picnic rug, watch a bit of cricket, have a quick swing in the park and bag a couple of caches within easy walking distance.</p>

<p>The cache is a clip-lock box containing a logbook, pencil and various small toys and games, and needs to be approached from the woodland path.</p>

<p>I've taken several GPS readings and the dense tree coverage seems to affect the accuracy so this is an average - hopefully good enough.</p>

<p>Placed with the kind permission of Merton Council. Thanks.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>A lovely walk down a woodland path and access to a grassy area with a small children's park in one corner. You may find a few little items in the box to have fun with.</p>


Code: GC3B1GY
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=da962f50-3555-4716-93c7-e11acf71c709
Hints: The Holly bears the crown but the Ivy holds the cache.
LongDescription:
You are looking for a camouflaged quarter litre snap top box about 2 feet off the ground.  When placed it contained a small selection of swaps and has room for small niknaks and travelbugs.

Please bring a writing implement and take care retrieving and replacing the cache as it is an area well frequented by muggles.

Beckenham Place Park was a regular childhood haunt and many happy days were spent there during the holidays.  It covers 96 hectares and is the largest green space in the LB Lewisham.  The park forms part of the Green Chain Walk and is on the Capital Ring.

Take time to explore the park, and maybe if the weather permits have a paddle in the River Ravensbourne.

This cache is placed with permission of Lewisham Council.  With thanks to VM for her help with this aspect.


Code: GC4H76V
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a1ed4458-4a79-4e25-8633-efa634f0f151
Hints: You are looking for a film pot size container, low down.
LongDescription:
This is one of a series going out to help cachers in their quest for a 31 day caching streak in August 2013 for which they will get a souvenir on their profile page.

We've got together to put out this series of mostly driveby caches..... Good Luck with your Cache Hunt for August '13.


Code: GC56W3P
ShortDescription: <p>A very pleasant walk on good paths in the old Merton Park area.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=019b8b82-2347-4e60-9c32-3ed39f0f7856
Hints: Hopefully this will be a “short haul” for most. Have a good read and you're almost there.
LongDescription:
<p>This cache can be found in the area known as a Site of Interest for Nature Conservation just behind the new housing at the end of Rutlish Road or Melbourne Road.</p>
<p>This is a lovely space to walk through, with wild flowers, birds and butterflies and, although it is much smaller now, it still has a charm of its own. One path that runs through this area links to a woodland path that runs down to the Abbey Recreation Ground where you will find a large field and a well used playground.</p>
<p>Abbey Recreation Ground was once within the lands of Merton Place estate owned by Lord Nelson, where he lived from 1801-1805 immediately prior to his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.</p>
<p>The cache itself is approximately 10cms long with a tiny log book – please replace exactly how you found it. Please don't trample the undergrowth - there is no need. Your starting point is knee high if you look in the right place. BYOP.</p>
<p>No pictures of the container please.</p>
<p>Placed with the kind permission of Merton Council.</p>


Code: GC50MW2
ShortDescription: The cache is a small bison tube at the upstream side of a small weir under the road.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=59bd8b28-adf2-4741-9813-2d85ccb55200
LongDescription:
When I placed it I couldn't tell how deep the water was at the base of the weir, but I now know that the base of the tunnel to the right is about 1.4m above the base of the culvert, so you can estimate the water depth relative to that.


Code: GC26T3H
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a0ee8770-d9f7-43fe-a14f-2a5cfed6deee
TravelBugs: <BR>Gary the Mountie / Gary la police montée (id = 1979026, ref = TB2J74F)
LongDescription:
Cache is located on the left hand side, past the far end of the pond (if you are coming down the slope from the car park.)

Cache is a small plastic tupperware container.

In the cache at the time of posting:
A pencil/sharpener/pen/log book
Squity orange fish
Tic Tac Toe game
Flexible Yellow Man
Bounce Up Smiley Face
Frog - Trackable (Please place me into another cache, to help me move around)

ShortDescription:
Nearest car park - Windmill Wimbledon Common

Walk down a fairly steep slope through the trees to Queensmere pond. Tracks and paths can be muddy at times.

Hints:
You will see an open area of woodland to the side of the path, a short way off of the path, hidden in a gap in the base of a tree


Code: GC5JT5B
LongDescription: <p>On the Thames path, North side by Chiswick Quay lock gates.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=88319294-ad4d-4936-868d-a36ce8d872b9
Hints: welly boot height- of course!
ShortDescription:
<p>From this vantage point you can see not only the friendliest rowing club on the Thames Tideway (Putney Town) but also the beach Oxford and Cambridge crews disembark after their epic race. As the race progressess the support crews put rows of light or dark blue welly boots out- depending on who is leading, this can change many times during the race- and is best viewed from the friendliest rowing club on the tideway's balcony!</p>


Code: GC5DRWZ
ShortDescription: A tricky cache (hence the rating) at an interesting point along the canal.<br />
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c408deb4-2fbc-4978-b121-e509e5b285c5
Hints: A non-standard cache container, about 8 feet high up in one of the trees.
LongDescription:
<p>Once you've found the cache (hard, but the hint will give it away!) look across the canl and you'll see a small outlet - this is the 'feeder' that keeps the canal levels constant, and is small tributary that comes from from Brent and the River Brent, which if you can get to - you can put wellington boots on and walk up!</p>


Code: GC3WJNR
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6ddfd803-1b52-4e59-8a70-4a58d995c242
LongDescription:
<p>The origin of the word "gneiss" is thought to be German (verb gneist -to spark) because the rock glitters. It has been in use in English since at least 1757.</p>
<p>This commemorative rock is a fine example of Lewisian Gneiss which is so named as it occurs on the Isle of Lewis in The Outer Hebrides. Lewisian Gneiss is metamorphic, in that volcanic heat and pressure has altered its structure somewhat. Originally the rocks were like granite which changed as the Earth's crust became molten and they solidified. This is the reason you can see great variations in the way the layers are displayed, ranging from the white, to pale grey and even then the really dark grey.</p>
<p>For hundreds of millions of years, these rocks were buried beneath the surface which meant that the intense heat and pressures helped to form the growth of the new minerals in them. It is thought that the original rock was probably sandstone and limestone or igneous rocks like basalt and granite. Gneisses are one of a group of rocks (including slate) exhibiting foliation. In Gneiss, the foliation is more typically represented by compositional banding due to segregation of mineral (mafic and felsic) phases developed under high temperature and pressure conditions.</p>
<p>Gneissic rocks are usually medium- to coarse-foliated and largely recrystallised but do not carry large quantities of micas, chlorite or other platy minerals.</p>
<p>Mafic is an adjective describing a silicate mineral or rock that is rich in magnesium and iron; the term is a combination of the words "magnesium" and "ferric". Most mafic minerals are dark in colour .</p>
<p>Felsic ( a combination of feldspar and silica) is an adjective used in geology to refer to silicate minerals, magma, and rocks which are enriched in the lighter elements such as silicon, oxygen, aluminium, sodium, and potassium. They are usually light in colour. The most common felsic rock is granite but includes quartz, muscovite, orthoclase, and the sodium-rich plagioclase feldspars. In terms of chemistry, felsic rocks are on the other side of the rock spectrum from the mafic rocks.</p>
<p>Most of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland have a bedrock formed from Lewisian gneiss. These are amongst the oldest rocks in Europe and some of the oldest in the world, having been formed in the Precambrian "super-eon", up to 3 billion years ago. In addition to the Outer Hebrides, they form basement deposits on the Scottish mainland west of the Moine Thrust and on the islands of Coll and Tiree. These rocks are largely igneous in origin, mixed with metamorphosed marble, quartzite and mica schist and intruded by later basaltic dykes and granite magma. The gneiss's delicate pink colourings (due to the feldspar) are exposed throughout the islands.</p>
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<p>1. Describe the appearance of the rock. What does the foliation look like?</p>
<p>2. What is it's colour? Which mineral is chiefly responsible for this coloration?</p>
<p>3. Name the minerals in this Gneissen example.</p>
<p>4. Count the pebbles around the base of the Stone... only those which are in the ring nearest the Stone and not all the pebbles in the base!!</p>
<p>5. It is no longer a requirement to post a photo of your caching group at the location but we would greatly appreciate one of you and/or your GPS at the GZ. Many thanks for taking part in this Earthcache. We hope you have enjoyed doing it. We certainly had never noticed this Millenium Stone here previously and have enjoyed preparing this cache.</p>
<p><b>Please do not attempt to park adjacent to the cache. There is a large Pay as you go car park to the rear of the Library and on street parking in adjacent streets although restrictions do apply during daytime hours.</b></p>

ShortDescription:
<p>The Millenium Stone, Bromley is actually situated in Beckenham, Kent and was a gift in 2000 from The Highland Council of Scotland. 20 tonnes was shipped from Scotland in the form of large nuggets. Each child in the Borough of Bromley was given a piece of this oldest rock in England only after each piece had been washed (by hand) three times!</p>
<img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/0017808d-8e6f-430d-9356-5e4a77aaef31.jpg?rnd=0.5469993" />


Code: GC40N2B
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c447504a-b8a3-4511-ad60-bf8fb3e48ca7
Hints: Half way along Holmesdale Road?
LongDescription:
<span><font color="red">This cache is the second in an occasional series of Crystal Palace Football Club related caches. Partly they to celebrate events or individuals and also try to make up for the limited pre-match caching opportunities!<br />
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<font color="blue">#2 in the series was set on Saturday 3rd November 2012 to celebrate the appointment of Ian Holloway as manager.<br />
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<font color="red">Holloway succeeded Dougie Freedman in the role who left to manage Bolton Wanderers after nearly two years in the role.<br />
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<font color="blue">The cache is a magnetic nano, placed 30 minutes before the 2-0 victory over Blackburn (for which caretaker manager, Curtis Fleming, was in charge) on 03/11/12 in front of a crowd of 16,744!<br />
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<font color="red">Holloway, a midfielder, began his playing career at hometown club Bristol Rovers in 1981, going on to play for Wimbledon, Brentford, Torquay United (on loan), back to Bristol Rovers for a second spell, Queens Park Rangers and, finally, a third spell back at Bristol Rovers. In his last spell at Bristol Rovers he became player-manager before ending his playing career in 1999.<br />
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<font color="blue">As well as Bristol Rovers, he has also previously managed QPR, Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City and Blackpool.<br />
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<font color="red">Perhaps he will be successful at Palace, but undoubtedly we will hear some great quotes! Here are some of his best.<br />
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<font color="blue">"To put it in gentleman's terms if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they're good looking and some weeks they're not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She wasn't the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let's have a coffee" (on an "ugly" win against Chesterfield).<br />
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<font color="red">"Apparently it's my fault that the Titanic sank." (On criticism from Plymouth Argyle fans during Leicester City's match against Plymouth Argyle)<br />
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<font color="blue">"I love Blackpool. We're very similar. We both look better in the dark".<br />
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<font color="red">"If you're a burglar, it's no good poncing about outside somebody's house, looking good with your swag bag ready. Just get in there, burgle them and come out. I don't advocate that obviously, it's just an analogy".<br />
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<font color="blue">"Why haven't they got cameras? The officials can speak to each other easily enough now. Why aren't we using laptops that are linked up and can give a decision in five seconds? A chimpanzee could do it - with not much training. We might as well go back to being cavemen, grab our girl by the hair, drag her into the cave whether she wants to come in or not because we may as well live in that age. We've come forward, haven't we?<br />
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<font color="red">"In the first-half we were like the Dog and Duck, in the second-half we were like Real Madrid. We can't go on like that. At full-time I was at them like an irritated Jack Russell"<br />
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<font color="blue">"I'd rather do that than build chicken sheds no-one wanted! (On Blackpool making the Championship play-off final in 2010 having spent a year out of football making hen houses").<br />
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<font color="red">“In football you need to have everything in your cake mix to make the cake taste right. One little bit of ingredient that Tony uses in his cake gets talked about all the time is Rory’s throw. Call that cinnamon and he’s got a cinnamon flavoured cake. It’s not fair and it’s not right and it’s only a small part of what he does." (On Tony Pulis's style of management).<br />
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<font color="blue">And my favourite: Reporter: "Ian, have you got any injury worries?" Holloway: "No, I'm fully fit, thank you".<br />
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<font color="red">As GPS readings were variable, I have used Google maps for the coordinates, but you may need the hint to help you locate the cache.<br />
<br />
<font color="blue">When logging your find electronically, it would be interesting to share who (if anyone) you consider to be the best football manager. I'd also like to see who's brave enough to try to find it on match days - remember that's when it was placed.<br />
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<font color="red">CONGRATULATIONS - FTF (and on a match day) Cache! Eh?<br /></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span>


Code: GC4HN6G
ShortDescription: <p>A small black box with a Geocaching logo hidden in the roots of a tall tree.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=384a7bf0-e4b5-432d-9327-d95f830e1fe3
TravelBugs: <BR>Seven Souvenirs of August Tag (id = 5718966, ref = TB6KQVP)
LongDescription:
<p>Coldfall Wood is one of London's most beautiful and lesser-known woods. It is a wood of primary origin, which means it has existed continuously since pre-historic times. It is also a wood of some geological significance as evidence was first found here showing that glaciation reached as far as London during the ice ages.</p>


Code: GC50MW7
ShortDescription: <p>The cache is a 90ml container.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8f21df90-fb33-487e-b337-cb72dd615b2b
Hints: Largest one about half way through
LongDescription:
<p>As this is just downstream of the playing fields you may find, at some times of the year, several nearly new footballs floating in the river. </p>
Perhaps the easiest place to enter the river is just south of this cache through a gap in the green railings:<br />
<img src="http://imgcdn.geocaching.com/cache/large/a3ec1036-c268-4125-8758-39c170333103.jpg" />


Code: GC57M02
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e7523a52-2db6-4694-8596-c282bbe50e93
Hints: Chest height.
LongDescription:
<p>About A Marathon not a Sprint series.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom and part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The 33rd London Marathon took place on 21 April 2013, and the 34th London Marathon is scheduled for 13 April 2014</p>
<p>The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and Welsh athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside St. James's Park. Since the first marathon, the course has undergone very few route changes. In 1982, the finishing post was moved from Constitution Hill to Westminster Bridge due to construction works. It remained there for twelve years before moving to its present location at The Mall.</p>
<p>The first London Marathon was held on 29 March 1981, more than 20,000 applied to run. 6,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill. The Marathon's popularity has steadily grown since then. As at 2009, 746,635 people have completed the race since its inception. In 2010, 36,549 people crossed the line, the biggest field since the race began. The first wheelchair marathon race was held in 1983 and the event was credited with reducing the stigma surrounding disabled athletes.</p>
<p>The Cache</p>
<p>This cache is a magnetic black nano. You will need a pencil or pen to sign the log and possibly tweezers. Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. Although near busy roads, it is accessible for wheelchair users. This is a possible cache and dash, although you will have difficulty parking here if Charlton are playing at home. The cache is so named because on one side of the route is the hospital whilst on the other side is the Cemetery! This can be a busy area traffic-wise, so stealth is important. I can guarantee thousands of muggles during the race!</p>
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<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Jimthebee for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong>I live about a half hour walk from the start of the London Marathon yet have never been to watch it! On 10/04/2014 I was in Blackheath placing a couple of new caches and I got the idea to begin a series of caches following the route of the event. All caches in the series are on, or very close to, the actual route.</strong></p>
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Code: GC4GPH9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b17ec905-abf5-45c2-af27-c0f7a1f18eb5
Hints: Eight feet up and only inches from the lamppost.
LongDescription:
<p>Wimbledon is more well known for another racket sport, but here you are at the squash and badminton club. Perhaps not quite as prestigious as the All England Club, but at the 'Wimbledon Racquets and Fitness Club' you don't have to rely on the weather!</p>
<p>The container is now a small plastic tube, and I've increased the difficulty rating because you can no longer see the cache from the ground, and there will be plenty of muggles to avoid.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>A lofty cache along the side of the main railway line out of Wimbledon. It's a 10 minute walk from the railway station or parking is available in the nearby roads.</p>


Code: GC2MVHF
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c68c2702-3ebb-4c95-b0ec-e481b498dd0e
Hints: There's no concrete crossbar, so it must be in the ......
LongDescription:
This cache is the first in an occasional series of Crystal Palace Football Club related caches. Partly they aim to celebrate events or individuals and also try to make up for the limited pre-match caching opportunities!

#1 in the series was set on Saturday 22nd January 2011 to celebrate Dougie Freedman's first home game in charge since being appointed manager. 

Dougie already has hero status at Selhurst Park, hopeflly this will remain intact!

Freedman began his career with QPR 1992, but never made their first team. He moved to Third Division Barnet on a free transfer in July 1994, scoring 24 goals in his debut season. 
He moved to Palace for £800,000 in September 1995.
and scorded 20 times during his first season at Selhurst Park including, the fastest hat-trick in Crystal Palace's league history – 11 minutes – against Grimsby Town on 5 March 1996.

The following season, he helped Palace to the promotion play-offs. He then scored crucial goals in the 89th and 90th minutes of the semi final tie with Wolves after coming off the bench with 17 minutes left. Palace went on to win promotion in the Wembley final, beating Sheffield United 1–0.

Freedman only played 7 times in the Premier League before he was sold to Wolves. His spell with the club only lasted until the end of the 1997–98 season. Despite being the team's top goalscorer he was sold to Nottingham Forest for £950,000 in August 1998.

Nottingham Forest offered Freedman his first full season in the top flight in 1998–99, but his nine goals couldn't prevent relegation. He remained with the club for a further full season before rejoining Crystal Palace in October 2000, this time for £600,000.

This season saw perhaps his most famous goal for the club. Relegation to the third tier loomed in their final game of the season at Stockport County, with three minutes left and no score. Dramatically, Freedman then scored the vital goal that kept Palace in the division, and relegated Huddersfield Town.

The following campaign saw him earn a call-up to the Scottish national team (2 appearances; 1 goal), to add to his earlier Under 21 caps.

During the 2005/6 season, he scored his 100th and 101st goals for Crystal Palace in a 3–2 win at rivals Brighton & Hove Albion.  This made him only the seventh player in Palace history to have scored 100 goals for the club.

During the 2007/8 season, Freedman was reserve team manager at Palace as well as playing for the first team until he moved to League One club Leeds United on loan.

After his testimonial match to reward him for ten years' service at the club over two spells, Freedman moved to Southend United on a free transfer where he had played and coached.

In March 2010, Freedman returned to Crystal Palace as assistant manager to Paul Hart, helping secure survival for the Eagles on the last day of the season. 

He started the 2010/11 season as assistant manager under George Burley. When Burley was sacked on New Years' Day 2011, Freedman was given the role of Caretaker Manager until  he was made the official manager of Crystal Palace signing a 2 and a half year deal on 11th January 2011.

The original cache was a magnetic 35mm canister. It was placed 30 minutes before the match on 22/01/11 in front of a crowd of 14,128! 

This didn't last very long and I have now replaced it (in front of a crowd of 19,344) with a black magnetic nano - located even closer to the stadium!

The cache is now a very small tube (with a clear cap) and is even closer to the stadium. It is not magnetic. Tweezers might be handy to extract the log./

As GPS readings were variable, I have used Google maps for the coordinates, but you may need this hint  to help you locate the cache.



When logging your find electronically, it would be interesting to share who (if anyone) you support. I'd also like to see who's brave enough to try to find it on match days - remember that's when it was placed.

CONGRATULATIONS - Joint FTF: The Lion Man, Rolo2286 and The Creepy Crawlies

SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS - FTF on a match day: Plundermot (in front of 21,000 muggles and me)


Code: GC5VPXN
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d66e1e1f-f935-4b3c-b334-ced2bfa3761d
Hints: Hanging near corner at waist height.
LongDescription:
<p>Covering 34 acres just off Wimbledon Common, this Listed garden was once the garden of Cannizaro House. It hosts the statue of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, who lived nearby in exile.</p>
<p>Don't forget to note down the value of the letter W if you want to find the bonus cache.</p>
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Code: GC4R281
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c2dfc6c7-3016-42c7-8d82-54067dcf8081
Hints: are you looking for him, or is he looking for you?
LongDescription:
<p>This is a fun but scary cache, it is hidden on the edge of Morden Hall Park, a park full of history, with Snuff Mills, water wheels, marshes and more to explore, it is also near the excellent Deen City Farm, a great farm that does not charge for admission but asks for a donation, to keep them being able to survive, as the council cut their funding recently I really do recommend visiting, and donating.</p>
<p>Back to the cache itself you are looking for a clip box, with a little bit of a difference, maybe not for the weak hearted, who do not like creepy crawlies,a great cache to grab in the darkness of halloween, a torch may help you "see" where it is hiding.</p>
<p>Please grab it by the container rather than anything on the container, and please replace as found, as it is there to be kept higher than I have seen the brook rise! And open with care, and try not to let anything inside escape, room for travel bugs and coins. If you replace anything inside please make sure you leave something scary!</p>
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ShortDescription:
<p>This is hidden in Morden Hall park, and is more fun to be found in the dark especially on Halloween, if you are brave enough! (bring a torch)</p>
<p>It is near a brook &amp; tram line crossing, so please be careful with children, though they will hopefully enjoy this cache.</p>
<p> </p>
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Code: GC5WBZV
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ad99b466-b5b2-4cbb-97d6-28a259ecfbe9
Hints: base of tree
LongDescription:
<p style="text-align:center"><samp><strong>Mitcham Common is 182 hectares of common land situated in south London. It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton, with parts straddling the borders of Croydon and Sutton.</strong></samp></p>

<p style="text-align:center"><samp><strong>Now part of the London's Heathland Heritage </strong></samp></p>

ShortDescription:
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Cache placed in a public recreational ground of Mitcham Common.</strong></p>


Code: GC5112Z
LongDescription: <p>So as not to spoil the fun, I wont say much about the container. Hope you enjoy it!</p>
ShortDescription: <p>Just the Spot to break your journey around the park and have a brew!</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e800d30b-45bf-445b-b9a9-192b2e5143ec
Hints: Unscrew the bottom not the top!
TravelBugs:
<BR>Gimme 6 Words (id = 2526248, ref = TB35JHT)
<BR>Meryl the wandering Sheep (id = 6214384, ref = TB75CBY)
<BR>United Kingdom Flag Micro Geocoin (id = 3603529, ref = TB4AQHT)


Code: GC2A8H6
ShortDescription: Wanstead Flats area, good parking, cache and dash.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6d420b20-d2f6-4f0d-9de5-2fa1670de6bf
Hints: Keep your back to the school, look low, tree stump in the grass.
LongDescription:
This is my first cache and is a little test to see everything works okay before I start a series of themed caches with a bit more compexity. You're looking for a microcache made from a herb jar, initially it contained a log book, pencil, some Hulk stickers and a childs hair clip. The location is part of Wanstead flats and round the corner from where I live. There is plenty of parking and would be an easy cache and dash.

You will be looking just off the main path with relatively easy access. Please pick up any litter as you go so we can keep our local area clean.


Code: GC59K30
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f74d75eb-dab5-46ec-8748-53570c7bfa69
Hints: Waist height.
LongDescription:
<p><u><strong>About A Marathon not a Sprint - Dockyard Gates</strong></u></p>
<p>The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom and part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The 33rd London Marathon took place on 21 April 2013, and the 34th London Marathon was on 13 April 2014.</p>
<p>The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and Welsh athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside St. James's Park. Since the first marathon, the course has undergone very few route changes. In 1982, the finishing post was moved from Constitution Hill to Westminster Bridge due to construction works. It remained there for twelve years before moving to its present location at The Mall.</p>
<p>The first London Marathon was held on 29 March 1981, more than 20,000 applied to run. 6,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill. The Marathon's popularity has steadily grown since then. As at 2009, 746,635 people have completed the race since its inception. In 2010, 36,549 people crossed the line, the biggest field since the race began. The first wheelchair marathon race was held in 1983 and the event was credited with reducing the stigma surrounding disabled athletes.</p>
<p>The Cache</p>
<p>As the runners proceed towards Greenwich and the Cutty Sark they pass the historic Woolwich Dockyard Gates. This cache is placed close to the Gates. You are looking for a magnetic black bison tube and will need a pencil or pen to sign the log and possibly tweezers. This is near to an extremely busy area traffic-wise, so stealth is important. I can guarantee thousands of muggles during the race! Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. Although near busy roads, it is accessible for wheelchair users. This is a possible cache and dash, but you should not park here for long, due to restrictions.</p>
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<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to chesterblaise for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><u><strong>Geocache Description:</strong></u></p>
<p>I live about a half hour walk from the start of the London Marathon yet have never been to watch it! On 10/04/2014 I was in Blackheath placing a couple of new caches and I got the idea to begin a series of caches following the route of the event. </p>


Code: GC5WBZH
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=dfd4eee4-e72c-4cfd-aaef-881a11743eca
Hints: inside tree
LongDescription:
<p style="text-align: center;"><samp><strong>Mitcham Common is 182 hectares of common land situated in south London. It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton, with parts straddling the borders of Croydon and Sutton.</strong></samp></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><samp><strong>Now part of the London's Heathland Heritage </strong></samp></p>

ShortDescription:
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Cache placed in a public recreational ground of Mitcham Common.</strong></p>

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Code: GC5VNFF
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4d4351f1-57c1-497f-bf6b-c771a9b4cd66
Hints: Ivy covered metal bar on wall.
LongDescription:
<p>Dundonald Rec has been a recreation ground or park for more than 100 years. Like many streets and areas of Wimbledon, the name Dundonald could have a naval connection. The park and Cochrane Road could be named after Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald who lived from 1775 to 1860.  He had a spectacular and colourful naval career, including commanding the Chilean, Brazilian and Greek Navies and is buried in Wesminster Abbey. He missed the Battle of Trafalgar because he was in prison for fraud.</p>
<p>The park is open from dawn to dusk. Don't forget to note down the value of the letter C if you want to find the bonus cache.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>There's more to Wimbledon than just tennis. <br />
The Wimbledon Wander is a series of 12 caches that takes you around some other sights in the area. The circuit starts near Wimbledon station, so leave your car at home and enjoy the walk. The whole loop is about 5 miles in length and will take you 3-4 hours to complete. The first 10 caches contain a clue to the location of the bonus cache. Good luck!</p>
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Code: GCXK5V
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9ed83038-2a37-4614-a466-5e83be87892b
Hints: S is also for stop!
LongDescription:
<p>Strand-on-the-Green boasts several interesting pubs along the riverside. It is worth taking a stroll along this short stretch of the river, noting the various flood defenses. Watch out for the tide here or you can find yourself wading through water. Opposite is Oliver's Island where Oliver Cromwell was reputed to have hidden out.</p>
<p>You will need to make a note of the value for this letter, which can be found on the log, in order to find some bonus caches.</p>
<p>The container has a log sheet but no pen. If you feel inclined, then feel free to write your log with an alphabet theme - ? is also for.... or in any other alphabetic sense that inspires you.</p>
<b>Please ensure that you close the container securely BEFORE replacing it.</b>


Code: GC4CAQ3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d3a906f5-07ea-493e-9dbc-4030b20ce6b5
LongDescription:
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">The </span><b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">River Quaggy</b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> (often the </span><b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Quaggy River</b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> or simply </span><b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Quaggy</b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">) is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River" title="River" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">river</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">, 17 km in length, passing through the south-east</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_borough" title="London borough" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">London boroughs</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Bromley</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Greenwich</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lewisham" title="London Borough of Lewisham" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Lewisham</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">; in its lower reaches it is an </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_river" title="Urban river" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">urban river</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">, in its upper reaches further from London it is more natural and known as the Kyd Brook. The river rises from two </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(river_or_stream)" title="Source (river or stream)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">sources</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> near Farnborough Hospital at</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksbottom" title="Locksbottom" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Locksbottom</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> and is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">tributary</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Ravensbourne" title="River Ravensbourne" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">River Ravensbourne</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> which it flows into near </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham_station" title="Lewisham station" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Lewisham station</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Lewisham</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">.</span>

ShortDescription:
The cache is about twice as large as a 35mm container. It is attached using a <em>shoelace</em> and has reflective tape for night cachers.


Code: GC4KHW7
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9fb4784d-4844-4c66-b8d9-f64b074b8f41
Hints: Will Palace be 'left' in the 'top' flight?
LongDescription:
<span><font color="red">This cache is the third in an occasional series of Crystal Palace Football Club related caches. Partly they are to celebrate events or individuals and also try to make up for the limited pre-match caching opportunities!<br />
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<font color="blue">#3 in the series, a magnetic nano, was set on Sunday 18th August 2013 to celebrate Palace's return to the top flight of English football.<br />
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<font color="red">Palace returned to the top flight thanks to a 1-0 win in the play-off final against Watford at Wembley on 27th May 2013. Kevin Phillips scored from the spot in stoppage time at the end of the first half of extra time, after Marco Cassetti had brought down Wilf Zaha in the box.<br />
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<font color="blue">This season is Palace's 5th in the Premiership (or Premier League). They were last in the Premiership in 2004/5, when they were relegated on the last day of the season. Hopefully, Palace will be able to retain their place in the Premiership - a feat they have ever previously achieved.<br />
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<font color="red">Palace have appeared in the top flight for a further 9 seasons before the Premiership era. Their best performance was in 1990/91 when they finished in 3rd place.<br />
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<font color="blue">Palace's return was marked with a 1-0 defeat to Spurs. The cache was placed after the game in front of 23,285 muggles<br />
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<font color="red">As GPS readings were variable, I have used Google maps for the coordinates, but you may need the hint to help you locate the cache.<br />
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<font color="blue">When logging your find electronically, it would be interesting to share your predictions for who will win that season's Premiership (I reckon for 2013/14 it will be Manchester United). I'd also like to see who's brave enough to try to find it on match days - remember that's when it was placed.<br />
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<font color="red">CONGRATULATIONS - FTF tjsdp<br /></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span>


Code: GC3Y5QQ
ShortDescription: A hidden piece of history along the south bank of the River Thames.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=640e4ddd-117d-4003-a669-e206c51d8a0b
Hints: Aim right and low to the end of the track.
LongDescription:
Find this cache at a remenant of the defences of the Royal Dockyards near Woolwich Arsenal.<br />
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This a small magnetic box hidden from sight in a relatively public area. It contains only a logbook - you need to bring your own pen. Please keep your log entry to name and date only - write your life history in your log entry! ...but avoid including spoilers please.<br />
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Any suggestions for improvements can be sent via private messaging via the site and will be welcome. Cachers who inadvertently include spoilers or additional clues of their own will be invited to modify their logs - or have the current log with the spoiler deleted. This action would be carried out to avoid disappointing other cachers.<br />
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Enjoy the Hunt and Have Fun people... if you need a pointer, just ask the cache setter....
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<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Arn100 for FTF.</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>


Code: GC4YVQB
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=45a0fddd-10ac-4fed-8bae-9ae25f7f9994
Hints: Knot the holly or the ivy, read between the twines...
LongDescription:
<p>This is a small container in a camo bag. There is a prize for the FTF, an old 1penny coin in a case. Albert Recreation ground is near by, so if you want to take the children to the park you can do a 2-4-1. The name originates from the Sunshine Garden Centre.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>#spannicbex</p>
<p>An easy one to drive to, it's a quick cache n dash while you're on your way!</p>

TravelBugs:
<BR>Hunnyho's USA-Germany TB (id = 3733735, ref = TB4F420)
<BR>SGIELE's Black Travel Bug (id = 5289847, ref = TB65BA5)


Code: GC3EBQW
ShortDescription: THERE IS NO NEED TO ENTER THE CHURCH GROUNDS THIS CACHE IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CHURCH GROUNDS
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3398d97b-c04d-43e1-9722-effa205fcba8
Hints: BELOW CHURCH PATH
LongDescription:
St Mary's lies in a quiet and historic corner of south west London, in the heart of the Merton Park Conservation Area, south of Wimbledon A church has stood on this site since before the Domesday Book. It was founded by the Augustinian Canons who also founded Merton Priory. Parts of the present building date back to 1115. The roof of the nave is nearly 900 years old and that of the chancel dates from 1400. The two aisles were built in the last century to accommodate the population explosion Every generation has left its mark: the gateway to the ancient Merton Priory. the fine Elizabethan memorial of Gregory Lovell. the tomb of Rear Admiral Issac Smith, the first Englishman to land in Australia. a monument by the widow of Captain Cook. Lord Nelson's seat - he worshipped regularly at this church towards the end of his life. the hatchments of Lord Nelson and Sir William Hamilton. stained glass from the 1400's and Burne-Jones designed windows from the local factory of William Morris. Edward Rayne (of Raynes Park) is buried in the South Aisle. other famous names associated with this church include John Innes and William Rutlish. There is a great deal more of interest in our ancient parish church and in its surrounding graveyard and Glebe.
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<p>If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=3af7a90d-65ce-45ee-9b73-dc6e95fc9489&amp;wid=bafee28a-5090-4a51-bbf4-aecb69d75d86&amp;ds=2">Sadexploration</a> know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication</p>
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<p>To view the church micro stats page, please click <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">here</a></p>
You are looking for a small clip lock container with log book and pencil inside The cache is accessible to wheelchair users but help my be needed to actually grab the cache


Code: GC53T54
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5023132e-450c-4cc5-b009-df8c415239d5
Hints: take a pew
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://imgcdn.geocaching.com/cache/large/d30082b6-c7c2-44de-a1f5-d42909aee7ca.jpg" height="300" width="300" /></center>
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<p>St John the Baptist Church designed by Edward Blore. Built around 1832-33, The church is Gault brick with stone dressings and slate roofing. The tower has three 3 stages, and is 75' tall, with an openwork parapet and pinnacles.</p>
<p>In August 1881, a pinnacle from the tower was blown through the roof, and crashed through pews and floor doing much damage. Fortunately no one was hurt; mourners at a funeral service had just previously occupied the very pews destroyed. Over £500 was contributed to a Repair Fund, and by February 1882, the pinnacle had been replaced by one of solid stone, instead of having a brick base. </p>
<p>A chancel was added in 1893 by the firm of Adams &amp; Mann affording room for clergy stalls, choir and organ, all of which had formerly occupied space in the body of the Church. Greatly enlarged arches at the east end of the church were also added, and a Choir Vestry built. At the same time new pews replaced the old "high-backed" type, and a stone pulpit was given to supersede the wooden one. There was also undertaken the entire redecoration of the church, and the addition of new gas lighting and heating apparatus. Gas was first introduced into Leytonstone in 1857; the church was the second building in the village to be so lighted, the "Red Lion" being the first.</p>
<p>Further Alterations and additions include the south aisle which was added by Caröe &amp; Passmore in 1909-10, Caröe also added the steps up to the tower porch, while the ramp for easier access is a 21st century amenity.</p>
<p>The church organises Tower Tours which give great views over London.</p>
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Congratulations to <strong><font color="green">Arn100 and Euphoric Sot</font></strong> for the FTF.<br />
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<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at <a href="mailto:churchmicro@gmail.com?subject=Number%20request%20for%20new%20Church%20Micro">churchmicro@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
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ShortDescription:
<h2 style="font-style:italic;">Church Micro - St John  the Baptist Leytonstone</h2>
<p>This is a small cache sited close to the church. Not on the boundary or within the grounds.</p>


Code: GC30ZWN
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=53f718e2-6af3-4c9d-a29d-f2f7474cc8bb
Hints: Just off the path, next to a large tree at the base of a clump of trees.
LongDescription:
I have placed this cache in the Mitcham Common where it will be
maintained by my son, who is also a geocacher and lives nearby. I
will be able to monitor it on line many miles away in Africa. The
cache is a transparent sealed plastic box clearly marked with a
Goecache green label,and includes a log, rules, pencil,and two
small trinkets! 500,000 years ago, Mitcham Common formed part of
the river bed of the River Thames. Since then the course of the
Thames has gradually altered, exposing gravels that were initially
colonised by grasses and other Flowering Plants. Over time, woody
species slowly overwhelmed these early colonisers, developing a
loose scrubby vegetation that became denser until woodland had
developed. Early humans were responsible for clearing trees and
suppressing their regeneration by grazing cattle and cutting turf
and timber for fuel. In the late 19th Century these practices
ceased and woodland was allowed to regenerate. This process allowed
a succession from grassland, through a series of intermediate
stages, to woodland. The river gravels are well drained and
strongly acidic, leading to a hostile environment in which plants
have to withstand occasional drought and nutrient deficiency.
However, considerable areas have acquired foreign soils during
landfill programmes, whilst ploughing for agriculture during World
War II and numerous pipe laying programmes have brought trapped
nutrients to the surface. The result is a patchwork of soil types,
each providing different plant and animal habitats. As the
grassland reverts to woodland, the various stages in this process
create further habitats. The Seven Islands pond is the largest of
all the ponds on the common, and was created as the result of
gravel extraction during the 19th century. The most recent pond to
be created, Bidder's pond, was created in 1990 and named for George
Parker Bidder.

ShortDescription:
The Cache is hidden in the area of a carved granite stone (Obelisk)
in commemoration of George Parker Bidder 1896. Watch out for the
casual stroller.

TravelBugs:
<BR>5RRs Holiday TB - Tenerife (id = 5026777, ref = TB5WGJ1)
<BR>Spencer the Biker Duck (id = 1766332, ref = TB2B2TC)


Code: GC5CCRH
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=acf8b8a6-924f-4c6e-9436-dca3fa5e6a17
Hints: Magnetic shoulder height.
LongDescription:
This a magnetic bison hidden from sight in a relatively public area. It contains only a logbook - you need to bring your own pen. Please keep your log entry to name and date only - write your life history in your log entry! Any suggestions for improvements can be sent via private messaging via the site and will be welcome. Enjoy the Hunt and Have Fun people... if you need a pointer, just ask the CO!
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Stevrac for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
A hidden piece of history near to the current Woolwich Barracks.. Find this cache at a remnant of the Red Barracks. The old Gatehouse remains in situ, and the 2 cannon are in a small grassed area just inside the gates. Wikipaedia gives limited information about the barracks, and none about the history of the cannon.


Code: GC4YDN7
ShortDescription: Cache is in Footpath, a short walk from the church.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=08d6660c-1ba9-44a6-baf7-634685d82433
Hints: St.George will show you the way!
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com//cache/large/faa17956-2838-4971-ba75-e6de8d725bde.jpg" /></center>
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St. Georges Church was badly damaged by 2 nearby flying bombs in July 1944. The Stained glass windows were largely replaced and form a nice mix of new ans old glass. Conducted tours are available in the summer, see the Church web site for details.<br />
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There is a car park nearby (Chargeable) and limited on street parking.<br />
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You are looking for a hidden 35mm film pot sized container a short walk from the church....Please be stealthy though so as to avoid suspicion from the nearby Police Station!!<br />
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<p align="center"><font color="red">**************************************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at</font> <font color="black">churchmicro@gmail.com.</font><br />
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<font color="blue">See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
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Code: GC58B6J
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=215b3120-aefe-4981-9e53-18763d81ada3
Hints: Keep searching and you might find the HOLE of the LOG.
LongDescription:
<p>The cache is an unusual, camouflaged container. It is somewhere between a 35mm canister and a small Tupperware box in terms of size. (Hush now - anymore and we'd be giving it away!)</p>
<p>Please be mindful of any golfers, they have a tendency to not always let you know a ball is hurtling towards your face! You'll need to get yourself in amongst the wildlife to find this one, and make sure to put the cache back in the exact spot you found it to prevent prying eyes from spotting it.</p>
<p><strong>You may need to bring a pair of tweezers to get the log book out from within the container, and you'll need to bring your own pen.</strong></p>
<p>This cache is not wheelchair friendly.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>This cache is hidden near to Ceasars Well, in a secluded spot on Wimbledon Common amongst the scattered golf course holes. Local evidence has been found to indicate that the area was used by Neolithic Man (circa 3000 to 1000 BC) who quite possibly drank (and perhaps worshipped) at this ancient site.</p>
<p>Cache placed with the kind permission of Wimbledon and Putney Commons Ranger's Office.</p>


Code: GC5VPQM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=65d77590-f5b6-4fda-a95c-b81b277d8c79
Hints: Incy wincy spider...
LongDescription:
<p>The All England Croquet Club was started in 1868 in Nursery Road. In 1875 the new game of Lawn Tennis was added to the club and in 1877 it was renamed the All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club (now known as the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club - AELTC). In 1922, the AELTC moved to its current site in Church Road, when it realised that the tournament was rapidly outgrowing Nursery Road. The site is now used as a playing field by Wimbledon High School. Wander down to the end of the road for a closer look.</p>
<p>Don't forget to note down the value of the letter D if you want to find the bonus cache.</p>


Code: GC4CAPW
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=76f7ddab-17d2-4747-a3d1-4b5e0d30631e
LongDescription:
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">The </span><b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">River Quaggy</b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> (often the </span><b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Quaggy River</b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> or simply </span><b style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Quaggy</b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">) is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River" title="River" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">river</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">, 17 km in length, passing through the south-east </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_borough" title="London borough" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">London boroughs</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Bromley" title="London Borough of Bromley" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Bromley</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Royal Borough of Greenwich" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Greenwich</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Lewisham" title="London Borough of Lewisham" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Lewisham</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">; in its lower reaches it is an </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_river" title="Urban river" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">urban river</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">, in its upper reaches further from London it is more natural and known as the Kyd Brook. The river rises from two </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(river_or_stream)" title="Source (river or stream)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">sources</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> near Farnborough Hospital at</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksbottom" title="Locksbottom" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Locksbottom</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> and is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">tributary</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Ravensbourne" title="River Ravensbourne" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">River Ravensbourne</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> which it flows into near </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham_station" title="Lewisham station" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Lewisham station</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;"> in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisham" title="Lewisham" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background-image:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">Lewisham</a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.1875px;">.</span>

ShortDescription:
The cache is a small container about twice as large as a 35mm cannister with reflective tape for night cachers.


Code: GC216AM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=35187bb2-701b-4861-afae-2badf349ca09
Hints: Chest high in hole in tree 5 feet off pavement.
LongDescription:
A series of caches placed just outside each of the gates of Richmond Park. If I am able place one at each gate then there will be ten caches in total. Obviously busy locations so some stealth is required.
<p>There is a shared pedestrian / cycle path in the Park that goes around the perimeter and you can briefly pop out to grab the caches.</p>
<p>If you are cycling (RECOMMENDED), then it might be a good idea to bring a lock so that you don't have to squeeze your cycle through some of the narrower gates.<br />
If you are walking, watch out for cyclists.<br />
If you are driving....it's only seven miles around the path.</p>
<p><b>Note: The Park is open to walkers and cyclists 24/7 (except during the cull which lasts 4/6 weeks starting in February) when the Park is completely closed at 8 PM. I highly recommend a night circuit.</b></p>

ShortDescription:
<font color="red"><b>Please be considerate to us cache owners and write SMALL. If you don't have a pen to sign to log then don't claim a find.</b></font>


Code: GC2D82H
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a1aa3c6e-78cb-47a4-9fab-315b608ea18c
Hints: Behind the tall tree stump you can see two small ivy trees in the bushes.
LongDescription:
The Batcave is a small black cliplock box emblazened with The Dark Knights symbol. It contains a log book, pen and several casebooks. Each casebook relates to a villian's hideout cache and will inolve solving the clues to reveal the location. Casebook 1 is The Riddler and more casebooks will be added to The Batcave over time. The entry for The Riddler's Hideout is GC2D83P.

**PLEASE NOTE** As this is an old cache the Riddler location needs maintenance so I wouldn't advise looking for it as it may be a disappointment.

This is a traditional cache and can be found and used as normal without the need of undertaking the Casebooks. I left a toy car in addition to the Batman related pieces, this can be swapped and things can be left. Please don't remove any themed items or the casebook but feel free to make usual swaps.

My reading was taken with an Iphone and didn't appear to be bang on so I adjusted by hand using google maps, let me know if its way out.

ShortDescription:
The Dark Knights Batcave is in Leytonstone. If you can locate where it is then you will find casebooks that Batman is working on. Can you help him locate the villians?


Code: GC5MX1F
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=10217fed-b802-4758-9f3a-ac84a2ec9ba7
Hints: in the description
ShortDescription:
We thought this was a nice spot for a TB hotel and a fat container to put it in, hidden under a pile of sticks at the end of a fallen tree.


Code: GC5H425
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3a465f13-970a-4583-974f-90c8aecf2f7d
Hints: ON switch
LongDescription:
<p>The Gardens of Remembrance are designed as a place of peace and tranquility and in all extend over 8 acres. They not only provide a fitting resting place for your loved one but are also intended to be enjoyed by the whole community.</p>
<p>We are particularly proud of our beautiful and award-winning water gardens. These were funded entirely by donations from the bereaved in appreciation of the comfort that has been afforded by the natural surrounds of the crematorium.</p>
<p>The council's policy is to continue to maintain the Gardens of Remembrance to the highest possible standard as a shared testament of remembrance.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">.</span><span class="marker"><u>Message to ALL cache's please use the walkways provided and respect that it is a cemetery and in constant use for Burials. Thank you and Happy Hunting.</u></span></h2>
<p> </p>

ShortDescription:
<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><strong>Firstly a Huge Thank you to the Head of Bereavement Services for the London Borough of Croydon for Permission to place this cache.</strong></div>
<h2>Opening times</h2>
<p><strong>April to September:</strong> 9am to 7pm <br />
<strong>October to March:</strong> 9am to 5pm</p>


Code: GC2ZW6X
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3160d7fd-3cca-4da8-9065-09667bdd45e7
Hints: At the botton of an ivy based tree.
LongDescription:
Morden Hall park offers:

Attractive parkland, meadows, wetlands and waterways to explore by foot or by bike

Fragrant and colourful rose garden with over 2,000 roses to see in summer

Historic estate buildings now used by local artisans

Snuff Mill Environmental Centre brings learning to life with interactive displays


On Show: Snuff Story
Discover the history of the Snuff Mill

 Explore the fascinating history of the Snuff Mill through stories, images and hands-on exhibits. Discover snuff and the fashion of snuff-taking. Experience how the mill worked and who was involved in the running of the Morden Mills.

There is now a visitor centre too called The Livinggreen Centre which opened on the 5th November 2011 and is focused on living in a green way and being friendly to the environment. There is a nice wooden doll’s house for small children to play with inside,  information on green living, a few ‘stalls’ selling local ‘arty’ items and a cafe. The park also offers a small play area with swings, things to climb on and a zip-wire for children.

GEOCACHING ON NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY IS AT YOUR OWN RISK

Note: After a number of log entries remarking on the terrain I think I should mention this cache is best approached by getting to the gate and walking along close to the fence. This way you will avoid 99% of the nettles. Apologies to all you cachers who had to 'suffer' by doing this one the 'hard way'.

When first put in the geocache contained:
Pencil and log book with sharpener
A set of assorted sewing needles
A plastic frizbee
A pack of playing cards
Mini scissors
A set of travel donimos
plastic toy lizzard
A pair of dice
A rubber
And a £1 coin for the FTF

Congradulations to Cache U Nutter for FTF. And thank You for putting such a nice comment!

ShortDescription:
This cache now has slightly new co-ordinance as the original Sniff Snuff was muggled. 


This is my first geocache. It is placed in morden hall park, and is accessable during park hours. Check on the national trust website for more info. I named it Sniff Snuff after the Snuff Mill.

TravelBugs:
<BR>NobelMuseum (id = 2443556, ref = TB32TGA)
<BR>Travel Racer Fuchser one (id = 4846019, ref = TB5NEF4)


Code: GC2F9XE
ShortDescription: Cache hidden in Morden Hall Park.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=22c916f6-fe19-4561-857a-b232dfb9b42a
Hints: In the hand of a tree!
LongDescription:
#3 in series. Starting at Dean City Farm off Windsor Avenue (Gates close at about 5pm, not open on Mondays)

Walking from DCF towards MHP following river.
Please be aware that from this direction you will need to cross the Tram line (look both ways).

Cache is new style lil clip box.
Contains pencil & logbook.
Can hold little items, but not many. x
Items when placed : long blue sparkle eraser & green paper clip.


Cache has been placed with permission of the Park Warden.

Park can be reached by Tram (Phipps Bridge), Underground (Morden) & Buses.

Other suitable areas to park: Brangwyn Crescent, Phipps Bridge Road, Merton Abbey Mills, Morden Hall Garden Centre off Morden Hall Road (Gates close at about 6pm) OR Morden town centre.


Morden Hall Park
A green oasis in the heart of suburbia beside the meandering River Wandle.
 ¦Attractive parkland, meadows, wetlands and waterways to explore by foot or by bike
¦Fragrant and colourful rose garden with over 2,000 roses to see in summer
¦Historic estate buildings now used by local artisans
¦Snuff Mill Environmental Centre brings learning to life with interactive displays
¦Riverside Café, gift shop and second-hand book shop in the old walled kitchen garden

What's new this year
Learn all about the history of the Snuff Mill through our fantastic new exhibitions and hands-on activities. 

Rose garden 
  The restored rose garden was originally laid out by Gilliat Hatfeild, former owner of Morden Hall Park, in 1922. It comes alive each summer with 25 varieties of florabunda roses displayed across 38 flowerbeds. Visit between May and September to experience the rich aroma of the roses in full bloom.

River Wandle and wetlands 
Water lies at the heart of Morden Hall Park. Stroll alongside the River Wandle, waterways, mill ponds and a lake as you explore the estate. The lush wetlands, riverbanks and islands provide homes to a variety of plants, animals, insects and birdlife. Look out for wildfowl, heron and the brilliant blue of a kingfisher. 
 
Parkland and meadows 
  The parkland, moat, bridges and avenues of grand trees you see today were mostly created in the 1860s and 70s, but the surrounding meadows are the remnants of fields that were last farmed in late medieval times. You can still see traces of ridge and furrow ploughing here. Now the meadows are rich in grasses and wildflowers.
 
Snuff Mill 
The Hatfeild family who created Morden Hall Park made their money from snuff-milling. Along the river lies the site of two 18th-century watermills, used to grind tobacco into a powder, after it had been dried in kilns. The business was shut down in 1922 after the workers went on strike. Grinding stones can be seen outside the building which is now our Environmental Centre.   
 
Riverside Café & the walled kitchen garden 
  The walled kitchen garden once employed 14 gardeners! 

Contact details
Estate Office
Morden Hall Road
Morden
London SM4 5JD

020 8545 6850 (General enquiries)

Email: mordenhallpark@nationaltrust.org.uk


Code: GC5ADT9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8e401277-faec-4567-8777-d02325e7b2dd
Hints: Brick under the waterfall
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://imgcdn.geocaching.com/cache/b6873e5f-61dc-4eba-8cf2-362b0f9f5b67.jpg" width="70%" height="70%" /></center>
<p><br />
The cache is located at a small man-made waterfall along the River Quaggy.</p>
<p>The River Quaggy is a river, 17 km in length, passing through the south-east London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham; in its lower reaches it is an urban river, in its upper reaches further from London it is more natural and known as the Kyd Brook. The river rises from two sources near Farnborough Hospital at Locksbottom and is a tributary of the River Ravensbourne which it flows into near Lewisham station in Lewisham.</p>
<p>Congrats to <b>GRATHEFISH</b> for FTF and <b>Far Away</b> for STF</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>This traditional cache is located on the River Quaggy in Eltham, Greewich.</p>
<p>You are looking for a small waterproof bison tube.</p>


Code: GC5VPRT
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ba2201e5-bb3c-4da2-afc3-801d252f3caa
Hints: Look at the crack in the wall behind the bench.
LongDescription:
<p>Sacred Heart church was founded by Edith Arendrup, a member of the wealthy Courtauld family who came to live in Wimbledon in 1877. At the time, there were few Catholics in the area, so she convinced the Jesuits at Roehampton to start a Mass-centre at her house in Cottenham Park. Seven years later, she commissioned the construction of a large church in a prominent position on the slopes of Edge Hill. The Grade II listed building was designed by Frederick Walters, a young architect, who designed it in the late Decorated Gothic style.</p>
<p>Don't forget to note down the value of the letter E if you want to find the bonus cache. </p>
<p> </p>


Code: GC5VPW0
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2f4c328c-5db2-4aa9-b9e9-f48543f90a1f
Hints: Last concrete post. Six feet up.
LongDescription:
<p>This hidden gem, very popular with period film-makers. Built in the ornate William and Mary style, it is a treasure trove of art, furnishings and clothing.</p>
<p>Also nearby, is the impressive King's College School, and take a look at the Victorian post box too. Don't forget to note down the value of the letter V if you want to find the bonus cache. </p>

ShortDescription:
<p>There's more to Wimbledon than just tennis.</p>
<p>The Wimbledon Wander is a series of 12 caches that takes you around some other sights in the area. The circuit starts near Wimbledon station, so leave your car at home and enjoy the walk. The whole loop is about 5 miles in length and will take you 3-4 hours to complete. The first 10 caches contain a clue to the location of the bonus cache. Good luck!</p>


Code: GC3CJEB
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5bac6fa7-69a9-45b5-8552-14f39a144d49
Hints: Naughty Mr Nano!
LongDescription:
<div style="text-align:justify;">
<div>
<p>Sven is famous for his online antics. He had many fans and liked to stir things up a little. There is no doubt his caches were excellent and he encouraged others to up their geocaching game. This sneaky hide was Sven's idea. I hope you like it. His memory and influence lives on, yet I hope he rests in peace.</p>
<p>You can do this as a cheeky cache and dash from the retail park if you wish.</p>
</div>
</div>

ShortDescription:
<div style="text-align:center;">
<div>This is a tribute to Steve Love, a geocaching friend of mine from my time living up in the East Midlands.<br />
He sadly passed away recently.</div>
</div>


Code: GC57M0Y
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2d7eda49-89ae-4d08-ac58-2764922a9124
LongDescription:
<h4 style="border:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding:5px 10px;background:rgb(238, 238, 238);"><span class="marker">About A Marathon not a Sprint series.</span></h4>
<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><span class="marker">The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom and part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The 33rd London Marathon took place on 21 April 2013, and the 34th London Marathon was on 13 April 2014</span></div>
<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><span class="marker">The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and Welsh athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside St. James's Park. Since the first marathon, the course has undergone very few route changes. In 1982, the finishing post was moved from Constitution Hill to Westminster Bridge due to construction works. It remained there for twelve years before moving to its present location at The Mall.</span></div>
<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><span class="marker">The first London Marathon was held on 29 March 1981, more than 20,000 applied to run. 6,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill. The Marathon's popularity has steadily grown since then. As at 2009, 746,635 people have completed the race since its inception. In 2010, 36,549 people crossed the line, the biggest field since the race began. The first wheelchair marathon race was held in 1983 and the event was credited with reducing the stigma surrounding disabled athletes.</span></div>
<p> </p>
<p>The Cache</p>
<p>This cache is a magnetic key safe containing a log sheet and pencil.  Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. This cache is not accessible for lone wheelchair users. This is a possible cache and dash, but you should not park here for long; it is close to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Woolwich Barracks. This can be a busy area traffic-wise, so stealth is important, particularly in view of the proximity to MOD property and thus Military police and/or personnel. This cache does not require you to enter, or even go near, MOD property.</p>
<p>I can guarantee thousands of muggles during the race!</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Jimthebee for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<h2 style="font-style:italic;">I live about a half hour walk from the start of the London Marathon yet have never been to watch it! On 10/04/2014 I was in Blackheath placing a couple of new caches and I got the idea to begin a series of caches following the route of the event. All caches in the series are on, or very close to, the actual route.</h2>
<h2 style="font-style:italic;"> </h2>


Code: GC43GEE
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=35d543ab-ac11-40c8-94ae-e3c3424d0b52
Hints: If you've completed the nearby 'Ac-tun' cache (GC19AD3), then you'll have no problems with this.
LongDescription:
A micro cache in a small urban park.  This is really close to where I live and was surprised that there wasn't already one in this delightful little place, so I thought there should be one here.

Although it's right on the main road with noisy traffic, it's still quite pleasant to wander through and take a moment to sits on a bench and watch the rest of the busy world go by.

You are looking for a micro sized silver-screw-top keyring container, which has a paper log inside only, nothing else.

This is rated difficulty 3 because it is not an obvious find! It will probably stump some people - so if after reading the clue you still can't find it, send me a message and I'll be happy to help.

ShortDescription:
This replaces a cache first established in August 2011, but did not last long because the council cut all the trees back exposing it and it disappeared. I have thought long and hard about a suitable replacement, and since completing the nearby 'Ac-tun' cache in another local park, it gave me an idea of how to have something here with a higher chance of being undisturbed.


Code: GCV5G3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=eefcabd3-9efd-409a-9a80-1d0343227471
Hints: low down v shapes bracket magnetic
LongDescription:
A very pleasant cycle route for you to enjoy along the Greenway which runs from the Thames in Becton all the way to central London but for this series you will only get as far as Victoria Park 
First the times the Greenway can be accessed is 05.30 until 19.00 from April till September 21.00.
 For this section I would advise you to park where suggested and enjoy the ride you can walk this or get the caches in sections but how often can you ride without risk of being knocked of for 2-3 hours on tarmac.
Each cache has its own name which may give a clue to what it’s near or where it’s hidden.
Unfortunately due to the nature of the greenway I have had to use some micros but you will get most if not all so enjoy the good with the bad.

ShortDescription:
Very flat terrain 95 % tarmac but up to 6 miles round trip start in Becton and end up in Victoria Park 
quite hard and lots of people pass by here


Code: GC5GTQM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=28d6dc3f-8c83-4222-8b06-054afefaa76b
Hints: Meadow view
LongDescription:
<h2><strong>The Streatham-Croydon Rugby Football Club,</strong></h2>
<p>is a historic <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Union" title="Rugby Union" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Rugby Union</a> club, founded in 1871, based at Frant Road, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Heath" title="Thornton Heath" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Thornton Heath</a>, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Croydon" title="London Borough of Croydon" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">London Borough of Croydon</a>, South London. Streatham currently hold the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Rugby Football Union</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_3" title="Surrey 3" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Surrey 3</a> league title and won the Surrey Bowl in 2011–12 season. Streatham will play in the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_Football_Union" title="Rugby Football Union" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Rugby Football Union</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_2" title="Surrey 2" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Surrey 2</a> league, Surrey Shield and the RFU Junior Vase in season 2012–13.</p>
<p>Streatham's heyday was arguably during the late 1960s and 70s, when 9 senior teams and 4 Colts teams were active, combined with an extensive fixture list against top clubs such as Richmond, Bath, Sale, Saracens, London Welsh, London Irish and others.</p>
<p>The professional era and the impact of the new RFU Courage League structure through the late 1980s and 90s led to a decline in the size of the Club as greater attention was paid to the needs of the 1st XV, and Streatham's membership struggle coincided with its drop down the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Division_Three_South" title="National Division Three South" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">National</a> and then London leagues.</p>
<p>Streatham Rugby was featured in a book titled "London's Oldest Rugby Clubs" by Dick Tyson, published in May 2008.</p>
<h3><u><strong>Former Player include</strong></u></h3>
<p>England prop, and later RFU committee man, Jeff Probyn played at Streatham for a number of seasons in the late 1970s before moving to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Wasps" title="London Wasps" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px;background:none rgb(255, 255, 255);">W</a>asps and gaining his first England cap. Current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_League" title="Super League" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px;background:none rgb(255, 255, 255);">S</a>uper League player Will Sharp, played for Streatham 1st XV, before signing his first professional contract with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequins_Rugby_League" title="Harlequins Rugby League" style="color:rgb(11, 0, 128);text-decoration:none;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.3999996185303px;background:none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Harlequins RL</a> in 2007. Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson played for the club's Colts side from 1969–71 before touring France to learn his trade. Recently the club has learnt that former Prime Minister James Callaghan played second-row for the club in the 1939 season. Peter Horton, Colts and 1st XV, emigrated to Australia and played hooker 19 times for Australia between 1974 and 1979, gaining his first cap against New Zealand and his last one against Argentina.</p>
<h3><small>Jeff Prodyn</small></h3>
<h3><small>Maurice Colclough</small></h3>
<h3><small>Will Sharp</small></h3>
<h3><small>Antony Worrall Thompson</small></h3>
<h3><small>James Callaghan</small></h3>
<h3><small>Peter Horton</small></h3>
Congrats go to Sludge Bucket for the FTF.

ShortDescription:
<h3><strong><span class="marker">The cache is a nano and the difficulty reflects what may-be obstructing your route to the cache at any given time. Please replace as you found it stealth is required. Happy hunting </span></strong></h3>


Code: GC2N9DX
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b4e89811-b89d-4aaf-b0fe-cea1feb3f7ec
Hints: Cradled in a fallen tree. 15-20 metres in from a stream.
LongDescription:
*Cache kindly adopted by frannybc from guerrillazoo *

We wanted to hide a cache in a trickier location on Wimbledon common. So we wandered, deep into the wilderness at dusk and hid this treasure, almost getting lost trying to find our way out...

With kind permission from the wonderful Rangers of Wimbledon Common.

Cache Contents [as of Aug 2013] Cache is a large circular plastic tupperware box containing : compass, whistle, golf tee, pen, pencil, blue toy, key ring and stickers! (Please add or replace with items of equal or greater value!)

When first placed contained the following : Wind up dinosaur, dice, whistle, silver thumb ring, toy lambergini car, jumping zebedee-like toy, orange squishy thing, acorn, spinning top, snail with tongue, pen and log book!

Dedicated to Owly.

Please make sure the lid is definitely closed tightly as otherwise the contents will get wet! Thanks.

ShortDescription:
Hidden off the beaten track, through the deep uncharted wilderness of Wimbledon Common and guarded by Wombles.

TravelBugs:
<BR>Mountain Warehouse Trackable Tag (id = 6213457, ref = TB75BD1)
<BR>Wise Ol Owl (id = 2992102, ref = TB3N7AB)


Code: GC1EDAK
ShortDescription: Made a new container with a few odds and ends I had knocking about.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e06c6f26-aab9-4183-bc7c-2e5707206b02
Hints: The fisrt step to finding this cache is the first step.
LongDescription:
On a footbridge over the North Circular Road near to Staples Corner and not too far from the Welsh Harp.


Code: GC5RVVF
ShortDescription: <h2><font color="blue">Glad All Over #4: Who put the ball in the Scousers' net?</font></h2>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d6fa5ce3-2636-4c46-8f9e-0ebf0d8db906
Hints: Only a stones throw from the ground?
LongDescription:
<span><font color="red">This cache is the fourth in an occasional series of Crystal Palace Football Club related caches. Partly they are to celebrate events or individuals and also try to make up for the limited pre-match caching opportunities!<br />
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<font color="blue">#4 in the series, a magnetic nanotube, was set on Saturday 9th May 2015 (after a narrow defeat to Manchester United) to celebrate the achievements of Palace's current manager: Alan Pardew.<br />
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<font color="red">Pardew's playing career started Whyteleafe in 1980. he went on to make 185 non-league appearance for Whyteleafe, Epson &amp; Ewell, Corinthian Casuals, Dulwich Hamlet and Yeovil Town. In 1987, he signed for Crystal Palace for a fee of £7,500.<br />
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<font color="blue">Though he helped Palace win promotion to the First Division after beating Blackburn in the playoffs in 1989 and featuring in the Zenith Data System final victory over Everton in 1991, his real claim to fame is being the only player ever to score a FA Cup semi-final winner for Palace (yet!!!) when he scored the extra-time winner in a 4-3 victory over Liverpool in 1990. This led to the chant "Who put the ball in the Scousers' net? Super, Super Al; Super, Super Al; Super, Super Al; Super Alan Pardew".<br />
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<p><span><font color="red"><font color="blue"><font color="red"><font color="blue"><img src="https://d1u1p2xjjiahg3.cloudfront.net/91a5969d-ce1e-4de0-b324-ea5d4441aa35.jpg" /></font></font></font></font></span></p>
<span><font color="red"><font color="blue"><font color="red"><font color="blue"><br />
<font color="red">Alan left Palace in November 1991, playing for Charlton, Spurs (on loan) and Barnet. His management career began at reading in 1998. This was followed by spells at West Ham, Charlton, Southampton and Newcastle until he was appointed as successor to Neil Warnock at Palace on 2/1/15.<br />
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<font color="blue">Hopefully, Pardew can also lead Palace to success.<br />
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<font color="blue">When logging your find electronically, it would be interesting to share your favourite football chants. I'd also like to see who's brave enough to try to find it on match days - remember that's when it was placed.<br />
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<font color="red">CONGRATULATIONS - FTF Boer&amp;Brit<br /></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></span>


Code: GC37QW3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2e9de845-0209-4402-b389-65a8b9b6902c
Hints: Flagged in a tree
ShortDescription:
Part of a 'cache and dash' series in SE12 which is an area with
very few caches. You are looking for a specimen bottle.
This cache used to be 'Pipe on the Green' but is now in a slightly different place.


Code: GC3320X
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4f898aeb-6233-4e06-bb22-da987ffa83e8
Hints: Base of a trio of silver birch trees.
LongDescription:
Caesar's Well is a natural spring that lies in a hollow towards the western edge of Wimbledon Common.  It has been in use for thousands of years, demonstrated by the discovery of Neolithic arrowheads and knives close by.

In the 18th century it was kown as Robin Hood Well, and the water was so pure it was thought to have medicinal properties.  In 1829 it was encased in brick. Nowadays, round it is a circle of 12 large granite blocks, put there by Sir Henry Peak MP in 1872, who had just helped to save the Common from enclosure. This is surrounded by a number of Austrian pines, also planted in the 1870s. 

In 1911 the spring dried up, for no obvious reason, so a boring was made and a standpipe installed. The water now issues from this into a granite cistern, from where it flows into Beverly Brook and eventually into the Thames.  It has ever dried up since, even in 1976, although the flow was then reduced to one third of its normal rate.  The well itself is now filled with black sludge. 

There is no connections with Julius Caesar and it is highly unlikely that he ever visited the area!

The cache is a cliplock box inside a camo bag. When placed it contained logbook and pencil, various trinkets, a First To Find badge and a pink unicorn trackable, being released into the wild by my 6 year old daughter.  

Parking is available at the end of Sunset Road.  Not wheelchair accessible, and it would be very difficult with a pushchair. Fine for young children (our 6 and 3 year olds helped place it) but obviously take care around the well itself and beware of nettles and brambles! 

Placed with the kind permission of the Rangers.


Code: GC24FXX
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8c3997be-2df5-4180-9237-7f7d3eae9694
Hints: Can you crack this one?
LongDescription:
<strong>LEE NAVIGATION</strong>
<p>The River Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lee (also sometimes spelt River Lea). The river runs from Hertford Castle Weir to Bow Creek/Limehouse Basin, where it meets the River Thames. Historically the river was used to transport goods from Hertfordshire to London, particularly grain. Today the area forms part of the Lee Valley Regional Park, Tottenham Marshes, Walthamstow Marshes and runs parallel to the London 2012 Olympic Park. Extremely popular with walkers, cyclists and fishers, the pathways offer a great opportunity to see an abundance of wildlife and some of the rather beautiful and quirky barges moored at different points along the river. This is also a great walk (or cycle – the path forms part of the National cycle network) if you are looking to avoid tramping through tons of pre and post winter mud as the paths are mostly gravel and really well looked after. Some areas along the walk are nicer than others so be prepared...this is London and as fantastic as it is, some spots aren't so pretty. That said, most are and some are rather stunning and more than make up for their less attractive cousins!</p>
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<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/d750a1f2-54eb-467f-9d99-9b916218fca7.jpg" /><br />
<strong>Stonebridge Lock</strong></center>
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<p>This series of 70 caches consists of an assortment of small and medium lock-n-lock boxes containing various swaps at the time of planting and rather a lot of 35mm film canisters, some magnetic. Please bring your own pen. The walk is a around 19 miles and follows the path of the River Lee/Navigation from Limehouse Basin, near Limehouse DLR station, to Broxbourne (not too far from Broxbourne train station and bus routes). If you only want to walk in one direction, the overground train line runs almost parallel to the river and train times can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk.Click <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p><strong>FOOD AND DRINK</strong></p>
<p>There are a whole host of bars and cafes at Limehouse Basin and various points along the route where you can stop off for refreshments.</p>
<p><strong>MORE ABOUT THE AREA</strong></p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/</p>
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Click <a href="http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.walklondon.org.uk/route.asp?R=4" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.walklondon.org.uk/<br />
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There is a cafe here again - Open Tues till Friday 8am till 5pm, Sat and Sun 8am till 6pm. Closed Mondays. You are looking for a 35mm canister. Bring your own pen. .<br />
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<center><strong><font size="6" color="red">It can be muggle central along here at times so please take care when retrieving and replacing the cache</font></strong></center>


Code: GC5AGA6
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a2eb6889-ebb4-4968-992e-4afc4140ca36
Hints: If guns are too noisy, try fencing....
LongDescription:
<img src="http://imgcdn.geocaching.com/cache/8ea8a98d-e54a-4e73-ae51-0998ea8d13d3.jpg" />
<p><u><strong>About Britain's Biggest Mortar cache.</strong></u></p>
<p>Known as Mallet's Mortar it was a British shell-firing mortar built for the Crimean War, but never used in combat. The mortar was designed by Robert Mallet. It was constructed in sections so that it could be transported. Robert Mallet first made his design public in 1854. There was little response from the authorities until Mallet wrote to the then Prime Minister Lord Palmerston in March 1855. Palmerston was taken with the idea and instructed Board of Ordnance to arrange for the construction of two mortars of Mallet's design. Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company won the contract at a price of £4,300 per mortar. The company's bankruptcy resulted in the work being divided among three firms which managed to deliver the mortars in May 1857. Testing began on 19 October 1857 with further testing on 18 December 1857, 21 July 1858 and 28 of July 1858. Each test was brought to an end by damage to the mortar. A total of 19 rounds were fired with a rate of about 4 shells an hour being achieved. Shell weight was between 2,352 and 2,940 pounds (1,067 and 1,334 kg).[3] In testing with an 80 pound charge it fired the lighter shell a distance of 2,759 yards (2,523 m) with a flight time of 23 seconds. Both mortars are in the collection of the Royal Armouries, the UK's national museum of arms and armour. This gun, which was used for testing, is on loan to the Royal Artillery and is located at Repository Road, opposite the army base in Woolwich, while the unfired gun is on display at the Royal Armouries Fort Nelson near Portsmouth.</p>
Cache can be found at: N 51° 29. A B C E 000° 03. D E F
<p>Where:</p>
A= Number of L’s in the text of first line.
<p><br /></p>
B= Number E’s + Number of A’s in the text of fifth (last) line.
<p><br /></p>
C= Number of T’s in the text of second line divided by Number of I’s in the text of same line.
<p><br /></p>
D= Number of R’s in the text of fourth line.
<p><br /></p>
E= Number of letters in the fifth word in second line.
<p><br /></p>
F=. Number of M’s in the text of third line.
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<p>You will need a pencil or pen to sign the log and possibly tweezers. Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. Although near busy roads, it may be accessible for wheelchair users. This is a possible cache and dash, with parking possibly available in nearby side streets.</p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Stevrac for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p>Woolwich is famous for its Arsenal and its Army Barracks. This black nano helps to celebrate both. The above coordinates are not for the final cache, they will take you to a plaque by the mortar where you must collect some information, and calculate the final cache location. It is a multi due to the close proximity of the Mortar to the Barracks entrance. It is only a short walk to the cache.</p>


Code: GC4YZGB
ShortDescription: <p>Double potted 35mm film pot.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=aefa50cc-070f-4fb5-8edc-f1ed8741c02f
Hints: Ground level
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/d6c866e4-9914-44c9-b9bf-36374454900e.jpg" /></center>
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The church is named after Saint Edmund who was born at Abingdon around 1175 and after studying and lecturing at Oxford and Paris became Treasurer of Salisbury in 1222. Known as Edmund Rich, he preached the Crusade in England and on the nomination of Pope Gregory IX was elected Archbishop of Canterbury in 1233. He tried in vain to persuade Henry III to get rid of his foreign favorites and was unsuccessful in establishing discipline amongst the monks at Canterbury. He protested against the provision of English benefices for Italian clergy. He retired to France in 1240 and he died at Soissy the same year. He is buried at Pontigny and was canonised in 1247. His feast is kept on Nov. 16th, the date of his death and a college is dedicated to him at Ware..<br />
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There is a car park nearby (Chargeable) and very limited on street parking.<br />
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You are looking for a hidden 35mm film pot sized container a short walk from the church....Please be stealthy though so as to avoid suspicion.<br />
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<p align="center"><font color="red">**************************************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at</font> <font color="black">churchmicro@gmail.com.</font><br />
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<font color="blue">See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
<font color="red">*************************************</font></font></p>


Code: GC3HYKT
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=76f4e29c-e00c-4af2-8cfe-6f241ff6d015
Hints: At the end of the bridge by lilac bush down low but no need to go down the bank....
LongDescription:
This is a Micro Cache containing a pencil and a log book. may be able to hold a small item.<br />
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">The renavation  began in March 1999 and was completed in May 2000. It required the excavation of a new natural channel, 130 metres long, and the subsequent removal of</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">the old concrete channel. The river restoration included the construction of two gravel beaches to allow safe and easy access to the river, a path along its length and a blockstone</font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">bridge for safe crossing. A pond was also created next to the river to provide a variety of still water habitats to attract different animals and plants.</font></font><br />
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ShortDescription:
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Spring Brook (Shaftesbury Park)</font></font></b></p>
Well done pau1mi11er FTF


Code: GC40CQH
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3c8de9a9-8c8a-40a1-8b5a-bdaf36139aee
Hints: Merry Christmas!
LongDescription:
The cache is located near the river and overlooked by Kenley Road bus stop. It contains 2 badges, 1 bouncy ball, 1 keyring, 1 charm and a travel games compedium for the first to find. A relatively easy find. Good luck! GEOCACHING ON NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY IS AT YOUR OWN RISK

ShortDescription:
The cache is located in Morden Hall Park, 'a green oasis in the heart of suburbia'.<br />
To learn more about Morden Hall Park please view the website below:<br />
<a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/morden-hall-park/">http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/morden-hall-park/</a><br />


Code: GCNDXN
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=88a6d10b-dab1-4d87-b872-edd977f3e296
Hints: Hole in Base of wall
TravelBugs: <BR>GNU/Linux (id = 145894, ref = TBJNK6) <BR>Peek-A-Boo (id = 776525, ref = TB18VV4)
LongDescription:
This is a lovely Park which has a Boating Lake, 2 Pitch and Putt Golf courses, a Fishing Lake and Children's Playing area so there is plenty to do for the family. The Park used to be a Privatly owned estate which can traced back to the 17th Century, it's worth reading the information boards which are dotted about.

The Cache is hidden in the Eastern end of the Park in the vicinity of some old ruined buildings. The cache is a small circular container in a black plastic bag. 

There is Parking in the Park at N51 29.979 W000 17.483 which can be accessed from Popes Lane. This is not a 24/7 Cache as the Park closes at Night times vary depending on the Time of year.

ShortDescription:
This Cache is located in Gunnersbury Park, West London quite close to Acton and Chiswick. The A4 and M4 are close by and the nearest underground Station is Acton Town.


Code: GC294QQ
ShortDescription: Cache hidden in between Wanstead and Leytonstone
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e5fefebe-992f-46a6-8598-bd0562dba2f8
Hints: The cache is hidden in the base of a tree just off of the main path.
LongDescription:
Cache hidden in between Wanstead and Leytonstone in a narrow section of woodland next to Wanstead Flats. The cache is hidden in a tennis ball container. This is a pretty busy area at times of the day.

TravelBugs:
<BR>Annikas GPS (id = 3183562, ref = TB3WMHF)
<BR>Eviccina opicka / Eva's Monkey (id = 2722975, ref = TB3C68V)
<BR>Quebec 2009 Geocoin (id = 2409196, ref = TB31MQY)
<BR>Super Daffy TB (id = 2460702, ref = TB33CBD)


Code: GC5H47A
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=02670d28-4d32-466d-b691-8535c9d78cb3
Hints: waist height
LongDescription:
Opened by the Burial Board in 1897, Croydon Cemetery was made as an over-spill to Queen's Road Cemetery (q.v.) in response to the growing need for more burial spaces. The cemetery has been enlarged twice, in 1935 and 1937, the later enlargement when Croydon Crematorium was built. An axial drive from Mitcham Road entrance runs through the simply planned cemetery comprising a grid of paths dotted with a few specimen trees including Deodar Cedar, Acacia, Corsican Pine, Lebanon Cedar. Shrubs include Laurel, Holly and Yew. A double avenue of Lime runs down the north-west (1935) extension. Buildings include the tile-hung lodge, brick Gothic chapel and crematorium, and the cemetery has brick walls with railings and stone dressings. The north east part of the cemetery around the crematorium has a more elaborate layout with formal gardens, pond, winding paths and drives. Croydon Crematorium was built in 1937, later extended in 1962 when the east chapel was added. Hugh Meller comments: 'both buildings rise above the customary low standard of crematorium architecture, especially the earlier version in an austere simple Gothic design. Individual taste is allowed to flourish in the cloisters where pink and green onyx memorial tablets have sprouted like a nasty rash'. Noteworthy memorials include the Lanfranc Memorial, a large paved area with raised flower bed and black granite cross to 34 boys and 2 masters from Lanfranc School killed in an air crash in 1961. Captain Leslie Thomas's memorial has a stone model of a 1937 monoplane. Derek Bentley, executed in 1953 for his part in the murder of a policeman, was buried here in 1966; he was subsequently cleared in 1998 and by special permission his headstone is inscribed with the words 'a victim of British Justice'. Others buried here include composer William Hurlstone (1876-1906); Sir Charles Flynn (1884-1938), Deputy Chairman of Customs and Excise 1936-38 and Frederick George Creed, the inventor of the teleprinter.
<p>Mitcham Road Cemetery was awarded the 2011/2012 Green Flag Award, for the third successive year; given in recognition of achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces. Mitcham Road Cemetery and Croydon Crematorium also received a "Winner of Special Awards for Innovation 2011" accolade from Green Flag, a gold award in 2011, 2012 and again in 2013 from London in Bloom. Mitcham Road Cemetery is a late Victorian cemetery, first opened in 1897. It is a flat site covering approximately 43 acres and has extensive areas of old memorials; many of which have been laid flat prior to our existing memorial safety and improvement program. Like many urban cemeteries, Mitcham Road provides a good localized habitat for wildlife in an otherwise largely built-up area. There is a wide variety of trees, bushes and shrubs, and a few areas of grass have been set aside to grow wild. Both green and great spotted woodpecker may be seen as well as the more usual jays, magpies, carrion crows, robins, thrushes blackbirds and green parakeets.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">.</span><span class="marker"><u>Message to ALL cache's please use the walkways provided and respect that it is a cemetery and in constant use for ceremonies and visitors . Thank you and Happy Hunting.</u></span></h2>
<p>This multi is designed to take you round the history of the cemetery. I have found it very interesting researching all the cemetery has to offer sadly I cant put it all in here. Watch out for the Wood pecker I did see a few while placing the caches.</p>
<p>At the first location this is at the co-ordinate of the multi Icon you will need to find the date for D. E. Funnel ordinary signalman. P. N C/Lx 259531 HMS Pembroke 12 November ABCD aged 20</p>
<p>At the second way-point Alderman D. G. Stewart O.B.E., J. P. Mayor Of Croydon EFGH-I</p>
<p>At the third way-point behind the Chapel there is a bench with a plaque "fell asleep" JK th Oct. 71</p>
<p>N 51 J (A+ E+ D). G B (F- E) W 000 (D- E) I. I K C</p>
<p>You need the find ABCDEFGHIJK to decipher the final and it is placed outside the cemetery grounds but not far way.</p>

ShortDescription:
<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><strong>Firstly a Huge Thank you to the Head of Bereavement Services for the London Borough of Croydon for Permission to place this cache.</strong></div>
<h2>Opening times</h2>
<p><strong>April to September:</strong> 9am to 7pm <br />
<strong>October to March:</strong> 9am to 5pm</p>


Code: GC50ZP9
ShortDescription: <p>Another cache in the SideTracked series</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=fad75cb4-032b-4390-a608-ec7ceea11662
Hints: Post, low down.
LongDescription:
<p>Located near to Beckenham Place Park....A great place to cache! As with all caches near busy places, please use stealth when looking for this cache.Container is now a black nano.</p>


Code: GC3N5H3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=27484f2a-1e47-4a07-9746-9fd8555f5b81
Hints: Please post log for a find
LongDescription:
<p>Up Pompeii was broadcast from 1969-70, and although Frankie Howerd starred as a Roman slave, the humour was very British. As one would expect from the 'Carry On' writer, Talbot Rothwell, this series was full of double entendres and risque gags, with Howerd's Lurcio central to most of these.<br />
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The series was recorded in front of a live studio audience, with whom the cast interacted. Howerd's performance was characterised by addressing himself directly to the camera and littering his monologues with anachronistic comments and verbal tics such as "Oooh, no missus". Another feature of his humour was to feign innocence about his obvious and risqué double entendres while mockingly censuring the audience for finding them funny - "Titter ye not".<br />
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Thirteen 30-minute episodes were made, in two series. In addition there was a pilot episode (1969) and two special episodes entitled Further Up Pompeii, one in 1975 and the other in 1991. The latter sparked speculation that there could be a new series, but Howerd's death in 1992 put an end to any such prospect.<br />
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Back to reality, the cache is on the edge of a Roman fort from the 3rd Century BC. The fort was surrounded by a circular earthwork (two ramparts and a ditch) about 300 yards in diameter. Its outline is difficult to follow but the footpath to the right of the metal gate near the cache passes through the middle of the fort. The easterly limit is marked by a stone plaque, and its westerly limit by a post 300 yards along the footpath. The fort is now part of the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club.<br />
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You are looking for a swap-friendly plastic box which contained the following items when placed:<br />
Logbook + Pencil<br />
Power Ranger Toy<br />
GoGo Figure<br />
Bouncy Ball<br />
Butterfly Keyring<br />
Heart Bracelet + Ring<br />
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If coming by car, parking is available opposite the Wimbledon Common Golf Club, at the start of Camp Road. Please do not use the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club car park.<br />
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Thanks go to the Wimbledon Common Rangers Office for permission to place this cache.<br />
 </p>

ShortDescription:
<h3 style="color:blue;">A quick cache on the edge of Caesar's Camp on Wimbledon Common. This is the second cache in the British Sitcom series.</h3>


Code: GC2THA9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c0772284-24de-4d3d-b609-5a5a89f10169
Hints: Try meany in the childrens rhyme.
LongDescription:
Commonly 'To pull a sickie' is to enjoy a fraudulent day off work/study due to a non-existant common minor malady. This cache celebrates the other end of the scale with incredibly rare and fatal conditions that you would not expect to find on a quiet suburban street.


The cache is hidden outside Coppetts Wood Hospital. From Victorian times a fever isolation unit, in the 1960s it became the high-security infectious diseases unit (HSIDU) for the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead.

 Catering for the most rare and deadly infections the facility was so specialised it took cases from most of Southern England. These included 'Lassa fever, Ebola and Marburg fevers and the less well-known Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever' (a quote from the Royal Free website).

And Rabies

 In 2006 a man living 100 yards away in Osier Crescent fell ill and was taken to Barnet General Hospital. His name was Alexander Litvinenko and had unknowingly ingested 10 micrograms (200 times the leathal dose) of polonium-210 whilst at a central London resturant.

 A long time critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin he claimed before his death that he had been poisoned by agents of the KGB, and in fact so strange were the circumstances that only in his final hours was the correct diagnosis made.

 Thanks to zlsmith for his encouragement to place this as well as his reminding me of a famous local resident.

 The hospital building is now closed and awaiting re-development.

 Hidden on the feast of St. Ursmar.

ShortDescription:
Reachable from the pavement from this not too busy road (although there is a nearby bus stop which may have a very small queue).
 
No need to cross any fences to find this.

 Hidden just above chest height, this magnetic home made container might prove tricky to those in wheelchairs. Care should be taken not to drop the container when extracting it.


Code: GC1X87K
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=dbab8c1e-6e3f-4c4d-8ad1-6edb4ee583c0
Hints: At the base of a large Poplar tree.
LongDescription:
Note: This cache was originally placed by zarbi&zarbibird, but as they have moved out of the area they kindly allowed The fire_star Team to take it over. Many thanks to zarbi&zarbibird for a nice little cache.

Morden Hall Park is a historic, picturesque park with meadows, waterways and old buildings. The original walled garden contains a garden centre, National Trust gift shop and a rather nice cafe and a car park. It is open from 8am-6pm.

There is now a visitor centre too called The Livinggreen Centre which opened on the 5th November 2011 and is focused on living in a green way and being friendly to the environment. There is a nice wooden doll’s house for small children to play with inside,  information on green living, a few ‘stalls’ selling local ‘arty’ items and a cafe. The park also offers a play area with swings, things to climb on and a zip-wire for children.

 The park has three different wildlife habitats: meadow, wetland and woodland, and Deen City Farm is a short walk away and is signposted. Please note though, Deen City Farm does not open on Mondays.

There are a number of caches in this beautiful park, this one was placed with kind permission of the National Trust. It is a small cache with room for small swaps, geocoins and small TBs.


As this cache has been muggled twice we are replacing it with a micro this time. That way cachers can still enjoy visiting this lovely part of Morden Hall Park but the cache should hopefully not vanish.

GEOCACHING ON NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY IS AT YOUR OWN RISK

ShortDescription:
You are looking for a small purple bubbles container and you will need to bring a pen to sign the log.


Code: GC3BAYT
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=226766bd-6b94-4a5b-928f-f2e381f0ae34
LongDescription:
Wanstead Flats is the southern-most portion of Epping Forest in
east London. History Though historically part of a royal forest,
the nature of the area encouraged people to turn out cattle and
other animals to graze upon this unenclosed land. This practice was
eventually recognised and granted as the right of common pasture.
Certain landowners and occupiers still have this right, granted
them as part of the Epping Forest Act 1878, and cattle grazed
freely until 1996 when the BSE crisis forced their removal. It is
probable that continued grazing on this and similar areas of the
Forest helped to maintain the open aspect which they have today.
Features Much of the land is liable to a degree of flooding after
heavy rain, but also to considerable and quite rapid drying-out in
periods of low rainfall. Drainage from the grassland should help to
maintain usually three permanent open waters. The largest of these,
with two islands to its credit, is Alexandra Lake. Its local name
the Sandhills Pond may be attributed to the sandy nature of the low
gravel mounds by its banks. The next in size is Jubilee Pond, which
until 2002 was known as the Model Yacht Pond or Dames Road Pond.
Until renovation in 2002 this had stone banks, and, as its name
implied, was in the past used for model boating. Lack of repair and
a water supply meant that for many years the pond was often dry.
The smallest water is the round pond by Capel Road, Angel Pond.
This was named after Lewis Angell, the first borough engineer of
West Ham, who was responsible for the construction of the pond
during the winter of 1893-94. The spelling soon became corrupted,
as early postcards show. This is a circular muddy hollow which can
dry out completely in hot weather. The only other semi-permanent
pond is that by Lake House Road known as the Cat and Dog Pond,
presumably because it only exists when it has been raining 'cats
and dogs'. Scattered over the area are some thickets of gorse and
broom, as well as a number of small woods and copses. Most of these
were planted towards the end of the 19th century as a response to
efforts by the Epping Forest Committee to break up what was
perceived as a monotonous area of grassland. Together with the many
trees lining the roadsides and some avenues, they do add greatly to
the diversity of tree species to be found. Older than these is an
avenue of trees in the NW portion of the Flats, running from close
to Ferndale Road in Leytonstone to Bush Wood. This is known as
Evelyn's Avenue, planted by John Evelyn (author of Sylva, or a
discourse of Forest-trees) on the instructions of Sir Josiah Child
after he had purchased the estate. It formed one of a number of
such avenues radiating from Wanstead House. Consisting of sweet
chestnuts and forming one of the main approaches to Wanstead House,
it is remarkable that so much of this is still visible after 300
years. Nearly all the perimeter of Wanstead Flats has a ditch,
often with a bank, to prohibit vehicular access. The only vehicles
normally allowed are service vehicles and bicycles. Horses may be
taken onto the Flats and are supposed to keep to bridle paths
marked by posts. There is considerable pedestrian traffic because
of the large number of people living nearby and the availability of
the area for activities such as the flying of model aircraft and
kites, bird watching, botanising and the exercising of people and
dogs. Portions of the Flats are also maintained as football
pitches. Fishing in Alexandra Lake is no longer undertaken and
model boating in the old Model Yacht Pond ceased when the pond no
longer retained water. The area near the petrol station on
Aldersbrook Road (where the sports rooms are) was used in the 1940s
to house German prisoners of war. At the pointed junction of Blake
Hall Road and Aldersbrook Road is a deep dip in the grass area.
This was a World War II bomb crater. After the raid a wrecked
United Dairies Milk lorry was found in the crater. The area had
lots of brambles when we placed the original cache so a pair of
gloves might be a good idea. The last stop of the W19 on
Aldersbrooke road, at the junction with Blake Hall road will take
you very close to this cache. Otherwise parking can be found on the
sideroads off Aldersbrooke Road.

ShortDescription:
This is a relisting of the first in a series of caches placed along
the W19 bus route. It was archived but on inspection the other day,
I found the cache in situ after all this time. As it's been some
time since it was archived, the mods advised to relist rather than
unarchive. This may not be a new cache therefore to some, if you
have already found the original. The original cache is at
http://coord.info/GC23QNW

Hints:
At the base of a tree, just to the side of the path - the cache is camoflaged to blend in with it's surroundings.


Code: GC5H418
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=354e3bfe-967f-43a0-a690-b8c90210109d
Hints: Tree
LongDescription:
<h2>History</h2>
<p>The cemetery was opened in 1897, and extended twice, in 1935 and again in 1937. A tree-lined drive leads to a modern chapel and crematorium block with paved landscaping, which gradually gives way to the Victorian original, with its own chapel and a number of angels. The crematorium was built in 1937, and extended in 1962.</p>
<h2>War Graves</h2>
<p>The cemetery contains the graves of 195 Commonwealth service personnel of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background:none;">First World War</a>, scattered throughout the cemetery, and 150 from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background:none;">Second World War</a>. Some of the Second World War-era graves form a war graves plot on Thornton Heath extension (Plot P.P.), which contains special memorials to two casualties whose graves could not be located.<sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_Cemetery#cite_note-cwgc1-2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);white-space:nowrap;background:none;">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p>A Portland stone memorial erected by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_War_Graves_Commission" title="Commonwealth War Graves Commission" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11, 0, 128);background:none;">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</a> faces the Garden of Rest at Croydon Crematorium, and commemorates 76 Commonwealth service personnel of the Second World War who were cremated there</p>
<h3>Book of Remembrance</h3>
<p>These are beautiful hand made books with inscriptions and illustrations completed individually by an artist. Floral emblems, badges and personal artwork can be added. The entries are viewed on the anniversary and as this memorial is in perpetuity it will never need to be renewed.  </p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">.</span><span class="marker"><u>Message to ALL cache's please use the walkways provided and respect that it is a cemetery and in constant use for Burials. Thank you and Happy Hunting.</u></span></h2>
<p> </p>

ShortDescription:
<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><strong>Firstly a Huge Thank you to the Head of Bereavement Services for the London Borough of Croydon for Permission to place this cache.</strong></div>
<h2>Opening times</h2>
<p><strong>April to September:</strong> 9am to 7pm <br />
<strong>October to March:</strong> 9am to 5pm</p>


Code: GC4H775
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0a8b039f-0775-49ea-9758-7cfd8fca0872
Hints: Head height, green nano, watch our for bored bus drivers!
LongDescription:
This is one of a series going out to help cachers in their quest for a 31 day caching streak in August 2013 for which they get a souvenir on their profile page.

We've got together to put out this series of mostly drive by caches.... Good Luck with your Cache Hunt for August '13.

Note : Cache is not accessible from on the road bridge, best to park in Tesco's car park!


Code: GC5Z0DP
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=97a3cdc3-f271-4d90-a2fe-313cbcf48e04
Hints: Informative
LongDescription:
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_D%C3%A9livrance" target="_blank">La Délivrance</a> is a 16-foot statue in bronze of a naked woman holding a sword aloft, and is the work of French sculptor Émile Oscar Guillaume (1867–1942). It is located at the southern edge of Finchley at Henly's Corner, at the bottom of Regents Park Road. The statue has a number of local names including "Dirty Gertie", "The Wicked Woman", and (most popular – to the exclusion of its real name) "The Naked Lady".</p>

<p>The statue was created as a celebration of the First Battle of the Marne when the German army was stopped from capturing Paris in August 1914.</p>

<p>The cache is a black magnetic micro cache, you will need your own pen/pencil to write on the log. Please place the cache back exactly as you found it.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>"La Delivrance" is 1st Finchley Scout Groups fourth geocache. We are based a short walk up the road in Finchley and regulary use the area for navigation training.</p>


Code: GC1PCZB
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9ade1166-76e1-485f-8ef6-aad9713b4adf
Hints: Riverside tree with strong ivy roots that could hide a cache. About 8 feet off the path.
LongDescription:
A series of caches placed around the grounds of rugby clubs. 
Caches will all be outside the grounds in the public domain unless otherwise stated and at this time, all bar one give a view of the rugby posts, a requirement for anyone who would like to extend this series.

London Cornish RFC, formed in 1962 by a group of friends having a drink in a pub. (Where has that happened before!)
After a nomadic number of years, London Cornish finally settled at their current home ground, the Richardson Evans Memorial Fields, in 1972. They currently play rugby in London SW3, their highest league placing to date, having gained promotion in 2007. The ground is also used by Premiership club, Harlequins RFC as their training facility.

The cache is a small box containing a few swaps, log book and pencil. It can take small TBs. It is situated on the Capital Ring Footpath. At placing, GPS coverage was suprisingly good considering the number of trees. This may not be so once they come into full bloom. There are many areas off the path available to enable you to regain a stronger signal. 

If you would like to extend this series, please feel free. There are only 3 rules which must be followed;

1. Every effort must be made to place the cache with a view of the pitch or posts.
2. Every effort must be made NOT to use a micro. 
3. I don't need to know the number - there aren't any!
 Remember - the refs’ decision is final and arguing will just get you a yellow card.


Code: GC24FY2
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f87898f1-349f-4980-ae64-ad2cad1cb8a0
Hints: Go on, stick your hand up there. Magnetic
LongDescription:
<strong>LEE NAVIGATION</strong>
<p>The River Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lee (also sometimes spelt River Lea). The river runs from Hertford Castle Weir to Bow Creek/Limehouse Basin, where it meets the River Thames. Historically the river was used to transport goods from Hertfordshire to London, particularly grain. Today the area forms part of the Lee Valley Regional Park, Tottenham Marshes, Walthamstow Marshes and runs parallel to the London 2012 Olympic Park. Extremely popular with walkers, cyclists and fishers, the pathways offer a great opportunity to see an abundance of wildlife and some of the rather beautiful and quirky barges moored at different points along the river. This is also a great walk (or cycle &amp; dash; the path forms part of the National cycle network) if you are looking to avoid tramping through tons of pre and post winter mud as the paths are mostly gravel and really well looked after. Some areas along the walk are nicer than others so be prepared...this is London and as fantastic as it is, some spots aren't so pretty. That said, most are and some are rather stunning and more than make up for their less attractive cousins!</p>
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<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/855e3021-f5e6-44c0-9d86-c5d3e550bb04.jpg" /><br />
<strong>The River Lee Navigation</strong></center>
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<p>This series of 70 caches consists of an assortment of small and medium lock-n-lock boxes containing various swaps at the time of planting and rather a lot of 35mm film canisters, some magnetic. Please bring your own pen. The walk is a around 19 miles and follows the path of the River Lee/Navigation from Limehouse Basin, near Limehouse DLR station, to Broxbourne(not too far from Broxbourne train station and bus routes). If you only want to walk in one direction, the overground train line runs almost parallel to the river and train times can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk.Click <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p><strong>FOOD AND DRINK</strong></p>
<p>There are a whole host of bars and cafes at Limehouse Basin and various points along the route where you can stop off for refreshments.</p>
<p><strong>MORE ABOUT THE AREA</strong></p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/content/cms/home/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/</p>
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Click <a href="http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.walklondon.org.uk/route.asp?R=4" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.walklondon.org.uk/<br />
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<p>The cache site is just past the site of the former Waterside Cafe and canoe hire centre. The cafe building has been demolished. The canoe and cycle hire centre is closed although the toilets were open today 30/9/13. There are plans for regeneration of the Tottenham area; I am trying to find out if there is anything planned for this site.. You are looking for a 35mm canister containing just a log book, so bring your own pen.</p>
It can be muggle central along here at times so please take care when retrieving and replacing the cache


Code: GC4YDN3
ShortDescription: The cache is on Footpath near the church.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=79c82e86-0e4b-48f6-a2d1-2493b1ad731e
Hints: Not Classical Gas, more Magnetic Gas.
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com//cache/large/eb0f8670-377e-4e71-981b-7144faeabc36.jpg" /></center>
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<br />
St. James Church was built in 1879. The church suffered war damage and was repaired, see the Church web site for more information about this church.<br />
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There is plenty of street parking nearby.<br />
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You are looking for a hidden double potted 35mm film pot sized container....Please be stealthy though so as to avoid suspicion!!<br />
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<p align="center"><font color="red">**************************************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at</font> <font color="black">churchmicro@gmail.com.</font><br />
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<font color="blue">See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
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Code: GC5X1XQ
ShortDescription: <p>Our first cache near our favourite pitch and putt course, more to come hopefully.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d67e7a12-8e05-4bb6-b91d-bfa9cd54d6d6
Hints: Camouflaged clip top box. Look up!
LongDescription:
<p style="text-align:center;"><img alt="Country Park Entrance" src="http://www.croydonducks.co.uk/parks-2013/csam_5635.jpg" style="height:450px;width:600px;" /></p>
<p><span style="line-height:1.6;">When we moved to the UK, this was the first park we discovered. Croydon Council has done a nice job here, the children's playground is nice and the nearby toilets are clean. Ample parking available at the entrance coordinates. A short walk across the park takes you to a duck pond. A separate picnic area is also available.</span></p>
<p><strong>South Norwood Country Park</strong> is a park in South Norwood, close to Elmers End station, mainly in the London Borough of Croydon. It is a 47 hectare (116 acre) green space which opened in 1989. The park occupies a mix of countryside and parkland, and land formerly used for sewage farms serving the growing London population.</p>
<p>Croydon Sports Arena, the home of Croydon F.C., is located on the south-eastern edge of the park.</p>
<p>With a wide range of different habitats, the country park is a haven for wildlife and an important site for nature conservation. It is a Local Nature Reserve.</p>
<p>Many wetlands and ponds in Britain have become polluted or have disappeared, leaving the plants and animals that like wet conditions with fewer places to live. The Dragonfly Pond was built to encourage dragonflies and damselflies, and many other plants and animals such as frogs, toads and newts can be found there too. In the summer months the blue and green Emperor Dragonfly, the largest dragonfly in Britain can be found there.</p>
<p>South Norwood Country Park has an excellent bird record with over 100 different species being sighted each year. The large wetlands in particular attract a wide variety of birds.</p>
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Thanks for Croydon Council Parks team for giving us permission to place the cache in the park! Please stick to the footpaths, avoid trampling the vegetation and don't disturb the bird feeders.
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<p>To find the cache you will need to go to N 51 23.(A+D)(D)(C-D) W 0 03.(B)(E-B)(A-D), where:</p>
<p><strong>A </strong>is the number of letters in the last word on the table at the starting coordinates<br />
<strong>B</strong> is the sixth number of the phone number of the Pitch &amp; Putt course (020 86<strong>B</strong>5 3586)<br />
<strong>C</strong> is the total number of carvings minus the number of carvings depicting animals on the nearby totem pole<br />
<strong>D</strong> and <strong>E</strong> can be found at the next two waypoints, please see the waypoint descriptions<br />
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Congrats to <font color="green">bond2468</font> for FTF!  </p>


Code: GC3ATGK
ShortDescription: The park is wheelchair friendly (but some of the caches might be problematic).
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8fd36583-2a3d-4e49-81f6-979696432017
Hints: A 35mm film pot, tucked in! L H fork.
LongDescription:
****EXTRA STEALTH NEEDED FOR THIS CACHE AS IT IS NEAR THE PAVEMENT (NOT A DRIVEBY THOUGH WHEN PARK IS SHUT) *****.   

Kelsey Park is in Beckenham where there are plenty of shops and eating places. There is ample street parking nearby and there are several entrances to the park. 

The park is wheelchair friendly and has excellent paths although there is plenty of mud to be found if you have young children or dogs! 

Kelsey Park, with its lakes, wildlife, flower beds, spectacular herbaceous border and over 100 kinds of trees has the river Beck runnning through it (rising in Springpark Woods in West Wickham) and continuing on its way through to Beckenham Place Park. It is a haven for wildlife and  over 65 species of birds have been recorded. There is a heronry on the larger island where over 30 pairs of grey herons successfully
nest each year, making it probably the easiest place to see nesting herons in the south east of England. Little Egrets were noted this year too.

Be warned to watch out for the water here if you have young children.

The toilets have baby changing facilities. One toilet is for the disabled which is accessible with a radar key, (provided by the café). You will need to be very careful as this is a very busy park and the cache is on the footpath!

At N51 23.956 W000 01.288 which is a point on the path (on side of lake where playground is) you will see a fascinating sculpture in the lake. It is made of coloured metallic wire and shaped into a beautiful
Kingfisher and is sitting on a natural log.

[b][red] Be warned, the park closes at dusk!  Also please take great care when finding and replacing the cache as the park and the nearby pavement can be very busy![/b][red]


Code: GC5E39A
ShortDescription: <p>Not THAT Abbey Road, no. But another one. There are actually several Abbey Road's in London.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c7320e29-76da-42ee-8cf2-aabf46e7677b
Hints: Behind silver. Low down. No, lower than that!
LongDescription:
<p>A tricky 35mm magnetic container, that you'll have to wait until there are no muggles around to retreive otherwise they'll wonder what on earth you are doing ...</p>


Code: GC3HMT4
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=29f71c02-f6ad-44f5-ac5a-731032ac2791
Hints: KAmoflage
LongDescription:
This depression in a cone-shaped piece of land between Aldersbrook Road and Centre Road is widely held to be an unfinished man-made pond similar to other structures on the Flats. 

Some maintain however, that it is the remains of a WW2 bomb crater into which a United Dairies Milk delivery vehicle had fallen when one witness saw it the next morning from the top deck of a 101.


Code: GC4H786
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=81870579-5f5a-41dd-ab6e-9becc01896b0
Hints: Ask Edith!
LongDescription:
This is one of a series going out to help cachers in their quest for a 31 day caching streak in August 2013 for which they will get a souvenir on their profile page.

We've got together to put out this series of mostly drive by caches... Good Luck in your Cache Hunt for August '13!!


Code: GC19NWF
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a3786448-9cc6-4f85-bb88-d358cac9b03c
Hints: Search for your roots behind Toby's bench.
TravelBugs: <BR>MCs Argentine Voyager #1 (id = 1872132, ref = TB2EKX9)
LongDescription:
Large area of common land close to the A3. Favourite of dog walkers and tree climbing children. Fox and Grapes is a nice  watering hole for the grownups and is the closest one to the cache. Good Tea room to be found near the windmill about 1 mile away.

Nearest car park to the cache is located at the end of Sunset Road here: N 51 25.676'  W 000 14.305' 

The Cache is on level ground approx 0.3miles from the car park. The main route down from the car park is on a hill (not too steep). Can be a bit muddy in winter so be prepared!

Look for a small tupperware sandwich box with a white lid. Inside are assorted keychains, a shell, a heart shaped tealight and a couple of guitar picks...

This is our first cache, hope you enjoy it!

ShortDescription:
This cache is located in Wimbledon Common. A favourite walking (or should say running)place for our dog Mylo.


Code: GC2XA5R
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5e6276dc-8f43-4fb5-bbf9-de6cc55ec508
Hints: Not on the ground.
LongDescription:
There is parking available along Elmers End road, but spaces are hard to find here due to the many commuters using nearby Elmers End Rail station. Parking is also available in the Park’s Own car park, accessed via Albert Road. The park is quite large (125 acres) and contains a lake and many other waterways. The park is well served by Tram Stops with Arena, Elmers End &amp; Harrington Road tram stops near the park. Mainline trains also serve Elmers End station. You can get info about the park and its history from the related web address given above.<br />
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ShortDescription:
This cache is located within South Norwood Country Park. Its location is well away from the water areas of the park, but visitors should take care and respect the environment. Please replace the cache carefully where you found it. The cache has been changes so it blends in with its location better. The cache area can be very wet underfoot after heavy or prolonged rainfall.


Code: GC59K2T
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=63e6cad7-fdef-4ea7-9d11-5f12f4ffcd30
Hints: What’s brown and sticky…..?
LongDescription:
<p><u><strong>About A Marathon not a Sprint - turn left again!</strong></u></p>
<p>The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom and part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The 33rd London Marathon took place on 21 April 2013, and the 34th London Marathon was on 13 April 2014</p>
<p>The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and Welsh athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside St. James's Park. Since the first marathon, the course has undergone very few route changes. In 1982, the finishing post was moved from Constitution Hill to Westminster Bridge due to construction works. It remained there for twelve years before moving to its present location at The Mall.</p>
<p>The first London Marathon was held on 29 March 1981, more than 20,000 applied to run. 6,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill. The Marathon's popularity has steadily grown since then. As at 2009, 746,635 people have completed the race since its inception. In 2010, 36,549 people crossed the line, the biggest field since the race began. The first wheelchair marathon race was held in 1983 and the event was credited with reducing the stigma surrounding disabled athletes.</p>
<p>The Cache</p>
<p>This cache is placed near to the Woolwich Ferry, where the runners turn left, yet again, to take them towards Greenwich and the Cutty Sark. You will need a pencil or pen to sign the log and possibly tweezers. You will not need to leave the pavement to retrieve the cache, although this is an extremely busy area traffic-wise, so stealth is important. I can guarantee thousands of muggles during the race! Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. Although near busy roads, it is accessible for wheelchair users, although it is low down so may need assistance from an able-bodied cacher. This is a possible cache and dash, but you should not park here for long, due to restrictions.</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Wilczki for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><u><strong>Geocache Description:</strong></u></p>
<p>I live about a half hour walk from the start of the London Marathon yet have never been to watch it! On 10/04/2014 I was in Blackheath placing a couple of new caches and I got the idea to begin a series of caches following the route of the event. </p>


Code: GC3E8J0
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8ac8196f-ac33-440b-a00a-66f3ec62ebf9
Hints: silver
LongDescription:
You are looking for a well disguised log book only cache so bring your own pen/pencil 
if you are lucky you might even witness a van getting stuck under the bridge or even see a van pass you with no roof
i became a victim of the bridge approx 4 years ago on a bad rainy day when i went through there was about 12 inches of water and my daughter was walking towards me from school.I stopped to pick her up and to get her and her friends through the water. But by the time i turnt my van around and went back through it was alot higher and half way through my engine went bang. so this bridge cost me £2000  on a new van.
it can be reached by wheelchair users as the path is new and the cache is off of ground level.

ShortDescription:
This cache is located very close to a bridge that quite often get vans stuck underneath or even takes there roofs clean off. It is possible for wheelchair users to get to this cache


Code: GC4T0HN
ShortDescription: <p>A nice walk through a hidden area of Croydon. You may be in for some pleasant suprises!</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=82f3c504-1d15-4112-8199-58e2188b74cc
Hints: Not the fence, but the gate?
LongDescription:
<p>Heavers Meadow is a meadow located in South Norwood and Selhurst in the London Borough of Croydon. The meadow covers an area of 8<sup>3/4 </sup>acres. </p>
<p>The area of Heavers Meadow and the adjacent allotments were given to the Croydon Corporation in 1935 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for use as an open space or recreation ground and allotments or allotment gardens.</p>
<p>In the eighteenth and nineteenth century the western side of the site was covered by a wood called Dragnet Wood in 1800 and Selhurst Wood in 1867 by which time it had been split in two by the railway.</p>
<p>Norbury Brook runs north west along the bottom of the site before disappearing beneath Selhurst Road. The Brook reappears in Thornton Heath Recreation Ground and behind several private houses in between.</p>
<p>The brook is fenced off because it can be very dangerous; after a rain storm the water level can rise several feet in a few minutes as the water rapidly drains from the roads and hard surfaces around and into the surface water drains</p>
<p>The cache is a well labelled magnetic keysafe microcache. Please ensure that you close it tightly and place it so that the contents and lid are secure. Access to the Meadow is from either Selhurst Road or Tennison Road</p>
Congratulations to Zoecakes on FTF!


Code: GCG24W
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1791e268-77e6-4362-bb07-077b154dd5ec
Hints: If you don't like tunnels, best miss this one out!
LongDescription:
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The journey between these locations will take you through the heart
of the former London Docks, an area rich in history and with
numerous places of interest. To make a day of it - with slight
detours and a little extra walking - you can take many different
routes between these waypoints. If you wish to add variety, parts
of the journey can made by <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/river/">river</a>, <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/buses/">bus</a>, <a href="http://www.londontransport.co.uk/dlr/index.htm">Docklands Light
Railway</a>, <a href="http://www.thetube.com/">Underground</a> -
even a ferry - allowing you to take in the many sights along this
stretch of the Thames. <s>For railway enthusiasts, there is even a
small but excellent railway museum just 300m from Tom!</s> This is
now closed as it has been squashed by CrossRail.<br />
<br />
The coordinates above are for the point of access for the first
waypoint. To decrypt the location above you will need to visit the
locations below and find the answers to the following
questions.<br />
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1. <b>TOM</b> - <b>N 51 29.927 E 000 03.696</b> Make your descent
and head south. Before the first set of cycle calming gates, there
is a manhole cover. On it, to the right of the British Standards
Institute kitemark symbol, there are 3 digits, 1 letter,3 digits
(<b><font color="#FF0000">ABC D EFG</font></b>). Use these to
replace the letters in Dick's coordinates.<br />
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2. <b>DICK</b> - <b>N 51 B(G+C).F05 W 000 0(A-E).GC5</b> Make your
descent and head south. Marking the boundary between two London
Boroughs (at right angles to the directions of travel at the
waypoint), there is a white painted line on the footway -
<b><font color="#FF0000">X</font></b> is the number of manhole
covers that this line bisects and <b><font color="#FF0000">Y</font></b> is the number of large white painted letters
on the ground, closest to the line. Use these to replace the
letters in Harry's coordinates.<br />
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3. <b>HARRY</b> - <b>N 51 (A+B)(B-F).X67 W000°
0(X+1).(X+1)(Y-1)2</b> When you arrive at this waypoint, remain at
ground level. A gold-lettered stone plaque beyond the barrier in
the lobby can be seen from the pavement.</font>
<p><font color="#FF0000" size="2"><b>For email confirmation of this
virtual cache, mail me the first name of the father and of the son,
the third and the last date on the plaque. Using the above answers,
send a blank email to dadnamesonnamedate1date2@howeasy.org (eg
stevejohn19022002@howeasy.org). Make sure you include your caching
name (eg rodz) as the subject of the mail. You will receive a
confirmation email almost instantly if your answers are correct, at
which time you may log your find.<br /></b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><br />
<font color="#0000FF"><b><font size="4">First to Find, on 18th May
2003, was Warby</font></b></font><font size="4"><br />
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ShortDescription:
If you're familiar with the classic film, 'The Great Escape',
you'll be able to guess the type of locations you'll be visiting.
In logging this multi-virtual-cache, you see three of the oldest
examples of this type of civil engineering in the UK, if not the
world.


Code: GC3GPG5
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=77d8f21d-4e69-4b05-b8f4-a989cbe352b0
Hints: Mr Tanner's info can be found on a little plaque at the base of a small tree.
LongDescription:
In the mid-1850s a need was seen for a church in the Copse Hill area. In 1857 an appeal was launched to provide funds to build a church, or more correctly a chapel-of-ease, and within a short time £6,000 was raised. The building contract for the church amounted to £3,425.

So it was on Monday 15th August 1859 that a new church in 'grounds of half an acre or thereabouts' was dedicated by the Bishop of London, Rt. Revd Archibald Tait. The church was built in Kentish ragstone, with buttresses and some other parts of Bath stone. The architect was Samuel S. Teulon, a man of Huguenot descent, who designed a number of churches in the London area. However, it should be remembered that the original church was smaller than we see today. It did not have a south transept, the main entrance was on the north side and the nave was one bay shorter. The present bells of the church were rung for the first time on All Saints Day, 1899. They are at the top of a narrow flight of 50 steps, but the six bells are fixed in position and cannot be pealed. This is because of the position of the tower. The bells are rung with clapper lines operated by a single ringer. It is said if the bells were hung in the normal position and then rung they would pull the tower down! 

Major changes to the church since 1859 have included (i) the adding of a south transept, designed by Teulon, in 1860, (ii) the north door ceased to be used as the main entrance (maybe because of the chilly winds that came in from the fields opposite) and (iii) in 1881 it was decided to lengthen the nave. This entailed taking down the west wall, extending the nave by one bay, and rebuilding the west wall incorporating a new porch.

The church started out as a chapel-of-ease, but by 1872 the possibility of parochial status was discussed but nothing happened. Further attempts were made over the decades but nothing changed until the church's Centenary Year when a fresh application was made. The request was considered by the Privy Council in August 1961, and this time the application was allowed. So on 18th September 1961 a service was held for the induction of Rev. Uthwatt as the first vicar of the new parish of Christ Church, West Wimbledon.

Co-ordinates given take you to one of the gates of the churchyard.  The cache (35mm film cannister) is actually hidden outside the church grounds at:

N 51 25.0A5
W 000 13.BCD

The birdbath in the churchyard features the date 192A.
The first Sunday service is held at Bam.
Perhaps you arrived here on the C00 bus. 
Stan Tanner was churchwarden here until 197D

It should all be reasonably wheelchair accessible and is certainly fine with a pushchair. Help would probably be needed to reach the actual cache. 

“If anybody would like to expand this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”


Code: GC48A9C
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=da046f5b-7e77-419b-a152-a148a2340eb3
Hints: Magnetic. 7 (ft) iron required.
LongDescription:
<p>Mitcham Golf Course was once one of the most exclusive in the country. It is now open to the public, but in days gone by many famous members of Parliament regarded it as their special playground. The Lords and Commons had many matches here, the Earl of Chesterfield and AJ Balfour were among those who spent their leisure hours at Prince's as the club that was formed over 100 years ago was then called.</p>
<p>Prince's was owned by Sir Henry Mallaby-Deeley, who established a Prince's course at Sandwich and the influential members of his committee had Mitcham Junction Railway Station built a stones throw from the clubhouse. The original clubhouse was burnt down in 1932 and perhaps the greatest of all historical losses was the big Vellum Book with signatures of the Parliamentary and other distinguished visitors, including that of Mr Disraeli.</p>
<p>Prince's ended its private career in 1925 and was opened as a public course with membership by the reigning Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay Macdonald. This came about through the Foundation of Mitcham Village Club in 1907. This club was composed of local Artisans who were allowed to play on Prince's at certain times. Mitcham Villagers later bought a successful lawsuit and established the right of the public to play golf on Mitcham Common. So Mitcham is now a very successful combination of two clubs, Mitcham Golf Club and Mitcham Village Golf Club.<br /></p>
<p>You are looking for a 35mm film can. Parking is available at Mitcham Junction station.</p>
<p>Congratulations to Kiddicaru on his first FTF, and also to Cache! Eh? on being the first person to complete the course and sign his 'card' at the clubhouse (Par, Birdie, Eagle and 19th Hole caches).</p>

ShortDescription:
<h3 style="color:blue;">Mark Twain once said that golf is a good walk spoiled. The clubhouse will give you a chance to forget your golf or caching score. No clubs required!<br />
<br />
It's not necessary, but I hope you completed the course (par, birdie and eagle caches) before arriving at the clubhouse</h3>


Code: GC1AD2M
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f6bc43cc-0017-4967-a79a-d0c28a0ebbe2
Hints: just of the path under a log.
TravelBugs: <BR>Jake the Ewok (id = 1665301, ref = TB27NNA)
LongDescription:
Our first ever cache. It is a small lunchbox containing a karibener, a beer stein key ring, a Turkish coin, pack of 2 watch batteries, a water pistol and a travel bug. Along with log book and pen. Happy hunting.


Code: GC3QF6M
ShortDescription: A nice little cache on Mitcham Common
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f67f79c0-d8ee-4a00-b5c1-6d8492e9a5f0
Hints: Micro hidden in the Ivy on the tree Opposite side of track to concrete bollard thingy!
LongDescription:
Third Quarter referes to the four quarters that Mitcham common is intersected into by Bedington Lane and Croyden road.<br />
<br />
The cache is located in the south east quarter.<br />
<br />
This is a nice quick cache and dash, should only take 5 mins from and entrance.<br />
<br />
<br />
Enjoy the walk. Hint updated to reveal location as lots of DNF


Code: GC384NZ
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a257e3da-11e5-429e-803b-c155dffa000c
Hints: approx. knee high and being looked after by a tree!
LongDescription:
The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road for much of its length, is a dual carriageway, or expressway, which follows the historic route between London and Portsmouth passing close to Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield. For much of its 67-mile (108 km) length, it is classified as a trunk road and, apart from a section within the London conurbation and a short section where the Hindhead Tunnel is currently being built, is dual carriageway. At its southerly end, the original road has been replaced by the A3(M), but the designation A3 is still used to identify the old road.
The road was once the haunt of highwaymen. For example, the legendary Jerry Abershawe terrorised the area around Kingston and led a gang based at the Bald Faced Stag Inn on the Portsmouth Road. Another particularly dangerous location was in the vicinity of the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead, about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Guildford.

Today there is a traffic black spot during peak hours going northbound before the Hook underpass. The road reduces from three lanes to two in the underpass. The speed limit at this point reduces from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), with the first of many speed enforcement cameras situated before the road bears to the right and under the bridge . The traffic from the A309 also joins just before the underpass. This section is often busy from about 7:50am to 8:30am and from 5:15pm to 5:50pm.

The Kingston By-pass becomes the Esher By-pass at the A3's junction with the A309.

I have had to make this a multi cache as there is another cache (Richmond Gated - Wally Gator) very close by! Besides it means it could be a larger container! 

Co-ordinates will take you to a place beside the footbridge. You will need to look up at the crossbar and you should see letter A followed by a series of numbers painted in white.

A3\ WX.YZ

Turning your head 45° to your right you should see 2 numbers inside a red circle and these will be VZ.

You will need to write down the numbers and work out the co-ordinates for the final location.

Final location of cache can be found at;

N51° (V-W)(W+X).(Z-Z)(Y-W)(Z+Z)
W000° (W+Z)(X+Z).(V-W)(X-W)(V+W+X)

You are looking for a small 'tub' capable of holding TB's and small swaps.

Cache has been placed with the kind permission of........sorry, might spoil it!

Wheelchair cachers may need someone with them to retrieve the cache for them.

And as always, the A3 is an extremely busy road so please take extra care if you have any children with you.


Code: GC534EF
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=476e6b7d-b42f-4b0c-b1b6-96da35f3a26e
Hints: [Hint] A little foraging is needed, look to the bottom of the trunk
LongDescription:
<p>The white sixties tower block stands alone on the edge of Wanstead flats. A little path runs through the wooldland beside it. Face the tower and the tree with cache is behind you. </p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong>At the foot of The White Tower</strong></p>
<p>Hidden in the foot of a tree, shadowed by the White Tower Block - a little off the beaten track but a fun geocache. If you want to take the fossil please leave something equally interesting behind!<img alt="yes" src="https://www.geocaching.com/static/js/CKEditor/4.1.2/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.gif" title="yes" style="height:20px;width:20px;" /></p>


Code: GC3FPMN
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c78fd8d2-0dcd-44d6-ae2c-e6fee67e3685
Hints: Hidden at ground level and pretty obvious place. Put me back and cover me well please.
ShortDescription:
21st Epping Forest South Scouts (004) Another Egg-citing one!

The fourth in the series. Getting a bit harder as we don't want our Cubs to find them all at once.
Lying near the base of a tree wrapped in black tape. enough clues for now.
Please cover me up when you have found me.


Code: GC5GTTK
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=583fad22-c180-44f9-8762-f1e1aef288de
Hints: Not more ivy
LongDescription:
<p>The site of Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground was acquired by Croydon Corporation in 1888 as an informal play area for local children in a densely populated district and work was completed by 1891. It was laid out with a perimeter gravel path, 250 trees and grass, and a clump of trees, seat and drinking fountain were moved. In 1936 an enclosed rest garden was created for the elderly, which had circular raised areas of planting and a shelter, the latter later removed. Opposite the recreation ground there used to be a large fishpond, now grassed over as Boulogne Road Playground</p>
<p>.<img alt src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/03/48/3034896_a6229d34.jpg" style="height:480px;width:640px;" /></p>
<p> </p>
FTF honours go to Sludge Bucket and MuzzaDazzel for a joint FTF

ShortDescription:
<p>Your gps might have difficulty locating this one, so I have raised the difficulty on the cache. The container is a 60ml screw top containing a mini rubber duckie some chef buttons and a log with space for small tb's please replace as found and mind the muggles as this is a short-cut for the locals. More to follow Happy hunting.</p>


Code: GC5RWP5
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7ef3b21a-b7ea-489d-a0cc-cf6af87dbb71
Hints: magnetic
LongDescription:
<p>It was created to celebrate the birth of our first grandchild, a little girl named Lyra in March 2015. She has already been to Kew Gardens and she will be visiting these other sites in the area as she gets older and her parents and grandparents take her out and about.</p>
The best way to approach this geocache is to come on the train to Kew Gardens Station. Although parking is possible in the area it isn't always easy. The area is also well served with buses. Check with www.tfl.gov.uk Use the numbers you have found from A to I to find the co-ordinates of the geocache. N51 2E.GAD W00 1C.IHF

ShortDescription:
<p>Starting at Kew Gardens Station this geocache is in the form of a walk around areas of Kew that we have come to know well while walking, geocaching and visiting Kew Gardens. Collecting the answers for the clues and finding the cache is a walk of about 3.5km, taking about 1 hour, around the local area. The cache itself is a magnetic keysafe.</p>


Code: GC57RKX
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d4e75bd9-1176-4f54-a04c-099f681ceb69
Hints: Tree
LongDescription:
<p>About A Marathon not a Sprint series.</p>
<p>The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom and part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The 33rd London Marathon took place on 21 April 2013, and the 34th London Marathon took place on 13 April 2014.</p>
<p>The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and Welsh athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside St. James's Park. Since the first marathon, the course has undergone very few route changes. In 1982, the finishing post was moved from Constitution Hill to Westminster Bridge due to construction works. It remained there for twelve years before moving to its present location at The Mall.</p>
<p>The first London Marathon was held on 29 March 1981, more than 20,000 applied to run. 6,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill. The Marathon's popularity has steadily grown since then. As at 2009, 746,635 people have completed the race since its inception. In 2010, 36,549 people crossed the line, the biggest field since the race began. The first wheelchair marathon race was held in 1983 and the event was credited with reducing the stigma surrounding disabled athletes.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Cache</p>
<p>This cache is a camouflaged bison. You will need a pencil or pen to sign the log and possibly tweezers. Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. This is a possible cache and dash, with parking possibly available in side streets. If you were running the marathon this would be near your second left turn! This can be a busy area traffic-wise, so stealth is important. I can guarantee thousands of muggles during the race!</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Jimthebee for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong>I live about a half hour walk from the start of the London Marathon yet have never been to watch it! On 10/04/2014 I was in Blackheath placing a couple of new caches and I got the idea to begin a series of caches following the route of the event. All caches in the series are on, or very close to, the actual route.</strong></p>
<p> </p>


Code: GC3BERK
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=48735376-d414-46a0-b4d8-59ef5e5bf05a
Hints: Hidden behind the jungle in between a rock and a hard place!
LongDescription:
<div style="text-align:justify;">
<p>I had abseiled down to GZ as I wasn't keen on swimming through the surrounding shark infested lake. Herein lay my problem as I was forced to burn my ropes for warmth on the 10th night there and I therefore struggled to get back out again.</p>
<p>You may prefer to bushwhack the long way round, but be very wary of the lions if you come at them from a certain angle.</p>
<p>You may need various tools to assist you in the retrieval of the cache, but be careful not to lose them in the snow and I can't recommend burning them, however desperate you may feel.</p>
<p>I may have left some gold coins in the area, I'm not sure. I may have thrown them at the vampire bats. I just can't remember. Everything is a blur after I was chased by the colony of flesh eating spiders.</p>
<p>The cache could be a fairly easy find should you manage to stumble upon the correct portal.</p>
<p>If you live to tell the tale I would love to hear your stories about how you got there, how long it took you to find the cache and what you encountered!</p>
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<p>Now be careful out there!!!</p>
</div>

ShortDescription:
<p style="text-align:justify;"></p>
<p>So, while I was adventuring through Kew I got stranded and I thought I'd place a cache while I was there in case it was the last thing I ever did. It really should be rated as a 5/5, but my computer stopped working when the volcano erupted, just as I was about to rate the cache properly.</p>


Code: GC3HYQ3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d18450b3-cfc1-40a5-9c16-53ba28dd670b
Hints: Sticky Wicket very near by
LongDescription:
A very small cache  you will need to bring a pen with you
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">The renavation began in March 1999 and was completed in May 2000. It required the excavation of a new natural channel, 130 metres long, and the subsequent removal of the old concrete channel. The river restoration included the construction of two gravel beaches to allow safe and easy access to the river, a path along its length and a blockstone bridge for safe crossing. A pond was also created next to the river to provide a variety of still water habitats to attract <font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">different animals and plants.</font></font></font></font></p>
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ShortDescription:
<div style="text-align:center;"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Shaftesbury Park. Spring Brook park</font></font></b></div>


Code: GC62G2Q
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=def93630-7bb9-476d-af23-b8231855bf34
Hints: In ivy at base of tree
LongDescription:
<p>Ravensbury Park is a public open space on the north bank of the River Wandle between Morden Road and London Road in the Ravensbury Ward of Merton. The 6.68-hectare park once formed part of the larger Ravensbury Park Estate, which was an important industrial area in the 17th and 18th centuries. It's great for a bike ride and there is a children's play area with swings, slides etc.</p>
<p>You are looking for a small 35mm film sized container hidden along the Wandle Trail, there is a Queen Elizabeth II 1963 sixpence for the FTF!</p>
This cache was placed with kind permission from<br />
Parks Development,<br />
Greenspaces,<br />
Environment &amp; Regeneration, Merton
<p><b>PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE PENCIL OR SHARPNER, AS THEY ARE NOT SWAPS!<br /></b></p>

ShortDescription:
<p>A simple cache &amp; dash placed along The Wandle Trail in Ravensbury Park hidden by the youngest member of The fire_star Team.</p>
<p> </p>


Code: GC59HAM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=916120aa-521a-4a09-97bd-34c2d80971be
Hints: shoelaces.
LongDescription:
<p><u><strong>About A Marathon not a Sprint - joining up!</strong></u></p>
<p>The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom and part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. The 33rd London Marathon took place on 21 April 2013, and the 34th London Marathon was on 13 April 2014.</p>
<p>The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and Welsh athlete John Disley. It is organised by Hugh Brasher (son of Chris) as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the race begins at three separate points around Blackheath and finishes in The Mall alongside St. James's Park. Since the first marathon, the course has undergone very few route changes. In 1982, the finishing post was moved from Constitution Hill to Westminster Bridge due to construction works. It remained there for twelve years before moving to its present location at The Mall.</p>
<p>The first London Marathon was held on 29 March 1981, more than 20,000 applied to run. 6,747 were accepted and 6,255 crossed the finish line on Constitution Hill. The Marathon's popularity has steadily grown since then. As at 2009, 746,635 people have completed the race since its inception. In 2010, 36,549 people crossed the line, the biggest field since the race began. The first wheelchair marathon race was held in 1983 and the event was credited with reducing the stigma surrounding disabled athletes.</p>
<p>The Elite race begins on Blackheath and follows the route I have used for the caches to date. The majority of the runners start in Greenwich Park and follow a route which takes them through Charlton Village, and that route combines with the “elite” route at this point adjacent to the historical Woolwich Barracks.</p>
<p>The Cache</p>
<p>This cache is a black nano. You will need a pencil or pen to sign the log and possibly tweezers. Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found. Although near busy roads, it is accessible for wheelchair users, although it is low down so may need assistance from an able-bodied cacher. This is a possible cache and dash, with short-stay parking possibly available in side streets. This is a very busy area so maximum stealth will be needed.</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to paradoxs for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong><u>Geocache Description:</u></strong></p>
<p>I live about a half hour walk from the start of the London Marathon yet have never been to watch it! On 10/04/2014 I was in Blackheath placing a couple of new caches and I got the idea to begin a series of caches following the route of the event. All caches in the series are on, or very close to, the actual route.</p>
<p> </p>


Code: GC620GK
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b9a2a754-eb0a-4cd3-afea-957d17ee5a71
Hints: Slow down
LongDescription:
White Hart Lane station in Tottenham was originally a station on the Stoke Newington &amp; Edmonton Railway: it opened on 22 July 1872. It is currently operated by London Overground and is in Travelcard Zone 3, on the Seven Sisters branch of the Lea Valley Lines.<br />
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<h2>About SideTracked Caches</h2>
<p>This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the <a href="http://www.sidetrackedseries.info" target="_blank">SideTracked Website</a></p>

ShortDescription:
<h2>About White Hart Lane Station</h2>
<center><img src="http://img.sidetrackedseries.info/uploads/White_Hart_Lane_1440187388.jpg" width="500" /></center>
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Code: GC5TDAV
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=66cd9f29-30f9-4af4-abea-0522dea26bca
Hints: Don't go through them, just look behind one of them (left-hand side).
LongDescription:
<p>Bounded by Gunnersbury Ave (A406) to the east and the Uxbridge Road to the north. A smaller area of the common extends to the east of Gunnersbury Ave, including Leopold Road. The western boundary includes The Common and Warwick Dene, with Elm Avenue to the south.</p>
<p>Ealing Common preserves a large area of open space with fine avenues of horse chestnut trees, most of which were planted in the late Victorian period, following the purchase of the common land by the Ealing Local Board. The northern part of the common has a large English oak tree at its centre, and London plane trees are also found with the horse chestnuts around the perimeter of the common. Charles Jones was the borough surveyor responsible for the layout.</p>
<p>The nearby London Underground tube station is named Ealing Common station after the Common. Ealing Common is also the name of the area in the London Borough of Ealing; however, it is officially part of the Ealing district.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>Ealing Common is a large open space (approx 47 acres) in Ealing, west London. Piccadilly &amp; district line trains stop at nearby Ealing Common tube station.</p>
<p>(You'll be looking for an obscurely hidden cache - a clue is in the name. Please sign the logbook and return the cache to the exact same place you find it, thanks)</p>


Code: GC5H40D
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f02e07d2-eef2-4da3-95cc-18a11e7dcb5e
Hints: in the corner
LongDescription:
<p>Mitcham Road Cemetery was awarded the 2011/2012 Green Flag Award, for the third successive year; given in recognition of achieving the national standard for parks and green spaces. Mitcham Road Cemetery and Croydon Crematorium also received a "Winner of Special Awards for Innovation 2011" accolade from Green Flag, a gold award in 2011, 2012 and again in 2013 from London in Bloom.</p>
<p><strong>Mitcham Road Cemetery</strong> is a late Victorian cemetery, first opened in 1897. It is a flat site covering approximately 43 acres and has extensive areas of old memorials; many of which have been laid flat prior to our existing memorial safety and improvement programme.</p>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">.</span><span class="marker"><u>Message to ALL cache's please use the walkways provided and respect that it is a cemetery and in constant use for Burials. Thank you and Happy Hunting.</u></span></h2>
<p> </p>


Code: GC39R0B
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7352fa3d-765f-4991-afa4-680470e5a4d5
Hints: Forth metal post from the end
LongDescription:
Castle woods is a popular woods for dog walkers and Sunday strollers. Along with Castle woods you have Jack woods and Oxleas woods which have many interesting areas like Severndroog castle, rose gardens and meadows. If you have time you should try the many caches around this lovely area of ancient wood land. Hope you enjoy your experience

ShortDescription:
You will be looking for a small test tube with magnet. Please bring a pen and replace upright. Thankyou


Code: GC51RME
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=43751859-6c69-463e-918d-d95a46b19aed
Hints: Pat is keeping his eye on this.
LongDescription:
<p><strong><u>About SideTracked - Eltham</u></strong></p>
<p>Until 1985 there were two railway stations in Eltham on the Bexleyheath Line.</p>
<p>Eltham Well Hall (originally just 'Well Hall'), which opened on 1 May 1895, was about 200 metres to the west of the current station on the other side of Well Hall Road.</p>
<p>Eltham Park station which opened 1 May 1908 was about 500 yards further east of the current station with its main entrance adjacent to the London-bound platform and footpaths both to Westmount Road and Glenesk Road. An additional footpath linking the country-bound platform with Westmount Road was available at peak times.</p>
<p>Both railway stations were closed and replaced by the current station which opened on 17 March 1985 when a section of the A2 - the Rochester Way Relief Road - opened.  A bus station, located on a raft over the A2, was opened at the same time.</p>
<p>The platforms and buildings of the disused Eltham Park station still survive. There is no trace of Eltham Well Hall station the site of which is west of Well Hall Road where the A2 passes under the railway.</p>
<p>It is known for the Eltham Well Hall rail crash in 1972. The Eltham Well Hall rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 11 June 1972 at approximately 21:35.</p>
<p>An excursion train returning from Margate to Kentish Town derailed on a sharp curve at Eltham Well Hall station, Eltham, London. The driver and five passengers were killed, and 126 people were injured. At the subsequent public inquiry it was revealed that the driver had been intoxicated by alcohol. The inquiry also revealed that the train took the 20mph curve at about 65mph.</p>
<p>There is a copy of the report at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltham_Well_Hall_rail_crash">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltham_Well_Hall_rail_crash</a>. It is also referred to in “Red For Danger” by L.T.C.Rolt ISBN 0 7153 8362 0.</p>
<p><u><strong>The Cache</strong></u></p>
<p>This cache is a magnetic keysafe. You will need a pen to sign the log.</p>
<p><em>Please return the cache to exactly the same place it was found, and make sure it's tucked in out of sight.</em></p>
<p><br /></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Seeking Masters for FTF</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong><u>About SideTracked Caches</u></strong></p>
<p>This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website.</p>


Code: GC2AHGM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f841d1f8-da47-46f3-987a-38b8e6e3f7be
Hints: Behind the D
LongDescription:
The church is the oldest Norman church in London, and the churchyard at 9.5 acres is one of the largest in the country. The churchyard is now a nature reserve maintained by Newham Council.

There has been a religious building here dating back to at least Saxon times and their is evidence to suggest the Romans had a shrine here.

The cache is not inside the churchyard and is accessible 24 hours a day, as your overlooked by a residential street please do not act too suspiciously and take care when retrieving and replacing the cache.

If anybody would like to expand this series please do. We would just ask that you contact sadexploration first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names and to avoid duplication.

ShortDescription:
Your looking for a Nano,  please replace in a way its not visible from inside the church yard.
St Mary Magdalene is the Parish Church of East Ham, and was built in about 1130.
I am placing this cache in celebration of my parents 40th Wedding Anniversary as they were married in this church, and my sister and I were christened there.


Code: GC5HK3X
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ccf69837-780f-4c21-a3fa-e3f10518a40f
Hints: magnetic
LongDescription:
<p>The church of <em>ST. SAVIOUR</em> was completed in 1867, and an ecclesiastical district formed from the parish of St. James was assigned to it in the same year. It consists of a chancel, north vestry, north transept, in which is placed the organ, south chapel, nave, north and south aisles, north-west baptistery, south-west tower and spire, and porches on the north, south and west. The materials are stock brick, with bands of red brick and occasional stone dressings. The roofs are slated. The design deserves notice for its scale and elaborate nature. The nave is of six bays, with arcades of brick two centre'd arches supported by columns of red sandstone. The tower is surmounted by a slated broach spire.</p>
<p>Info you need to find the cache on the red notice board.</p>
<p>ABam Holy Communion</p>
<p>CDam Parish communion</p>
<p>EFpm Evening prayer</p>
<p>N 51 23. ((EF /2)*CD) - (CD*3) W 000 06.((EF /2)*CD)+33</p>
<p>(For the calculation if AB = 8.0am AB = 80)</p>
<p><img alt src="https://b.geolocation.ws/img/003/054/746-F.jpg" style="height:683px;width:1024px;" /></p>
<p align="center"><font color="red">**************************************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at <a href="mailto:churchmicro@gmail.com?subject=Number%20request%20for%20new%20Church%20Micro">churchmicro@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
<font color="red">*************************************</font></font></p>

ShortDescription:
My first church micro to add to the series. The cache is close by and please be stealthy in your retrieval of the cache as muggels are everywhere. Happy Hunting. The cache is a homemade Boer&amp;Brit special using everyday items to make caches.


Code: GC24KFD
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4316a10b-ac95-46b4-b364-4b655aa48621
Hints: Magnetic Troll...What else
LongDescription:
<strong>LEE NAVIGATION</strong>
<p>The River Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lee (also sometimes spelt River Lea). The river runs from Hertford Castle Weir to Bow Creek/Limehouse Basin, where it meets the River Thames. Historically the river was used to transport goods from Hertfordshire to London, particularly grain. Today the area forms part of the Lee Valley Regional Park, Tottenham Marshes, Walthamstow Marshes and runs parallel to the London 2012 Olympic Park. Extremely popular with walkers, cyclists and fishers, the pathways offer a great opportunity to see an abundance of wildlife and some of the rather beautiful and quirky barges moored at different points along the river. This is also a great walk (or cycle – the path forms part of the National cycle network) if you are looking to avoid tramping through tons of pre and post winter mud as the paths are mostly gravel and really well looked after. Some areas along the walk are nicer than others so be prepared...this is London and as fantastic as it is, some spots aren't so pretty. That said, most are and some are rather stunning and more than make up for their less attractive cousins!</p>
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<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/large/5c8232e3-c224-4576-9ef1-860230805220.jpg?rnd=0.9409296" /><br />
<strong>View from the bridge Nov 2012</strong></center>
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<p>This series of 70 caches consists of an assortment of small and medium lock-n-lock boxes containing various swaps at the time of planting and rather a lot of 35mm film canisters, some magnetic. Please bring your own pen. The walk is a around 19 miles and follows the path of the River Lee/Navigation from Limehouse Basin, near Limehouse DLR station, to Broxbourne (not too far from Broxbourne train station and bus routes). If you only want to walk in one direction, the overground train line runs almost parallel to the river and train times can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk.Click <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p><strong>FOOD AND DRINK</strong></p>
<p>There are a whole host of bars and cafes at Limehouse Basin and various points along the route where you can stop off for refreshments.</p>
<p><strong>MORE ABOUT THE AREA</strong></p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/</p>
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Click <a href="http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.walklondon.org.uk/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.walklondon.org.uk/route.asp?R=4<br />
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This bridge will lead you into the eastern section of the Tottenham Marshes and the reservoirs. You are looking for a 35mm canister. Bring your own pen. .<br />
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<center><strong><font size="6" color="red">It can be muggle central along here at times so please take care when retrieving and replacing the cache</font></strong></center>


Code: GC39R0V
ShortDescription: You will be looking for a clip lock box. Room for bugs and swag. Bring a pen
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7f5f7720-2ae8-4f21-95b1-50881ed13f38
Hints: fallen tree near 'T' junction. Look for yellow string
LongDescription:
Castle woods is a popular woods for dog walkers and Sunday strollers. Along with castle woods you have jack woods and oxleas woods which have many interesting areas like Severndroog castle, rose gardens and meadows. If you have time you should try the many caches around this lovely area of ancient wood land. Hope you enjoy your experience


Code: GC5HZE5
ShortDescription: <p>A magnetic nano</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b1862115-2b9b-4fb6-b900-dd49b202d092
Hints: LHS , magnetic
LongDescription:
<p>This cache is a magnetic nano placed on the famous road leading to the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium . After the fire at the Archway metal works on 25/11/14 , which i think will lead to ' Tottenham Hotspur FC ' cache being archived  I think this will be the nearest cache to the stadium . I was going to place it on the street sign until I realised the sign was not metal , this was really a quick alternative . Hopefully I will place a cache every time I come to watch Spurs &amp; there will soon be many around the stadium . Feel for the cache as when i placed it it would not be visible from the road . </p>


Code: GC17D4D
ShortDescription: 35mm Film container with just a log book so bring a pencil
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=193e4886-cf0f-445e-a0f0-edce95675b8e
Hints: By the base of a young tree, under a stone. Cats Eye Sticker on fence.
LongDescription:
Placed in the Welsh Harp close to where I live, its a nice place to walk in when its quiet. Shame that you can hear all the noise from the North Circular Road few hundred metres away, at least you can see the stars here when its dark
remember to get the number to be able to find GC17CFQ


Code: GC5H2B3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e0fccf61-1528-47b0-998e-d33a96dcaac0
Hints: tree
LongDescription:
<h2><big>A little information about the location </big> <span style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">In 1861 the first year of opening 63 consecrated burials took place and 20 unconsecrated burials. The approximate population of Croydon at the time was 30,663. In the south-west corner of the cemetery stands a substantial brick public air-raid shelter now disused and bricked up.</span></h2>
Overcrowding and the rise of urban centres in the 19th century made it necessary to establish cemetery plots outside the city limits. In order to cater for poorer members of the public, the Burial Acts of 1852-57 organised local burial boards throughout the country, which had a duty to provide burial grounds where interment would be cheap and decent. The Croydon Local Board of Health was appointed as a Burial Board by an Order in Council on 3 March 1859, and was responsible for establishing Queen's Road Cemetery. In 1859, following the suggested closure of St John the Baptist (Croydon Parish Church) churchyard by Order of the Council, the Home Secretary approved the purchase of 22 acres (89,000 m2) of land for the purpose of burials. St John the Baptist was, by Order of the Privy Council, allowed an extension to continue burials in churchyard until 1860, when Queen's Road Cemetery was to be used for services and interments.
<h2>Wildlife</h2>
Like many urban cemeteries, Queen's Road provides a good localized habitat for wildlife in an otherwise largely built-up area. There is a wide variety of trees, bushes and shrubs, and a few areas of grass have been set aside to grow wild. Both green and great spotted woodpecker may be seen as well as the more usual jays, magpies, carrion crows, robins, thrushes blackbirds and green parakeets. Trees include yew, birch, beech, rowan, several species of pine and a number of blossoming fruit trees.
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;">.</span><span class="marker"><u>Message to ALL cache's please use the walkways provided and respect that it is a cemetery and in constant use for Burials. Thank you and Happy Hunting.</u></span></h2>


Code: GC3GY0Y
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4698900e-2e32-46d0-a042-b729cf621ff4
Hints: In the bushes, in front of the left hand tree trunk. Film pot.
LongDescription:
Holland Garden is a lovely little local park, with great displays of bulbs, blossoms and roses in the spring and summer months.  No playground, alas, but it does have two public tennis courts plus, unusually, some ping pong tables, so bring a bat!

The Garden was originally fields belonging to Sir Arthur Holland, a local resident and notable figure in the Borough for many years in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On July 19th 1928, Lady Holland passed the field to the Council to be used as a public recreation ground, as recorded on the inscription upon the wrought iron gate at the corner of Pepys Rd and Cottenham. 

Bring a pencil. Park is locked at sunset.  See hint for an explicit description of where it is.


Code: GC3BEG9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bc3dc2b4-50c1-49e2-a646-34b6319e6001
Hints: Well you're not going to find it sitting on the bench are you?
LongDescription:
<div style="text-align:center;">
<div>
<p>You are near Kew's Jubilee Garden and St Luke's Open Space.</p>
<p>This spot derives from a former Victorian school and is now a quiet seating area and a recently refurbished play area.</p>
<p>The cache is not located within the fenced / gated area and is therefore accessible 24/7.</p>
<p>Stealth will be required though as this is a busy area. Please try and ensure cache is well covered so it's not too visible and stays in place. Have fun!</p>
Another quick FTF by rodz!</div>
</div>

ShortDescription:
<p style="text-align:center;">Step away from the hustle and bustle to a little oasis within Kew village.</p>


Code: GC1Q28F
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=93bd8274-ed3c-4842-95f7-007f2fba5a11
Hints: Rear leg
LongDescription:
<p>Step 1: With Sid James behind you, what is the number on the
lamppost? Multiply the two together, now add to the original
Northings (N51 30.???) Westings (W000 17.461)</p>
<p>At the final location, you will find every cowboys mode of
transport only a very short distance from the starting
co-ordinates, you are looking for a magnetic keysafe.</p>
<center>
<img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/04762964-632e-4a18-8f74-eb77b03cb994.jpg" />
</center>
<p>Carry On Cowboy is the eleventh in the Carry On series of films.
It was released in 1965 and was the first film to feature series
regulars Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw.(The film is noted,
by some, for the appearance of the The Rocky Horror Show creator
Richard O'Brien as an uncredited horse-riding stuntman, though he
is indistinguishable from the other background artists.)</p>
<p>Plot: The film, a parody of Western films, is set in the
fictitious town of Stodge City (a parody of the real-life Dodge
City). An outlaw known as The Rumpo Kid (played by Sid James)
arrives in town and quickly turns the quiet town into a base for
his network of cattle rustlers and thieves, whilst fooling the
inept Judge Burke (Kenneth Williams).</p>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEhV5TOApb4">Film
Clip</a><br />
<p>In Washington DC, Englishman Marshal P. Knutt (Jim Dale), a
"sanitation engineer first class", arrives in America in the hope
of revolutionising the American sewage system. He accidentally
walks into the office of the Commissioner, thinking it to be the
Public Works Department, and is accidentally mistaken for the new
US Peace Marshal for Stodge City.<br />
The Rumpo Kid hears of the new Marshal, and tries all he can to
kill the Marshal without being caught, including sending out a pack
of Indians, led by their Chief Big Heap (Charles Hawtrey) and
hanging the Marshal after framing him for cattle rustling. Knutt is
saved only by a highly-fictionalised depiction of Annie Oakley
(played by Angela Douglas).<br />
Eventually, Knutt runs the Kid out of town, but once Rumpo
discovers that Knutt is only a sanitary engineer and not the Peace
Marshal he once thought, the Kid swears revenge, returning to
Stodge City for a showdown. By hiding beneath the manholes in the
main street, Knutt kills off Rumpo's gang, but fails to capture
Rumpo, who escapes into the dusk.</p>
<p>Filming dates: 12 July 1965–3 September 1965.</p>

ShortDescription:
This cache is the seventh in our ‘Carry on Caching Series’<br />
There are 29 films altogether, so we may be carrying on caching for
sometime.<br />
There is parking near by.


Code: GC3730K
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=475d2b79-62c8-4e88-8c0a-414c024367b2
Hints: False stone at north east end of bridge, tucked inside
LongDescription:
<p><span><font color="black">The original cafe was opened in 1938 close to the newly designated North Circular Road primarily to provide refreshments for the lorry drivers of the time. By the end of 1939 the site had expanded to include a petrol station, car wash, showroom and vehicle repair facilty. The original building was severely damaged by a German bombing raid on the nearby railway marshalling yards during the Second World War. After trading from a temporary building the cafe moved into its current location in 1949.<br /></font></span></p>
<p><span><font color="black">The 1950's saw the building becoming a favourite venue for the growing number of motorcylists to meet, have a meal or cup of tea, arrange runs (often to other cafes or the coast), and listen to the new Rock 'n' Roll music on the jukebox.<br /></font></span></p>
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<br />
<p><span><font color="black">The combination of motorbikes, speed and Rock ´n´ Roll at the venue resulted in it becoming the launchpad for many famous racers and the birthplace for many bands. The 1963 Sidney Furie film 'The Leather Boys', starring Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell and Dudley Sutton was filmed at the building and featured many of it's patrons as 'extras'.<br /></font></span></p>
<p><span><font color="black">The 1960's saw the tabloid press portray it as a place where decent people didn't go. Along with the change in social order, the growth of the car market at the expense of the motorbike industry and the expansion of the motorway network eventually it served its last meal in 1969.<br /></font></span></p>

ShortDescription:
<b>The cache is located close to a well known building in North West London which has played its part in British social history.<br /></b>


Code: GC4RXCZ
ShortDescription: <p>Hope you enjoy this, you may want to take a rest and enjoy the local hospitality!</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ae42f274-15c5-4ca3-adb4-a061b654a463
Hints: You might have to Rush to the Bull located Close-by
LongDescription:
This cache has now been replaced having been muggled.
<p>Selhurst is named after the Anglo Saxon for "dwelling in a wood". Evidence of a Saxon settlement was found in Selhurst when the railway station was built. The land had been owned at a later period by Henry VIII.</p>
<p>Selhurst is a relatively small area, bounded by South Norwood, Croydon and Thornton Heath. In recent years it has lost its distinct identity from these larger neighbours.</p>
<p>The world famous Brit School and Crystal Palace's ground Selhurst Park are both located within the area.</p>
<p>Famous residents include Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</p>
<p>This, being an urban area the cache is a nano.</p>
Congratulations on tjsdp for FTF!


Code: GC5RB7J
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3465bf85-e402-4722-9a2e-6be9af507606
Hints: Beware of the troll.
LongDescription:
Chinbrook Meadows was previously grazing meadow before being opened as a leisure area in 1929. The area was renovated in 2002-3 and now includes a pavilion, cricket pitch and various other facilities with trees planted and new paths. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was Honorary curate at St Augustine's church and lived in Grove Park from 1972-75. A Peace Garden, in his honour, was opened on 14th July 2009, and is worth a visit. The Meadows are open from 10am in summer and 8am in winter, and close 30 mins before dusk. There are lots of dog-walkers around and so there is a need to be stealthy as they can appear quickly and quietly.

ShortDescription:
This is a magnetic nano located in Chinbrook Meadows. Grove Park Station is nearby. You will need your own pen. Please return the cache exactly as found.


Code: GC30DZR
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=baf37508-f239-4adb-aa87-b1770d932b69
Hints: Behind the nobly tree. You may even stand on it without realising
LongDescription:
Castle wood is a great place to walk around. Along with the mighty Severndroog castle you'll find gardens and meadows. A great place for dogs and ramblers
JOKE: Q: Why does a dog stay in the shade 
A: Because it doesn't want to be a Hotdog.

ShortDescription:
You're looking for a home made container natural looking to these woods. 
Placed with the kind permission from greenwich council parks and open spaces. There's parking available but you'll find the gates locked by 9pm in summer and 4pm in winter. You'll find this car park at  N 051 28.195 E 000 03.719
Enjoy your caching


Code: GC36KQQ
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b30ad940-50de-4898-b54b-880983d54e66
Hints: root around in ivy covered tree next to footpath
TravelBugs: <BR>EUREKA Geocoin (id = 2105533, ref = TB2PERB)
LongDescription:
The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road for much of its length, is a dual carriageway, or expressway, which follows the historic route between London and Portsmouth passing close to Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield. For much of its 67-mile (108 km) length, it is classified as a trunk road and, apart from a section within the London conurbation and a short section where the Hindhead Tunnel is currently being built, is dual carriageway. At its southerly end, the original road has been replaced by the A3(M), but the designation A3 is still used to identify the old road.
The road was once the haunt of highwaymen. For example, the legendary Jerry Abershawe terrorised the area around Kingston and led a gang based at the Bald Faced Stag Inn on the Portsmouth Road. Another particularly dangerous location was in the vicinity of the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead, about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Guildford.

Today there is a traffic black spot during peak hours going northbound before the Hook underpass. The road reduces from three lanes to two in the underpass. The speed limit at this point reduces from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), with the first of many speed enforcement cameras situated before the road bears to the right and under the bridge . The traffic from the A309 also joins just before the underpass. This section is often busy from about 7:50am to 8:30am and from 5:15pm to 5:50pm.

The Kingston By-pass becomes the Esher By-pass at the A3's junction with the A309.

The cache has been placed just a few feet from the bridge.

There are shops opposite and a bus stop very close by so so please use stealth with this cache and replace and hide well.

As always with busy roads, please take extra care with young children.

Wheelchair cachers may need assistance with retrieving the cache.


IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THIS SERIES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO – but please let me know!


Code: GC40AGW
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ea296644-7053-45f2-b16d-052479f937c5
Hints: 6 (ft) Iron
LongDescription:
<p>Mitcham Golf Course was once one of the most exclusive in the country. It is now open to the public, but in days gone by many famous members of Parliament regarded it as their special playground. The Lords and Commons had many matches here, the Earl of Chesterfield and AJ Balfour were among those who spent their leisure hours at Prince's as the club that was formed over 100 years ago was then called.</p>
<p>Prince's was owned by Sir Henry Mallaby-Deeley, who established a Prince's course at Sandwich and the influential members of his committee had Mitcham Junction Railway Station built a stones throw from the clubhouse. The original clubhouse was burnt down in 1932 and perhaps the greatest of all historical losses was the big Vellum Book with signatures of the Parliamentary and other distinguished visitors, including that of Mr Disraeli.</p>
<p>Prince's ended its private career in 1925 and was opened as a public course with membership by the reigning Prime Minister, Mr Ramsay Macdonald. This came about through the Foundation of Mitcham Village Club in 1907. This club was composed of local Artisans who were allowed to play on Prince's at certain times. Mitcham Villagers later bought a successful lawsuit and established the right of the public to play golf on Mitcham Common. So Mitcham is now a very successful combination of two clubs, Mitcham Golf Club and Mitcham Village Golf Club.<br />
 </p>
<h3 style="color:red;">Congratulations to mpw246pl on another FTF and his 1500th cache!<br /></h3>

ShortDescription:
<h3 style="color:blue;">Mark Twain once said that golf is a good walk spoiled. Judging by some of the looks that I get when I'm out searching, I think that many people would say the same thing about geocaching! Here I have attempted an analogy between the two 'sports'.<br />
<br />
This is the first in a short series of caches near Mitcham Golf Course. An easy cache to start with. You are looking for a 35mm container.</h3>


Code: GC5W88M
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=22e5ada3-646a-4e65-abaf-a69b06dc10fd
Hints: Please be conscientious on the green.
ShortDescription:
<p>Charles Pepys was the 1st Earl of Cottenham he lived in Wimbledon until his death in 1851. This is probably why this road is called Pepys Road. </p>


Code: GC460Z5
ShortDescription: <br />
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bde0fca2-a7a2-4fb6-8f10-e33d94458b37
Hints: Darrel Road
LongDescription:
<div style="font-family:Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">A quick cash whilst dropping the kids off!</div>


Code: GC3HKTD
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=34bb86cd-1e14-4a6a-a61e-397fedd997c6
Hints: No offence, it's a 35mm film cannister
LongDescription:
Reservoir Woods was planted in 1815 to  Humphrey Repton's design after the abandonment of the Reservoir from which it takes its name.

This small wood, part of Epping Forest, is bounded by Wanstead Golf course to the north and Woodlands Avenue to the south.

Don't miss seeing the Repton Oak, one of the wood's finest trees. It is said to have been planted in about 1815 under the guidance of Humphry Repton. The technique was to plant several small trees together in the same hole so that eventually the trunks fused together. Something like 9 fused trunks can be counted. The tree is almost impossible to miss if the main track from Blake Hall Road eastwards through the length of the wood is taken.

You will have a view of the eleventh tee when you're close. The cache is not in plain sight.


Code: GC3FMN3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=dd6df8cf-1b48-4c64-ba0f-3a7ebff12eba
ShortDescription:
21st Epping Forest South Scouts (002)

It's obvious where you would put your hand to find me! really.
Put me back and cover me up though, once you find me. 
Watch out for muggles as theres plenty about.

For Scouts using compass bearings. Beware of metal objects/fence that will give you false readings!

Compass bearing to St Gabriel spire
South West  228 deg

Compass bearing to library rooftop
South South East 152 deg

Hints:
Modified Kinder egg that can be placed anywhere.
Striking yellow colour so should not be too difficult to find.

Think DUNE - Mohiam's box

TravelBugs:
<BR>A game of Scrabble (id = 4367117, ref = TB55C4N)
<BR>Church Micro Geocoin (id = 5528701, ref = TB6DBW4)


Code: GC62YCE
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6e408f56-4168-43e9-8df2-a3edf1a40511
LongDescription:
<p>This cache is located on the oldest council estate in the country and within walking distance of the most southerly station on London Underground's Northern Line. </p>
<p>It's also very near my Mum's house but that won't really be much help. </p>
<p>There is ample on street parking although Monday to Friday between 10am - 4pm it is permit holders only and there are Parking Wardens.  Alternatively there is easy access from public transport.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>This is a Micro Cache that is hidden in plain site, once you have found it you will kick yourself for not seeing it sooner.<br />
It is very small and you may have trouble extracting the log tweezers or a paper clip might prove very helpful.<br />
You will definitely need a pen.</p>
<p> </p>

Hints:
I know you are in a rush to find this cache but please don't bolt at the first sign you can't find it.


Code: GC49V5M
ShortDescription: Small disguised cache, created to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4ec28a23-b95d-43eb-89c0-21608a83e13d
LongDescription:
One of a series of caches planted to celebrate the Jubilee. No pencil, no swapable, beware of muggles as you will be in clear sight.

Hints:
Hanging around near the methodist Church, with access from the pavement side (if you have a good reach, or a litter picker tool)


Code: GC3JJDM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a13b57a6-5629-4964-bfce-ba26b779190d
Hints: zero zero one
LongDescription:
The railway station at Raynes Park was opened on 30 October 1871 on the London &amp; South Western Railway (L&amp;SWR) line that ran from its terminus at London Waterloo to Woking and beyond. The Main line runs approximately east-west with the through lines (fast lines) through the middle with no platforms. Raynes Park station is the junction station where the lines to Epsom (and then onto Dorking or Guildford) and Chessington South branch off from the mainline to Woking and beyond.
<p>When originally built the route to Epsom joined with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) at Epsom for the double track line from Ashtead to Leatherhead. From where the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) headed to Effingham Junction and on to Guildford. (The LBSCR headed to Dorking North and then Horsham). The Chessington branch splits from the Epsom line at Motspur Park (the first station after Raynes Park). The Chessington Branch was a very late arrival, constructed in 1938-9, which never reached through to its planned destination of Leatherhead. One distinct feature of the station is the long footbridge over the 4 tracks of the Main line which is set at an angle because of the offset of the platforms. This stands out as the mainline is on a fairly high embankment (allowing local roads and the Epsom line to pass beneath). Passenger access to the station is via subway at street level on either side of the mainline. There was originally a LSWR mechanical signal box on the far south opposite platforms 1 and 2, but was demolished and replaced by modern automated signalling equipment many years ago. Raynes Park goods yard was in and beyond the notch between Platforms 3 and 4, and was accessed from the Epsom lines. It did not push right up into the point of the V though. The goods yard is no longer in use and is now occupied by local manufacturing firms.</p>
<p>Limited parking may be available in nearby roads.</p>
<p>Cache is suitable for wheelchair cachers.</p>
<p><u>Please replace the cache exactly as you found it, thanks</u></p>


Code: GC30E12
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=35c86955-f407-4ea8-9f6b-844e8a58520e
Hints: Somewhere about this wooden structure just above head hight you'll find a metal pole
LongDescription:
Shooters Hill is the highest point in South London at 132 metres (432ft), and offers some fantastic views.  The road through the area, however, would have been the low point for any traveller, as it was here that highwaymen took advantage of the dark woods for their dark deeds. The name ‘Shooters Hill’, first recorded in 1226, may have been coined as a result of such criminal associations. The brigand trail will take you through the woodlands and meadows where highway men, or brigands, would have roamed. Hope you enjoy this series

ShortDescription:
You're looking for magnetic nano. Do have a seat and enjoy the view over london.
Please bring your own pen and tweezers may be required. Photo log is accepted


Code: GC28BXY
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8f44135b-3716-47bd-a016-4bb85a074e52
Hints: not underground, try another word.
LongDescription:
The Cache itself is hidden at shin height and, since the original vanished in less than a week, and in light of the new austerity in the air, it is made from a small piece of recycling. Log book and pencil only, there is probably room for some small goodies but none are included to give you even less reason to visit.

 Nearby is a nice view of an out of town retail park, in fact I think this roundabout is for those shoppers leaving who realise they have left their wallets on the tills. You might also spot one of the North Circular's better permanent traffic jams as three lanes get squeezed down to one just past the railway bridge.

 Until the 1930's this was the site of a private sewage farm serving a nearby lunatic asylum, and a quick look at google earth reveals an interesting array of rusting abandoned cars all over the pocket of contaminated waste ground. You cannot see much of this interesting stuff  from the cache zone however as it is fenced off and entry is prohibited.

 There are two sides to every story though, and in 2011 a local pressure group voiced the opinion that this area, called Pinkham Wood, is an important local mature wildlife reserve. It's increase in importance to locals is probably due to plans to construct a large waste processing plant here. I am not taking sides on this issue, and hope my cache which is caught in the middle survives the struggle.

Hidden on the feast of St. Dymphna

ShortDescription:
Most geocaches are placed at a location of general interest to maybe educate and amuse the finder. 

Not this one though.
 There is easy pavement access, no walls to climb, and even lots of free parking at 51 36.668 N and 00 08.598 W. I doubt you will be bothered whilst hunting as I have never seen anyone on foot here, just passing motorists traversing a pointless road layout.


Code: GC30DYB
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f5003294-2aa2-47e8-9628-44ca40e2028e
LongDescription:
Severndroog Castle is a folly situated in Oxleas Wood, on Shooter's Hill in south-east London in the London Borough of Greenwich. It was designed by architect Richard Jupp in 1784.
It was built to commemorate Commodore Sir William James who, in April 1755, attacked and destroyed the island fortress of Suvarnadurg (then rendered in English: Severndroog) on the western coast of India, between Mumbai and Goa. James died in 1783 and the castle was built as a memorial to him by his widow, Lady James of Eltham.
A Grade II* listed building, the Gothic-style castle is 63 feet (19 m) high and triangular in section, with a hexagonal turret at each corner. 
In 1988, the local council could no longer afford the building's upkeep and it was boarded up. In 2002, a community group, the Severndroog Castle Building Preservation Trust, was established. In 2004, it featured in the BBC TV series Restoration (presented by Griff Rhys Jones, Ptolemy Dean and Marianne Suhr, producer-director Paul Coueslant) - with the aim of gaining support for a programme of work to restore the building and open it to the public.
JOKE: why was the tomato red ? Because it saw the salad dressing

ShortDescription:
You are looking for aclip lock container with gifts and swaps. This is a dog walkers favourite place but the cache shouldn't be a problem to retrieve as its behind a tree out of sight from muggles. There's parking available but you'll find the gates locked by 9pm in summer and 4pm in winter. You'll find this car park at N 051 28.195 E 000 03.685
Placed with the kind permission from greenwich council parks and open spaces. Enjoy your caching.

Hints:
You'll find this cache behind a busy tree with many lower branches. It's nesting at about five feet up. You should be out of sight from muggles when you search


Code: GC2WWNA
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=592dbbe3-0faa-4e92-a04c-07784c22cea7
LongDescription:
This cache is very near the Arena Tram stop. Please be very careful if you need to cross the tram lines to reach this cache. In years gone by, the line that the trams run on had trains running from Elmers End to Addiscombe Station. It was a 2 coach train that shuffled back and forth…with the occasional full length train that run all the way to central London. The Land to the south of the tram stop which is now a golf range was an area of waste ground with a largish pond at the railway end. This was the Ballyhole. The waste ground used to have a traveling fair on it from time to time. Later, to my horror the pond was filled in and the Golf Range arrived. For a few years an area to the west of the access path from the Arena Tram stop and Long Lane flooded near the fence that protected the railway. This became “Ballyhole 2” for a while, but in later years the current housing estate was built and the Ballyhole was no more :-((. There is parking available either in Bywood Avenue to the South, or Estcourt Road/Macclesfield Road to the North..<br />
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ShortDescription:
This cache is located near a place that I and my School friends called the Ballyhole. When we were young children we spent many a day here in the past catching frogs and newts. Please be aware that newts are now a protected species and should be left alone, not that there are any there to catch these days! Please bring your own pen.

Hints:
Now Magnetic, behind and low...within 10 bars of corner! 
Beware - location near tram stop .... many muggles!!


Code: GC32VBH
ShortDescription: You will be looking for a bison tube. Please bring a pen
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ab196fe6-3998-4daf-9037-4197650dca1d
Hints: Wooden post with White band round. Find a stick and have a good poke
LongDescription:
This cache is on a road that leads to Severndroog castle, a folly built as a memorial to commemorate Commodore Sir William James who, in April 1755, attacked and destroyed the island fortress of Suvarnadurg (then rendered in English: Severndroog) on the western coast of India, between Mumbai and Goa. James died in 1783 and the castle was built as a memorial to him by his widow, Lady James of Eltham.
JOKE: 
I was in the restaurant yesterday when I suddenly realized I desperately 
needed to pass wind.  The music was really, really loud, so I timed it with the beat of the music. 

After a couple of songs, I started to feel better. I finished my coffee, 
and noticed that everybody was staring at me.... 

Then I suddenly remembered that I was listening to my iPod.


Code: GC3ATGD
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a3771d27-8e83-42a7-8e01-14e0f1f2378b
Hints: Where the angled meets the upright!
LongDescription:
Kelsey Park is in Beckenham where there are plenty of shops and eating places. There is ample street parking nearby and there are several entrances to the park. 

The place is wheelchair friendly and has good paths although there is plenty of mud to be found if you have young children or dogs! [b][red]The park closes at dusk throughout the year.[/b][/red]

Kelsey Park, with its lakes, wildlife, flower beds, spectacular herbaceous border and over 100 kinds of trees has the river Beck runnning through it (rising in Springpark Woods in West Wickham) and continuing on its way through to Beckenham Place Park. It is a haven for wildlife and over 65 species of birds have been recorded. There is a heronry on the larger island where over 30 pairs of grey herons successfully nest each year, making it probably the easiest place to see nesting herons in the south east of England. Little Egrets were noted this year too.

[P]The toilets have baby changing facilities. One toilet is for the disabled which is accessible with a radar key, (provided by the café).[/P]
 
You are looking for a camo'd tube longer than a 35mm filmpot which contains a log book only. It is wired to the support so please DO NOT MOVE IT. 

You will need to be very careful as this is a very busy park and the cache is near to the footpath!
 
At N51 23.956 W000 01.288 which is a point on the path (on side of lake where playground is) you will see a fascinating sculpture in the lake. It is made of coloured metallic wire and shaped into a beautiful Kingfisher and is sitting on a natural log.

ShortDescription:
THE CACHE IS HIDDEN NR TO THE BOUNDARY BUT YOU WILL NOT BE VISIBLE TO THE ADJACENT FLATS..... SO IF CURTAINS ARE TWITCHING, YOU ARE NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACE!


Code: GC519N6
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ad4dc632-6ad4-4527-9d08-e59bcef9134e
Hints: 2nd bar from the wall
LongDescription:
<p><strong>Ealing Broadway Station</strong></p>
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<center><img src="http://imgcdn.geocaching.com/cache/large/6b95eaba-1321-4fc1-839d-c1893d40f001.jpg" /></center>
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<p>The Great Western Railway (GWR) opened its pioneering broad gauge tracks through Ealing Broadway between Paddington and Taplow on 6 April 1838, although Ealing Broadway station did not open until the following 1 December. As the only station in the area when it opened, it was initially named 'Ealing'.</p>
<p>Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) services commenced on 1 July 1879, when the MDR opened a branch from Turnham Green on its Richmond line. The MDR built its own three-platform station to the north of the GWR one, although, following the installation of a connection between the two railways to the east of the stations, MDR trains also served the GWR station from 1 March 1883, on a short-lived service running to Windsor and Eton Central station, which was withdrawn as unremunerative on 30 September 1885. It was also intended to use the connection for a service to Uxbridge Vine Street station (via West Drayton), but this was never introduced.</p>
<p>Following electrification of the main District line route through Ealing Common to South Harrow in 1903, the section to Ealing Broadway was electrified in 1905, and the first electric trains ran to Ealing Broadway on 1 July 1905. The original brick-built MDR station was replaced with a stone-faced building sometime between 1907 and 1916.</p>
<p>Prior to World War I, plans were made by the GWR to construct a new, mainly freight, line between Ealing and Shepherd's Bush, to connect west-to-south with the West London Railway. The Central London Railway (CLR, now the Central Line) would use the line by extending its tracks the short distance north from its terminus at Wood Lane (now closed), to meet the new GWR tracks. CLR services to two new platforms at Ealing Broadway, built between the GWR and MDR stations, started on 3 August 1920, with, initially, just one intermediate stop at East Acton. The line also carried GWR steam freight trains until 1938, when the links at Ealing Broadway and west of North Acton were removed, and the line was fully transferred to London Underground.</p>
<p>Originally separate companies, by 1920 the MDR (by then known as the District Railway) and the CLR were both owned by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Despite this, the CLR services operated via the GWR station building, not the Underground one.</p>
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<p>The GWR-built station was demolished in the 1970s and replaced by a low concrete structure containing shops and a ticket hall, with a high-rise office building above. The new station building serves all the lines, and the separate District Line station ticket hall was closed, although the building remains, and the original station entrance is now a shop.</p>
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The Cache is located in an area which is dedicated to the locomotive Iron Duke. This train ran between London Paddington and the West Country. The sculpture located near by was unveiled by Mayor Boris Johnson in November 2013.<br />
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ShortDescription:
<p>SideTracked Caches are intended to provide quick Cache-and- (slightly longer than normal) - dash at Train Stations.</p>
This is a nano that is hidden as near to the line and Station as possible.


Code: GC1XGN8
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=73c2b731-8000-43bd-ba36-af144d1e062e
Hints: underfoot
LongDescription:
<center><img src=
"http://img.geocaching.com/cache/ca7fe79d-7fd3-4004-93d1-a7e99f217626.jpg"
width="500" /></center>
<p>This series is run by <a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1236064" target=
"_blank">FantasticCat</a> (The FTF Greater London #1 cache is
<a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=127c3a9a-d6ae-4b66-ae4c-fb1fe8091819"
target="_blank">GC1N994</a>) and is a continuation of the series
that <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=439767" target=
"_blank">Dorsetgal</a> started in Dorset, after hearing about it
how it got established in the US on the Podcacher Podcast.
Hopefully in time it will become established nationwide! As
Groundspeak has now prohibited the publication of caches which
required you to hide another cache as a condition of logging the
FTF find, you do <b>NOT have to</b> place another cache as a
condition of logging the FTF but it would be nice if you did
<b>(particularly for YOU!)</b>, so the chain is not broken!</p>
<p>Guidelines for this series are below:</p>
<p>1. FTF'er should place the next cache in the series (in this
case, The Curse of the FTF #11) within 1 month... Otherwise the
curse will prevent you from ever getting another FTF again!!!
<b>Muhahahahahahahaha!</b></p>
<p>2. You can only be a FTF for this series once. This spreads the
FTF love around, and gives others a chance to play along.</p>
<p>3. Cache can be any type of cache (Puzzle, Multi, etc.), but I
do ask that you set it in Greater London (there are 33 London
boroughs making up Greater London; Enfield in the North down to
Croydon and Bromley in the South, Hillingdon in the West through to
Havering in the East).</p>
<p>4. You must include this set of guidelines in your listing for
the series I will be happy to answer any questions concerning the
guidelines or about the placing of caches to those who have not
placed a cache before. By way of clarification, there is no
requirement besides the standard signing of the cache log to
prevent you from logging this cache when found. Everyone should log
their find, and hopefully the FTF person will play along and place
another cache, but it is in no way a requirement for logging your
find.</p>
<p><b>Greater London Series FTFers</b></p>
<div align="left">
<table width="406" border="1">
<tr>
<th>
<div align="center">No</div>
</th>
<th width="40">
<div align="center">Cache Name</div>
</th>
<th>
<div align="center">GC Code</div>
</th>
<th>
<div align="center">FTF</div>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>New River Head</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1N994"
target="_blank">GC1N994</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1814946" target=
"_blank">Loony Londo</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Barnet Church</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NA65"
target="_blank">GC1NA65</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=578711" target=
"_blank">Rastan</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>The Mill Field</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1QC5M"
target="_blank">GC1QC5M</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=2144246" target=
"_blank">Ducktagnan</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Winchmore Hill</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1QVVV"
target="_blank">GC1QVVV</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=735897" target=
"_blank">Renatopivano</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>Abney Park</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1RMNK"
target="_blank">GC1RMNK</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=421879" target=
"_blank">james and sadie</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><s>6</s></td>
<td><s>Frieze!</s></td>
<td>
<div align="center"><s><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1TG5G"
target="_blank">GC1TG5G</a></s></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1833743" target=
"_blank"><s>groosome</s></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><s>7</s></td>
<td><s>Westway Sports</s></td>
<td>
<div align="center"><s><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1VNEQ"
target="_blank">GC1VNEQ</a></s></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=310059" target=
"_blank"><s>The Bongtwashes</s></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>8</td>
<td>M1 Jct 3</td>
<td>
<div align="center">
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1W0BQ"
target="_blank">GC1W0BQ</a></div>
</div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=281662" target=
"_blank">bones1</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9</td>
<td>Spur Road</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1XG6T"
target="_blank">GC1XG6T</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=282351" target=
"_blank">rodz</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10</td>
<td>WTF</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1XGN8"
target="_blank">GC1XGN8</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=134996" target=
"_blank">Belplasca</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11</td>
<td>Hail Caesar</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC215C2"
target="_blank">GC215C2</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=2551330" target=
"_blank">TheAardvarkFamily</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>12</td>
<td>Henry's Gateway</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC221PG"
target="_blank">GC221PG</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1544175" target=
"_blank">bevroutley</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13</td>
<td>Beverley's Bank</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC22D8R"
target="_blank">GC22D8R</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=2239484" target=
"_blank">dancingdogs</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14</td>
<td>Cat's Back</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2322G"
target="_blank">GC2322G</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1908900" target=
"_blank">Madam Cholet</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15</td>
<td>Cartman's Cache</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC23HMX"
target="_blank">GC23HMX</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1840959" target=
"_blank">Ryuchan</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16</td>
<td>Jewel's Wood</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC23VCE"
target="_blank">GC23VCE</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=2571173" target=
"_blank">beetstarz</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>17</td>
<td>Padmall Woods</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC24ZHN"
target="_blank">GC24ZHN</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=342162" target=
"_blank">Warren Wanderers</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>18</td>
<td>High Elms</td>
<td>
<div align="center"><a href=
"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC26QET"
target="_blank">GC26QET</a></div>
</td>
<td><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=2012449" target=
"_blank">Steinbos</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p>Right, on to the cache itself! Just off the WTF series where the
Grand Union Canal crosses the North Circ. Good views!</p>


Code: GC15YBP
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bec05cfd-8b1a-4613-ab40-073f4ca4a692
Hints: Roll
LongDescription:
There is free on-road parking nearby.

The Palace is open to visitors from Sunday-Wednesday (10-5 Apr-Oct, 11-4 Nov-Mar). On these days it may be best to use the official carpark (N51.26.664 E0.3.115) as the free parking is intended for disabled drivers when the Palace is open.

Finding the cache involves walking less than 1Km on the public footpaths (King John's Walk) from the above co-ordinates.

The cache can easily be tackled in reverse order. There is unrestricted free parking along much of the northern side of Middle Park Avenue. Try N51.26.553, E0.2.523, then look for a Green Chain Walk footpath sign

The starting point is around 1Km from either Mottingham or Eltham train stations.

The cache is located at a local high-point along the Green Chain Walk and Capital Ring. There is a good view across to London while collecting the answers. There are often horses in the nearby fields.

Eltham Palace (Adults £7.90, kids £4.00) is a fascinating combination of a luxurious Art Deco home and an important medieval royal palace. 

http://www.elthampalace.org.uk/

Initially a moated manor house bought by Edward II in 1305, additions such as the impressive hammerbeam-roofed Great Hall in the 1470s created one of England's largest palaces for a succession of royals. Most famously, Henry VIII grew up here. After the Civil War the palace fell into decline for over 200 years and the Great Hall, once the scene of lavish feasts, was even used as a barn. 

In 1933 the palace was bought by Stephen and Virginia Courtauld, who restored the Great Hall and built their adjoining Art Deco home. Filled with opulently gilded interiors, the latest mod cons and cutting-edge design features, Eltham Palace once again became a hub for society entertaining.

There are 19 acres of grounds to explore. The gardens are particularly stunning in spring. Its a good place to picnic. I don't know if dogs are allowed in the grounds - though as the cache isn't in the grounds this isn't a problem.

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When you have collected the numbers required from Stage1 and Stage2 the final location can be found at:

N 51.PQ.RST E 000.VW.XYZ

Where

PQ = C
R = E 
ST = B + F

VW = D
X = F + G
YZ = A - H

Reminder:-
A: dots
B: planks
C: distance
D: distance
E: phone
F: year
G: year
H: year

ShortDescription:
The above co-ordinates are not for the cache, but for a point near the first stage. There is no need to go into the Palace grounds, though I would recommend visiting if you get the chance.

Cache is a tupperware box.


Code: GC4MAM6
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a18236d3-1164-40b0-bc88-576362580231
Hints: This type of urban cache usually has a one-word hint with eight letters
LongDescription:
<p>Unicorn Gate opened in around 1845.   It consists of a handsome classical doorway inserted into the boundary wall and faced with simple but imposing carved Portland stone blocks.   Across the top is a tablet on which sits the unicorn.   Its partner lion is located above Lion Gate some 730m to the south on Kew Road.   The lion and the unicorn are heraldic supporters (side figures) which appear on the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.   The lion symbolises England and the unicorn represents Scotland.</p>
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/34927f2e-1b61-4ff6-8707-dad4e4c3938d.jpg" /></center>
<p>The two statues were designed in the neoclassical style by Thomas Hardwick, a pupil of Kew architect Sir William Chambers, following a commission by King George IV in 1821.   They originally adorned the roofs of lodges by Main Gate on Kew Green but were relocated when the new gates were added.   Hardwick was born in 1752 just across the river in Brentford, the third generation of one of the most famous architectural families of the time.   He was appointed Clerk of Works at Hampton Court by King George III and later designed a number of churches, the most famous being St Mary Marylebone near Regent's Park and St Mary the Virgin in Wanstead.</p>
<p>The lion and unicorn are made of Coade stone, an easily moulded form of ceramic stoneware widely used for statues in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.   Fortunately, Coade stone is highly weather-resistant and the Kew unicorn has survived without restoration for almost 200 years.</p>
<p>In 1845, together with Lion Gate to the south and Brentford Gate bordering the Thames to the north, Unicorn Gate provided public access to the National Arboretum or Royal Pleasure-Grounds at a time when the area occupied by the Gardens today was divided into two sections, separated by a rabbit-proof high wire fence.   These three entrances to the National Arboretum were relatively modest compared with the imposing Main Gate for visitors to the Botanic Garden in the north-east corner.   Of the three, Unicorn Gate was used mostly by local residents until the arrival of the railway in Kew.</p>
<p>Between 1845 and 1860, annual visitors to the Gardens swelled in number from 28,000 to almost 400,000. After the opening of the Temperate House in 1863, a new, grand entrance (Queen's Gate) with double gates and side gates was erected 340m to the south of Unicorn Gate.   It was intended for passengers arriving at a new station on the London &amp; South Western Railway branch (now the District Line).   However, Queen's Gate was never used because in 1869 L&amp;SWR built Kew Gardens station further to the north, perhaps to give passengers closer access to the popular Palm House while the Temperate House remained only partly finished as financial difficulties delayed its completion.   Recognising that the narrow Unicorn Gate was inadequate for the growing crowds, local estate owner John Engleheart responded generously by financing the opening of an additional gate (Cumberland Gate) 380m to the north, giving railway passengers easier access to the Botanic Garden. After the two sections of the Gardens were consolidated and the wire fence removed in the 1880s, Queen's Gate was relocated directly opposite the station and renamed Victoria Gate.   The short walk along Lichfield Road proved instantly popular with visitors from all over the British Empire.   The old Unicorn Gate nearby fell redundant and was later closed to the public.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>This is a small micro cache hidden outside Kew Gardens Unicorn Gate, easily accessible at all times.</p>


Code: GC24KEP
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c3aca83f-ecc9-4cbf-8924-6a660e86dc63
Hints: Inside the foot of the pillar
LongDescription:
<strong>LEE NAVIGATION</strong>
<p>The River Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lee (also sometimes spelt River Lea). The river runs from Hertford Castle Weir to Bow Creek/Limehouse Basin, where it meets the River Thames. Historically the river was used to transport goods from Hertfordshire to London, particularly grain. Today the area forms part of the Lee Valley Regional Park, Tottenham Marshes, Walthamstow Marshes and runs parallel to the London 2012 Olympic Park. Extremely popular with walkers, cyclists and fishers, the pathways offer a great opportunity to see an abundance of wildlife and some of the rather beautiful and quirky barges moored at different points along the river. This is also a great walk (or cycle – the path forms part of the National cycle network) if you are looking to avoid tramping through tons of pre and post winter mud as the paths are mostly gravel and really well looked after. Some areas along the walk are nicer than others so be prepared...this is London and as fantastic as it is, some spots aren't so pretty. That said, most are and some are rather stunning and more than make up for their less attractive cousins!</p>
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<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/b98257c2-d351-4964-80cc-e0220445337b.jpg" /><br />
<strong>The River Lee Navigation</strong></center>
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<p>This series of 70 caches consists of an assortment of small and medium lock-n-lock boxes containing various swaps at the time of planting and rather a lot of 35mm film canisters, some magnetic. Please bring your own pen. The walk is a around 19 miles and follows the path of the River Lee/Navigation from Limehouse Basin, near Limehouse DLR station, to Broxbourne (not too far from Broxbourne train station and bus routes). If you only want to walk in one direction, the overground train line runs almost parallel to the river and train times can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk.Click <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p><strong>FOOD AND DRINK</strong></p>
<p>There are a whole host of bars and cafes at Limehouse Basin and various points along the route where you can stop off for refreshments.</p>
<p><strong>MORE ABOUT THE AREA</strong></p>
<p>Click <a href="http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/</p>
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Click <a href="http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.tottenhammarshes.org/<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.walklondon.org.uk/" target="_blank">here</a> http://www.walklondon.org.uk/route.asp?R=4<br />
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You are looking for a small clip top box containing various swaps and log book, container is large enough to take travel bugs. Bring your own pen. .<br />
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<center><strong><font size="6" color="red">It can be muggle central along here at times so please take care when retrieving and replacing the cache</font></strong></center>


Code: GC3CC83
ShortDescription: A cache on the footbridge over the Northern Line depot at Morden.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=11c1966a-e357-4e3a-becc-06c5f183c9f9
Hints: fourteen
LongDescription:
This location marks the southernmost point on the London
Underground network, just south of Morden station on the Northern
Line (which doesn't go the furthest North!).<br />
<br />
History of the Northern Line<br />
<br />
The core of the Northern line evolved from two railway companies:
the City & South London Railway (C&SLR) and the Charing
Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR).<br />
<br />
The C&SLR, London's first deep-level tube railway, was built
under the supervision of James Henry Greathead, who had been
responsible, with Peter W. Barlow, for the Tower Subway. It was the
first of the Underground's lines to be constructed by boring deep
below the surface and the first to be operated by electric
traction. The railway opened in November 1890 from Stockwell to a
now-disused station at King William Street. This was inconveniently
placed and unable to cope with the company's traffic so, in 1900, a
new route to Moorgate via Bank was opened. By 1907 the C&SLR
had been further extended at both ends to run from Clapham Common
to Euston.<br />
<br />
The CCE&HR (commonly known as the "Hampstead Tube") was opened
in 1907 and ran from Charing Cross (known for many years as Strand)
via Euston and Camden Town (where there was a junction) to Golders
Green and Highgate (now known as Archway). It was extended south by
one stop to Embankment in 1914 to form an interchange with the
Bakerloo and District lines. In 1913, the Underground Electric
Railways Company of London (UERL), owner of the CCE&HR, took
over the C&SLR, although they remained separate
companies.<br />
<br />
During the early 1920s, a series of works was carried out to
connect the C&SLR and CCE&HR tunnels to enable an
integrated service to be operated. The first of these new tunnels,
between the C&SLR's Euston station and the CCE&HR's station
at Camden Town, had originally been planned in 1912, but had been
delayed by World War I. The second connection linked the
CCE&HR's Embankment and C&SLR's Kennington stations and
provided a new intermediate station at Waterloo to connect to the
main line station there and the Bakerloo line. The smaller-diameter
tunnels of the C&SLR were expanded to match the standard
diameter of the CCE&HR and the other deep tube lines.<br />
<br />
The engineering of the Morden extension of the C&SLR from
Clapham Common to Morden was more demanding, running in tunnels to
a point just north of Morden station, which was constructed in a
cutting. The extension was initially planned to continue to Sutton
over part of the route for the unbuilt Wimbledon and Sutton
Railway, in which the UERL held a stake, but agreements were made
with the Southern Railway to end the extension at Morden. The
extension opened in 1926 with seven new stations, all designed by
Charles Holden in a modern style.<br />
<br />
With the exception of Morden and Clapham South, where more land was
available, the new stations were built on confined corner sites at
main road junctions in already developed areas. Holden made good
use of this limited space and designed impressive buildings. The
street-level structures are of white Portland stone with tall
double-height ticket halls, with the famous London Underground
roundel made up in coloured glass panels in large glazed screens.
The stone columns framing the glass screens are surmounted by a
capital formed as a three-dimensional version of the roundel. The
large expanses of glass above the entrances ensure that the ticket
halls are bright and, lit from within at night, welcoming.<br />
<br />
The first and last new stations on the extension, Clapham South and
Morden, include a parade of shops and were designed with structures
capable of being built above (like many of the earlier central
London stations). Clapham South was extended upwards soon after its
construction with a block of apartments; Morden was extended
upwards in the 1960s with a block of offices. All the stations on
the extension, except Morden itself, are Grade II listed
buildings.<br />
<br />
Although other London Underground lines operate fully underground,
the Northern line is unusual in that it is a deep-level tube line
that serves the outer suburbs of South London yet there is only one
station above ground (Morden tube station) while the rest of this
part of the line is deep below ground. The short section to Morden
depot is also above ground. This is partly because its southern
extension into the outer suburbs was not done by taking over an
existing surface line as was generally the case with routes like
the Central, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. Apart from the core
central underground tunnels, part of the section between Hendon and
Colindale is also underground.<br />
<br />
The tunnel from Morden to East Finchley via Bank, 17 miles 528
yards (27.841 km), was for a time the longest in the world. The
Seikan Tunnel is now longer.<br />
<br />
<br />
You are looking for a magnetic micro sized container.


Code: GC3MQEM
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7491a720-52a1-4ec9-a09c-56241db3865a
Hints: Move your plates of meat, use your mince pies and check in it's barnet.
LongDescription:
You will find the cache hidden in a steam hammer that was built in 1888. It was salvaged from the ship builders that stood on the site of what is now London City Airport.  The hammer is located in Royal Victoria Gardens.  The gardens were built and maintained for the enjoyment and entertainment of the dock workers who lived here, and their families who visited.<br />
<br />
The docks were built between 1855 and 1921, and finally closed in 1981.  Redevelopment started straight away, it’s big weakness was remoteness due to lack of transportation.  The area has improved so much over the last 31 years, the area now enjoys buses, taxis, DLR, airport, good road systems with car ferry and now even a cable car that crosses the river to the O2.<br />
<br />
I hope you enjoy your visit!<br />
<b><font color="blue">Congratulations (&amp; happy birthday I see) to Vikica777 for being first to find in only 1Hr11mins after publishing</font></b>

ShortDescription:
This cache has been placed to mark the weekend of celebration for Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee.  The cache container has been beautifully decorated by my mother, she took much pride in doing this and she has fond memories of the Queen’s coronation.  Please replace the cache carefully and it will hopefully stay here until the next Jubilee. <br />
<br />
Container is a steel magnetic tube, 150mm long and 50mm diameter, covered in diamonds.<br />


Code: GC16NRE
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=67638abb-a124-414b-a32e-1b9dc93bdff2
Hints: Look out for something diagonal and barky.
TravelBugs: <BR>Travel Racer Formula (id = 3344203, ref = TB421PE)
LongDescription:
This lovely patch of unspoilt woodland has successfully resisted development, and is now a nature reserve. Beverley Brook runs alongside, and there's a lovely pond, which has thankfully recovered from a spill of heating oil in 1989. The pond was originally thought to be kept by monks. This area is generally pretty quiet, with just a few joggers and dog-walkers to disrupt your search.

Watch out for a fantastic array of flora and fauna, including a lot of different types of fungus. Tiny blue flowers of forget-me-not colour the bank of the stream at the start of the fascinating nature trail that leads through the 5 hectare site. Passing a fine line of oaks, the woodland gives way to a small remnant of acid grassland with mouse-ear hawkweed and wood-rush interspersed among the grasses. Continue through the herb-rich areas to the coppiced hazel woodland that has a profusion of bluebells in springtime. There are also seasonal ponds with plenty of amphibians and dragonflies. The final section of the trail follows a footpath on to Wimbledon Common for those who are looking for a longer walk.

Look out for sporting activities at Wimbledon Rugby Club nearby, especially on Sunday mornings.

The cache is in an area of level ground, and the terrain isn't difficult, but it can be muddy so take care. You're looking for a small plastic clip box, which included a few little swaps when placed. There's an interesting item for computer historians in there!

I hope you enjoy my first non-suburban cache!

ShortDescription:
This cache is located in Fishpond Wood, a beautiful well-kept secret in Raynes Park, London. I'd lived in the area for six years before I found it!

A nice walk, generally quite flat and straightforward, although watch out for typical woodland hazards. Can be muddy. May be a bit tricky for wheelchair cachers - I'd appreciate any feedback you may have.


Code: GC5QJXW
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=eadd5e63-f23a-466b-99d6-37f4f08428ee
Hints: where wind has beaten wood.
LongDescription:
<p><strong><u>Cache container</u></strong></p>
<p>small tuppaware box roughly 4.5x3x1 inches<br />
including log book and pencil <br />
space for small items <br />
theres no chance of you missing it so long as you look in the right place....</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><u>Chinbrook Meadows</u></strong></p>
<p>Bordering lewisham and bromley, The majority of the park is maintained short grass with footpaths and lined with tall trees and bisected by the River Quaggy.<br />
There are football pitches, a cricket ground and other sports and is used by local schools for sports days. Chinbrook Meadows also contains public toilets, public concrete tennis courts, and football pitch/basketball court in one, plus a children's play area.<br />
The many footpaths crossing the park form part of The Green Chain Walk and Capital Ring. <br />
 </p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong><u>Joke Cache 1</u></strong></p>
<p>This is a realativly easy cache in chinbrook medows park. </p>
<p>The interesting part is that this is a Joke cache,  youhave the option to write a joke along with your log entry ! </p>
<p>Your reward is the jokes other people have left in the logbook! </p>


Code: GC2Z1TV
ShortDescription: Your looking for a small test tube with magnet
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=812abf27-c726-4394-91be-9fa5e0b370f2
Hints: There's spiders in there. Big ones
LongDescription:
Placed on the edge of a beautiful natural meadow skimming the 8000 year old oxleas wood,  with castle wood just across the meadow. 
Just up the hill from here is a Severndroog Castle which is a folly situated in Castle wood It was designed by architect Richard Jupp in 1784. It was built to commemorate Commodore Sir William James who, in April 1755, attacked and destroyed the island fortress of Suvarnadurg (then rendered in English: Severndroog) on the western coast of India, between Mumbai and Goa. James died in 1783 and the castle was built as a memorial to him by his widow, Lady James of Eltham. Access is best found at the top of Dover road where you will find parking and refreshments. Car park shuts at 8 pm.
Placed with the kind permission from Greenwich council parks and open spaces
JOKE: A Ham sandwich walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a drink. 
The bartender says, "Sorry we don't serve food."


Code: GC18AF3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=97e256e2-5fc5-4d8d-adb8-df8419ebf25c
Hints: Top of post on the right
LongDescription:
The New River is a man-made waterway, that was created in 1613, to provide fresh water for London from the River Lee. It still provides that purpose today. It starts near Ware in Hertfordshire and ends in Stoke Newington, 20 miles away. I decided to place a two caches on the Bowes stretch, as it seems an unlikely place for a waterway to be. Despite living less than 1km from it, I had never actually been there myself, until investigating a good place for a cache.
Following an assumed muggling, I have made the cache a silver covered micro cannister (rather than the previous larger container), hidden in the same location.
Nearby is Bowes Park Rail station, which runs from Hertford/Welwyn to Moorgate (or Kings Cross off peak). Bounds Green underground station is also around 1 km away.
Parking (no restrictions)is possible at N51 36 388 W 000 06 968
There is no paved footpath, which may make wheelchair access tricky. There is 24 hour access to the cache.

ShortDescription:
Squashed in near the North Circular and surrounding houses, this is a surprising place for a waterway


Code: GC5YTM0
ShortDescription: <p>St John the Baptist, Eltham. Another Church Micro in the series created by Sadexploration.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5ff84611-5ddf-49de-9a81-a6cbf7519019
Hints: Magnetic. 1 foot up by planter
LongDescription:
<center><img src="https://d1u1p2xjjiahg3.cloudfront.net/0b6e99ae-6884-45b4-bc35-7546ec3cbb70.jpg" /></center>
<p>Eltham was already an established village in 1086, but there is no mention of a church in the Domesday Book. The first suggestion of its existence is in 1115, when Chrysom Oil, used in Baptisms, is recorded as being brought to Eltham from Rochester Cathedral. The first known Rector of the church was Adam de Bromleigh in 1160, and the first definitive record of the church was in 1166, when William, Earl of Gloucester and patron of the living, gave the “Church of St John of Hautham with its appurts” to the Priory of Keynsham, Somerset, which he founded. The priory’s Coat of Arms is shown in the West window of the church.</p>
<p>Between 1872 and 1879 the old church was completely demolished, and the new building, designed by architect Sir Arthur Bloomfield and built by James Naylor of Rochester, was erected 3 metres north of the old site, occupying a larger area. Some of the original memorial plaques were retained, and the brass lectern transferred from the old church. The church was consecrated in 1875, and the tower and spire were completed as funds became available in 1879. A service of thanksgiving for the completion of the building was conducted by Rev. Walter J Sowerby on 24th June 1880 (the patronal feast day of St John the Baptist).</p>
<p>The pews are actually older than the current building. The cheap pine pews of c1875 were replaced by mid-19th century oak pews from St Mary’s church in Lambeth when that building became the Museum of the History of Gardening in the 1980’s. The crucifix above the pulpit, given to the church in 1887 was carved by Joseph Meyer, who three times played Christ in the famous Oberammergau Passion Play. The late 17th century chair in the chancel was a gift to the church in the early 20th century. In the Lady Chapel, there is a lime wood statue of the Madonna and Child, carved by a member of the congregation.</p>
<p><b>Windows</b></p>
<p>Only nine of the original 19th century windows survived the Second World War. They are the darker coloured ones in the North aisle, depicting various saints. One window at the West end of the North aisle was remade from shattered fragments of glass. The remaining windows are mid 20th century, and are of much brighter colours, or plain glass. A more detailed description of the windows is available for visitors to the church.</p>
<p><b>The Bells</b></p>
<p>The old bells were rehung by Samuel Goslin in 1898.</p>
<p>In 1924, they were recast into new ring of 8 by Gillett &amp; Johnston in a new frame. Formerly rung from the ground floor, now they are rung from an upstairs ringing room. The bells range from 3cwt to 10.5cwt.</p>
<p>You are looking for a magnetic film canister which is not in the church grounds.</p>
<p align="center"><font color="red">****************** ********************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at</font> <a href="http://churchmicro.co.uk/"><font color="black">churchmicro.co.uk</font></a><br />
<br />
<font color="blue">See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
<font color="red">****************** *******************</font></font></p>


Code: GC34D1X
ShortDescription: Sheen Common abuts Richmond Park and is popular with dog-walkers and locals.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7ffbd1cf-5d6b-482f-aad9-ee730c719623
Hints: Big path little path log, then you're rocking!
LongDescription:
In 1969, the exploits of Butch Cassidy and his outlaw gang were immortalised in George Roy Hill’s <i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i>. The opening frames of the film state “most of what follows is true.” This is not completely correct, as much of the film is changed from the true story to make a better plot, but overall it is a realistic interpretation of Butch Cassidy’s final months. This cache is named in honour of Paul Newman’s portrayal of Butch, and to the great story of the West’s most successful outlaw. The cache contains an image of Newman in his role.


Code: GC20DXF
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2b2a44ca-710c-4af7-89e5-25e44eff5eba
Hints: Behind brick by wall
LongDescription:
This Thames Towpath series is a series of 22 caches (soon to be more hopefully) ranging in size from film canisters to Tupperware boxes. The series starts in Kingston and follows the Thames towards London on the towpath on the right hand side of the river. The towpath is idea for walks and cycling and if you want to do this series in one go then I would highly advise cycling it. The series of caches pass other major towns and places which the individual caches hopefully highlight. 

Please make sure that you replace the cache as you found it as a lot of effort has been spent to get these caches up and running, thanks.

The terrain varies from tarmac to concrete to a slightly muddy track and is always a good walk for children.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU RECORD THE CLUES IN THE CACHES FOR A BONUS CACHE WHICH WILL BE RELEASED BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2009.

ShortDescription:
This cache is near the one of the entrances of Kew Gardens. 
This cache requires stealth depending on what time you try to find it.


Code: GC1YCZT
ShortDescription: <h1>Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough - Woodside Green</h1>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=909eae33-70fb-4828-9677-f4043dd591b1
Hints: H marks the spot
LongDescription:
<p>
<img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/d423a4e9-a580-41e7-be10-947bee678842.jpg"
     border="0" /></p>
<p>This is the 23rd in the series of caches placed close to
or<br />
associated with drinking fountains or animal troughs. The cache
is<br />
located in East Croydon, close to an example of a
Metropolitan<br />
Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough.</p>
<p><br />
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough
Association<br />
was an association set up in London by Samuel Gurney an MP
and<br />
philanthropist and Edward Thomas Wakefield, a barrister in 1859
to<br />
provide free drinking water. Originally called the
Metropolitan<br />
Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to
include<br />
cattle troughs in 1867, to also support animal welfare.</p>
<br />
<p>Water provision in the nineteenth century was from nine
private<br />
water companies each with a geographic monopoly, which
provided<br />
inadequate quantities of water which was often contaminated, as
was<br />
famously discovered by John Snow during the 1854 cholera
epidemic.<br />
Population growth in London had been very rapid (more than
doubling<br />
between 1800 and 1850) without an increase in infrastructure<br />
investment. Legislation in the mid nineteenth century
gradually<br />
improved the situation; the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers
was<br />
informed, water filtration was made compulsory, and water
intakes<br />
on the Thames were forced to be moved above the sewage<br />
outlets.</p>
<p>In this environment the public drinking fountain movement
began,<br />
initially in Liverpool where the local government was granted
the<br />
ability to buy out the private water companies in 1847. It
built<br />
the first public baths and then encouraged philanthropic
public<br />
drinking water fountains.</p>
<hr color="#000033" size="1" />
<br />
<p>The cache is a magnetic nano, a short distance from the trough,
and contains a log only. Bring a pen/pencil</p>
<br />
<hr color="#ff0000" size="2" />
<br />
<p><font face="comic sans ms" color="0033cccc">If any body
would<br />
like to expand to this series, as I have, please do, I would
just<br />
ask that you could let Merstham Mafia know first so that they
can<br />
keep track of the cache numbers and names to avoid<br />
duplication</font></p>
<br />
<hr color="#ff0000" size="”2”" />


Code: GC3H15A
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5c390fb0-5514-4587-a160-502c8191900b
Hints: Yew, oak, dead trunk?
LongDescription:
The House Pond, or House Field Pond, later to become known as Shoulder of Mutton Pond from its odd shape, appears to lay in a natural depression, and is reputed to be fed by its own independent underground spring, in addition to the stream flowing through it and down eastwards into the Roding. 

Swimming is permitted daily before 8.30 a.m, though you won't need your swimwear for this homemade micro as it is slightly away from the pond. Not at ground level.

Take the 101 or W19 from Manor Park Station, or the 101 or 308 from Wanstead Tube.


Code: GC3XBK6
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1e8955e0-6aa2-4e17-a9f1-6e1f7fd0b796
LongDescription:
If you want to find me using GPS coordinates then go ahead make my day.<br />
<br />
Easier if you use the following.<br />
Find the red bridge, cycle path, telephone box. I am magnetic, black and am within 5m of this. compass bearing north to nearest church

ShortDescription:
If you look in the nooks and crannies.<br />
Dark matter will be evident once you find the right address<br />
Woodn;t want to spoil your fun<br />
there's land a plenty to search<br />
In the road that you'll be in.<br />
Arrgh me hearties calls it me magnetism.


Code: GC60FRC
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3f7d012c-8042-4697-866c-82aef0c7f6c4
Hints: Look SEe
LongDescription:
<p><img src="https://d1u1p2xjjiahg3.cloudfront.net/b9f2cf7d-acf9-47ca-b331-1e74f410362a.jpg" /></p>
<p>Towards the end of the 18th century, Eltham was little more than a long narrow, unmade street bordered by an assortment of cottages, stores, almshouses, the parish church and larger more affluent homes at the western end. Preachers form the Greenwich Branch of the London Itinerant Society came, at first, to a cottage thought by some to be in Elm Terrace and this was the arrangement for about 50 years.</p>
<p>In 1799 a small chapel was built at the bottom of Sun Yard which lay behind the Rising Sun which served for about ten years before closing. The Greenwich Association of Congregational Ministers encouraged the seeking of a new site. In 1839 a new chapel in the neo-classical style was opened at a cost of £1,200 where the Arcade stands today.</p>
<p>The church again outgrew its building and the search was on for a new site. Most of the land in the area belonged to the crown. When all seemed hopeless Henry Dobell, who lived in Sherard House (present site of a bank) decided to demolish his coach house and stables and donate this site (now a fast food restaurant). This was only separated from the parish church by one house, since demolished to make way for Well Hall Road. The design was a typical piece of Victorian Gothic which would tower over the parish church. The new church opened 15<sup>th</sup> July 1868.</p>
<p>By the 1930s the High Street/Well Hall Road junction was busy and noisy especially with the trams, so another new site was sort. Little more than 100m south at 1 Court Road was Bryher, the former home of artists Rex and Laurence Whistler. This was demolished and the new church opened on 26<sup>th</sup> September 1936. This was a modern building owing much to the art deco style so fashionable at the time.</p>
<p>You are looking for a small magnetic canister. Tweezers may be required.</p>
<p align="center"><font color="red">****************** ********************</font><br />
<font color="blue">For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067">sadexploration</a> please read the <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html">Place your own Church Micro</a> page before you contact him at</font> <a href="http://churchmicro.co.uk/"><font color="black">churchmicro.co.uk</font></a><br />
<br />
<font color="blue">See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
<font color="red">****************** *******************</font></font></p>

ShortDescription:
<p>United Reform Church, Eltham. Another Church Micro in the series created by Sadexploration.</p>
<p> </p>


Code: GC3XPA3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=de313d23-a0bd-488e-9ce8-f05068f604b8
Hints: Low down, just the one!
LongDescription:
The cache is in a very exposed location and is therefore disguised! There is no room for anything other than the log so please bring your own writing device &amp; maybe tweezers.<br />
There is free nearby parking available and the cache is on a bus route. Croydon Tramlink stop "Arena" is not too far away.<br />
<br />
<hr />
<br />
I would suggest that once located, the cache is taken away to sign the log, then returned. When signed, please ensure you replace the cache as found. Provided a wheelchair user can reach down, they should have no issues with this cache.<br />
<br />
<hr />
<br />
Congrats to The Biggin Hill Flyers for the FTF!

ShortDescription:
A Golf driving range near my home recently opened a "Dragon Quest" adventure golf course along with a rather splendid Dragon! I thought this was a perfect location for a cache!<br />
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/2b933605-3c32-40b2-9f63-1e3b68d08fa9.jpg" /></center>


Code: GC1PD0B
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3770e3cf-92b3-437f-aa90-5c5f5ff0f623
Hints: At the concrete bridge look for the multi trunked tree.
TravelBugs: <BR>Gnaughty &amp; Gnice Holiday Gnomes Geocoin (id = 2118762, ref = TB2PXH3)
LongDescription:
A series of caches placed around the grounds of rugby clubs. 
Caches will all be outside the grounds in the public domain unless otherwise stated and at this time, all bar one give a view of the rugby posts, a requirement for anyone who would like to extend this series.

Wimbledon’s first recorded match was against Richmond in November 1865, making the club one of the oldest in the country, and one of just twelve surviving clubs that founded the RFU in 1871. Currently playing in London SW3. Wimbledons ground is situated next to Beverley Meads, a nature reserve looked after by the London Wildlife Trust. if you have the time, take it and walk around the surrounding area.

The cache is a small container, with the usual swaps, pencil and logbook. It is situated between the rugby club and the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club. 

If you would like to extend this series, please feel free. There are only 3 rules which must be followed;

1. Every effort must be made to place the cache with a view of the pitch or posts.
2. Every effort must be made NOT to use a micro. 
3. I don't need to know the number - there aren't any!
 Remember - the refs’ decision is final and arguing will just get you a yellow card.


Code: GC18RQR
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6f500581-406e-49b4-9327-d84f8c951add
Hints: Magnetic
LongDescription:
You are looking for a devilish nano container! Please write only
your initials in the teeny log. The difficulty rating reflects the
poor gps reception when I set the cache.

ShortDescription:
This is one of a series of caches strategically placed in a
position to allow any passing Piccadilly line drivers to observe
the cache location!


Code: GCWW3R
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d068d44a-455b-43d3-b96c-8eddbb947750
Hints: W is also for wall
LongDescription:
<p>This is situated in a small park near the Waterman's Art Centre and not far from the renown Kew Steam Museum - well worth a visit.</p>
<p>You will need to make a note of the value for this letter, which can be found on the log, in order to find some bonus caches.</p>
<p>The container has a log sheet but no pen.</p>
<p>If you feel inclined, then feel free to write your log with an alphabet theme - ? is also for.... or in any other alphabetic sense that inspires you.</p>

ShortDescription:
<font color="red"><b>Please be considerate to us cache owners and write SMALL. If you don't have a pen to sign to log then don't claim a find. NO SPOILERS IN YOUR LOGS PLEASE.</b></font>


Code: GC3YPDQ
ShortDescription: <br />
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9b92c017-c83b-4e27-8608-23cbf3518d00
Hints: Golf Club membership not required.
LongDescription:
<div>An octagonal pond named The Basin forms the setting for the 16th and 17th holes at Wanstead Golf Club but together with the stable buildings from which the WGC clubhouse is built and the gateposts of Overton Drive, is a visible remnant of Wanstead House and its grand gardens.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>In 1715 Sir Richard Child commissioned the Scottish architect Colen Campbell to design a grand mansion in the Palladian style, to rival contemporary mansions such as Blenheim Palace. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>The grounds were landscaped and planted with formal avenues of trees by George London, one of the leading garden designers of his day. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>The house was sold brick by brick to meet a descendant's debt and all that remains of the mansion itself is the large grassed dip which traverses the 1st and the 18th fairways.<br />
<br />
A short walk from Wanstead Station.</div>


Code: GC3ATG9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8e07dd14-a1b6-489f-b70f-60b431a4c12c
LongDescription:
You are looking for a camo'd vitamin tube at about knee high!

Kelsey Park is in Beckenham where there are plenty of shops and eating places. There is ample street parking nearby and there are several entrances to the park. 

The place is wheelchair friendly and has good paths although there is plenty of mud to be found if you have young children or dogs! [b][red]The park closes at dusk throughout the year.[/b][/red]

Kelsey Park, with its lakes, wildlife, flower beds, spectacular herbaceous border and over 100 kinds of trees has the river Beck runnning through it (rising in Springpark Woods in West Wickham) and continuing on its way through to Beckenham Place Park. It is a haven for wildlife and over 65 species of birds have been recorded. There is a heronry on the larger island where over 30 pairs of grey herons successfully nest each year, making it probably the easiest place to see nesting herons in the south east of England. Little Egrets were noted this year too.
 
[P][b][purple]Be warned to watch out for the water here if you have young children.[/b][/purple][/P]
 
[P]The toilets have baby changing facilities. One toilet is for the disabled which is accessible with a radar key, (provided by the café).[/P]
 
You are looking for a camo'd tube which contains a log book only.

You will need to be very careful as this is a very busy park and the cache is near to the footpath!
 
At N51 23.956 W000 01.288 which is a point on the path (on side of lake where playground is) you will see a fascinating sculpture in the lake. It is made of coloured metallic wire and shaped into a beautiful Kingfisher and is sitting on a natural log.

ShortDescription:
Please make sure you do not remove the cache from where it is situated and please also try to ensure the lid is put back tightly.  STEALTH IS NEEDED HERE!!!

Hints:
In a basket in ivy opposite holly and a stump.  Place back exactly in the crevice it was originally placed..... Thanks.


Code: GC39Y2Q
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8a4dc9f4-39a2-4858-b5d2-10cbce87fa15
Hints: were the 2 fences meet
LongDescription:
After our most eventful day of geocaching and achieving our very first FTF, my father and I (les1967debs) decided to take our geocaching experiences one step further. We were going to create our very own geocache. After hours of father and son rivalry we decided on the location, name and cache.
We acquired permission from the rugby club chairman, and named the cache Mitcham RFC. We are also regular members of the club. Stealth maybe required during training times.
Please feel free to contact us for further information. FTF will be posted in the description. Myself and my father have placed bets on the local geocachers who could possibly get there hands on the FTF. (will it be woollaston4 or cache! eh? the race is on, may the best cacher win)
Good luck all
Happy hunting 
Les1967debs (and son)
AFTER A BIT OF A TIDY UP AT THE CLUB GROUNDS I HAVE HAD TO MOVE THE CACHE TO A NEW LOCATION AND A NEW CONTAINER.
The cache is a small clip lock container with log book and pencil 

WELL WE BOTH GOT IT WRONG ON OUR FIRST TO FIND BET CONGRATULATIONS TO HUGH JENJIN ON YOUR FIRST FTF

ShortDescription:
The cache is located by mitcham rugby club, I would advise you to park on Peterborough road and walk down to the club. on some occasions the gate to the lane that leads to clubhouse may be open, but it is advisable to walk down due to training being held. theres would be a high muggle count


Code: GC37VG1
ShortDescription: Level ground on grass may be muddy just off cycle route
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a2189cd4-e16e-4fb9-9fcd-384f1bd178c5
Hints: from the path its on the right hand back leg low down
LongDescription:
Part of a nice circular route around the Royal Victoria dock and Royal Albert dock I can recommend cycling as this is the best way to cover the ground.
All the route posses no problem to bikes so walking would be the same 
There is plenty to see from wild life to strange looking buildings 
And of course the Thames 
This cache is a nice easy one that is magnetic and attatched to something buzzing ??


Code: GC632XD
ShortDescription: <p>A new addition to the Brigand Trail. You'll be looking for a tub within tubs</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=71c389ab-d188-4c2e-bcf1-530e2024bec0
LongDescription:
<p>Jack Wood, next to Castle Wood, has a terrace garden, from which visitors may enjoy spectacular views across London. It also has an attractive rose garden.<br />
Placed with the kind permission from Greenwich council parks and open spaces</p>

Hints:
From the path go through the ivy arch, all the way to the two trunked tree. Under bark. Yellow string may help


Code: GC5XFCX
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d5179336-2d19-4be1-a5d5-789adf297d50
Hints: Port Escutcheon
LongDescription:
<p>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Barnet" target="_blank">Victoria Park</a> is in Church End in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. It covers 7 hectares (17 acres). It is close to Finchley Central and West Finchley tube stations.</p>
<p>Much of the park was originally part of Colby's Farm, where Charles Dickens wrote part of Martin Chuzzlewit. In 1887 Henry Stephens proposed converting the area to a park to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, but it was not opened until 1902, a year after Victoria's death. It was the only public park in the former Borough of Finchley until 1914.</p>
<p>The park is mainly grassland, with playgrounds, ornamental gardens, playing fields, six public tennis courts, Bowling Club, and a cafe."</p>
<p>The cache is a black magnetic micro cache, you will need your own pen/pencil to write on the log. Please place the cache back exactly as you found it.</p>
<p>This cache is in a VERY public place and it’s suggested that this find be attempted when the park is 'quieter' than usual to save muggles and cyclists rumbling your activities.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>"Muggles Walk Past" is 1st Finchley Scout Groups Third Geocache. We are based a short walk away from Victoria Park and regulary use the area for navigation training.</p>


Code: GC3ATGB
ShortDescription: No hunting with torches please as this is near to a house and might worry the neighbours.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a900d20a-cb0c-4bb0-b998-7a6717494592
LongDescription:
Kelsey Park is in Beckenham where there are plenty of shops and eating places. There is ample street parking nearby and there are several entrances to the park. 

The place is wheelchair friendly and has good paths although there is plenty of mud to be found if you have young children or dogs! [b][red]The park closes at dusk throughout the year.[/b][/red]

Kelsey Park, with its lakes, wildlife, flower beds, spectacular herbaceous border and over 100 kinds of trees has the river Beck runnning through it (rising in Springpark Woods in West Wickham) and continuing on its way through to Beckenham Place Park. It is a haven for wildlife and over 65 species of birds have been recorded. There is a heronry on the larger island where over 30 pairs of grey herons successfully nest each year, making it probably the easiest place to see nesting herons in the south east of England. Little Egrets were noted this year too.
 
The toilets have baby changing facilities. One toilet is for the disabled which is accessible with a radar key, (provided by the café).
 
You are looking for a  magnetic film pot.  Boring!!  Please bring your own pen.

You will need to be very careful as this is a very busy park and the cache is near to the footpath!  Maximum stealth will be required at most times!!!
 
At N51 23.956 W000 01.288 which is a point on the path (on side of lake where playground is) you will see a fascinating sculpture in the lake. It is made of coloured metallic wire and shaped into a beautiful Kingfisher and is sitting on a natural log.

Hints:
A magnetic filmpot on the r h upright of notice board....... [Only the post is magnetic  -  Please attach back on post out of sight.]


Code: GC3JJFT
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=26850bbd-fc72-4d23-b5ea-3580f1bd2e9b
Hints: A northern County might help, right?
LongDescription:
Long before the congregation of St Matthew’s had a church, people in the district were coming together to worship in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Around 1880, Sunday services were held in a classroom of the original Cottenham Park School. Later, a small hall in Avenue Road was rented. At that time it stood in the midst of fields! In 1895, a little iron church was erected at the corner of Durham Road and Richmond Road - now the site of a block of flats. However, the iron church was soon too small for the expanding congregation. So a piece of land was bought at the corner of Durham Road and Spencer Road, the site of the present church. Ernest Shearman’s design for a Basilica type of church was chosen. The iron church building was then used as a hall, the home of such organisations as a flourishing youth club. Building of the new church began in 1908. By 1909 the East end and one bay had been completed, enough for services to be held. At the Durham Road entrance stands the 1914-18 War Memorial. Frederick John Foster, reputedly the first Server ever to be appointed at St Matthew's, was among those honoured there. When the church hall was built, around 1937, the crucifix from the Memorial - which had survived the bombing - was transferred to the gable end of the new building, where it still hangs. The ground on which the Shearman church would be built was consecrated in 1909. The first extension to be built - consisting of two bays - was dedicated in 1927. The time lapse is explained by the intervention of the First World War. When the Shearman church came into use, the iron church in Durham Road was used as a church hall for meetings, youth groups etc. Around 1937/38 the site was sold off to finance the building of the new hall. At the outbreak of war in 1939, blackout restrictions meant that all services had to be held in daylight hours. Midnight Mass was celebrated by the light of torches and one small lantern. At 8.30pm on 29 June 1944 the church was totally destroyed by a flying bomb. In spite of this, the people of St Matthew’s continued to worship together. The Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church offered hospitality, and for a time the two congregations worshipped in the same building at different times. To maintain its identity, the St Matthew’s congregation once again sang Evensong in the bitterly cold Cottenham Park School. At the same time it was possible for some months to hold a daily Eucharist in the Sacristy of the bombed church - until the danger from falling masonry became too great. In 1946 these temporary arrangements came to an end when a new priest arranged for St.Matthew's services to be held in an upper room at Raynes Park Methodist Church. The next move was back to the repaired St Matthew’s Hall. This came to be known as "Little St Matthew’s", dedicated at the Patronal Festival in 1948. In 1952, Sebastian Comper was asked to prepare plans for a new St.Matthew's. The foundation stone was laid in 1957. Text from the newspaper clipping below: "Work on the new St.Matthew's Church is nearly finished. Soon it will be filled with worshippers who, for several years, have had to use the building on the left of the picture after the original church was bombed." On 6 December 1958 the new church - in which we now worship - was dedicated.
<p>There is parking available in nearby roads.</p>
<p>Cache is suitable for wheelchair cachers</p>
<p>The co-ordinates for Stage 1 will take you to a corner where you will see a notice board. At the bottom you will see a telephone number for the Rev. Dr. Helen Orchard 020 8286 ABCD</p>
<p>The co-ordinates for Stage 2 will take you to a bus stop not too far away - which number bus stops here? This will give you EFF</p>
<p>The final location can be found at N 51° 24.(B+E)(A+D)(C-F) W 000° 14.(A-D)(B-A)(E+A-D+F) where you will be looking for a keysafe.</p>
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<p>If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=3af7a90d-65ce-45ee-9b73-dc6e95fc9489&amp;wid=bafee28a-5090-4a51-bbf4-aecb69d75d86&amp;ds=2">Sadexploration</a> know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication</p>
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<p>To view the church micro stats page, please click <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">here</a></p>


Code: GC3JKGQ
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=afce5487-9629-4351-8b54-d7bade04148e
Hints: Climb the fallen tree and reach out.
LongDescription:
Beware of the dangers associated with this cache. It is not suitable for children. Please do not attempt the cache if you are not comfortable with the risks involved.

Beverley Brook meanders its way from Worcester Park in South West London to the Thames, reaching the big river near Putney Bridge at Barn Elms. The name is derived from the former presence in the river of the Beaver, a species extinct in Britain since the sixteenth century. Beverley = Beaver's Ley - a place where beavers live. For much of the twentieth century it was fed by poorly treated sewage from a sewerage works in Green Lane, Worcester Park. Since the introduction of improved treatment methods in 1998 the range of wildlife species in the river has steadily increased.

You are looking for a small metal bison, part of which must remain in place when retrieving the cache. Please be careful when replacing the log file in the metal tube. A fumble may be fatal to the health of the cache (and maybe to you)!

This cache has been placed with the kind permission of the Wimbledon Common Rangers.

Congratulations to mpw246pl for being the first to find, and for staying dry during a nightime retrieval.

ShortDescription:
This cache is on the edge of Wimbledon Common and is best approached from the footpath to the east of Beverley Brook. The cache is easy to find, but not so easy to lay your hands on. You can claim a find only if you have signed the log.


Code: GC3H55N
LongDescription: City of london Cemetary. "Planted" near a small path.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=29be83cd-7eea-47f2-b750-38d7a0e40691
Hints: You will clearly see the headstones and also a streetlamp in front of you.
ShortDescription:
21st Epping Forest South Scouts (005)

This is a outside the cemetery cache so I would suggest some stealth and if you are in the vicinity please bring a rubbish bag. CITO (Cache In Trash Out) rules apply.


Code: GC4BZ9B
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=93b56ad5-3264-4914-ad35-9c8bc6b549c5
Hints: Base of large tree.
ShortDescription:
Cottenham Park is named after Charles Pepys, Lord Cottenham and although the Estate was sold off for housing development, by 1893 much of the area between Cottenham Park Road and Cambridge Road remained largely undeveloped.  Development accelerated once trams began to serve the area in 1907. <br />
<br />
The nearby School is now called St Matthews, but it opened in 1975 and was called Cottenham Park School, it changed names in 1997.


Code: GC3JECC
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=75687564-c042-4039-ba25-976603e9c440
Hints: hanging around?
LongDescription:
<h1><br />
 </h1>
<h1>Cottenham Park<a name="top"></a><img alt="Cottenham Park" height="150" src="http://www.merton.gov.uk/environment/openspaces/parks/parks_in_the_wimbledon_area/cottenham.jpg" title="Cottenham Park" width="200" /></h1>
<p>Cottenham Park is named after Charles Pepys, Lord Cottenham and although the estate was sold off for housing development, although by 1893 much of the area between Cottenham Park Road and Cambridge Road still remained largely undeveloped. Development accelerated once trams began to serve the area in 1907.</p>
<p>The recreation ground opened in 1897 as Melbury Gardens and was the first such amenity to be provided in the locality. A map of 1920 shows the recreation ground laid out much as it is today: from the entrance on the south-east corner is a line of plane trees along the east boundary and an area of grass crossed by a diagonal path leading to a hedge, beyond which the land opens out to playing fields which forms the main area of the park. Amenities include a modern pavilion, and tennis courts. There are perimeter paths and trees, including mature oaks.</p>
<p>The now named Cottenham Park is 3.21 hectares and is sited within Raynes Park ward.</p>
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You are looking for a micro container. Parking is available in nearby roads and please check the opening times of the park as the cache is not available 24/7. There are flat paths suitable for wheelchair cachers but they will need help to retrieve the cache.
<p>PLEASE REPLACE THE CACHE EXACTLY WHERE YOU FOUND IT!</p>
<p>PLEASE REPLACE THE CACHE EXACTLY WHERE YOU FOUND IT!</p>
<p>PLEASE REPLACE THE CACHE EXACTLY WHERE YOU FOUND IT!</p>


Code: GC338HY
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=031498bf-cc89-4fe7-aed9-6dafdd61e8d8
Hints: Odd shaped tree in the ivy at the base.
LongDescription:
NOTE: Since this cache was first placed there is a lot less ivy on the 'hide' tree so the cache is now at ground level.

You are looking for a 35mm film canister hidden just on the edge of the rugby pitches just off The Wandle Trail.

You will need to bring a pen to sign the logbook and to record the clues to the final cache.

PLEASE RE-HIDE AS FOUND!

Congratulations to woolaston4 on FTF!

ShortDescription:
This series is ideal for completing by bicycle or a good walk. It takes you along The Wandle Trail and finishes somewhere in Morden, collecting the clues to the final cache on the way.

Hope you enjoy!


Code: GC1NK1Y
ShortDescription: A traditional cache in suburban Richmond
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3ba02276-410a-4145-a93d-50a1c856edce
Hints: It's not just horses that get thirsty...
LongDescription:
A first hide! I've had my eye on this spot as a good potential hiding place for a while, and finally got round to doing something about it.

The name of this cache is in honour of the nearby school, Marshgate Primary School and was chosen by two of my children (who are keen geocachers) who go there.

You are loooking for a small plastic box a little bigger than a film cannister. When placed the cache contained a log book, a pencil and few little swaps.

The terrain is easy , but please be careful of the nearby busy roads, especially if you have young caching helpers with you.

Please replace the cache in exactly the place you find it, to ensure the box cannot be spotted by passers by.

TravelBugs:
<BR>Digital 1 (id = 3834699, ref = TB4JG3X)
<BR>Kentuckyhenks 50th Birthday TB (id = 3670511, ref = TB4D08G)


Code: GC2178K
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f4b68f84-7df3-4a39-9170-3da0f1780dab
Hints: at base of black post
LongDescription:
A series of caches placed just outside each of the gates of Richmond Park. If I am able place one at each gate then there will be ten caches in total. Obviously busy locations so some stealth is required.
<p><b>Please do not give anything away about the hide type or container in your logs.</b></p>
<p>There is a shared pedestrian / cycle path in the Park that goes around the perimeter and you can briefly pop out to grab the caches.</p>
<p>If you are cycling (RECOMMENDED), then it might be a good idea to bring a lock so that you don't have to squeeze your cycle through some of the narrower gates.<br />
If you are walking, watch out for cyclists.<br />
If you are driving....it's only seven miles around the path.</p>
<p><b>Note: The Park is open to walkers and cyclists 24/7 (except during the cull which lasts 4/6 weeks starting in February) when the Park is completely closed at 8 PM. I highly recommend a night circuit.</b></p>

ShortDescription:
<font color="red"><b>Please be considerate to us cache owners and write SMALL. If you don't have a pen to sign to log then don't claim a find.</b></font>


Code: GC4TNG6
ShortDescription: <p>This is the first in an occasional series of Geocaches linked to Freemasonry</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=99949e24-6329-4cfe-a89f-622b759348a2
LongDescription:
<p>Croydon and District Masonic Hall was originally built as a Church, however it's construction was delayed by the Second World War. In fact during the war it was used as a food store, and specifically used to store jars of Bovril.</p>
<p>Following the Second World War there wasn't need for another Church in Croydon, so new owners were sought and a Committee of Freemasons decided to purchase the building to form a permanent home for Freemasonry in Croydon.</p>
<p>Freemasonry means different things to each of those who joins. For some, it's about making new friends and acquaintances. For others it's about being able to help deserving causes - making a contribution to family and society. But for most, it is an enjoyable hobby.<br />
<br />
Freemasonry is one of the world's oldest and largest non-religious, non-political, fraternal and charitable organisations. It teaches self-knowledge through participation in a progression of ceremonies. </p>
<p>You are looking for a black magnetic nano cache, and you will need to bring your own pen. Have fun searching!</p>
Congratulations to Geobrian on FTF. If you are interested in Freemasonry in Croydon visit www.crescamus.co.uk


Code: GC1PCYR
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=416c7eee-a26d-49b2-9957-23b848a6d972
Hints: One trunk or two. It could be one of tree. Please ensure it is well covered when replacing.
LongDescription:
A series of caches placed around the grounds of rugby clubs. 
Caches will all be outside the grounds in the public domain unless otherwise stated and at this time, all bar one give a view of the rugby posts, a requirement for anyone who would like to extend this series.

Bevonians RFC was the rugby club for past attendees of Beverley Boys School. Unfortunately, the club folded about 5 years ago. The clubhouse and posts still stand and can be seen from the cache site.

The cache is a small box containing a log and pencil and a few swaps. It can take small TBs. It is situated on a slip road that runs parallel with the A3. Please take care if caching with children in this area. 

GPS coverage is slightly hampered by the number of trees in the area, but at placing 10-15ft accuracy was achieved. A suitable clue is given.

If you would like to extend this series, please feel free. There are only 3 rules which must be followed;

1. Every effort must be made to place the cache with a view of the pitch or posts.
2. Every effort must be made NOT to use a micro. 
3. I don't need to know the number - there aren't any!
 Remember - the refs’ decision is final and arguing will just get you a yellow card.

PLEASE ENSURE IT IS WELL COVERED WHEN REPLACING.


Code: GC23M55
ShortDescription: Malcolm Park
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a6960223-2dd4-4b93-b88b-1230ed805490
Hints: On ground behind brambles. Black sack. Against fence!
TravelBugs: <BR>Defending Dragon Geocoin (id = 2555970, ref = TB36JFJ)
LongDescription:
Barnet Parks Series # 11.


Malcolm Park, 
PLEASE NOTE: PARK CLOSES AT DUSK.
RESIDENTS ONLY PARKING IN MALCOLM CRESENT.

Stealth required at busy times.


Code: GC5PN2R
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=12880160-2170-400d-b2b3-e5cc5347dfd4
Hints: It's black, but came from the blue
LongDescription:
<p>A fire brigade was formed in Hendon in 1855 and refounded as a volunteer brigade in 1866, with subsidiary stations opened in Mill Hill in 1889 (remains open but relocated) and Childs Hill in 1895 (closed c. 1920). In 1899, Hendon Urban District Council took over the brigade and opened sub-stations the following year at West Hendon (closed 1922), Burnt Oak (closed 1925) and Golders Green (closed 1927). Hendon's fire engine had been kept in a building opposite St. Mary's Church, Church End, but in 1911 Hendon UDC announced a competition for a new fire station. The competition was won by Herbert Welch, architect for much of the nearby centre of Golders Green, an important suburban Edwardian development. The station was designed to harmonise with the Arts and Craft style of the adjacent Urban Council Offices which had opened in 1900. All three buildings: Hendon Fire Station, its neighbour Hendon Library and its neighour Hendon Town Hall, all share the English Herritage Grade II listed status.</p>
<p><img src="https://d1u1p2xjjiahg3.cloudfront.net/177391fd-4b4f-441b-8563-677d247bc994.jpg" /></p>
<p>*Photo by Tinni Choudhury</p>
<p>There is no need to go onto the station forecourt to retrieve the cache; it can be easily reached from the paved area to the side but watch for muggles due to the university campus. Please bring tweezers and a pen.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>Hendon Fire Station is a grade II listed building opened in 1914 and now, over 100 years later, has a cache close by.</p>


Code: GCM9DX
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=15a2a509-1a63-46b3-8cae-796062a5c63e
Hints: At the base of the dead trunk.
LongDescription:
Wanstead Park dead last. This cache is placed with the theme in mind you wont find a better example than this one. The cache overlooks Heronry pond and as far as I can tell there is only one small path into this area where the cache is waiting. There are quite a few places that the cache could hide here so the photo will help the less experienced cachers out there. Please take care to hide the cache how I hid it.Follow this link for maps etc <a href="http://www.wrengroup.fsnet.co.uk/WANSTEAD_PARK/Wanstead_Park_text.htm">WANSTEAD_PARK &lt;/ a&gt;</a>

ShortDescription:
This cache is part of the themed series placed within Wanstead Park there are 9 to find but only coordinates for 8 the ninth one is a mystery cache. This park has good paths and lots of wonderful lakes to look at. The woods are 300 years old parking is in two locations depending where you are coming from Wanstead park ave N51.34.072--E000.03.210--or Northumberland ave N51.33.896--E000.02.435. Also bus route 101or308 PLEASE CHECK OUT THE BONUS CACHE DETAILS WAYPOINT GCM93T


Code: GC3M185
LongDescription: The container has a log but no pen..
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4f54ce49-e06f-48cd-b486-ffcadfcaf9ec
Hints: Look towards your feet..
ShortDescription:
Over the Piccadilly line which has been in use since 1883

A magnetic film container.

Bang in the middle


Code: GC4MAJA
ShortDescription: <p>This is a nano cache hidden outside Kew Gardens Lion Gate, easily accessible at all times.</p>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ee79974d-d0ae-4c83-85e3-98f82597a61d
Hints: Another royal connection
LongDescription:
<p>Lion Gate opened in around 1845.   It consists of a single rectangular wrought-iron gate supported by pillars of yellow London brick.   Until recently, the original iron turnstile also stood inside.   Across the top a carved lion sits on a tablet of Portland stone.   Its partner unicorn is located above Unicorn Gate some 730m to the north on Kew Road, although this entrance is no longer in public use.   The lion and the unicorn are heraldic supporters (side figures) which appear on the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.   The lion symbolises England and the unicorn represents Scotland.</p>
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/47fc9ca4-1988-4669-b895-ca8c765dc929.jpg" /></center>
<p>The two statues were designed in the neoclassical style by Thomas Hardwick, a pupil of Kew architect Sir William Chambers, following a commission by King George IV in 1821.   They originally adorned the roofs of lodges by Main Gate on Kew Green but were relocated when the new gates were added.   Hardwick was born in 1752 just across the river in Brentford, the third generation of one of the most famous architectural families of the time.   He was appointed Clerk of Works at Hampton Court by King George III and later designed a number of churches, the most famous being St Mary Marylebone near Regent's Park and St Mary the Virgin in Wanstead.</p>
<p>The lion and unicorn are made of Coade stone, an easily moulded form of ceramic stoneware widely used for statues in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.   Fortunately, Coade stone is highly weather-resistant and the Kew lion has survived without restoration for almost 200 years.</p>
<p>Located at the south-east corner of the Gardens, Lion Gate is the closest entrance for visitors arriving from Richmond.   In 1883, a horse-drawn tram service was introduced by London United Tramways on a single track along Kew Road, with passing loops.   The little trams had red velvet cushioned interiors and ran from the Orange Tree pub in Richmond to the southern side of Kew Bridge, a distance of almost 2.5km.   The full end-to-end fare was 2d.   In the late 1890s, proposals to introduce a second track and electrification were opposed by residents of Kew Road and so the trams remained horse-drawn until finally replaced by motor buses in 1912.   Even today, the original tram shed may still be seen near Richmond Circus, where the building is now occupied by the Falcons Preparatory School for Boys.</p>
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/large/9825afb1-b0a6-4aa4-998b-2e95f953b976.jpg" />
<p><em>Kew &amp; Richmond Tram outside the Kew Road Tram Shed around 1890</em></p>
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Code: GC1HTF6
ShortDescription: Down a short bank by the New River, accessible from the grass path
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=43f2ba75-1045-4ceb-b6b2-1088ec4784e0
Hints: On the ground under the ivy where it spills over the handrail, but not your usual hide!
LongDescription:
The New River is a man-made waterway, that was created in 1613, to provide fresh water for London from the River Lee. It still provides that purpose today. It starts near Ware in Hertfordshire and ends in Stoke Newington, 20 miles away.
This cache is placed near where the New River passes over Pymmes Brook. Very close to here the New River used to travel around a long loop towards Arnos Grove following the natural contours to maintain gradient. By 1850 there was a need to increase the flow of water and the loop was shortened.
This is a new (unused!) specimen container that has been cammoed. It is quite delicate so please remove and replace carefully. You will probably need a pencil to 'twirl' the log out.
A yellow etrex was used to take the original co-ords. We have now updated them using an oregon.
A garnet gemstone has been left for the FTF (or second to find if the FTF is a prize enough!)


Code: GC2W3G2
ShortDescription: My first Cache, a nano – so located nearby, near Long Lane wood.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5271b924-a94f-4a97-bd23-675a8c25a613
Hints: Magnetic, behind
LongDescription:
Long Lane wood is an old woodland that was shown on Thomas Bainbridge’s map of Croydon in 1800. The area has remained almost unaltered, although, the surrounding fields have been replaced by houses and gardens. It’s one of the few remaining parts of the Great North Wood, which gives nearby Norwood its name. Before it closed and moved to Epsom, Croydon Horse Race site was nearby. Part of the woodland area, which is predominantly Oak, has been fenced off for a bird sanctuary and within this area shrubs and herbaceous plants cover the ground and provide shelter and homes for the birds and other wildlife..<br />
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Code: GC5Z9VQ
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=755c0a3e-cc11-410f-a5b0-005c6af1f84f
Hints: magnetic head height L=100
LongDescription:
<p>Croydon is a large town in South London, England, the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. It is located 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south of Charing Cross. The town is expected to see changes as part of Croydon Vision 2020, an urban planning initiative. Croydon is now one of the largest commercial districts outside of Central London, bearing one of the largest shopping districts, a developed night-time economy. It is identified in the London Plan as one of 11 metropolitan centres in Greater London. It has a population of 52,104 in the 2011 census, comprising the Addiscombe, Broad Green and Fairfield wards.</p>
<p>Historically a part of Surrey, at the time of the Norman conquest of England, Croydon had a church, a mill, and around 365 inhabitants, as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. Croydon expanded during the Middle Ages as a market town and a centre for charcoal production, leather tanning and brewing. The Surrey Iron Railway from Croydon to Wandsworth opened in 1803 and was the world's first public railway. Later nineteenth century railway building facilitated Croydon's growth as a commuter town for London (including the City of London). By the early 20th century, Croydon was an important industrial area, known for car manufacture, metal working and its airport. In the mid 20th century these sectors were replaced by retailing and the service economy, brought about by massive redevelopment which saw the rise of office blocks and the Whitgift shopping centre. Croydon was amalgamated into Greater London in 1965.</p>
<p>Croydon lies on a transport corridor between central London and the south coast of England, to the north of two gaps in the North Downs, one followed by the A23 Brighton Road through Purley and Merstham and the main railway line and the other by the A22 from Purley to the M25 Godstone interchange. Road traffic is now diverted away from a largely pedestrianised town centre, and its main railway station, East Croydon, is a major hub of the national railway transport system, with frequent fast services to central London among other destinations. The town is unique in Greater London for its Tramlink light rail transport system.</p>
<p>The Grade II listed West Croydon Baptist Church was built in 1873 by one J Theodore Barker. It is a red brick building with stone dressings. Its three bays are divided by paired Doric pilasters supporting a triglyph frieze and panelled parapet.</p>
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<font color="blue">See also the Church Micro <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html">Statistics</a> and <a href="http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html">Home</a> pages for further information about the series.<br />
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ShortDescription:
<p>This is an easy off set micro the cache is close by. The info you need is on the front of the church to calculate the co-ordinates.</p>
<p>there is an 11 digit phone number ABC DEFG HIJK</p>
<p>also calculate your elevation to the nearest 100 meters on the first step between the 2 pillar's this will be = L</p>
<p> N 51 22. (L x G) + (G x G) + (I - H)</p>
<p>W 000 05. (L x D) + (E x E)</p>
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Code: GC3NT9J
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=63790e03-5b7d-4d6d-a76c-50785837a8c8
Hints: Short post Pictures of cachers sat on these historical steps would be great
LongDescription:
These mounting steps on top of Shooters hill, used for mounting horses, date back to the 17th Century to 18th Century – AD 1700 to 1799 and are a grade 2 listed building. 
Shooters hill reputedly takes its name from the practice of archery there during the Middle Ages, although the name is also commonly linked to its reputation as a haunt for highwaymen and was infamous for its gibbets of the executed ones as referred to in 1661 in Samuel Pepys diary. 
In 1749, 'The Bull' public house opened just west of the mounting steps and was used as a refreshment stop by the coaches that travelled too and from London.
Shooters hill is also one of the highest points in London 129 metres (423 ft) witch offers good views over the River Thames to the north, with central London clearly visible to the west.

ShortDescription:
You will be looking for a small test tube with a log only so please bring a pen. Wheelchair friendly although the cache is low down so assistance may be required. Happy caching


Code: GC2XGR0
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=64415c51-4888-427f-8ca5-a39b8597d6ea
Hints: Its going to be up high and well sheltered.
LongDescription:
These lovely  rose gardens are situated at the top of Jack wood.
The ancient Oxleas woods cover 77 hectares and are at least 8,000 years old. Take a walk through the woods of oak, silver birch, hornbeam and coppice hazel. 
Visit Severndroog Castle - built in 1784 as a memorial to William James of the East India Company, it stands in Castle Wood.
Easy access via Kenilworth gardens then Crown wood lane which you’ll find at the top of Dover road. Access is 24 hours although the car park closes at 8 pm. During the day you can find refreshments and toilets.
JOKE: What's the difference between chopped beef and pea soup?
Everyone can chop beef, but not everyone can pea soup!

ShortDescription:
You will be looking for a camo'd tube with just a log. Bring your own pen. Placed with the kind permission of Greenwich council parks and open spaces.


Code: GC37VH5
ShortDescription: level ground with stairs needed to get this cache
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c74698ea-d676-47fd-8912-d9a5a4e1a3b9
Hints: magnetic 35mm on the corner of the metal fence
LongDescription:
Part of a nice circular route around the Royal Victoria dock and Royal Albert dock I can recommend cycling as this is the best way to cover the ground.
All the route posses no problem to bikes so walking would be the same 
There is plenty to see from wild life to strange looking buildings 
And of course the Thames 
check out this very big lock it may be closed for boats from time to time but you can go round from the other side.
extra point if you can catch a boat using it


Code: GC5JFWK
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=55066e82-148c-4099-991a-f907e266f1c6
Hints: Have a 'root' around!
LongDescription:
<p><strong>Harvington Estate - Petley 1</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>The Harvington Estate is located on South Eden Park Road, along from the Wickham Road, with&amp;nbsp;its own car park accessed from South Eden Park Road and parking also available on the Eden Park Avenue side of the park. The Estate was donated to the 'Borough of Beckenham' back in the 1930's before the London Boroughs were formed.</p>
<p>In the early 1870s, five houses were built along what we know today as South Eden Park Rd. At least some of the land, if not all, belonged to William Rudd Mace whose daughter Emily had married George Stanley Lutwyche. The houses most closely associated with them were Elderslie and Oakfield but there were also Chalfont, Homewood and Harvington. How did the whole area become known as the Harvington Estate?</p>
<p>It is all to do with the Petley family, Bertrand Theodore and Florence Ada, who lived there from 1919 and brought the name Harvington with them. Harvington was of particular significance to them since it was the name of the village near Kidderminster where they became engaged to be married. They took the name to Burmah for their house in the hill station at Maymyo and then back again for their house in Beckenham at the bend in South Eden Park Rd.</p>
<p>Harvington was described as an imposing red brick house with a slated roof, roughly square in shape with a frontage of sixty feet. A twenty-foot billiards room had been added to the original building but it had suffered some damage when a V2 fell near St John&amp;rsquo;s church over the other side of the fields.</p>
<p>The other two houses Homewood and Chalfont, were of white brick and perhaps the different lodges still there today, Harvington of red brick and the other two of grey materials reflect the different construction of the houses. Oakfield was described in 1904 as a picturesque building in Italian villa style. It was constructed of Staffordshire bricks with ornamental stone dressings and mouldings.</p>
<p>Harvington was thought to be the oldest, built in 1871 according to the date carved by the builders above one of the first floor windows.</p>
<p>As a young man Bertrand Theodore Petley became forest manager of Messrs J. W. Darwood &amp;amp; Co, Burmah, living far away from civilisation. He became known in Upper Burmah for the force of his personality and his intimate understanding of the country and its people. In November 1898, at Rangoon Cathedral, Bertrand married Florence Ada Chappell, daughter of the iron founder, Henry Pegg Chappell from Staffordshire. Their eldest son, James Bertrand, died from dysentery at the age of two years, four months, twenty days in Burmah but they had two more sons, Hugh Henry and Philip Theodore. Their daughter, Dorothy Florence, was born in Katha 29. 9. 1899 and baptised in May 1900 in Mandalay.</p>
<p>The following description of life in Katha comes from a history of the company. &amp;ldquo;The Katha forest manager lived in a ramshackle bungalow adjoining the native quarter. It poured heavily and relentlessly in the summer. Age-old newspapers and paperbacks were ravaged by silverfish and white ants. Heavy mosquito netting thwarted the whisper of a breeze. Overhead, a steady stream of bats flashed along the veranda and the occasional lizard would fall with a plop!</p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong>Harvington Estate - Petley 1</strong></p>
<p>This Geocache is named after the Petley family who donated the estate. A good Geocache to do with the children or while walking the dog. Includes a pad and pencils along with some trinkets for the children. This is my first cache - so good luck!</p>


Code: GC36KQD
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7c9ff9e5-9af8-4828-a568-3dbcdf0ff65e
Hints: on support ledge
LongDescription:
The A3, known as the Portsmouth Road for much of its length, is a dual carriageway, or expressway, which follows the historic route between London and Portsmouth passing close to Kingston upon Thames, Guildford, Haslemere and Petersfield. For much of its 67-mile (108 km) length, it is classified as a trunk road and, apart from a section within the London conurbation and a short section where the Hindhead Tunnel is currently being built, is dual carriageway. At its southerly end, the original road has been replaced by the A3(M), but the designation A3 is still used to identify the old road.
The road was once the haunt of highwaymen. For example, the legendary Jerry Abershawe terrorised the area around Kingston and led a gang based at the Bald Faced Stag Inn on the Portsmouth Road. Another particularly dangerous location was in the vicinity of the Devil's Punch Bowl, Hindhead, about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Guildford.

Today there is a traffic black spot during peak hours going northbound before the Hook underpass. The road reduces from three lanes to two in the underpass. The speed limit at this point reduces from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), with the first of many speed enforcement cameras situated before the road bears to the right and under the bridge . The traffic from the A309 also joins just before the underpass. This section is often busy from about 7:50am to 8:30am and from 5:15pm to 5:50pm.

The Kingston By-pass becomes the Esher By-pass at the A3's junction with the A309.

You are looking for a magnetic keysafe holder located somewhere on the footbridge.

As always with busy roads, please take extra care with young children.

IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THIS SERIES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO – but please let me know!


Code: GC5VR0Q
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=84bd67c1-3af6-41bd-9186-c768d789ae27
Hints: magnetic, just to the left of the 2 holes over the brickwork
LongDescription:
Peep Show is a British comedy which began in 2003 starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.<br />
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<img src="http://i1060.photobucket.com/albums/t453/matthewogorman/peep-show-netflix_zpsuazxfman.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo peep-show-netflix_zpsuazxfman.jpg" /><br />
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In the first two series, the flat scenes were filmed in a real flat in Zodiac Court, Croydon (renamed as Apollo House in the show). However before series 3 began shooting the owners of the flat demanded more money and the producers decided to film the flat scenes in a studio with a set replicating the flat interior. Since then this is how the flat scenes have been filmed, with exterior shots of Zodiac Court tower block used as inserts between scenes.<br />
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This cache is located outside of Zodiac Court. It should be a very straight forward grab once the hint is found.


Code: GC2Y821
ShortDescription: This cache is a camoflaged small clip lock plastic box. It has a few things inside to swap.
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9eca406c-525a-4995-9f45-7cffe0626cae
LongDescription:
Jack Wood, next to Castle Wood, has a terrace garden, from which visitors may enjoy spectacular views across London. It also has an attractive rose garden.
Placed with the kind permission from Greenwich council parks and open spaces
JOKE: Two cannibals are eating a clown. 
One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

Hints:
you will find this cache at the base of a scrawny tree with ivy wrapping around it. There are are a few but this one has dead wood at it's base and I think you'll find some old lumps of concrete at GZ


Code: GC2PF0J
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7d6b2a08-3835-4999-b2d8-9f2aaf4a55ad
Hints: Think outside the circle, but only a hop, skip and a jump away.
LongDescription:
The cache is a small food container with a log (no pencil), and at the time of placing had an orange keyring, an Icelandic coin, and a guitar plectrum inside. The nature trail was created for local school children to discover more about the environment when touring the university. It's not lit at night so I suggest a day visit but you're unlikely to be disturbed my any muggles!  Most of the trail is covered in bark chippings but it can get muddy so not suitable for wheelchair access. Parking is available on campus in the multi-storey car park after 4.30pm weekdays and all day Saturday and Sunday. Alternatively you can enter campus from a path off of Windermere Road.

ShortDescription:
Kingston University's Kingston Hill site is open to the public as well as the students. Formerly known as Gipsy Hill, it is home to Coombehurst House where Florence Nightingale used to regularly visit her aunt and uncle (now home to the Music Department). Kenry House, at the top of the site, was a hospital for wounded soldiers during the First World War. The cache is located on the nature trail at the back of campus.


Code: GC4VM9X
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3cf046c9-625f-4949-a329-93750d0d43fe
Hints: Corner
LongDescription:
<p>Cache is now a magnetic nano placed at head height....well away from the detritus in the area. The area is very busy with nearby schools so stealth will be required to locate and replace. Happy hunting!</p>
I suggest parking in nearby Stroud Green Way, and walking down the short pathway to the cache.<br />
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ShortDescription:
<p>This cache is placed near the Woodside Fire Station in Long Lane, Croydon...providing fire cover since 1933!</p>


Code: GC2VXZY
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4d6e1cc6-e1f4-4108-a008-d1587e7bb333
Hints: Behind green box, under railing.
LongDescription:
This cache is located on the surrounding road, very close to Wembley Stadium East Entrance. I would not recommend parking close to the cache due to parking restrictions. However, parking is available in the nearby retail park (free parking for 2 hours) This cache is dedicated to travelling fans visiting Wembley Stadium. In your online log, please write about your visit and tell us about the score. Stealth is required, especially on an event day. You are looking for a magnetic key safe. BYOP. Please replace exactly as found. Car parking at N51 33.561 W 000 16. 609
<center><font color="red"><font color="red"><b>FTF Congratulations to onlyoneandroid</b></font></font></center>


Code: GC25TMH
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=71451a71-b6c3-455b-82ba-32a4f391a825
Hints: Right hand fence post
TravelBugs: <BR>SkateBUG (id = 3548334, ref = TB48X4A)
LongDescription:
Although mainly easy going the footpath can be muddy in places and a recently repaired section (only about 20m long) is not unlike walking on brighton beach. There is also a bridge with narrow access near the Mitcham Junction end. 
There have been some interesting bird sightings on the lake as you approach the Beddington Park end of the path so you may want to include binoculars in your backpack!
The cache is a shallow clear tupperware box with room for very small swaps and geocoins.
Please take time to replace and cover well.

UPDATE: Mitcham Junction Side Tracked has been archived but there are some golf related caches to the north by Wimbledonian which link the path to Mitcham junction and/or beddington lane tram stop.

ShortDescription:
A small cache placed on a very pleasant footpath approximately halfway between Mitcham Junction and Beddington Park, Hackbridge.


Code: GC35YF7
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=233a61bb-0ad6-4f5e-83d2-47ef220ed389
Hints: usual IC MTT, next to fence!
LongDescription:
Cannon Hill Common is located between the town centres Raynes Park
and Morden in the ward of Cannon Hill in the south western corner
of Merton. The Common is accessible from Parkway, Heath Drive and
Cannon Hill Lane. The Common can be accessed on foot from Whatley
Avenue, Cannon Hill Lane, Southway, Parkway and Heath Drive.
Walkers can also get onto the Common via walkways from King
George's Playing Fields, Joseph Hood Recreation Ground,
across the meadow from Parkway and along the grassed area adjacent
to the roads. Cannon Hill Common covers 21 hectares of open space.
It boasts mature woodland, which is over 140 years old and is home
to a variety of plants and animals. Cannon Hill Common is a great
place for walking, recreational fishing and angling, dog walking,
bird watching and simply getting away from urban life and enjoying
a small piece of countryside in the city. Find out more about
Cannon Hill Common's history.
<center><img src=
"http://img.geocaching.com/cache/823c8c36-c6cf-40fb-9bf2-47a01c81b5d9.jpg" /></center>
Cache is located just off a public footpath that runs between the
common and playing fields. You are looking for a small tupperware
type container. The footpath is accessible for both wheelchairs and
pushchairs but could prove to be bumpy in places and may be muddy
in wet weather. Wheelchair cachers will need assistance to retrieve
the cache.


Code: GC3HRDN
ShortDescription: 'e tan, e epi tan' a Spartan mother would say to her son
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=cf7020cf-7a42-4cda-a2ee-abed0f90f568
Hints: Reach for all that is Wanstead
LongDescription:
In anticipation of 'Wanstead after the final final' a nano. Be careful and quick, as placed in clear sight.


Code: GC1HTFX
ShortDescription: Down a bank by the New River
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bf1a861d-99fe-4dc0-9eaf-2ea64d6f1aff
Hints: In tree
LongDescription:
The New River is a man-made waterway, that was created in 1613, to provide fresh water for London from the River Lee. It still provides that purpose today. It starts near Ware in Hertfordshire and ends in Stoke Newington, 20 miles away.
The cache is a small unused specimen container, slightly smaller than a 35mm. It is delicate so please remove and replace carefully. You will probably need a pencil to 'twirl' the log out, but it should be easier than those fiddly nanos!
A garnet gemstone has been left for the FTF. No need to swap!
The 121, 329 and 629 buses run from nearby Broomfield Lane. If going on to New River- Hazelwood, follow the green New River signposts (ignore the other footpath sign)


Code: GC3AFGT
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6745e7b3-ade8-4c53-8902-1a3283a043d8
Hints: Lets Rock
LongDescription:
This area is known as St Helier open space and in recent years the council have laid a tarmac path so its not too bad to walk through most of the year, although the cache is located a short distance off of the path. The cache contains a log book and pencil and can accomodate a few very small objects but not many 
it blends in well with its location so have a good look around 
muggle shouldn`t be to much of a problem

ShortDescription:
This is the third of our little series eventually leading to our Mitcham RFC cache 

It all starts at Sutton arena


Code: GC18NEW
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=16bb3e9d-230c-4676-8369-b3215d25379f
Hints: Main SILVER upright between boat & purple people.
LongDescription:
<p>Water to Follow is a series of off-road caches around West
London that are easy with the hint but difficult without. So if you
find it without decrypting and it was a challenge, then do say so
in your log. They are best done by bike and ultimately will be
circular.</p>
<p>The bridge and surrounding area have been recently <a rel=
"nofollow" href=
'http://www.brent.gov.uk/www.nsf/b46bbda67104c5a980256e280052a265/06147a185428dc4b8025735600572038!OpenDocument'
target="_blank">renovated</a>. I'm glad to see that my Sustrans
contributions are being put to good use. There is a lot of foot
traffic here but mostly passing through, so stealth is
required.</p>
<p>You can check your ranking in the <a rel="nofollow" href=
'http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=1414288' target="_blank">WTF
league table</a></p>


Code: GC38FGY
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=777c7adf-84cb-4385-9eb7-21493597003f
Hints: low down
ShortDescription:
A short series of specimen bottle caches around Mottingham S E London, all hidden in trees to make it nice and quick and easy.  Please replace exactly as found


Code: GC588C6
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=30648f23-c5ab-4e63-bbd5-d210501d8ca1
Hints: Magnetic
LongDescription:
<p><u><strong>About SideTracked - Mottingham</strong></u></p>
<p>The station was first opened by the South Eastern Railway in 1866 as Eltham. In 1892 it was renamed Eltham &amp; Mottingham. In 1927 it became Mottingham.</p>
<p>The goods yard on the down side to the west of the platforms included a large coal office. A footbridge linking the two platforms was opened in the 1890s. Half a dozen sidings used for rolling stock were built around 1900 on the down side opposite the goods yard.</p>
<p>A three-storey high substation was built next to the station when the Dartford Loop Linewas electrified in 1926. The substation was demolished in 1957 later to be replaced by more powerful substations at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Eltham_railway_station" title="New Eltham railway station">N</a>ew Eltham and Hither Green</p>
<p>On 19 March 1946 the station was the location of a fatal accident when an electric passenger train collided with a stationary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_engine" title="Light engine">l</a>ight engine that was waiting to move into the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siding_(rail)" title="Siding (rail)">s</a>idings. The driver of the passenger train was killed and 13 passengers injured. In 1955 the platforms were lengthened to take ten carriage trains. The goods yard closed and five of the six rolling stock sidings were decommissioned in 1968. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_box" title="Signal box">s</a>ignal box closed the following year. In 1992 the platforms were lengthened again and in 2012 the platforms were further extended to take twelve carriage trains.</p>
<p>You will need to bring a pen.</p>
<p><br /></p>
<p style="color:red;font-size:100%;"><strong><em>When I'm out caching I carry a supply of replacement log sheets so that I can help out the cache owner by carrying out any maintenance that's required. If anybody would like to replace any logs that need urgent servicing in my caches, please do so..</em></strong></p>
<p style="color:green;font-size:150%;"><strong><em>Congratulations to Jimthebee for FTF.</em></strong></p>

ShortDescription:
<p><strong><u>Geocache Description:</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>About SideTracked Caches</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>This cache belongs to the SideTracked series. It is not designed to take you to a magical place with a breath taking view. It's a distraction for the weary traveller, but anyone else can go and find it too. More Information can be found at the SideTracked Website.</strong></p>


Code: GC3DM2F
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c26c1920-b187-4bc4-ad2a-5fdf8340d49e
Hints: One metal fence, no need to enter garden. Parking available after 7pm .
LongDescription:
Although outside a church building I have not added this to the Church Micro series as the building has since been converted into residential care accommodation. Even though in the grounds of the building, the garden is still open to the public - I'm not aware of a closing time, nothing advised at the gates or on t'interweb, but I would advise against doing this later at night in view of the surrounding residences (don't worry, the cache itself is not overlooked directly and the cache can still be stealthily retrieved). There IS a gate which is permanently padlocked but depending on which way you approach from there is another gate further along always open. Also, of course, it goes without saying that you should please be respectful of the more 'private' property, particularly the parking area around the back.<br />
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On a nice day, this is a lovely quiet spot, not too far from the town and the offices, but quiet enough to enjoy a peaceful break for lunch without too many people around - <b>the cache is a magnetic nano</b> so you will need a pen, and the hiding place should be obvious when you reach GZ should the coordinates be slightly off (my phone, GPS and two different mapping websites didn't really want to agree).<br />
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Finally, a little bit of history about the Garden<br />
taken from <a href="http://www.croydononline.org/history/places/parks_and_open_spaces/stjames.asp">croydononline.org:</a><br />
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<i>St James' Church was built in 1828 on the extensive Common which was the last area of open land in the centre of Croydon. St James' was the first Anglican Church to be built since the founding of the Parish Church of Croydon, and was consecrated on the 31st January 1829.<br />
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The original building consisted of the Nave and Tower only, and was constructed to hold 1200 people. A single bell hung in the Tower, and the turret clock was installed in 1850, the chancel , with vestries on either side, were added in 1880.<br />
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In subsequent years the surrounding land was enclosed and developed and no provision was made for recreation. In 1890 an agreement was made with the Corporation to maintain ½ acre of the churchyard "with a view to the enjoyment by the Public"; no games were to be played. However due to the deteriorating condition of the property this agreement was terminated in 1920.<br />
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In 1959 the Corporation was again asked to take over responsibility, this time for the whole churchyard under the 1906 Open Spaces Act. A design was prepared for the layout of the area as an ornamental garden which originally was to include a garden for the blind paid for, in part, by the South Norwood and Addiscombe Rotary Club. Work was held up for six years, due to the uncertain future of the church; there was a reduction in the congregation and parishioners due to commerce developing in the area and people moving away.<br />
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Plans were finally agreed and the garden was completed by the end of 1966 by which time the estimated cost had risen from £4,000 to £9,000. The gravestones were lifted and laid as a paved area adjacent to the church. Amongst those lifted was one commemorating the Reverend R. C. Fell after whom Fell Road was named. John Morland of Morland Road fame was another regular member of the church.</i>

ShortDescription:
Another cache for the Croydon commuter, placed in - surprisingly - St James' Church Rest Garden (per Google) or St James' Memorial Garden (per the sign outside), placed on Leap Day <img src="http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile.gif" border="0" align="middle" />


Code: GC2BNN8
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=9c6208c7-b54a-4177-bc29-89fe00f1dd0f
Hints: Behind stone.
LongDescription:
The nano is located in Wanstead Park. It is accessible 24 hours a day. Parking along the side streets is ok, you can use the 101 or W19 bus to get near by or it's an easy walk or cycle depending where yoou are. The park is a lovely one to explore, and has a cafe.

ShortDescription:
Daughter number 1 from 4 and the Dog decided to make her own homemade nano. 
...........

Updated listing - we've now replaced this cache. The container is now slightly bigger than the original but still very small. You're looking for a very small pot. 

As it's now slightly easier we've changed the overall difficulty rating to 1.5 which is fair.


Code: GC18E3A
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2db25752-180f-4cbc-9296-3ff48dc44a16
Hints: Holey poley
LongDescription:
Water to Follow is a series of off-road caches around West London
that are easy with the hint but difficult without. So if you find
it without decrypting and it was a challenge, then do say so in
your log. They are recommended by bike and ultimately will be
circular. The river Brent in a more urban setting....
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Code: GC52ETZ
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6e288312-28db-4a68-a2b5-6cc57e2a24d8
Hints: left hand side as you sit inside left leg
ShortDescription:
<p>~~A magnetic bison placed just up the road from the station . Extreme stealth will be required here as you are in a busy area.</p>
<p> can be done as a quick cache and dash</p>
<p><br />
After seeing  a few of the Sidetracked series I could not believe there was not one at shortlands. So here it is,sorry its a bison but there is no where for anything bigger.</p>
<p>please be gentle as i am new at this cheers</p>
<p> </p>


Code: GC2XFRN
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ca77e9ed-af73-47b7-ae42-65887347d2c7
Hints: This cache is at ground level hidden with stickoflage inside a rotten old stump.
LongDescription:
Jack wood along with Oxleas wood and castle wood is A Site of Special Scientific Interest, the ancient Oxleas woods cover 77 hectares and are at least 8,000 years old. Take a walk through the woods of oak, silver birch, hornbeam and coppice hazel. 
Visit Severndroog Castle - built in 1784 as a memorial to William James of the East India Company, it stands in Castle Wood.
Easy access via Kenilworth gardens then Crown wood lane which you’ll find at the top of Dover road. Access is 24 hours although the car park closes at 8 pm.
JOKE: What lies shivering on the seabed? A nervous wreck

ShortDescription:
This cache is a small plastic clip lock camouflaged container with some items in for swaps. It has been placed right on the edge of Oxleas meadow and Jack woods. There are paths but the cache has been hidden just off the path on the edge of the woods itself. Placed with the help of geo friend ‘Badmouse’.
 WARNING ! Two TB's have gone missing from this cache. There maybe a TB thief dipping into this cache


Code: GC459RW
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=73bdf45c-b2fe-44aa-b21a-1b6a90d9edd0
Hints: bright yellow. you can't miss me
ShortDescription:
200 H 1 Is not there anymore so you will need to find the hydrant cover. Then it will be near to the location when the plaque would normally reside. between the joints.


Code: GC4TFD4
ShortDescription: <i>Another addition to the SideTracked series of easy caches close to railway stations.</i>
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=daed6278-1bd9-4202-8f68-90db02de0d8e
Hints: Magnetic, under the bottom hinge of the rusty, old gate.
LongDescription:
<p align="justify"><img src="http://imgcdn.geocaching.com/cache/large/1ef14ee0-1c54-48ab-a0cb-2e4aec0e371b.jpg" align="right" hspace="8" vspace="2" />The cache is hidden just outside of the station grounds, in a place where it should be easy to retrieve and replace, and which offers nice view of the Alexandra Palace to the south.</p>
<p align="justify">The New Southgate station was opened in 1850 on the Great Northern Railway's main line to Peterborough and was originally intended primarily to serve the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum which was being built at the time. Later known as the Friern Hospital, the asylum has since been developed into luxury flats. The opening of the station came as the turning point for the whole area. Entirely undeveloped, with only two groups of farm buildings nearby, the station brought new life into the area, and by 1867 the core of New Southgate had been built. Ironically, the connection with the Asylum impeded further development because the middle classes could not be persuaded to live so near to the lunatic asylum. Attempts to remedy this can be seen in gradual changes of the station's name. Originally called Colney Hatch, the station was renamed Southgate and Colney Hatch (1855), New Southgate and Colney Hatch (1876), New Southgate for Colney Hatch (1883) and finally New Southgate and Friern Barnet (1923).</p>
<p align="justify">Nowadays, approximately 500,000 commuters use the station every year, and on average 3 trains per hour to Moorgate and 3 trains per hour to Welwyn Garden City stop at the station during off-peak times.</p>
<p align="justify">For more information and statistics related to the SideTracked series please see the <a href="http://www.sidetrackedseries.info">homepage</a> of the series.<br /></p>
<center>You are looking for a standard magnetic nano.</center>
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Code: GC384N5
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=552675db-bdde-4e3b-9d93-7faee4a2aecf
Hints: boat race candidates
LongDescription:
An easy urban cache and dash located on a very busy main road so you will need a lot of stealth! There is parking nearby in the side roads.

Cache is pushchair and wheelchair friendly although wheelchair cachers may need someone to retrieve the cache for them but they might be able to reach this one themselves! And as always with a busy road please make sure that any children are supervised.

You are looking for a 35mm film canister and will need to bring a pen or pencil to sign the log.

Happy hunting!


Code: GC2XGQV
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7967171c-7dc2-4b2f-8800-4d353eeb08a9
LongDescription:
The cache is on the edge of Oxleas meadow and Oxleas wood.

Jack wood along with Oxleas wood and castle wood is A Site of Special Scientific Interest, the ancient Oxleas woods cover 77 hectares and are at least 8,000 years old. Take a walk through the woods of oak, silver birch, hornbeam and coppice hazel. 
Visit Severndroog Castle - built in 1784 as a memorial to William James of the East India Company, it stands in Castle Wood.
Easy access via Kenilworth gardens then Crown wood lane which you’ll find at the top of Dover road. Access is 24 hours although the car park closes at 8 pm. During the day you can find refreshments and toilets.JOKE: I've just bought a Dalmatian puppy.And I've found out, if you join all the dots together with a marker pen......it doesn't wash off.

ShortDescription:
This cache is a 30ml labratory specimen container camoflaged well for it's surroundings. Placed with the kind permission from Greenwich council parks and open spaces

Hints:
It is about 5 foot off the ground. Just hanging around
blending in well with ivy. Look hard very hard as it is a job to see. From the meadow into the woods it'll be on your right just off a small path.


Code: GC369KQ
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1fd7037a-755c-4142-aa0f-cb4e3fed88ba
Hints: Its opening wide
LongDescription:
Cannon Hill Common is located between the town centres Raynes Park and Morden in the ward of Cannon Hill in the south western corner of Merton. The Common is accessible from Parkway, Heath Drive and Cannon Hill Lane. The Common can be accessed on foot from Whatley Avenue, Cannon Hill Lane, Southway, Parkway and Heath Drive. Walkers can also get onto the Common via walkways from King George’s Playing Fields, Joseph Hood Recreation Ground, across the meadow from Parkway and along the grassed area adjacent to the roads. Cannon Hill Common covers 21 hectares of open space. It boasts mature woodland, which is over 140 years old and is home to a variety of plants and animals. Cannon Hill Common is a great place for walking, recreational fishing and angling, dog walking, bird watching and simply getting away from urban life and enjoying a small piece of countryside in the city. Find out more about Cannon Hill Common's history.

on Sunday 23rd October 2011 is an open day free for all to attend.

The cache is slightly larger than a 35mm cache.

It is accessible by wheelchair users but terrain can be soft under foot if we have had wet weather.

Also in the park is 

Haydons Parks Cannon Hill Common 2
Woolaston4's geocache CHC #1

 thanks to The Beekeeper for publishing

ShortDescription:
The Wombles are obviously from Wimbledon Common but I thought I would show people other parks Merton has to be proud of, starting with the lesser known Common, Cannon Hill Common.

Placed with kind permission by the friends of cannon hill common.

The cache is wheelchair accessible.
The best place to park is Cannon Hill Lane, where street parking is free at all times, in some areas


Code: GC45N6Q
LongDescription: magnetic! so only leaves a few areas really that you can search
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3ec76e50-df6a-48c8-a0d0-474163cf496e
ShortDescription:
Can you remember the days of:<br />
The trimphone<br />
Click clacks<br />
Ford Escorts<br />
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well then you will remember the Rover Scouts.<br />
This cache is placed near the car entrance to the hall and is publically accessible.<br />
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Code: GC3AHKW
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=18da2cd6-69e1-4595-87aa-3f585e0adae2
Hints: not quite rock solid
LongDescription:
You are looking for a well camoflauged cache located at the base of a small ivy covered multi trunk tree. Contains pencil,log book and can accomadate small items. may require stealth as it is near a road, .once you are at GZ you should be fine.

ShortDescription:
This is located very close to what me and my son call the boobies, we were going to put it in what we call the cleavage area but the was no good hides.


Code: GC19B92
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3a2d94d7-ed46-4568-80f1-38695652f9e0
Hints: Sign of being really low - shocking! If troubled use the compass.
LongDescription:
<p>Water to Follow is a series of off-road caches around West
London that are easy with the hint but difficult without. So if you
find it without decrypting and it was a challenge, then do say so
in your log. They are best done by bike and ultimately will be
circular.</p>
<p>It is a very muggle rich area during working hours. Take
care.</p>
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Code: GC5Z0HB
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a1621d48-86cb-4599-9a1f-11ccf7ec74ef
Hints: Lucky no. 7 or 12?
LongDescription:
<p>Lovers Walk is a footpath that runs from Ballards Lane, over the Northern Line down to Nether Street and then onto the Dollis Valley Greenwalk. It's a great little path and for the most part links <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Barnet" target="_blank">Victoria Park</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/parks-sport-and-leisure/parks-and-open-spaces/dollis-valley-greenwalk" target="_blank">Dollis Valley Greenwalk</a>.</p>
<p>The cache is a silver magnetic micro cache, you will need your own pen/pencil to write on the log. Please place the cache back exactly as you found it.</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>"Where Lovers Walk" is 1st Finchley Scout Groups fifth geocache. We are based in the Finchley and regulary use the area for navigation training.</p>


Code: GC3717T
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5b5c06e9-d36a-4827-b8ee-540fb49d4f40
Hints: base of leaning oak tree
LongDescription:
Cannon Hill Common is located between the town centres Raynes Parkand Morden in the ward of Cannon Hill in the south western corner of Merton. 

The Common is accessible from Parkway, Heath Drive and Cannon Hill Lane. The Common can be accessed on foot from Whatley Avenue, Cannon Hill Lane, Southway, Parkway and Heath Drive. 
Walkers can also get onto the Common via walkways from King George's Playing Fields, Joseph Hood Recreation Ground,across the meadow from Parkway and along the grassed area adjacent to the roads. 

Cannon Hill Common covers 21 hectares of open space.It boasts mature woodland, which is over 140 years old and is hometo a variety of plants and animals. Cannon Hill Common is a greatplace for walking, recreational fishing and angling, dog walking,bird watching and simply getting away from urban life and enjoyinga small piece of countryside in the city. 

Cache is located just off a public footpath that runs between thecommon and playing fields. You are looking for a small round tub type container. The footpath is accessible for both wheelchairs andpushchairs but could prove to be bumpy in places and may be muddy in wet weather. Wheelchair cachers will need assistance to retrieve the cache.

The path can get surprisingly busy so stealth is 
required!

Cache has been placed with the kind permission of Greenspaces Dept, Merton Council


Code: GC3J47E
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=629ab63b-3679-4d3a-850a-5eb152ffe382
LongDescription:
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History<br />
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Ashburton Playing Fields as the name suggests, is mainly dedicated to sports and provides a valuable area of flat land for field events such as football and cricket. Along with Long Lane Woods this gives a continuous recreation area from Shirley to Elmers End. The area is fairly low lying and the Chaffinch Brook runs north through the Playing Fields, in very wet weather it can get a bit soggy under foot!<br />
The Playing Fields and adjacent areas have a long sporting history. Until well into the late Victorian age a race-course thrived on the ground now occupied by the Woodside Fire Station, the Stroud Green housing estate and Ashburton Playing Fields.<br />
It is said that King James I established public horse racing at Croydon early in his reign. The course was bounded on the north by Lower Addiscombe Road and Long Lane, and on the east by what is now Bywood Avenue. The Chaffinch Brook marked its southeast edge, coming back to follow the line of Glenthorne Avenue back to Shirley Road, and then back to Lower Addiscombe Road. The Grand Stand was probably near the end of the present Shirley Park Road.<br />
Woodside station, which was opened in 1871, brought race-goers to the course, as well as providing access by rail to Addiscombe, and via New Beckenham to London.  Because the down side of the station was below road level, a ramp was constructed to enable horses to be brought out of the station, and the exit from the platform is noticeably high, high enough for a horse to be ridden through it.<br />
The race course closed following pressure from the Mayor of Croydon who considered that the races only brought a lot of undesirables down from London. The race track was brought by Beckenham Golf Course and was used as a golf course for a number of years; the Club House was situated behind the fire station site. The area was acquired by the Council for housing and playing fields in 1942.<br />
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ShortDescription:
As a child I lived in a house on the Stroud Green housing estate which backed onto these playing fields. I spent many a happy hour here playing all sorts of games with my friends. This cache is placed to show people this area. You are looking for a black bison tube. Free parking is available within 300 yards in the local area. Thanks go to Croydon Council for permission to place this cache. Please bring your own pen to sign the log.

Hints:
Head height in ivy. please tuck out of sight before you leave. Beware of dog mess, a busy dog walk area! (Access from within the playing fields)


Code: GC19FXV
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f58b4e25-a44f-4269-9376-a6230f7f135f
Hints: tube stop
LongDescription:
<p>Water to Follow is a series of off-road caches around West
London that are easy with the hint but difficult without. So if you
find it without decrypting and it was a challenge, then do say so
in your log. They are best done by bike and ultimately will be
circular.</p>
<p>You will be slightly overlooked here, so use your stealth.</p>
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Code: GC216E9
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3a681ace-13dd-4ae3-9ca7-9f49beb7f1b8
Hints: Fireman Sam recommends Black or Blue but definitely not Cream, Yellow or White.
LongDescription:
<center><img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/7179406d-347d-44e4-ad59-64f0afad5e48.jpg" /></center>
<p>The Fire Station was built in 1898 and the foundation stone at street level is still visible, although over the years it has gradually begun to erode making it difficult to read. More of its unique original features still exist such as the art nouveau setting "Fire Station" sign which is still above the entrance with three notched Saxon Knives of the 1898 Middlesex coat of arms.</p>
<p>Before the Fire Station was erected, on the site stood a building called the Cage which was used as a holding area for prisoners before they were taken to the nearby court house.</p>
<p>The building first opened its doors as a Fire Station on Tuesday 22nd February 1898. The whole town came out to celebrate and all the local children were delighted to be given a half day off school.</p>
<p>The Brentford engine was pulled by horses until 1924 when the first motorised fire engine was delivered to great excitement in the area. During World War Two it was used as a watch tower for Blitz. The Brentford firemen saved many lives on a March evening in 1950 when Brent Painting manufacturing Co. went up in flames sending oil drums exploding 50 feet into the air.</p>
<p>After 67 years of proudly serving the community, Brentford Fire Station closed in 1965. It was used by the ambulance service for almost 20 years before being converted into offices. However, it had been empty for five years before it was bought and turned into a restaurant and bar.</p>


Code: GC35RV8
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e4c921d0-7f61-46cb-bc46-1d73fa079fbc
Hints: "Oh, I say! Saved by the net cord!"
LongDescription:
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Among the many uses of Morden Park is for temporary car parking during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, with Park and Ride buses travelling at regular intervals to and from the All England ground. Not so long ago, tennis was played here on a number of courts which have now fallen into disuse.<br />
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The cache is located in a disused and decaying sporting environment, with brambles and trip hazards to be expected. High muggle/duggle traffic close by, so stealth is required.<br />
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You are looking for a disguised micro. The container is very prone to dampness so it would be best not to leave TBs or other items in it. The log is in a waterproof Bison type tube, so it should stay dry, please let me know if this is not the case. There is no pencil so please bring your own, or find a twig and put that bramble scratch to good use. <img src="http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile.gif" border="0" align="middle" /><br />
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<h2>Please leave the cache in the exact situation that you find it in. Thanks.</h2>
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<h2><b><font color="red"><marquee width="100%" behavior="SCROLL" bgcolor="yellow" loop="5">Congratulations to fire_star on the FTF!</marquee></font></b></h2>


Code: GC3VHZG
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0ee6e4ec-fce3-42e0-943d-61491f8e64dd
LongDescription:
Take care as this cache has an evil twist should you fail to retrieve it in the right manner. But don't worry it's all good fun (I hope?) you will need to bring at least one and a half litres of water with you. Two litres would be a safer bet.  Once you've figured out the task ahead be sure to be quick about it as timing and speed are important. Please replace as found and most importantly enjoy this cache.
Placed with the kind permission from Greenwich parks and open spaces.

ShortDescription:
Equipment required??? There are paths that will lead you to this cache. Or you could take the direct aproach from the road but please take care as this is a busy road. Road side parking is available but my advice would be to park in Oxleas car park within the wooded area. Here you'll find toilets and refreshments during the day. And not forgetting the many other caches around these woods. Please use the way point

Hints:
At GZ you should see an old long lost wooden fence. The cache is approximately three meters away from the end of this fence if you were to be walking away from the road.


Code: GC32VB3
ShortDescription: You will be looking for a camo bison tube
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=63dfebe1-6430-49f0-923f-5f8e17da5f42
LongDescription:
Oxleas meadow with it's surrounding ancient woods is a popular place for family's and dogs. You will find refreshments and parking at the top.
JOKE: Q:"Does your dog bite?" 
A:"No." 
(Ouch the dog bites)!!
Q:"Argh! I thought you said your dog doesn't bite!"??
A:"That is not my dog

Hints:
Hanging from a wire. This cache is best tackled from the west side of the hedge row (down hill side). From the gap in the hedgerow you will find this cache on the trunk of the 6th or 7th hedge


Code: GC4CA9Q
ShortDescription: i
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e4c34ba2-7c6d-4e87-bd23-a4cd4e1ddbfa
Hints: Opposite the concrete slab with iron cap on, on the river side. Look to the gravel.
LongDescription:
Near the river Thames and some locks. There is no pen. My first cache to hide.  Although there is a sign for residents only,  visitors are allowed. The cache is not buried and is visible with the naked eye albeit a very good eye.


Code: GC37VGV
ShortDescription: on the capital ring footpath level
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8db3d6af-cd1f-4bac-95f3-8b0fbfd73a8a
Hints: in the end of the tube now you wish you had looked 1st
LongDescription:
Part of a nice circular route around the Royal Victoria dock and Royal Albert dock I can recommend cycling as this is the best way to cover the ground.
All the route posses no problem to bikes so walking would be the same 
There is plenty to see from wild life to strange looking buildings 
And of course the Thames 
Now this is a very quite spot so enjoy the silence 
(air planes not included in this)you may have come across these before not on show but easy find if you use the title to help you


Code: GC61J3A
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0916895b-8520-4b47-b2f3-06aebd5da416
Hints: take a seat and relax, and please dont "litter" in the park.
LongDescription:
<p><strong>Geocache Desription:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Welcome to the first in the Technical series.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Opening Times 10am - 6pm</strong></p>
<p><strong>This cache is also a magnetic one.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This Geocache is in a park known as The Tarn, you can do so much here, how about feed the ducks or have a nice picnic.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The wildlife is brilliant too, below is a short list of what wildlife you can find here:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Canada Geese, Greylag, Mallards, Tufty Ducks, Coots, Moorheen, Mandarin Duck Egyptian Goose, Pipistrelle Bats (Common,Soprano &amp; Nathusius), Blackbirds, Thrush Robin, Parakeet, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jay, Nuthatch Crow, Pied Wagtail, Goldcrest, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit, House Sparrow, Heron Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tawny Owl, Little Grebe, Cormorant, Kingfisher Kestrel, Chaffinch, Lesser Redpoll, Stag Beetle,Slow Worm, Bats, Mayflies Serotine Bats, Daubenton Bats, Leister, Dragon Flies, Jersey Moth, Fox.</strong></p>
<p><strong>You might also need to bring a pen for the cache, there is a pencil but i cant guarantee it will be ready for use after each find.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Thanks and enjoy the hunt.</strong></p>
<p><strong>~ TechARTS</strong></p>
<p><strong>p.s. Additional hint is also in the name of this cache.</strong></p>
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Code: GC18AE3
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e1cd25fd-6514-42f1-99e4-183220b653df
Hints: Back to the lake
LongDescription:
The listed coords are for question one.
1. (N 51 37 027, W 000 07 003). What year did the council pay £25,000 for the house and lands? This will give you A,B,C,D

2. Coords N 51 37 047 W 000 07 119. There is a number here. What is it? This will give you E,F,G,H.

Final cache location at N51 D(E+H) EC(H-A), W 000 0(B-G) C(D+A)(F-A). Then subtract 095 from the Northing (ie from EC(H-A) and ADD 063 to the Westing (ie C(D+A)(F-A)
You are looking for a container slightly smaller than a 35mm film container.


Easy free parking is available at all times at N 51 37 034 W 000 07 185. This would also be a good place to park for the other Broomfield Park cache, Dead Tall.
The park itself is open from 08.00 (08.30 on Sunday) until dusk.
Broomfield House itself was built in the 16th century and is awaiting restoration following a fire in 1994. This work would probably have already been done if had won the BBC TV programme Restoration. Unfortunately it was not successful. The Gardens themselves however are in good condition.

ShortDescription:
An easy multi, designed to make you take a short walk round the gardens attached to Broomfield House


Code: GC5N27C
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=23647228-94cb-4bd0-8d7f-7b48aafe1cea
LongDescription:
<p style="text-align:justify;">This cache is along a fairly busy public pathway running alongside the Thames. Could be a great opportunity for a nice dog walk or day out with the kids. Path leads along to local attractions so why not make a day out of it?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Close by are various places to grab some food if you'd like to venture into Woolwich Centre.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">While the path is wheelchair accessible with ramps leading along the path when needed, you may need some help retrieving the actual cache as it is above head height. Small children will also need some assistance with this. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The cache is a small black container hidden above head height, just off the public path. The cache is equipped with a small logbook and a pencil, though as I will be doing maintenance whenever needed I can’t guarantee it being there so it may be wise to bring a pencil just incase.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Please be warned as this is a busy dog walking path, there may be some waste on the path and close to the cache so please take care if you have children playing. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Don’t forget to log your visit on here and in the paper in the cache, happy geocaching!</p>

ShortDescription:
<p>A traditional Cache'n'dash along the Thames path, great opportunity for a nice walk close by to Town center and local shops. Good views of airport planes taking off and landing.</p>

Hints:
Standing between two piers, both sitting unused. Not 131 nor 129, a lifeguard calls "Have a GReat time!"


Code: GC4PFN0
Url: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=82919622-dc57-4988-ae7d-c3c2b2ce9153
LongDescription:
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;calibri&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;times new roman&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;">Dog Rocks can be found on Plumstead Common. They are so called because of their shape seen in silhouette. This relatively type of rare rock formation is a RIGS, or Regionally Important Geological Site, which are selected according to the following criteria:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;">The value of a site</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;">for educational purposes in life-long learning</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;">for study by both amateur and professional Earth scientists</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;">in terms of historical advances in Earth science knowledge</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt;">in the aesthetics of the landscape, in relation to promoting public appreciation of Earth sciences</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;">Perfect material for an Earthcache, then.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">A bit of local geological context</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">After a rise in sea-level approximately 56 million years ago, shallow marine conditions were established in this area once again. The crashing waves pounded existing flints into rounded pebbles and, in what is now the Lewisham, Greenwich and Croydon area of south London, this debris was deposited as the sea receded.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">These fragments form the Blackheath Beds, which are composed of black well-rounded pebbles of flint in fine sand, with occasional seams of shells. They largely accumulated in marine channels that were cut into the underlying Woolwich Beds (which are formed of sands and fossiliferous shelly clays). Blackheath Beds vary in depth from 5 – 27 metres; depending on the depth of the channels they were infilling.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Blackheath Beds become puddingstone</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">Occasionally, these pebbles become bonded together by a naturally occurring cement formed of silica. This conglomerate rock is called puddingstone, because of the way the embedded flint pebbles resemble plums in a Christmas pudding (represented by the cement). Unusually for a conglomerate, because the pebbles, the fine sand and the “cement” are all made of silica, the rock has a uniform and coherent density. Thus, when it is broken, it fractures straight across the matrix and pebbles, unlike most other conglomerates, which break unevenly.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;calibri&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;times new roman&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;">Puddingstone is rarely found in situ in the strata in which it formed, but its hardness has preserved examples which have been deposited after being transported by rivers or glaciers. These are commonly found in river beds, and less frequently exposed at the surface. Dog Rocks is one such less common occurrence.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">So to the learning bit…</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"> </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;">Question 1</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">Observe the surface of one of the Dog Rocks. Describe its properties in terms of texture and colour.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;">Question 2</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">Look at the flint pebbles which form the largest piece of puddingstone. What are the lengths of the largest and smallest stones forming the conglomerate?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;">Question 3</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">From the downhill side of the largest piece of puddingstone, what do you estimate its height to be? Why might this be significant?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;">If you wish to post a photo of yourself at GZ, please try not to include detail which gives away answers to the above.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Please email your answers via my profile. Please do not post any answers or spoilers in your log.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;">SOURCES</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;"><a href="http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/geodiversity/englands/counties/area_ID14.aspx">http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/geodiversity/englands/counties/area_ID14.aspx</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><cite><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;calibri&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;times new roman&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;"><a href="http://www.greenchain.com/pdfs/Geologytrail.pdf"><span style="font-style:normal;">www.greenchain.com/pdfs/</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;">Geology</span><span style="font-style:normal;">trail.pdf</span></a></span></cite></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire_puddingstone">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire_puddingstone</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;"><a href="http://www.ehgc.org.uk/html/puddingstone.htm"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;">http://www.ehgc.org.uk/html/puddingstone.htm</span></span></a></p>
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