Windermere Missing Excalibur Trail
Windermere, CumbriaAbout Windermere Missing Excalibur Trail
By combining the beautiful outdoors of the North-West with the excitement of a clue-solving mystery, Mysterious Trails are as immersive as an interactive computer-game mystery.
The health benefits of these exciting Mysterious Trails, with 2+ hours of investigative action are a real benefit to all ages.
With short, high quality, video introductions and impressive video answers discussing the storyline, the reasons behind mysteries or crimes, and are often delivered by a police robot called RC1.
Suspects are brilliantly designed, with colourful 3D characters. All mysteries are based on historical facts and legends from the local area they are discussing.
By the end of the Trails, you will be amazed at how far you’ve walked and how fantastic the fresh air in your lungs has been for your health! Improved social interactions, problem-solving and working together in an immersive way will bring people, families, students and even business friends of all ages together in a lasting groupwork-led experience to remember for a long time.
The trails are headlined by exciting introductory videos which uncover enthralling local histories and characters - such as the Pendle Witches, or the legend of the location of King Arthur’s legendary sword, Excalibur.
The trails can be downloaded quickly to a printable A5 trail booklet or an interactive digital/mobile output and each have a unique mystery to solve in a local area.
All trails end with an exciting video, narrated by RC1, the police robot, bringing the trail to an interactive finale by examining the guilty parties and the reasons behind the crimes or mysteries, and giving the story an interesting start, middle and concluding ending for the trail detectives.
These trails are an absolute bargain, are driven for all ages, especially those who normally lead a digital life, and are driven to enable more than two hours of exciting clue finding and solving.
The concluding interactive answer videos also provide a meaningful story ending, based on facts that enables detectives to test their skills and knoweldge at the end.
A video-led, clue-filled, self guided mystery trail walk experience
Mysterious Trails are an immersive, video-led, clue-solving trail experience for up to 6 people. The Windermere missing Exalibur Trail explores the wonders of Windermere centre and lake whilst also solving clues to the possible location of the missing King Arthur's Sword, Ecalibur.
Opening up with a video story and closing with a video answer confirmation form the police robot, RC1, this is a fantastic way to explore Windermere. Working together as a team to solve numerous clues throughout the beauty of Windermere town and lake and answer the mystery of the whereabouts of King Arthur's missing sword, Excalibur!
Kids love the exciting video introduction and clue answer challenges
All our trails open with an interactive video and close with an interactive answer video. Along the way, kids will love to search for and answer the numerous clues as well as working as a whole family to solve the mystery of the missing Sword, Excalibur. These are self-guided and excellently priced 2 hour-plus trails that all the family can contribute to and enjoy.
A Mysterious Trail is an imaginative way to explore towns, cities & villages with a self-guided, clue-themed walk story.
A video-led, interactive, exciting adventure story to solve in Windermere
With an easy-to-follow route, the trails will enable you to solve clues whilst taking in some of the most fascinating sights an area has to offer. You can also have up to 3 clue answers by text during office hours if you get stuck on your way!
The Trails are a brilliant way to see a location from a new perspective, or a known location from a completely new perspective!
This is a genuine 'family' adventure for all ages and will bring together the friends new and old for a genuinely shared experience - whatever the weather!
Solving the clues, you'll either be discovering a whodunit, finding the possible location of a buried treasure or searching to find out who committed a historical crime. Just like a true detective!
As the trails are completed at your own pace, you can make as many pitstops, café and shopping detours as you like.
All Mysterious Trails complete the experience with a short interactive video answer - either right or wrong to fully complet this outdoor, immersive experience for all the family. This 'immersive' part of the trails menas that kids of all ages will want to get involved.
The videos and interactivity of solving clues in real mysteries
All Mysterious Trails complete the experience with a short interactive video answer - whether detectives get it right or wrong to fully complete the story, plus some insight into the people involved.
This outdoor, immersive experience is written to bring together family and friends to work together to solve mysteries based on historil facts and legends from the area we are investigating.
The 'immersive' part of the trail videos means that kids of all ages will want to get involved to find out at the end whether they were right or wrong.
In many of the trails, chaacters are brought to life in 3D cartoons, with real dilemmas and storylines, just like a real computer game scenario - but in real life.
The health benefits for all ages of hiking and hunting is what humans were built to do - hunter/gatherers.
The interactivity of the trails and the trail 'strorylines' reflect an immersive book!
Facilities
Toilets
Gift Shop
Accessible Toilets
ATM
Card Payments Accepted
Opening Times
- Monday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Tuesday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Wednesday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Thursday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Friday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Saturday, 09:00 - 17:00
- Sunday, 09:00 - 17:00
Please note that the text and email answer and clue-finding service only operates between 9am and 5pm, 7 days a week.
Pricing & Tickets
- Adult (17-18+) : £9.99
- Child (4-17) : Free
SINGLE TRAILS FOR UP TO 6 PEOPLE ARE PRICED AT £9.99
Trails are available in a pdf booklet to download and print, a digital/mobile download or by post as a printed booklet (extra price).
Book in advance for cheapest tickets
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Plan Your Visit
Typical visit time 2 - 3 hours
Suitable for Kids and Adults too
Food & Drink Options
MOst cuisines and tastes are catered for in Windermere, so this is entirely at your descretion.
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Public Transport
Contact Details
Northern Train Ltd Train Station
Station Precinct
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 1AH
England
Car Parking can be found at numerous car parks nearby. Always better to book in advance as Windermere can really get busy during summer months. Coming by train is recommended as the platform contains clue number 1 on this exciting trail.
Tel: 07446102213
Visit WebsiteTransport Information
The main Train and Bus Staions in Windermere terminate at the start-point of the Windermere Trial. Clu 1 can be found in a matter of metres from the main buses (555 etc) or the main trainline (Only 1 platform).
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Last Updated: 09:54 31/07/2025
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