Can you track down these 14 oddities of Covent Garden?
Just for a bit of fun, we’ve put together this ‘oddity hunt’ around Covent Garden. Can you track down all 14 of the plaques, sculptures and other features?
We’ve deliberately left the precise locations vague. Each oddity could be anywhere beneath the photograph that represents it. The idea is that you have fun trying to track them down, while paying closer attention to the streetscape.
You can tackle the 14 oddities in any order you choose. It’s suitable for all ages, though might make for an intriguing family activity.
Further clues
Each of the photographs covers a sizeable chunk of land, so you might have to hunt hard to find some of these. If you need a little help, here are some further clues, listed in alphabetical order.
Che Sara Sara: Look up, and you’ll encounter no im-pediment to finding this phrase, which is the ancestral motto of the land-owning Russell family. You’ll have the song in your head all day now.
Dancer and Pride phone boxes: An easy one to find; no clue needed.
Giant coin: Penny from heaven? Well, it’s certainly close to a church.
Inventor of the fire extinguisher: Half-way up the hill.
Magic memorial: One of many unusual bench plaques in the church yard.
Market rules: One of two giant wooden boards within the market. Find them both.
Mathematical facade: Log this one by looking up.
Mercers’ maid bollard: The symbol of the Mercers can be found all over the area. To see this bollard, it (cryptically) sounds like you should kneel.
No bells: Near a crossroads for pedestrians.
Pelican and hummingbird: You don’t need wings to reach this peculiar plaque.
Picasso woz ere: Did Picasso paint flowers?
Poet nearly done to death: You’ll find two plaques saying this. The one here is higher up.
Stabbed archbishop: One of a number of miniature scenes in the alleys around a famous map shop.
Tiny sculpture: A portable house, beside a business that sounds like one?
