The Armchair Treasure Hunt Club
Competition 9

Competition No 9 - By Ann Hughes

This competition closed 23 February 2003 without a winner.

Find ‘fIVE OF A KINd’ within Great Britain.

  1. A ‘grey’ lady was born here in a Park,
    Discover the gate to find the place.

    ANSWER: Bradgate Park, Leics.

  2. With a 15th century tower
    This castle has a ‘card’,
    Fleeting near the gate,
    Shouldn’t prove to hard!

    ANSWER: Gatehouse Fleet, Kirk

  3. In the church here lies a tomb,
    With a famous Howard from the past,
    And a library, which is quite vast.

    ANSWER: Reigate

  4. At the north end of this gate a ‘bride’ awaits.
    Two miles or so of sandy beach,
    Backed by a pebble ridge for you to reach.

    ANSWER: Newgate, Pembrokeshire

  5. Within a stone, another of a kind,
    Where monuments to the Petre’s you will find.

    ANSWER: Ingatestone, Essex

See also the previous competition.


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