Mevagissey
Mystery Walks in Cornwall - Explore Cornish Towns/Villages as an Outdoor Escape Room

Mevagissey: Key to the Feast

Explore Mevagissey as a self-guided outdoor escape room. Can you rescue the Mevagissey Feast? Use the app to solve puzzles and unlock the directions of a walking route as you explore Mevagissey to track down the lost key.

The Story

The key to the stores containing all the food for the feast has been misplaced on a fishing boat in the harbour. There's just one minor issue: which of the fifty boats. The village are counting on you not being one boat short of a fleet, so you can solve the mystery to unlock the stores before the feast becomes a fast.

Stats

  • Distance: 2 miles/3.6 km
  • Approximate duration: 2 - 3 hours
  • Steepness grade: Moderate
  • Puzzles: 41
  • Dogs: considerations
  • Access for wheels: no

Considerations

  • If there are very strong easterly winds, the piers may be closed. This can be worked-around as follows: Use "can't get there" if you can't reach direction 19 and use the backup photo for the harbour wall. At direction 24, for any clues that are out of reach, use the clue photo.

Gradients

Mid-way, there's a short on a moderately steep path. Towards the end, there's a steep flight of steps from the harbour followed by a short climb on the road. There's also a descent on a flight of metal steps.

Get the Mystery Walks in Cornwall app

A family doing a mystery walk
The mystery walks are a self-guided outdoor escape room combined with a mystery tour. They are done using a mobile app.
Phone showing walk directions page in the iWalk Cornwall app
For each one, there is a story with an overall mystery to solve. To do this, you solve puzzles to unlock each direction of a walking route.
Walking along a path
Each step of the way there are detailed walking directions and live map showing where you're headed to next.
Solving a puzzle
The puzzles also gradually build up a set clues to solve the overall mystery when the end of the walk is reached.
Phone showing facts section in iWalk Cornwall app
The puzzles are designed for adults although children may enjoy helping to spot clues and helping to solve some of the easier ones.
Couple solving a puzzle
Every puzzle has a ladder of hints starting from harder and progressing to very easy to cater for a range of aptitudes.
Solving clue overlooking the sea
A mystery typically takes around 3 hours to complete. It's not a race so you can take your time, take photos, stop for refreshments etc. and have a nice day out.
A family
The price (per group) is £14.99. It can be done all in one day or split over two.
Puzzle by a Celtic church
Once a mystery has been downloaded, it runs completely offline using GPS with no need for a phone signal or data/internet connection (it's Cornwall-proof).
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Download the app from the Apple Store or Google Play and then browse/purchase the mysteries using that.