Coverham Travel Guide

 steventilly Says:  Outside of the Forbidden Corner (but still a part of it, if you see what I mean) is a lovely landscaped picnic area. It's set amongst trees with lovely grassed areas and picnic tables. There's also a pond filled with huge fish and a grassed area around it. This used to be... 

 steventilly Says:  This girl ran too fast and became embedded in the wall, only her legs remain sticking out of it! Beware or it could happen to you too! 

 steventilly Says:  This is the view over the park from one of its higher points. You can see out into the surroundings of Coverdale too. 

 steventilly Says:  Part of the puzzle is set in nice gardens too, and a woodland and a terrace with great views over the countryside. It's worth a wander round even if you're not doing the puzzles. 

 steventilly Says:  This was one of our favourite bits (in hindsight). It was a kind of optical illusion. A tunnel leads into the distance, and at the end you can see the way out. But when you get there it's only this small (see pic) and you can't fit. So it looks like a dead end, but when you... 

 steventilly Says:  One of the ways into one of the puzzles is along some stepping stones through a stream, but water jets keep squirting up at you. They're on a timer, but the tiner is clever too - it doesn't pulse at the same rate every time, so you can't judge when to go. Charlotte got... 

 steventilly Says:  The Devil's Grotto (that's my name - dunno what its really called) is an exciting place. Pitch dark for 1/2 the time, and then the lights come up (very low) to show this devil in the middle of a pond. There are three doors into this place, and none out. All of the doors can... 

 steventilly Says:  Some of the places that you get to are quite fascinating - that's unless you're a kid in which case you might think they're quite scary. This part was an underground cavern with a lake (OK, a pond) in the middle in which stood a statue of a devil-like creature... (see next... 

 steventilly Says:  The passageways inside are dark and narrow - really not a place for people who are scared of the dark. And they can get quite cramped on a busy day - like when we went - there would often be people coming the wrong way too, because they didn't understand about not coming... 

 steventilly Says:  The best and most exciting parts of The Forbidden Corner are underground in dark narrow passageways that lead to hidden chambers with many ways out (or in some cases, with no way out!!). There are various ways into these places, and various ways out, but the doors are... 

 steventilly Says:  Here's one of the clues, found at a junction in the paths. You can use the clue to try to work out which way to go, or you can just make sure that you cover every inch of the park. This seemed the best approach for us :-) 

 steventilly Says:  The favourite trap at The Forbidden Corner is water hazards. Usually these are linked to a sensor and when you approach water can shoot out and soak you. This is an innocent looking stone that sprays a jet of water at you as you approach.When you go around the Forbidden... 

 steventilly Says:  The Forbidden Corner is a bit like a fantasy adventure game for kids. It's basically a big garden, with woods, grottos and buildings and in these places there are things for you to find - mainly statues, carvings or frescoes. You get a sheet showing what you have to find and...