Birmingham & Wolves Landmark Challenge 2012
Work out the locations, ride your Triumph to each of them and take a photo of it there, send in your entry!
The Rules:
- Work out the location of the "Landmark" from the given clue and grid reference.
- The good bit. Ride your Triumph to the location and simply photograph your pride and joy there as proof of achievement.
- Sent your entry comprising photographs, cheque for £5.00 payable to 'Bham and Wolves TOMCC', and an SSAE to:
Landmark Challenge, 2 Waterworks House, Cresswell Lane, Cresswell, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST11 9RE.
The Clues:
| No. | OS Sheet | Grid Ref | Clue |
| 1 | 174 | SU445593 | Downton Abbey |
| 2 | 176 | SU988933 | Paradise Lost |
| 3 | 180 | SS611405 | Hackneys to Hearses, drawn by horses |
| 4 | 143 | TF743012 | Bedingfield home since 1482 |
| 5 | 143 | TL597823 | Discover how we drained the fens |
| 6 | 142 | TL123832 | Still standing but not spinning |
| 7 | 155 | TL978443 | Worship under the thatch for 700 years |
| 8 | 188 | TQ531568 | Training for Cricket? |
| 9 | 132 | TF667248 | Holy & Healthy since 1614 |
| 10 | 132 | TF924290 | See real horse power |
| 11 | 180 | SS775394 | A simple way to get clean |
| 12 | 118 | SJ843762 | Milling corn since the 1500’s |
| 13 | 174 | SU524908 | Chuff around near the power towers |
| 14 | 178 | TQ738866 | Remember all the fast boats |
| 15 | 125 | SJ018189 | Watch the birdies by the water |
| 16 | 33 | NG787271 | This tall rock says ‘Tulloch ard' |
| 17 | 139 | SO050836 | An artful way to cut hair? |
| 18 | 34 | NH357156 | Highland home to a hidden turbine |
| 19 | 147 | SN846440 | A sweet place to stop the train |
| 20 | 118 | SJ972526 | Grinding flint since 1253 |
| 21 | 178 | TQ904642 | A steamy way to move the paper |
| 22 | 114 | SH340853 | The only working one in Wales |
| 23 | 122 | TF467669 | Hung by all (anag) |
| 24 | 176 | TQ017843 | Lights, camera, action! |
| 25 | 146 | SN793485 | At 300ft – the UK’s tallest |
| 26 | 121 | SK872887 | Lightning stopped the spin cycle in 1956 |
| 27 | 129 | SK414107 | Every building starts here |
| 28 | 130 | SK929393 | Be proud, not prejudiced |
| 29 | 97 | SD496707 | Stop training for a brief encounter |
| 30 | 96 | SD088958 | Highest bit of roman wall still standing |
| 31 | 183 | ST610270 | Packed with precious metal |
| 32 | 105 | SE487432 | John & Sam get a brew on |
| 33 | 106 | TA020334 | East of the Pennines, I work alone |
| 34 | 187 | TQ389356 | An arty, crafty home |
| 35 | 184 | SU004319 | Pupil Ships Hoe (anag) |
| 36 | 182 | ST280593 | Built to foil the french in 1870 |
| 37 | 203 | SW663389 | Digging deep for spuds |
| 38 | 97 | SD359774 | Home of the Cavendish family |
| 39 | 26 | NH656479 | See the seals & dolphins |
| 40 | 104 | SE079421 | Home of Ruddigore’s Murgatroyd? |
| 41 | 51 | NN767236 | Old Nick’s cooking pot |
| 42 | 41 | NN125757 | Sample the Dew of Ben Nevis |
| 43 | 104 | SE281542 | A royal plot in Yorkshire |
| 44 | 160 | SO059097 | Germans and Americans steam along |
| 45 | 37 | NJ541298 | Home of the Leith-Hays for 300 years |
| 46 | 200 | SW995807 | Village home of Doc Martin |
| 47 | 44 | NO267939 | Home to Royal Lochnagar |
| 48 | 138 | SO765806 | Come and see the trees |
| 49 | 58 | NS961993 | Highland chief’s lowland stronghold |
| 50 | 177 | TQ559704 | Commandery of knights hospitallers |