Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand, the ghouls and ghosts are out to play, with nothing but you to get in their way! Whether you decide to trick or a treat, you will need to come up with the most thrilling interpretations of our spooky scavenger hunt tasks. Creativity is key, and whomever can give us the most chills will be in for a spooky adventure like no other. But be careful there may be some bumps in the night.

When you arrive you will have the opportunity to choose either our classic central London scavenger hunt game, or our seasonal game. Alongside both of these games, you’ll find an additional miscellaneous list of seasonal challenges. So it’s up to you if you want to go all out for the time of year, or mix and match a little festivity with some classic scavenger hunt style fun.

Our classic central London scavenger hunt game finds teams following a route around some of London’s most iconic sites, while creatively interacting with various landmarks in order to complete tasks and challenges, which earn their teams points. If you complete enough tasks and challenges within the route, you’ll also unlock a set of bonus points.

In our Halloween seasonal game you’ll need to transform your team into witches and wizards, scavenge for a list of items to build a potion, create a set of mystery boxes full of metaphorical body parts, and then use it all in a public exhibition to earn maximum points. Our seasonal games have been designed so they balance evenly against our classic scavenger hunt, meaning any team can win!

If you’re feeling competitive, some well planned tactics, and a careful balance between game sections goes a long way! If on the other hand you’re all about the silliness, then forget the tactics, just strap on your best fancy dress and get ready to have some fun!

BucketRaces goal is for participants to discover new places, activities and hidden gems within London, while meeting like-minded people and competing in a fun and friendly environment.

What you need

All you need is a well-charged smartphone (more than one per team is advised), and comfy footwear. BucketRace will provide the rest.

Scoring

Each task carries a specific amount of points based on its difficulty, location, and BucketRace classification (e.g. location, miscellaneous, or seasonal).

The location tasks score the least points; however, completing enough of them unlocks hefty bonus points. Miscellaneous tasks score more points, but they don’t offer any bonus incentive. So choose wisely!

It’s also worth noting that most of the BucketRace location tasks have been written in order of the quickest route. The exceptions are the final few tasks within each section, which have been chosen to fit the culture of each area and can be performed anywhere within that location. Any teams who arrive at the finish late will forfeit a cumulative 150 points every 5 minutes.

Task Examples

Central London: Read out shakespeare in front of shakespeare | Take a perspective photo of Big Ben | Photobomb a selfie in front of Buckingham Palace | Perform a song next to Hyde Park’s bandstand.

Halloween Miscellaneous: Shake hands with a skeleton | Mummify a team mate |  Get caught in a spiders web | Clown around dressed as a clown.

Task Submission

Tasks are submitted via mobile using google forms. Players must have an email address, and be willing to sign-in through Google to play.

Personalisation

We have fully bespoke services allowing us to tailor our event’s around team-building, families, birthdays, and celebrations, as well as a large array of extended services including, trophies, t-shirts, jumpers, framed experience photos, as well as a video compilation of your experience.

Private Events

To make a booking enquire using one of the options below.

Public Events

Before your game, you will need to register for the event on our website. After you've purchased your ticket, we will send you the registration link via email.