Welcome to 18 Clues! As you haven't bought from us before, please select the POSTAL delivery format option at checkout for your first order. We will then send a Welcome Card with tips, offers and other information with your first Challenge(s). For subsequent orders, you will be able to choose between POSTAL or PDF Download.
How 18 Clues Works
You go to our Challenge Shop and purchase one or more of our 18 Clues Challenges. You can choose a Walking Challenge, which requires you to visit the location and find the clues in person, and/or a Virtual ('Armchair') Challenge, which you can complete online, anywhere you choose, using tools such as what3words, Google Maps and your preferred search engine. Solve all 18 clues correctly and you will be left with the correct solution to the Challenge, which you can then submit online to be entered into an amazing prize draw.
All clues, facts and solutions in the Walking and Virtual Challenge versions are different, so if you are able to visit the Challenge location you can complete both Challenge versions to double your chances of winning the prize. As you explore the location, be it physically or virtually, you will learn loads of interesting facts... but best of all, a healthy percentage of the price of each Challenge or Gift Voucher you buy will be donated to an animal welfare and/or environmental charity.
For details of our first prize draw package keep scolling down...
Walking Challenge
Virtual Challenge
Our First Prize Package
See below for details of our first prize package. To be entered into the prize draw, correct entries must be submitted by midnight, 30th September. The draw will take place within days of this date and the winner notified soon afterwards. The next, exciting prize package will be announced in September, as this one draws to a close. Remember... you've got to Be In 2 Win!
What could you win...?
Let's see...
The Perfect Gift Anytime
Give the gift of adventure with an 18 Clues Gift Voucher!
You can choose to have the gift voucher emailed to yourself to print out and present in person, or you can opt to have the voucher emailed directly to the recipient on a date that you pre-schedule.
If you choose to have the gift voucher emailed to yourself, you can buy a stylish presentation sleeve from our Challenge Shop for just £2, including postal charges. You then simply insert the voucher you have purchased and present to your friend or loved one.
£1 for each £10 spent on gift vouchers and £1 for each presentation sleeve purchased will be donated to animal and/or environmental charities.
IMPORTANT: If you are buying a Challenge for others, always buy a gift voucher. Why? Whenever you purchase a Challenge through the Challenge Shop, a Unique Reference Number (URN) is generated that is specifically linked to you and your contact details, so only you will be able to request answers to clues or submit the final answer. If, however, you buy someone a gift voucher, they can choose whichever Challenge(s) they wish, and when they redeem their voucher they will be registered as a member in their own right.
To buy an 18 Clues gift voucher click the Gift Voucher image above, the Header at the top of the page, or here .
New Challenge Location
The intellectual beating heart of London, Bloomsbury and Holborn blend academia, culture, history, eclecticism, and allure. Bloomsbury is synonymous with bookish charm, leafy garden squares, and the ghosts of literary giants lingering in the air. Holborn, on the other hand, buzzes with legal institutions, ancient pubs, and hidden cultural gems. Both boast world-famous universities, museums, and libraries, and just about every street corner hides a fascinating story.
The Challenge... It has come to light that Charles Dickens, one of the world’s most celebrated authors and a former Bloomsbury resident, embedded an illuminating cryptic message in one of his many works. Your task is to discover which novel Dickens’ revelation is hidden in by finding and solving 18 clues.
About this Challenge... For more information specific to this particular Challenge location, please see 'ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE', at the base of the specific Product Page in the Challenges Shop. Choose the Walking Challenge, the Virtual Challenge, or if you leve near the Challenge location or plan to visit London, buy both to double your experience, double your knowledge and double your chances of winning the prize package!
The Charity... £1 from each London - Bloomsbury and Holborn Challenge sold will be donated to Urban Squirrels, a London-based charity dedicated to providing vital care and advocacy for these super-intelligent and resourceful animals, highlighting their importance in urban ecosystems, and promoting coexistence. The organisation also challenges legislation that currently prohibits the release of rescued grey squirrels back into the wild. We urge you to sign the petition to reverse this .
To start exploring this or any of our previous Challenge locations, please click the link below to access the Challenge Shop: