When: Started on Saturday 30th April and ended on Sunday 12th June 2022
Time: 10am
Cost: Free!
As part of local plans to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, from April 30th until June 12th 2022, Houghton Hall Park teamed up with High Street Safari to run a free story trail. This innovative experience allowed families to choose what happened in the story. Anyone with a smartphone was able to take part for free. Players not only discovered cute characters along the route, but they also got to see them burst to life in augmented reality and took selfies and recorded videos with them!
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon Trail was located at seven stops around the park. Families were guided on their trip by Sir Barnaby Beacon as he visited seven memorable and magical friends, like Charlie Crown or Theadora Throne, who had come to life from Buckingham Palace and gone on a trip to see Houghton Hall Park.
The trail took about forty-five minutes to complete but could be completed in more than one visit.
It was completely free for families and groups to take part in, and they won a free, digital fun pack at the end.
What You Had To Do
As you spotted each of the 7 characters around Houghton Hall Park, you scanned unique QR codes to engage with the story and answered questions to choose how it progressed. You also got to learn about a different decade in Her Majesty's 70-year reign from each character.
Finally, you were also able to engage with the characters as they came to life in Augmented Reality. Once you had collected all 7 stamps, you were rewarded with the conclusion to the adventure and were able to take selfies with digital prize badges 'pinned' to yourself.
Help for Heroes
Not only was the trail an innovative and fun day out, but you could also choose to donate to Help for Heroes to support our veterans and their families. Melanie Waters, chief executive of the charity said, "We were thrilled to be the charity partner for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons Trail and really looking forward to taking part in this innovative, community-based activity, as part of our plans to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee this year."
The trail ran from April 30th to June 12th 2022.
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