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VS#565 Sundridge Park Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/12/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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About Village Sign Caches

This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).

The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!

More information and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website

Sundridge Park

Sundridge, or Sundresse as it was originally known, was first mentioned in a charter dated 987. It was in the hands of the Le Blund family for several centuries from around 1220. Sir Claude Scott purchased a three-storey brick house on the southern slope of the Quaggy River valley in 1795 and demolished it on the advice of Humphry Repton, building the present mansion on the opposite slope and creating the park. The stately home, now a Grade 1 Listed Building, was designed by John Nash and the work was completed under the direction of Samuel Wyatt. It has been used as a management and conference centre and is surrounded by a golf club. When the railway line to Bromley North was built the Scott family had a station built for their private use, which was later rebuilt and opened to the public as Sundridge Park in 1896.

The local shopkeepers organised the erection of the village sign in 2013, as part of their campaign to improve the area.

The Cache

The cache, a nano tube, can be found a short walk from the sign at N51 24.ABC E0 1.CAB

where Sundridge Park Station was opened (privately) in WXYZ and

A = Z
B = (A + C)/2
C = W + X - Y

You can check your answer here


***** Congratulations to grimsby fan on the FTF *****


If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do. I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)