CAPEL HISTORY TRAIL - with prizes!
Thank you for joining us on a walk through the history of Capel.
All you need to do is scan the QR codes that you will find placed around Five Oak Green with your smartphone. Then touch on the link provided to be transported back in time some 100 years or more to see what the same view would have been then and to discover the history of the building in front of you.
Better still, this is a free to enter prize draw competition to win a copy of Capel History Group's latest book Capel Explored 4. To be in with a chance of winning you need to identify the one building that has some very incorrect historical information amongst the real facts in the descriptions you'll read.
There are 16 QR codes to scan and the red symbols on the map below show you approximately where they have been placed.
Map of QR Codes in Google Maps:
We suggest you start from the bus stop at the village green where you will find QR code no. 1. From there go towards St Luke's Cottages (i.e. in the direction of Paddock Wood and the Recreation Ground) where you will see QR code no. 2. Then wander a little further to cross over the road (be careful please) to the remains of the King's Head (QR code no. 3).
From there walk back towards the post office (QR code no. 4) and continue until Five Oak Green car servicing garage. Cross over the road there (again be careful) and walk back to the village green. Turning left there you will find two QR codes (numbers 13 and 14) outside the Little Hoppers vets. Then continue on towards the railway bridge and down Whetsted Road.
The route is under a mile in total and will take as long to cover as you take to admire the buildings, read the history and contemplate how life would have been 1oo or more years ago.
Once you have found which building has the incorrect history, complete the online entry form on this link:
Competition Entry Form
Alternatively, remember the number or name of the site and then go to St Thomas a Becket church in Church Lane (which is the road opposite Capel School) where you will find an entry form. Complete the form and put it in the box provided.
Lucky winners will be drawn on Saturday July 4th at the Capel Fete.
PLEASE - remember to be careful when you are on the trail.
The traffic is a lot busier now then when the photographs were taken.
Stay on the pavements and be careful when crossing any road.