A city centre treasure hunt with 125 wooden Fat Rascal tokens hidden at notable locations across York.
The Fat Rascal token hunt takes over York on Saturday 1 August, with Bettys serving as the home base for the day. It's a city centre treasure hunt, and the premise is simple: 125 wooden Fat Rascal tokens have been hidden at notable locations across the city. If you spot one, you pick it up.
Because they're tucked away at notable spots, it's as much about the walking as it is about the finding. You'll be crossing the city centre, passing the landmarks and side streets you usually breeze past, but this time you're actually looking at them. The tokens are wooden, so they're small enough to be missed if you're not paying attention, but there are 125 of them scattered out, which means there's plenty to go around rather than just one or two for the fastest pair of legs in town.
It's the kind of thing that works as well for a solo wander as it does for a group, and since it's spread across the city centre, you can take it at your own pace. You might find a few in one go or spend the whole afternoon tracking down a single one. The tokens themselves are named after the Fat Rascal, the well-known York treat, so the whole thing has a local flavour to it.
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Everything centres around Bettys, so that's where you'll want to start and finish. The hunt runs on 1 August, and with 125 tokens hidden across York's notable locations, there's a good chance you'll come home with something.
