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London Calling 2023

London Calling 2023 is coming!

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It has been something often alluded to, but we are now in a position to announce that London Calling is indeed returning in 2023. There are few details to announce at present, other than we have a contract signed with a venue for both the main Mega event as well as the same location for an evening event on the Saturday too.

So what can you expect from London Calling 2023? All the things you loved about London Calling 2021, plus all-new activities to enjoy. We had a whole bunch of plans that were derailed by Covid, and we’ll be looking to use some of those at long last.

We’re awaiting the publication of a Community Celebration to take place in mid-March to officially launch our little event properly, and there we’ll announce both the new date and the new venue. The Geocaching.com listing can only go live up to a year in advance, but after we announce the date, you’ll know how long you have to wait for that.

For us, now the work continues on everything else to do with the Mega. So expect to see us at this year’s Piratemania and the UK Mega in the West Midlands with all-new London Calling 2023 merchandise, and popping up around the country (and the world perhaps) at other events.

For more information, keep an eye on our social media links, and the London Calling 2023 page here. If you’re a vendor or potential sponsor and would like to get in touch with us, you can do so via our contact form here.

Competition

One Week Left For Our Raffle

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Geocaching Premium Membership

Don’t forget to enter our raffle, in which we’re putting 10 Premium Memberships up for grabs. These are valid for 12 months on Geocaching.com, and can still be used even if you’re only partway through a yearly subscription as it’ll extend your membership by a further year once applied.

Tickets are available on our online store for £2 each, from the following link: https://londoncallingnow-co-uk.stacktemp.com/product/premium-membership-raffle-ticket/

The closing date for the raffle is next Sunday, the 19th December 2021 at 11:59 pm. The draw will be made the following day with a recording posted on our Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/LondonCalling2021

All proceeds go towards the funds for the next London Mega, which we’ll hopefully be able to update you all on soon. Planning has been underway for a while now and we’re getting closer to an announcement. So any funds help us out immensely and you might get something back for it if you’re lucky enough.

A big thank you to our sponsors, Groundspeak, for providing us these Premium Memberships to give away.

Website

New Website Finally Complete

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We’re pleased to say the transition to the new hosting and website design is finally finished, and this now stands us in good stead for our future events. Thank you to all of you for your patience. While the majority of the site is basically the old site but under a new design, we are intended to expand the site over time based on what you would like to see.

We have already added a new events page here, which shows a calendar of all the events coming up within London. If you click on any of the listings on that calendar and then click on “More information” it’ll take you straight to the Geocaching.com listing for that event. The colour code is red for other events/community celebrations, green for other Cache in Trash Out (CiTO) events, and all London Calling related events will be in yellow.

Also, if you scroll to the bottom of any page, you’ll see a list of the next few geocaching events coming up in London. If you click on the name of the event there, it’ll take you straight to the event listing on Geocaching.com.

If you spot that we’ve missed an upcoming event, let us know by sending us a message using the Contact Us form here. Or just let us know about any new features you’d like to see on our site.

Website

New Website On the Way

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We’re just in the midst of organising the new website, so you might see a few changes over the course of the next few days/week. We’ve taken on board some of the feedback, especially with regards to the integration in relation to the online store and we hope that the new arrangements will work a lot better than the store we used for LC21.

One of the additional features is that we’re looking to host an ongoing calendar of geocaching events in London. This can be seen on our events page here.

As always, please send us any feedback you may have via the contact form.

London Calling 2021

Less Than A Month To Go!

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The London Calling committee has been hard at work behind the scenes, bringing together London’s first-ever Mega event. We were at Piratemania last weekend, we’ll be at the Official UK Mega in Lincoln next weekend and then we’ll be going full steam ahead into London Calling 2021. 

Two of the three side events have already been published, with the third coming in the next few days. On Friday 27th August, you’ll find us at St Martin in the Fields (just off Trafalgar Square) between 6 pm and 8 pm for “To The Underworld” (https://coord.info/GC9EBPC). On Sunday morning, look out for Wombles during our CiTO on Wimbledon Common for “A Wombles Work Is Never Done” (https://coord.info/GC9BW1D).

London Calling 2021

We Are Now Mega!

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With thanks to Groundspeak and the support of the HQ Mega team, we can now officially state that London Calling 2021 has been upgraded to a Mega Event. We’re thrilled as this had been the goal all along, but while we hoped that we would achieve it this quickly, the reality of it is extremely exciting. Looking forward to seeing 500+ of you next year in Westminster!