Press kit
Uncommon Place in a nutshell.
Product facts, launch wording and approved visual assets for journalists, partners and publishers.
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About Uncommon Place
Uncommon Place is a mobile app for self-guided, location-based adventures. Players follow city waypoints, discover local stories, collect places and solve puzzle trails with a final challenge. The first collection is available in York, England, with history, discovery and seasonal experiences alongside family and adult puzzle trails in development.
Uncommon Place is created by York software studio Boon & Moil.
Approved short description
One sentence.
Uncommon Place turns real streets into self-guided discovery and puzzle trails, connecting app waypoints with local stories, collections, clues and challenges.
Initial York experiences
- Explore York City Walls, entrance information, self-guided sections and local discoveries.
- Explore York’s Snickelways, hidden passages, yards and discoveries between the main streets.
- York Family Puzzle Trail, facts, clues and a shared final challenge.
- The Impossible Pub Crawl, hard quizzes and York pub recommendations for adults.
- Catch Ghosts in York, a seasonal ghost hunt built around map waypoints.
Accuracy note
The app is available for iPhone and Android. Prices, durations and route availability vary by experience; use the individual trail pages for confirmed details.
Story angles
A city-sized collection to explore.
Potential coverage can focus on York’s hidden routes, the contrast between discovery and puzzle trails, rotating seasonal experiences or the work involved in documenting real-world routes.