QueerQuest
A Geocaching Adventure
See the online trail HERE
QueerQuest is a geocache adventure in creative, rural queerness being created by Cat McGill and James Fox Neville for OUTSIDE. This was shaped by queer people living in the Staffordshire Moorlands, telling us the places that have significance to them, their journey or their community.
To explore the Geocaching version of this trail, click the links below:
Queer Quest #1: Urban Gaze, Wild’s Whisper
by Queer Quest | GCBD869 | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #2: The Green Challenger
by Queer Quest | GCBE1WQ | North West England, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #3: Isolation & Inner Reckoning
by Queer Quest | GCBE1X1 | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #4: Challenging Assumptions Of Power
by Queer Quest | GCBE1XA | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #5: Brotherhood & Chosen Family
by Queer Quest | GCBE1XG | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #6: Ancient Kisses & Freedoms
by Queer Quest | GCBE20X | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #7: The Hidden Sash
by James Fox Creative // Queer Quest | GCBE21J | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #8: The Great Unveiling
by James Fox Creative // Queer Quest | GCBE21T | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #9: Reconsiling With The Self
by James Fox Creative // Queer Quest | GCBE227 | West Midlands, United Kingdom
Queer Quest #10: The Return: Carrying Wild Wisdom
by Queer Quest | GCBE285 | West Midlands, United Kingdom
See here for the accessible online trail here (with spoilers!)
QueerQuest is part of the Pride in the Moorlands project being funded by Historic England’s History in the Making grant programme.
About Historic England
We are Historic England: the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment, from beaches and battlefields to parks and pie shops. We protect, champion and save the places that define who we are and where we’ve come from as a nation. We care passionately about the stories they tell, the ideas they represent and the people who live, work and play among them. Working with communities and specialists we share our passion, knowledge and skills to inspire interest, care and conservation, so everyone can keep enjoying and looking after the history that surrounds us all.
Find out more about how the historic environment can help our wellbeing.
About History in the Making grants
Historic England is working with young people (aged 13 to 25) and funding 11 youth-led projects that will create place markers across the North of England. They will mark and celebrate important local histories that have been overlooked and bring them to a broader audience. These co-produced projects put young people’s voices at the heart of the creative decision making to increase confidence and connection to their local heritage.
Find out more about place marking and this scheme here.

