Short and sweet for the start of summer, here’s your list of the latest escape room openings.
Greater London
🔒 Clue HQ’s Kingston-upon-Thames branch are now operating the branch’s A-I-9 room.
🔒 The latest addition at Room Lockdown Hornchurch is The Room In The Basement, a serial killer theme designed for exactly two players.
South East England
🔒 Chatham’s Escape Plan Live have opened a new set of rooms: CSI: Killer Twist, CSI: Murder Underground, CSI: Roger That, and Kidnapped: Captive Audience. At least, I think they have – it’s not entirely clear from their booking system.
🔒 In Portsmouth, Other World Escapes now offer a 60-90 min outdoor game called The Pursuit of Mr. E.
Also new, from last month’s update:
🔒 Bust Out 360 Slough: Elevator Terror
🔒 Escapade (Reading): On The Run 2024
🔒 Mythologic Escape Rooms (Gillingham): Sneaky Santa
🔒 Pressure Point Escape Rooms (Ashford): Monkey Mayhem
🔒 The Attic Romsey: Panic in the Attic
South West England
🔒 Arcardia Escapes in Bournemouth (who took over U-Escape) have opened a new room called House of Dolls, which as you might guess is a scary theme.
🔒 Escapism Plymouth also have a new room, Accused, where you need to prove a suspect’s innocence, in the traditional manner of breaking into the crime scene.
West Midlands
🔒 Kidderminster Escape Rooms is now open with new room The Mystic Temple. This is a new branch for Top Escape Rooms in Worcester.
🔒 Escape Time Burton-on-Trent opened Freak Show Circus, a carnival theme where you’re attempting to rescue the performers from the evil ringmaster.
🔒 LevelUp Escapes in Shrewsbury also have a new game; Mystery Manor is a murder solving game that seems to have a spooky twist.
Also new, from last month’s update:
🔒 The Puzzle Room Cannock: Sub Zero
East Midlands
🔒 Daventry Miniature Race Cars now offers an escape room – in The Search for the Brookland’s Cup you’re trying to find a long lost trophy from within the museum.
🔒 The three escape rooms at Escape Lincoln’s Vulcan Park location are now part of The No Work Club; they have new names (High Roller Heist, Inmate 7365, Shack of Souls) and there are plans to extensively revamp the content. The company also runs the three rooms at Urban Putters on the same site, along with axe throwing and other activities.
Also new, from last month’s update:
🔒 Mission Classified (Grimsby): Red Rock Canyon
East of England
🔒 A Magical Disappearance, previously available from Escape Space in Sawbridgeworth, is now running at Clue HQ Brentwood.
🔒 One I’d previously missed: St Neots Museum are now running their sixth Jailbreak escape room.
🔒 Oliver Cromwell’s House also has a new event, with Experiment: Vita-Datum due to open next week.
🔒 Escape Hunt Norwich opened a copy of A Dalek Awakens.
Also new, from last month’s update:
🔒 Cluetopia Clacton: Lockbuster Video
North West England
🔒 In the Lakes District, Lakes Escapes launched a new game with a classic theme – in Prison Break you’re trying to escape incarceration after a failed heist.
🔒 Another new branch of Houdini’s – this one’s in Manchester, open from the 6th, and will be running four rooms: Captain Blackheart’s Curse, Creepy Carnival, Alcatraz and Titanic.
🔒 Breakout Manchester opened Underworld, inspired by Greek mythology and set in Hades.
🔒 Escapism Chester’s latest is Conservation Crisis, which challenges you to stop illegal poaching; and there’s a donation to Chester Zoo for every game booked.
Yorkshire & the Humber
🔒 The Paint Shop (which is a bar not a shop!) opened Mystery Manor: The Ghost Train; they also have axe throwing and mini golf activities.
🔒 Locked In Games Leeds announced Sherlock Holmes in The Show Must Go On, which will be running as part of the Leeds Opera Festival 2024, from 5th August to 8th September.
Also new, from last month’s update:
🔒 Escapable (Wakefield): The Great Loudini – Puzzles Edition
🔒 The Great Escape Game Sheffield: The Haunted Hound
North East England
🔒 Escape Newcastle now offer a set of VR escape rooms in addition to their physical ones – the Assassin’s Creed / Prince of Persia ones plus Huxley and Save Notre-Dame.
Northern Ireland
🔒 Not new, but Share Discovery Village in Lisnaskea has an escape room as one of their activities, in which you’re trying to recover a golden necklace. With thanks to Exit Games Scotland for spotting this one!
And also deep gratitude to Pris for doing most of the hard research work for this month.