I’ve always liked the idea of playing detective. Too much 80s pop American crime drama and reading Harriet The Spy, I suppose. To see how we got on in Clue HQ Harrogate’s police investigation room, read on. Bring your best magnifying glass/bloodhound/pathologist/alcohol dependency issues with you.
Egyptian Tomb – LockHouse – Cambridge
A rare child-free review from a child-friendly venue… Aunty Ant visited LockHouse/Lockhouse in Cambridge.
We picked Egyptian Tomb as there was just the two of us, Armageddon is a good room for large groups and Secret Agent is the hardest room, so it seemed our best option…read on here…
Edgar The Explorer – Puzzlescape – Dereham
It is tricky trying to find an Escape Room that will take a team of seven plus a non-playing (non-paying) six year old. Puzzlescape at Dereham has accommodated us before (despite not having the most spacious of rooms) so…read more here
Santa’s Stowaway – Want To Escape – Rushden
Christmas Escape Rooms have not really been on my radar. Not Escape Rooms at Christmas, of course: any gathering is an excuse to chuck in a game or two – here I mean specifically Christmas-themed rooms. They’re just not something I would get super-excited about. Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas. But I tend to be quite cynical about festive commercialisation, pop-up cash-ins and John Lewis twee-ness. Read more here…
Poachers’ Compound – Kanyu – Wetherby
Christmas Eve tradition is now for us to visit Kanyu in Wetherby for a strenuous holiday brain workout. Having completed both their indoor rooms, our choice was down to Poachers’ Compound, their newest game. Drawback – it’s outdoors. At night. In December. In Yorkshire. read more…
The Great Train Robbery – Locked – Dunstable
Train games are like buses – wait ages for one train-themed room, then two come along at once… read more here
Sabotage – Escape Milton Keynes – Milton Keynes
So off we popped, not to Milton Keynes exactly, to Wolverton, a Victorian-era new town on the outskirts. Wolverton is described as one of the first railway towns; built to house locomotive works; home of the Royal Train; and the history of the railways is prominent on street frontages all the way up to the frankly quirky escape venue… read more (it’s not all modern British history, I promise).
Strange Things – Locked – Dunstable
We learnt two valuable lessons this day. One, a piece of advice seen in the Enthusiasts’ Facebook group – never play a room in the first month of opening. And two, should be obvious to parents everywhere – read more…
Conspiracist – Want To Escape – Rushden
I became very excited when I heard a new Escape Room venue was opening in Rushden, a small Northamptonshire town ten minutes down the road from us. We’ve pretty much exhausted everywhere else… read more here (if you dare, before the MIB come after you*).
Molten Creek Mine – Trapp’d – Northampton
True story: my boss had been invited on a lads’ day out in Northampton – they were booked into Trapp’d …read more
Note: this room isn’t reviewed by my boss. He’d be terrible at it. Fortunately, he doesn’t read my blog.
Granny & the Anthropomorphic Panda Avengers...Escape! 