Escape the Room Games in Norfolk
Published date: September 2019
Have you got what it takes to escape? Escape the room games originated in Japan and the craze has since spread far and wide, with Norfolk having its fair share of offerings. If being “locked” in a room with a timer, searching for clues, solving logic puzzles, breaking codes, using your powers of observation and problem solving and opening locks before the allocated time runs out, then this is an activity for you!
The games vary tremendously, some are focused on finding items within a room, some are more like brain teasers and solving logic problems, others can require physical dexterity and there are even virtual reality escape rooms. One thing that all the games have in common is that they are all high-pressured, adrenaline-fuelled, fun adventures that must be completed within an allotted time. Play with friends, family, work colleagues or complete strangers and see why escape rooms have garnered an almost cult-like following in recent years.
Here are some of the best room escape games in Norfolk:
Escape Rooms King’s Lynn
You have 60 minutes and a handful of clues and together with your team you must complete a variety of brain teasers. Have you got what it takes to get out of the room in time? Escape Rooms King’s Lynn has 3 themed rooms, with one that is aimed at families with younger children. All rooms require logical thinking, an eye for detail, teamwork and brain power in order to solve clues and riddles within an allotted time.
Murder on Norfolk Street - 1 hr - £20 per person
A murder has taken place on Norfolk Street and the detective in charge of the investigation has gone missing. Can you and your team catch the culprit and solve the case before the murderer returns to silence you?
Play Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Other days may be available, please email: info@escaperoomskingslynn.co.uk
Treasure Island - 1 hr - £20 per person
This is their family themed room that is suitable for families with younger children. A fun and exciting challenge that is recommended for ages 5-12 with an accompanying adult.
Play Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Other days may be available, please email: info@escaperoomskingslynn.co.uk
Pandemic - 1 hr - £20 per person
Awoken from your induced sleep you and your fellow test subjects must complete challenges in order to find the antidote to a worldwide pandemic that has broken out. Can you stop the virus spreading and save millions of lives?
Play Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Other days may be available, please email: info@escaperoomskingslynn.co.uk
For full details and to make a booking, please visit their website or give them a call.
Escape Rooms King’s Lynn - 36A Norfolk Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1AH
Tel: 01553 777035
www.escaperoomskingslynn.co.uk
The Cryptic Escape
A real-life escape game in Norwich, find yourself locked in a room for 60 minutes and try and escape using the objects, codes and hidden hints. Are you smart enough, and can you think out of the box to solve the puzzles? Work together in your team to solve the clues. The games are for teams of 2 to 5 or 6 people (room dependent), under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. During the event the game masters will guide you through if you get stuck. There are 4 different game rooms………..the clock is ticking!
Each of their rooms has a different theme with differing challenges. The Lab of Dr. Lev Pasted, The Haunted (14+), The Treasure of Green Beard and The Tomb of Akhenaten. There are also two outdoor games - Operation Mindfall and Magic Portal.
Prices per game:
2 players - £45.00
3 players - £60.00
4 players - £70.00
5 players - £80.00
6 players (The Haunted only) - £90.00
To find out further details about each game and to make a booking, please visit their website.
The Cryptic Escape - Augustine Steward House, 14 Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 1HF
Tel: 01603 762002
Puzzlescape
Located in Dereham, Norfolk, Puzzlescape have 3 rooms: The Diamond Hunt, Sleight of Hand and Magnesis. Their rules are simple but escaping their rooms isn’t. Beware, some things are not visible to the untrained eye and not everything is how it seems! Think smart, be logical and use common sense to solve the clues and puzzles in your team and escape within the hour.
The Diamond Hunt - You will be entering the offices of Claude Von Dom, a notorious diamond thief and your task is to enter his offices, carry out a thorough search and see whether you can find the diamond and escape within the hour.
Sleight of Hand - You will be entering the house of a retired magician’s assistant, who goes by the name of Disco Dom. Can you retrieve the coin and escape within the hour?
Magnesis - Their hardest room as it is skill based. All the puzzles are very challenging and hands on and the room has a magnetism theme.
Prices per game:
2 Players - £22 per person
3 Players - £21 per person
4 Players - £18 per person
5 Players - £17 per person
6 Players - £16 per person
7 Players - £15 per person
Monday - Sunday 10:00am - 20:30pm
To find out further details and to make a booking, please visit their website.
Puzzlescape - Revenue Building, 11 Church Street, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1DP
Tel: 07564 499494
Clued Up! Escape Rooms
Located in the heart of Norwich, on Prince of Wales Road, Clued Up! has 3 rooms and caters for large and small parties alike with game rooms suitable for between 2 and 8 people. If you are a larger party, please contact them to discuss available options.
Nuclear Countdown - 2-8 Players
It’s the height of the Cold War and there is an imminent nuclear threat to the world. Your mission is to stop the missile and save the world by solving all the puzzles. Nuclear Countdown is a challenging game and due to the puzzle dynamics, they recommend a party size of 4+.
The Bank Heist - 2-8 Players
Negotiate the security systems and escape the bank with as much money from the vault as you can before the cops show up! You have 60 minutes to do it! Why not take on your friends in another group and see which team can escape with the most money from the vault?
Prison Breakout - 2-8 Players
You find yourselves falsely imprisoned for a crime you did not commit. The Warden has been bribed to make sure you never experience freedom again. You have one hour to escape your cell, get into the office and disable the security systems and make your escape.
Prices per game:
2 players - £44 (£22 per person)
3 players - £57 (£19 per person)
4 players - £68 (£17 per person)
5 players - £80 (£16 per person)
6 players - £90 (£15 per person)
7 players - £98 (£14 per person)
8 players- £104 (£13 per person)
To find out further details and to make a booking, please visit their website.
Clued Up! Escape Rooms - 64-66 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1LT
Tel: 01603 960 447
http://www.cluedupescapes.co.uk/
Axes and Escapes
These escape rooms are located on the old RAF Sculthorpe, 4 miles from the Norfolk market town of Fakenham. Discover four challenging themed escape rooms with differing levels of difficulty; WhoDunIt?, Spy vs Spy, The School Room and Solutions Incorporated.
Play in teams of 2 - 8 (2-12 in Spy vs Spy) with 60 minutes to solve the clues and puzzles and escape each room. Each themed puzzle room has been specially developed to challenge even the smartest of intellects.
Spy vs Spy - a twin, side by side multi room escape experience, (each room able to hold up to 6 players) where two teams race side by side to solve exactly the same set of puzzles to exit first. Challenge your family, friends or work colleagues and see who’s the fastest team to solve the clues and escape. For one team of between 2-6 people or two teams of between 6-12 people racing against each other. Recommended age 11+.
The School Room - A family friendly escape room where you have 60 minutes to complete a variety of lessons before you’re allowed out to get your sweets from the tuck shop. Can you solve Professor De’ath‘s cunning conundrums and finish your detention before the tuck shop closes? For one team of 2-8 people aged 8+.
Solutions Incorporated - You have just started a new job on the IT support team at Solutions Incorporated and the big bosses’ computer has gone down and he wants it fixed pronto. The room can be completed solo in a team of between 2 to 4 people or two teams of 2 to 4 can race head to head against the clock and against each other.
Murder Mystery - An isolated mansion on a dark and rainy night. 7 guests, 7 weapons, 9 rooms, 1 body. Can you find the culprit before the culprit silences you? You and your team have 1 hour to find the clues and solve the puzzles that will lead you to the identity of the killer. Can you escape and inform the authorities of this horrible crime or will you be trapped inside with the mystery killer? For one team of 2-8 people aged 8+.
Prices per game - £20 Per Person - Maximum 8 people per room
To find out further details and to make a booking, please visit their website.
Axes and Escapes - 1020 Sculthorpe Boulevard, Tattersett Business and Leisure Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 7RL
Tel: 01485 528353
Norwich Virtual Reality Escape Room
Norwich VR Escape Room is located on Castle Meadow, in the centre of Norwich and offers players a unique experience, with two games, Huxley and Huxley 2. Designed in Germany, Huxley is a virtual reality escape room adventure that transports players into a machine dominated future, where players are the last remaining survivors of humanity. Are you able to solve the puzzles to complete your mission and reverse the apocalypse with Huxley by your side?
Huxley 2 - The Adventure Begins, takes you back in time to the 19th century in search for the ultimate source of energy and secrets behind the legend of Huxley. You are helped along by some ingenious inventions by the professor; are you willing to risk it all with your team to complete the second part of this virtual escape game?
Monday - Sunday 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Prices per game:
2 People - £60
3 People - £70
4 People - £80
Norwich Virtual Reality Escape Room - 24-25 Castle Meadow, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3DH
History Mystery Escape Games
Escape games are currently available in the beautiful medieval city of Norwich and at Blickling Church, which is close to Aylsham in Norfolk.
Norwich Guildhall - Archived Alive! 2 to 8 players
The historian will be history unless you and your team can save him! Locking himself in the secure archive vault you and your team must solve the clues and unlock the vault before he becomes part of history himself!
Play Friday, Saturday and Sunday
School Holidays - extended hours. During term time call: 01603 327515 for additional event availability
Norwich Guildhall - Body of Evidence - 2 to 7 players
This real-life murder case lay unsolved for 18 years, can you solve it in just one hour? In the historic cell block under the Guildhall in Norwich, where the gruesome evidence was collected, you’re under suspicion for the crime. Can you piece together the clues to identify the body, convict the murderer and find justice for the victim? Please note this game takes place in real gaol cells where real prisoners left behind graffiti, some of which is explicit, so this is not for the easily offended.
Play Friday, Saturday and Sunday
School Holidays - extended hours. During term time call: 01603 327515 for additional event availability
Prices per game:
2 Players - £45.00 inc. VAT (£22.50 per person)
3 Players - £55.00 inc. VAT (£18.33 per person)
4 Players - £65.00 inc. VAT (£16.25 per person)
5 Players - £75.00 inc. VAT (£15.00 per person)
6 Players - £85.00 inc. VAT (£14.17 per person)
7 Players - £95.00 inc. VAT (£13.57 per person)
8 Players* - £105.00 inc. VAT (only available for Archived Alive!
KindaKafe on Castle Meadow - Secrets of the Tunnels - 2 to 8 players
Are you brave enough to head underground and rescue the hapless historian before the tunnels collapse and your air runs out? In the shadow of Norwich Castle, Herbert the City Historian has been secretly excavating a medieval street found hidden below Castle Meadow. He is hot on the trail of the legendary burial site and treasure of the lost king of the Angles but he’s disappeared, leaving behind a trail of clues about Norwich’s subterranean history and myths, but the tunnels are starting to cave in!
Play Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
School Holidays - extended hours. During term time call: 01603 327515 for additional event availability
Please note: this game takes place in an unheated and dusty environment, with narrow access stairs and uneven floors, in a shared building that runs other events that occasionally can be heard in the escape game.
Prices per game:
2 players - £40.00 inc. VAT (£20.00 per person)
3 Players - £55.00 inc. VAT (£18.33 per person)
4 Players - £70.00 inc. VAT (£17.50 per person)
5 Players - £85.00 inc. VAT (£17.00 per person)
6 Players - £100.00 inc. VAT (£16.67 per person)
7 Players - £115.00 inc. VAT (£16.43 per person)
8 Players - £130.00 inc. VAT (£16.25 per person)
Weekday games starting before 4pm are £15 per person
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell - The Merchants’ Vaults - 2 to 8 players
You find yourself trapped in the past with no money, facing the horrors of debtors’ prison. Norwich thankfully has a long history of thriving industries, so can you find a way to use them to survive the past and make it back to the present?
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Prices per game:
2 players - £40.00 inc. VAT (£20.00 per person)
3 Players - £55.00 inc. VAT (£18.33 per person)
4 Players - £70.00 inc. VAT (£17.50 per person)
5 Players - £85.00 inc. VAT (£17.00 per person)
6 Players - £100.00 inc. VAT (£16.67 per person)
7 Players - £115.00 inc. VAT (£16.43 per person)
8 Players - £130.00 inc. VAT (£16.25 per person)
Off peak discount available - games starting before 4pm Tuesday to Friday are £15 per person
Blickling Church - The Queenmaker - 2 to 10 players
Experience the world’s first escape game in a real church. The royal marriage that changed history is in your hands! Life in Tudor England is a constant struggle, even for Norfolk’s wealthy Boleyn family. The closer you are to the King, the more secure your land and your lives will be. There is no place at Court closer than the King’s consort – his Queen. Use all your guile and cunning to overcome the many obstacles in your path and help get your daughter Anne to the altar, as the bride of King Henry the Eighth! This all takes place in the very church where the real-life Anne Boleyn worshipped as a girl.
Play weekends at Blickling Church
Prices per game:
2 players - £45.00 inc. VAT (£22.50 per person)
3 Players - £55.00 inc. VAT (£18.33 per person)
4 Players - £65.00 inc. VAT (£16.25 per person)
5 Players - £75.00 inc. VAT (£15.00 per person)
6 Players - £85.00 inc. VAT (£14.17 per person)
7 Players - £95.00 inc. VAT (£13.57 per person)
8 Players - £105.00 inc. VAT (£13.13 per person)
9 Players - £115.00 inc. VAT (£12.78 per person)
10 Players - 125.00 inc. VAT (£12.50 per person)
To find out further details and to make a booking, please visit their website:
Please note information, including pricing, correct at time of publishing. To find out further details please visit each individual website.