Recently, there has been a surge in interest and craze for escape rooms. If you've never visited one before, I'm sure you've heard of one. An escape room is an immersive experience where a group of people are locked in a room and given an amount of time to solve the mystery to break free. They're a really great teambuilding exercise and is popular for work parties as well as outings with friends. For ones in the local area, scroll below:
1. Guildford Escape Rooms
Jeffries House, Jeffries Passage, Guildford GU1 4AP
Price: £85 (for 2 to 6 people for 1 hour)
Guildford Escape Rooms are more than just a room with padlocked boxes. No, Guildford Escape Rooms challenge you that extra bit further and trust me when I tell you that you'll need a good team to support you. You'll have to get your head into the scene and come up with ideas on how to solve the mystery. The thematic rooms provide an immersive experience where clues come in different forms. But will you be able to solve the puzzle?
2. Mystery Cube
19 Deer Park Road, Wimbledon London SW19 3UX
Price: From £63 (for a group of two)
Mystery Cube is a one-hour escape game. The game will begin when you enter the Mystery Cube and the door will lock behind you. The only way you will win is if you solve the inner secret and find your way out. The experience is fun and you only need good teamwork and common sense to succeed. It's the perfect team-building activity and it's fun for all the family too.
Want to know what we thought? Read our review here.
3. Containment Ltd
Containment Ltd, Merrist Wood College, Holly Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford GU3 3PE
Price: £20
At Containment in Worplesdon, you can choose one of three fun rooms, diffusing a bomb, orchestrating a heist and even preventing a zombie apocalypse. The experience will encourage collaboration and teamwork in a way that a heated game of Monopoly could never achieve!
4. Horton Park Escape Rooms
Horton Park County Club, Hook Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8QG
Price: £100 for a group of six
Horton Park Golf Club is pleased to announce that they'll be hosting escape room events and there are plenty of mysteries that you can choose to solve. Whether it's The Curse of old maid Milly or They Mystery Express, you'll be sure to have a very fun evening.
5. Escape from the Room
23 Merrow Road, Cheam, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 7LU
Price: £90 per room
Escape The Room is another branch of the Epsom Escape Room and follows the same mysteries and games for you to choose from. Each story is different and haunting and in order to escape, you'll have to solve the clues. The pressure is on.
