My Top UK Escape Rooms #Gifted
Escape Rooms have been trending now for some time and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, Escape Rooms are becoming more technical, magical and super cool meaning for us lucky game players, we get to experience immersive game play at its very best.
From Manchester, Chester, Leeds, Harrogate Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh to London, I have been up and down the country to find my best Escape Room brands. In no order, here you have my Top UK Escape Rooms…
Chester
Breakout – Excalibur
Breakout Chester is an amazing city centre Escape games brand with rooms such as Dark Magic – I highly recommend, along with Exchalibur.
Brave warriors, prepare to fight the fight, as myself and my fellow knights had been kidnapped from Camelot. Being held captive in a tower whilst the intruders are disguising themselves as us.
The challenge was to find our way out of the tower, back to the round table and prove our worth by being the true king by removing the sword from the stone…
Manchester
Escape Reality – Bank Job
Escape Reality, located within the Printworks in Manchester city centre, has a whole range of games to play such as Alcatraz, Enigmista, Tortuga Pirates, The Asylum, Legend of the Mummy and Bank Job.
We grabbed our elite squad of highly skilled bank robbers, as we were amongst the chosen few who had been challenged to infiltrate the security systems at the world’s most protected bank vaults.
Escape with the diamond within 60 minutes or face life in prison! An exhilarating, exciting and entertaining experience, will your team diamond bank balance go boom or bust!
Escape Hunt – Escape the Wild West
Exciting Escape Hunt Manchester, located in Manchester city centre, is where all the action takes place, as they have a whole range of game themes including Doctor Who, Alice in Wonderland, The Last Vikings, The Last Samurai, Blackbeard’s Treasure and Escape the Wild West.
Howdy partners, the wild west tiny frontier town of East Victoria, has struck gold, so celebrations throughout town are rife. Not everything that glistens is gold though, as with this news, the bloodthirsty Bill French Gang are riding their way into town to claim the gold and kill everyone in East Victoria. You best get the gold, before it’s too late or you’ll be shot at dawn.
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Spellbound 
It’s the Old Magical Academy annual school reunion, the ideal time for you all to sneak into the school, but Shush…as you are not meant to be there, so don’t get discovered!
The Breakout team always make you feel welcome giving you that warm & fuzzy feeling. Tom S and Sam, our games masters, did a cracking job. Really nice guys; professional, enthusiastic and importantly came across as super genuine – ideal ambassadors for the breakout brand for sure.
Our carnival puppet prize Frankie had that eerie feel. Later that night, a strange dream turned into a nightmare, followed with a haunting and creepy voice saying that we must return our prize Frankie within 7 days.
Returning to the carnival on the 7th day, we entered the old workshop to break the curse. Don’t clown around too much though, as you only have 60 minutes to breakout, or all your nightmares will come true. We escaped, but can you?
Let your hair down and go crazy at this adults only venue, in this luminous Liverpool loveliness, as you go golfing Ghetto style.
Get the part started at hole 1, a Scooby do style cool camper, just under the mega fab golf club lighting.
Hit the bowling lane, pose with the Mona Lisa, bowl your friends over with a hole in one.
The great thing about this hotel is that they have a range of rooms to suit different budgets from standard to executive. So maybe with my money saving guide across the city, you will be able to treat yourself and upgrade.
Also, a cosy seating area with an amazing view of Liverpool cathedral.
Novotel Liverpool Centre, is perfectly situated for exploring all that Liverpool has to offer, check into your cosy city centre Novotel hotel – a 4 star home away from home.
Novotel’s nice executive rooms are the perfect homely hub, spacious with all the mod cons you need during your stay.
Unpack, relax and prepare to head off for your lovely Liverpool adventures.
Designed by the amazing architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott who interestingly was also commissioned to design a telephone kiosk to commemorate the Jubilee of King George V – hence the red iconic telephone box was born.
Executive accommodations provide a relaxed and focused experience where you already have everything you need to make your stay a smooth one.
The wardrobe had plenty of space for you to store all your wears along with complimentary slippers and a fluffy robe for the duration of your stay. You will notice the door, behind which is a separate enclosed toilet area.
Book yourself onto the Magical mystery Tour and get on board your very own “yellow submarine” for the Ultimate Beatles Fan experience. “She’s got a ticket to ride”…well I definitely did and could not wait.
The Tour has many highlights including the childhood home of Ringo Starr, St Peters Church where John and Paul first met, John Lennon’s childhood home and Former schools and colleges of John, Paul, George and Ringo including the Art College and the Liverpool Institute (now LIPA)
Excitingly, there are four stops, where you can get off the bus, at key Beatles locations and snap away to your hearts content. Walk with the boys (Fab Four Statue located at the docks) to the first of these stops which was Penny Lane.
My marvellously daring team of expert elite bank robbers docked into Liverpool for a Heist of a lifetime. Lovely Joe, our games Master guided us deep down into the legendary vault of, Locke and Quay Treasury, that is rumoured to hold the private depository of one of their famously rich and wealthy clients.
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