Welcome to your fix of UK and Irish escape room news covering everything that this site has discovered since the last update!
Exit Games is always on the look-out for new rooms or venues that are opening, references in the media or anything else that might be of interest to the readers, so please do send an email if you spot anything of interest. That applies to owners too – feel free to send me your news for inclusion here. Don’t be shy!
On to the news
- South East England
- North Pole Panic 2 – Christmas Countdown is opening at The Panic Room Gravesend
- Rest in Pieces is opening at Time 2 Escape in Rochester
- East Midlands
- LetsXcape in Newark are running a special version of Sacred with live actors for a couple of nights this week – tickets are still available if you’re quick! They’ve also got some upcoming news about a town centre location complete with escape rooms, VR rooms and board games. Watch this space!
- Escape Lincoln are expanding into a second location at nearby Vulcan Park. Expect to see Casino Plaza open in the new year.
- One Way Out in Oakham opened The Lost Traveller
- West Midlands
- The Secret of Silas is opening at the National Brewery Centre in Burton
- Clockwork Escapes in Wolverhampton are closing their Hallowe’en game, Starpoint Omega
- Wales
- Beyond Breakout ran a successful crowdfunding project that finished this month and expect to open their doors in the new year.
- Lunar Base Alpha is opening at The Escape Game Carmarthen
- Northern Ireland
- Spellbound – A Wizard’s Trial is opening at Timescape in Belfast
- North West England
- Trapp’d have opened a new venue in Stockport. The two games are from their other locations – Dead Man’s Cove and Motel – but they’re also opening rage rooms at the location!
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Live For Today is a new venue in Harrogate that’s in the midst of opening. Their first game is called Crack the Enigma and sees you undergoing military testing to see whether you’re a suitable recruit for a WWII mission.
- Sleepover is opening at Escapologist Cleethorpes
- Santa’s Workshop: Part 2 is opening at Take the Exit in Hull
- Dracula’s Tomb is opening at Enigma Rooms Hull
- East of England
- Prestige Escape Rooms are all set to open in Lowestoft which will make them the easternmost escape room in the UK. In fact, given that they’re within a few hundred metres of the easternmost point of mainland UK, it seems highly unlikely that they’ll be beaten. They’ve also managed to drum up some local press.
- Fakenham Escape Rooms in Norfolk opened House of Evidence
- South West England
- Dreadlock Escape Rooms is a new venue in Bodmin and they’ve opened Let the Games Begin
- The Cellar is opening at Housetrap Hengar Manor in Cornwall
- Santa Escape is opening at Escape The Game in Devon
- Ireland
- The List is opening at Escape Rooms Ennis
- Blog posts
That’s all I’m aware of. If any of the above is incorrect or if you’re aware of other news, significant discounts or competitions, then let me know via email or in the comments below and I’ll include updates in the next edition.
Thanks for reading!
Not sure if it’s worth adding The Divide has just opened at Other World Escapes in Portsmouth and they also have a Christmas room opening soon! 🙂