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For those of you interested in stats… There are 48 bookable games (46/46 if you don’t count duplicate games at one/multiple sites). Those games are spread across 15 companies with 18 venues.
Key:
Wheelchair accessible – contact the venue for more info.
Deaf friendly – based on a statement by the venue or a deaf player. Contact the venue for more info.
Duplicate game – this game is present at other venues in the UK or overseas, possibly with a different name. Hover over/press and hold for details.
North East England
DARLINGTON (Games: 3) |
Cluedini Darlington, Darlington DL1 1LU. Three games: – Blitz (2‑6 players) Keep Calm and Get Out. – Sleuth (2 copies, 2‑6 players) Pass the interview amd join the ranks of Sleuth HQ. – Anubis (2‑6 players) Escape the tomb before the God of the Afterlife unleashes his curse. |
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DURHAM (Games: 4) |
Escape Rooms Durham, Durham DH1 3NU. Two games: – Mr Borrowdale’s Study (2‑6 players) Root through Mr Borrowdale’s puzzling possessions in order to escape the room. – Lab Heist (2‑6 players) Infiltrate Durham Bio Laboratories and steal as many ‘data discs’ as you can. Past games: Naughty or Nice |
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Escape Rooms Durham – Lumley Castle, Durham DH3 4NX. One game: – Lily of Lumley (2‑6 players) Find Lily, free her from the curse and escape a deadly fate. |
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MIDDLESBROUGH (Games: 12) |
Teesside Escape Rooms, Middlesbrough TS3 8DS. One game: – Jail Break (2‑6 players) Escape from jail. |
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Project Escape, Middlesbrough TS1 1SE. Four games: – Elementary (2 copies, 2‑6 players) Can you think like a detective? – Dr Villain’s Revenge (2‑6 players) – Haunted (2‑6 players) – Christmas Nightmare (2‑6 players) Past games: The Magician’s Illusion, Heroes & Villains, The Mystery of Room 20, Tinsel Torment |
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Enigma Escape Rooms Middlesborough, Middlesbrough TS1 2ES. Three games: – Plague (2‑6 players) Enter the lab and find a cure. – Prison Break (2‑6 players) – Young Guns (2‑6 players) Convince the jury to find your innocent. |
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NEWCASTLE (Games: 31) |
Lost and Escape, Newcastle NE1 4XB. Two games: – The Dungeon (2‑6 players) Find the three elemental power crystals to escape the Dungeon. – The Magic Castle (2‑6 players) Experience the wizard world. Past games: Time Travel to the 1900s, The Lost Treasure |
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Exit Newcastle, Newcastle NE1 1SG. Three games: – Save the City (2‑8 players) Stop the evil genius and defuse the bomb. – Volatile Laboratories (2‑6 players). Reviews: Find the antidote and escape the laboratory. – The Attic (2‑6 players) Discover what horrors await you behind closed doors. |
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Pirate Escape, Newcastle NE26 2TH. Three games: – Forbidden Jungle (2‑6 players). Reviews: Solve the shaman’s clues and puzzles, find the treasure and escape before you are trapped by his spell forever. – Mutiny (2‑6 players) . Reviews: – The Secrets of the Orient (2‑6 players) Past games: Blackbeard’s Ship, Pirate Island, The Brig, The Tavern |
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The Escape Key, Newcastle NE1 5SF. Four games: – Armageddon (2‑8 players) Save the world from armageddon. – The Plague Room (2‑8 players) Retrieve Lucille’s ashes to escape the room. – Witch (3‑7 players) Save an innocent victim and escape the Hangman’s noose. – Electric City (3‑7 players) |
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Never Give Up, Newcastle NE4 7JE. Two games: – King Tut’s Tomb (2‑8 players). Reviews: A real life Crystal Maze experience – The Dungeon (2‑12 players). Reviews: Could you escape the dungeon? Future games: Future Realm |
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The Riddle Room, Newcastle NE12 7JN. One game: – Albert’s Fortune (Up to 4 players) Past games: The Room |
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Exit Newcastle 2, Newcastle NE1 7PS. One game: – Fiorella’s Cave (2‑6 players). Reviews: Recover the Fiorella’s treasure before it falls into the wrong hands. Past games: Christmas Game! |
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Escape Newcastle, Newcastle NE1 5AE. Three games: – The Cabin (2‑5 players) If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise… – Contagion (2‑5 players) Find the antidote and escape the lab before it’s destroyed. – Witchcraft and Wizardry (2‑5 players) Is it a test or is there something more sinister at work? |
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Escape Newcastle (The Gate), Newcastle NE1 4XQ. Two games: – Alien Escape – First Contact (2‑5 players) Escape before the alien skins you as a trophy… – Dead Man’s Hand (2‑5 players) The robotic hosts of Western World have started to malfunction. Past games: Santa’s List |
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STOCKTON-ON-TEES (Games: 4) |
Enigmatology, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3NJ. Three games: – The Strange Case of Professor Crowhagen (2‑5 players) Uncover the professor’s whereabouts and avert an event that will change history forever. – Elemental (2‑5 players) Join John Walker, the inventor of the friction match, on his quest to unravel the mystery. – The Secret of Crick Hollow (2‑5 players, 90 minutes) Uncover the secret of Crick Hollow and avert disaster before it’s too late. Past games: The Twelve Heists of Christmas |
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SUNDERLAND (Games: 8) |
Clue HQ Sunderland, Sunderland SR1 1JG. Four games: – Bunker 38 (3‑6 players) Escape from a nuclear bunker as the oxygen runs out. – The Vault (3‑6 players) Escape from the Vault with as much money as possible. – Cell Block C (3‑6 players) Escape from the top security Cell Block C. – Dungeon of Doom (3‑6 players) Free your wrongfully imprisoned friend from the dungeon and escape together. |
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The Strategy, Sunderland SR4 6SN. Four games: – The Box (2‑8 players). Reviews: After witnessing a mafia hit, you find yourself trapped in a crate heading to an unknown destination – The Vault (2‑8 players). Reviews: You have been transported back in time to a bank vault. Solve the puzzle or be trapped in time forever. – The Way to Wonderland (2‑8 players). Reviews: Escape the topsy-turvy Wonderland before the Queen of Hearts finds you. – The Box Zombie Apocalypse (2‑8 players) |
The following venues are announced but not yet available:
- Consett: The Escapologist (Consett)
Closed games:
- Newcastle, Escape Newcastle (original site) (November 2014 to February 2018)
- South Shields, Quest Rooms (May 2019 to August 2019)