Escape Rooms in Wiltshire

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One of the latest crazes to sweep the nation is escape rooms. Here in Wiltshire, we have three of these escape rooms that have opened up and are set to challenge the inquisitive amongst you.

What is an escape room?

An escape room is an adventure game whereby players are locked inside a room for a set amount of time (usually 60 minutes) and have to use elements of the room to solve the puzzles to make their escape. They are often based on concepts from video games and originated initially in Japan before their popularity spread worldwide. Think along the lines of the Crystal Maze and you’ll get the idea.

Where are the escape rooms in Wiltshire?

There are two escape rooms in Salisbury: Salisbury Escape Room and Live Escape Salisbury, and one in Swindon Co-Decode Live Escape Rooms. 

Each of the escape rooms has a different theme. Salisbury Escape Room has previously had a Magna Carta theme (read our blog here on our visit), a Murder at the Museum theme and now a new theme Wessex Cold Case unit! 

Live Escape Salisbury have a SPECTRE-based theme including special effects and some unique puzzles to test you and your team to the limit. 

Co-Decode Live Escape transports you to a fictitious universe set at the beginning of the 20th century where renowned archaeologist, Professor Oldervik Dunstan, has disappeared.

What type of people can take part in an escape room?

Depending on the escape room in question, they can cater for a variety of groups whether it’s a gathering of friends for a birthday party, a stag or hen do or even a team building event.

Generally speaking they aren’t suitable for young children however older teenagers will enjoy the activities at Salisbury Escape Room as will accompanied children at Live Escape Salisbury and 16s and overs are allowed in the 11th Hour Escape Room.

Why not make a break of it and try and solve all three of our Wiltshire escape rooms over a few days? If you are looking for places to stay then don’t forget to check out our accommodation pages of our website.