The Escape Key

A brilliantly designed room with dedicated games masters, centred on local history too! A must-play!

Another brilliant room from Escape Key. The theming for this room is fantastic and the attention to detail phenomenal. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble sourcing convincing props for a Cold War bunker, and they are all well integrated into the room’s puzzles. No red herrings. Some great tech and it all worked perfectly. The pacing was spot-on and we escaped with just a few minutes to spare. 

This room is lots of fun. Beautifully designed, the puzzles are varied and satisfying. Fair bit of tech and it was all working perfectly. Hosting was spot on. Only tiny negative was a red herring element that we wasted a fair bit of time on. This was our first room at this venue, can’t wait to return and try out the others!

We preferred this to the witch room, but they do share similarities. 

Some jump scare moments, generally enjoyable puzzles and a nice story throughout. 

Great hosting with staff getting into character (Anna)

A solid room, great theming, not a huge amount of puzzles, and very dimly lit.

Not your typical padlock or escape room puzzles, some more think outside the box stuff here, but enjoyable nonetheless. There is one bit of tech/electronics that really does stand out by ruining the immersion element that could be easily fixed.

Mismatched puzzles that did not fit the theme of the room. Less logical than some of their other games.

Caitlin our host was fantastic and made the overall experience. The game itself was well thought out, lots to do, well themed with some good puzzles.  Definately worth stopping by. 

Thanks to Jack B!

ElectriCity has a unique start to any escape room - they don't even let you in to begin with!

Once you enter, it can seem massively overwhelming at first but it does roll into a very fun exploration with some very fun and surprising features. I would heartily recommend this room to even the seasoned escaper - lots of custom content with a historical significance.

What a brilliant game. We really enjoy it. So many unique puzzles, all custom built. The GM was really good and we'd asked not to have hints unless we were really off course as we're more about the puzzles than getting out on time. He pitched it perfectly and only hinted at the end to help us get out with seconds to go. 

This is a fairly decent room, with some good puzzles, scary moments and interesting history. However, the story is quite convoluted and for more experienced teams, there were a limited amount of puzzles we hadn't seen before. Would definitely recommend Witch over Plague!

This was by far my favourite game The Escape Key has to offer. A refreshing lack of combination locks and a great introduction based on local history to get you in the mood for the game. Really enjoyed this one!

This game has a very interesting start, a lot of fun puzzles and great theming throughout! Similarly with Armageddon at the same venue, there is a lot to do in this game so I'd recommend a bigger team unless you're quite experienced!

This game is a lot of fun! Theming is very much on point and there are some good hands-on puzzles. There is a LOT to do in this room though so inexperienced players or smaller teams may want to consider a larger team!

Almost my favourite room but ElectriCity just edged it ot (only due to one lock which just didnt seem to belong). This is a local history room and uses the view out of the briefing room window as inspiration for the room. I do love a local history room, they bring the narration to life so well. The room is stunningly built, it reallt does look and feel and smell like an medieval jail cell and the puzzles are well themed and fit into the story, add to that some mice theatrical flourishes and you have a must play room. 

This was my favourite of the four rooms at Escape Key , but it was close between this and Witch. It is a stunningly beautiful game with a lovely Victorian steampunk vibe throughout, you get fully immersed from arriving at the briefing room and the story weaves local history throughout the gameplay.  There are some very tactile items in the gameplay which some team members will adore, but lots of codes and puzzles to solve too, and all well themed and excellently made. 

This room favours smaller teams as some spaces are small and larger teams will fall over each other, but its a great room to play as there is a good variety of puzzles, and lots of 'doing' so teams an divide into those who solve and those who do. The production is excellent and really does look like a 1980s bunker, and the narration works excellently with the puzzles. 

The favourite game of half of our team, although I was having alot of deja vu (having played a game VERY similar to this in Blackpool), this is another excellent game from Escape Key with well thought out puzzles with good immersion and excellent room production.