Escape Colchester: Escape The Seven Seas

26 Long Wyre Street, CO1 1LJ

2-6 players

60 minutes

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You and your crew have been locked away in the brig. Does your team have what it takes to escape your cell, break into the Captains chamber and steal the treasure all for yourself? Glory and riches await.

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GCTheScribe expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

cleverimmersivefamily friendlyquite easy

This escape room has a wonderful theming which makes you feel like you are really on board a pirate ship! The puzzles are very fun and link well to the theme throughout.

amandaann1986 experienced rated this:

Played: 2 Mar 2025 Team size: 3 Time taken: 54:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

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immersive

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Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews from other versions or locations

reviewed in Bognor Regis

drgontar experienced rated this:

Played: 25 Feb 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 26 Outcome: Successful escape!

story-drivenfamily friendlyquite easy

reviewed in Peterborough

OrangeLeek expert rated this:

Played: 25 Jan 2020 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

hi-techimmersivefamily friendly

A nice pirate room with a lot of immersive decor that makes you believe for a moment that you are truly onboard a ship.

There was a lot of interesting puzzles and tech, and when everything works it's an absolute pleasure.

reviewed in Skegness

Elderly Escape Artist expert rated this:

Played: 10 Sep 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 45 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!

value for moneyimmersivegreat hosting

Thoroughly enjoyed this game - these rooms have either been totally overhauled or are in the process of being and the new management are obviously escape room enthusiasts themselves. Great hosting from Gem who was happy to chat about all things escape room and kept a watchful eye on proceedings to provide subtle clues when needed without us needing to throw a wobbly at the camera (there is no audio available to the GM).

Really well themed and good fun, definitely worth a trip to the seaside to play and an absolute steal of a price.

reviewed in Stoke-on-Trent

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reviewed in Stoke-on-Trent

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reviewed in Bognor Regis

Suzanntelope experienced rated this:

Played: 4 Feb 2025 Team size: 3 Time taken: 29 Outcome: Successful escape!

family friendlyillogicalpoor hostingquite easy

My 3-yr-old's first escape room and he loved it. There were several puzzles that he could get involved with.

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The UK's largest escape room franchise has been busy this year, with new branches popping up across the country. In London they've added a branch in Shadwell to the existing one in West London to double the number of games on offer. Seven Seas is one of the new additions, and uses a pirate theme.

My experience with Escape is that they usually provide beginner-friendly rooms that are reliably entertaining as mainstream escape experiences. My first impression on entering this one was that they've...

reviewed in East London

If you’ve done rooms at Escape Peterborough before then this room will be nothing like them. They’ve really upped their game with this room and the only rival for it there is The Cabin. Good theming, decent puzzles (although padlock heavy), but swash-buckling fun

reviewed in Peterborough

A pretty game with some fun puzzles, but our enjoyment was severely impaired by the ambiguity of a couple of solutions. If you get easily frustrated, you should definitely steer clear of this experience but if not, then there's definitely some fun to be had.

reviewed in East London

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reviewed in Stoke-on-Trent

As well as a really nice set, Escape The Seven Seas really ticked all the pirate-y boxes. Puzzles and props were very much on theme, with good, sensible tasks included that didn’t feel like forced Escape Room Logic. When you’ve played a string of games from the same genre, it can start to feel a little repetitive, but there’s plenty here that felt fresh and challenging without straying from the pirate essentials.

reviewed in Peterborough

7/10

Initial impressions as we walked in the room; it was well decorated and themed, creating an authentic atmosphere.Initially you start off in two split locked spaces, searching around for what you need to get out, communicating all the while between the groups.

reviewed in East London