Kanyu Escape: Lightning in a Bottle

South Lodge, Moor End, Wetherby LS23 6ER

2-6 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

Deaf friendly - contact the venue for details

Sir Henry Cunningham stumbled upon a great secret during his travels in Africa and on his return to Yorkshire, spent his days working on strange and complex experiments in the rambling family home. Locals blame those experiments for the unexplained explosion that destroyed the old house, after which Sir Henry was never seen again.

Now a back-up laboratory has been discovered in the estate’s gatehouse, South Lodge, and as a potential heir of Sir Henry you have the chance to unravel its secrets.

If the locals are right, dangers await in South Lodge’s laboratory and you must overcome them to learn the secret of his lab and escape to tell the tale.

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samsham experienced rated this:

Played: 19 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 75:00 Outcome: Failed 🙁

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:

Played: 27 Jul 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulstory-drivengreat hosting

A fabulous science based room (you know when there's a periodic table in the room thats going to be used). Gameplay is mostly non-linear but co-operation is most definitely needed towards the end. Theming is excellent and hints are provided from a screen in the room.

Farmergeddon Outta Here experienced rated this:

Played: 23 Jun 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:58 Outcome: Successful escape!

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spbc expert rated this:

Played: 31 May 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Jordan Brown experienced rated this:

Played: 24 Mar 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:59 Outcome: Successful escape!

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🔐SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:

Outcome: Failed 🙁

beautifulhi-techoriginalvery difficult

Mark Crossley experienced rated this:

Played: 18/06/2023 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Stevie Davies expert rated this:

Played: August 2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57m 17s Outcome: Successful escape!

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Scree rated this:

Played: 15 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁

immersivevery difficult

Jash0710 rated this:

Outcome: Failed 🙁

hi-techimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult

We were doing alright until musical abilities crop up - then we were screwed as we're both tone deaf!

Speedy Sloth expert rated this:

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Team Jophie experienced rated this:

Played: 26 May 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47:22 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Mighty Oaks experienced rated this:

Played: 9 Jun 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57:45 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Anonymous expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Ladylusiphur rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁

hi-techoriginalimmersivevery difficult

The second room we did at Kanyu Escape was Lightning in a Bottle, we failed to escape in time (finished about 3 minutes after the ending) but both agreed this was our favorite room. The room decor, as always with Kanyu is excellent. The puzzles all fit the theme and some are pretty hi-tech. Plenty of puzzles i've never seen before in other venues, and everything was a challenge.

I think we'd have benefited with an extra person in this room, which is not something we normally say. Usually the two of us is about right. Still loved it though.

Ksen experienced rated this:

Played: 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulcleverbroken techquite difficult

flyingoctopus expert rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

Multi level puzzles so it is a challenge.

abooth expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Time taken: 59 Outcome: Successful escape!

Loved it - lots of original puzzles - great use of space. Really hard for two so be prepared for a challenge. Didn't particularly enjoy the final puzzle.

Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

Not an easy game, particularly for our team of two, but some super puzzles in here and another fantastic setting/theme. You can't really go wrong with the games here!

Lise expert rated this:

Played: 2020 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

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

Reviews by escape room review sites

Kanyu Escape, also known as Secrets of South Lodge, has been on my radar since before it even opened, initially for the intriguing game titles but more recently for the consistently high praise they seem to receive. It's also notable for its location, a beautiful listed building marooned in the centre of junction 45 on the M1, meaning as part of your visit you get the surreal experience of turning right from the innermost lane of a roundabout. But it's such a huge roundabout that that's a much l...

A beautiful room that was fun to be in and had solid - albeit similarly styled - puzzles. With a relatively low difficulty level this is the perfect game for beginners to head along to..

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The steampunk visuals are certainly arresting, and the stark difference of style and content between this and Follow In My Footsteps show that Kanyu are not a one-trick pony.

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Possibly Almost certainly the best escape room I’ve done. Great variety, satisfying puzzles, clear signposting and a realistic setting. Except for the one puzzle that I mishandled and caused to not work exactly right, the room was faultless.

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