Escape In The Towers: The Comms Room

1 Pound Lane,CT1 2BZ

2-5 players

60 minutes

You’re thrown in at the deep end to replace the recently deceased former Air Raid Warden Mr Parsons. Your job is to defend Canterbury from a barrage of air attacks during 1942 by deploying air defences and performing your duties, all the while unravelling the mystery of an unknown traitor sabotaging your every step.

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Shepcraft rated this: Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5

Played: 17 Oct 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 48 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Really strong immersive experience. 2 adults and 2 teenagers had a great time. Very different to other rooms we've done

Jason Szarek rated this: Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5

Played: 18 Sep 2026 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

originalimmersivestory-driven

Narrative led game (like all Escape in the Towers!) set in well designed room. Good pacing with no unnatural puzzles - everything flows nicely. Plenty of historical flavour as well.

Chris Coleman experienced rated this: Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5

Played: 1 Oct 2025 Team size: 2

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Anonymous experienced rated this: Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5

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Spartabantam experienced rated this: Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5

Played: 25 Apr 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50.10 Outcome: Successful escape!

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niamh rated this: Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5

Played: 11 Jan 2025 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!

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ratsontour expert rated this: Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5

Played: 17 Jan 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52:28 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Chris Coleman experienced rated this: Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5

Played: 1 Oct 2025 Team size: 2

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Sandie Morris experienced rated this: Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5

Played: 19 Sep 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:43 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Intense atmosphere, great hosting.

mex experienced rated this: Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5

Played: 18 Aug 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

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In contrast to the venue’s other two games, The Comms Room takes place in a single small room - but don’t let that put you off. This is a compact, high energy game that puts you in charge of defending Canterbury from a WWII air raid, and is my favourite of the venue’s offerings.

The location has the advantage of both atmosphere and historical accuracy - the very room where the game is set was apparently used as a comms room during the war. It’s a cool space in any case, further enhanced with li...

We can’t say enough how much we loved this room. We never felt like we were playing a game, it actually felt as though we were saving War-era Canterbury, and the epic conclusion here is one not to be missed!

A beautifully engineered game, that provides theatre in abundance and solid puzzling throughout. As a bonus, it managed to teach us some history, maybe even giving us a taste of what the period was like, while still feeling like a normal game.

It took us a bit of time to decide which room we wanted to experience first, but logistics seemed to sort that out for us, and we booked the Comms Room – ready to try our hand at defending Canterbury! The first thing we have to mention is the set. The room is set in a genuine WW2 comms room and you can feel the authenticity as soon as you step through the door. It takes place in one room, but this space is jam-packed with so many puzzles, you wouldn’t have time to go anywhere else.

The team’s role is to defend the city from incoming enemy attacks by deploying aircraft, sounding alarms and hunting out a potentially disruptive double agent, all while dealing with power cuts, rodents and the frankly aggressively needy demands of the local citizens.

I couldn't help but draw comparisons between this room and our own "Escape the Diefenbunker" back home. Both rooms are leveraging a historical landmark by letting you play directly inside it. However, I have to say Canterbury gets the upper hand.

A very well-planned room with a strong theme and extremely well-themed puzzles, The Comms Room worked well as a dual WW2 experience combined with an escape room, and we came away feeling like we’d learned something about the history of the building too!

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