Exit Rooms – Cambridge Escape Rooms: Specimen 27

By | January 15, 2024
Top 50 winner in the 2026 UK Escape Room Awards

by Exit Rooms - Cambridge Escape Rooms (website)

The Old Maltings, 135 Ditton Walk, Cambridge CB5 8PY

07707117564

Cambridge

2-5 players

Team of 2: £45.00
Team of 3: £40.00
Team of 4: £35.00
Team of 5: £32.00

Languages: EN

Top 50 winner in the 2026 UK Escape Room Awards90 mins
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In 1967, researchers in Cambridge detected a mysterious radio signal unlike anything ever recorded. The transmission was nicknamed “LGM-1” — short for “Little Green Men” — after some believed it could have originated from intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Now, a new transmission has been detected. As you investigate the message hidden within the signal, the transmission suddenly stops…

You awaken inside a dimly lit room. The walls vibrate with the sound of strange machinery.

The transmission was only the beginning.

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Colin Myles rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 27 Oct 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 98 mins Outcome: Failed 🙁
clevergreat hostingepic

What an amazing room. I love this, some great things in rooms we have never seen before which means it is really fresh. The host, and owner, was amazing. We are really looking forward to coming back for the other rooms - really want to do the Christmas one as the experience was so good. 

A 'must visit' escape room!

mylesaway rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 27 Oct 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 98:14 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Didn’t manage to solve in  the 90 mins but I host Isaac let us continue until we finish because we were in the last room it was not what I expected highly themed well worth a trip

Antony Arthur rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 25 Oct 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 81:35 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

My wife and I have completed 40 escape rooms together, in multiple cities and countries. 

This is 100% the best room we have ever seen. The hosts were amazing, really caring and gave us a very unexpected photo keyring at the end. 

The room itself was absolutely amazing, really well themed, unique puzzles that were challenging and cleverly designed.  There was a lot to do, much better with the additional 30 minutes and for the first time in an escape room (for us at least), we didn’t come away from it not sure how we solved any of the puzzles. Everything made sense and tied together well. 

I couldn’t recommend this room enough. 

Elderly Escape Artist expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 12 Oct 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 102 Outcome: Failed 🙁
cleverimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

This is an incredibly well built room, the theming is really well thought out and the puzzles are very fitting to the story. Some of the puzzles were extremely clever!  It is obvious why this room came in 7th in the top UK rooms voting, it really is a masterpiece of building.  Hosting was superb, very friendly and chatty just as we like.

We've played a few 90 minute rooms before but this room had so many long puzzles (to us!) that by the time we ran out of time we still had a long way to go. Interestingly another couple played the room before us and also failed even though they too were experienced escape room enthusiasts.  Our lovely GM allowed us to finish the room even though we were 12 minutes over the time.

I think it was a reflection of our age and younger, more energetic 😂 escapers may love the packed nature of this room.

As a side note, it was a shame that the exit to the game is passed on the way to the entrance. It gives away the ending which should have been a lovely surprise!! Maybe put a screen around until the group is in the room, just a thought!

snowpony expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivestory-driven

Beautifully put together game. Possibly my favourite I’ve played so far in the UK 😍

🏆Annagramma expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 13 Sep 2026 Team size: 3 Time taken: 69.26 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techcleverimmersivequite difficult
🔐EscapedBear expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 13 Sep 2026 Team size: 3 Time taken: 69:26 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult
stylishcreek rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 30 Aug 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 80 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult

we really enjoyed this room! the theming was super immersive and the puzzles were thought-provoking but not overly difficult of the point of being impossible to work out. definitely would not recommend for escape room beginners! 

Anonymous rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 21 Aug 2026 Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalimmersivestory-driven

Had a really fantastic time with this room! Lots of fun details we hadn't seen before and the story flowed well. 90 minutes was a good amount of time to get stuck in. 

GCTheScribe expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Time taken: 82 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivestory-drivenquite difficult

A truly fantastic escape room. The set design is astonishing. Puzzles are all on theme and hugely varied. A fantastic atmosphere throughout the room. So much to explore and so well thought out. Would recommend especially to smaller teams so everyone can get involved, as the room is linear. A wonderful escape room.

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