Clue Collectors: Carnival Crisis

By | July 3, 2025

by Clue Collectors (website)

25 Market Pl, Heywood OL10 1LA

Heywood

2-6 players

Languages: EN

75 mins

The show is about to start… but chaos is in the air. The circus tent is packed, the lights are ready, and the crowd is buzzing with excitement. But disaster has struck backstage—Bozo the Clown has lost all his juggling balls! And the culprit? None other than Barry the mischievous carnival monkey.

With time ticking and Coco the ringmaster threatening to feed Bozo to the lions, it’s up to you and your team to save the show! You’ll need sharp eyes, quick thinking, and just a little bit of monkey logic to track down Barry’s trail and recover the missing juggling balls. You’ve got 60 minutes to make things right. Can you outsmart a monkey and save the circus? The show must go on!!

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based on ratings from 31 users

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carl_simmons rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 2 Oct 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 69 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneygreat hostingfamily friendly

Great room, carefully designed, plenty to do. Loved the physical puzzles throughout. Everything was logical and flowed beautifully. Activating cheat mode was a highlight, really made me laugh. Hosting by Sally was superb, just a couple of pointers as we started to go off track. Jenny the room designer chatted to us for ages after, made great recommendations and even gave us a sneak peak at a forthcoming room. Loads of fun! 

Chris Metcalfe expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 25 Sep 2026 Team size: 3 Time taken: 85.00 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnygreat hostingmagical

What a great escape room. And Jenny the owner is simply the best. So enthusiastic and welcoming. Just our type of escape room. Great puzzles, lots of variety and funny. Amazing hosting. We will be back to try their other rooms. 

leighton_87 experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 3 May 2026 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneygreat hostingfamily friendly

We had a lot of fun doing this room. Some really nice themed puzzles. Great hosting was a nice cherry on top. 

Kelly Perry rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 18 Apr 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 73:57 Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostingfamily friendlyquite difficult

We've just completed the Carnival room and what a game!!! A little bit of everything for everyone, took us a few minutes to get going but once we did there was no stopping us. We thought we'd completed it to be thrown into another part and it was then a race against the clock to escape.  One of our favourite escape rooms to date. Jenny was great at helping when we found ourselves a little "clueless".  We'll definately be back for the next room! 

si rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 21 Feb 2026 Team size: 3 Outcome: Failed 🙁
value for moneygreat hostingfamily friendly
Lise expert rated this:
Played: 22 Mar 2026 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyimmersivepassion project

This room is full of joyful moments, definitely worth a visit to Heywood to do all the rooms of Clue Collectors ♥

d.green26 expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 17 Feb 2026 Team size: 2
funnygreat hostingfamily friendly
knoh39 experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 31 Jan 2026 Team size: 3 Time taken: 65.00 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyimmersivefamily friendly

100% recommend this room! Fun and challenging games and puzzles! Well thought out and great set. 

I loved the step for “little people”. I’m only 4’10 so sometimes struggle in rooms. This really made me smile

Our host Andy great! Very friendly and made sure we had a great experience. 

We hope to be back very soon

Anonymous experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
value for moneyfunnygreat hosting
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