What a wonderful experience! our game master Toby was…read morefantastic! We played ye old lockinn, and i wish we could replay it

I've played most of the current and previous rooms at The Panic Room, at both the Gravesend and…read moreHarlow locations. Each experience has been different and I have thoroughly enjoyed every challenge. From the original Panic Room, which is a very traditional escape room - logical and lateral thinking required (sadly no longer available) - onto The Don (still available), Urgency and The Lab (both now retired) and up to The Doll House - which introduced new and slightly scary concepts. Rooms now include - Old Father Time and The Gilman Hotel, which are unique experiences, and like all of the other rooms, I definitely recommend the experience. Other rooms have taken the level of immersive-ness even higher - Ten Fathoms Deep, a 'versus room' - Defective Detective, a proper sleuthing Whodunnit? experience - and DinoLand, if you like Dinosaurs then this is an escape experience for you! They just keep adding more - with The Loop - Unique experience, Enigma - code-breaking, Revolucion Ole - Office-based Political voting twist, Prison Van - Escape the Van!, Secret of Pocahontas - cut-down, Escape Room starter (good beginner room), Res-Urgency - Save the world, with more to open later this year (2018), I don't know how they find the time!! If you like an Egyptian-style fully immersive experience, then take a special trip to their Harlow site - The Tomb is excellent! I have always had a warm welcome from the various hosts that we have had, they are enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Very willing to give advice and tips. If I had to give advice to potential attendees, I would say: 1. Ensure you know where you're going - they currently (July 2018) have four sites in Gravesend. 2. Make sure you get there at least 15 minutes early for the briefing and to take advantage of the time before going in, to understand who is going to do what when you get in the room. 3. Read the FAQ's and contact them directly if you have any questions - they've always been friendly and helpful whenever I've need to ask anything. All in all, I cannot recommend them highly enough, each experience has been unique and thoroughly entertaining. Each time I've left wanting to complete another room straight-away!

From the owner: The Panic Room Gravesend is the UK's largest Escape Room with over 20 experiences both onsite and…read moremobile!

Great escape room! They opened it up earlier in the day just for us which was super nice and…read moreconvienent. The room was set up very well with a wide range of thinking based tests. It was very enjoyable for our whole group pushing us all to contribute in some way.

From the owner: People travel from all over the world to play our games…read more Dedicated Know Escape team member watching your game only (and not multiple games). Amazing games (see any review site). Family-run and operated. We never put you with strangers; the room is yours No blockbuster film franchise rip-offs here! We write our unique ideas and never rip anyone else off! Our games are written by our team and are not imported; you’ll only play a Know Escape game at a Know Escape venue. We love Escape Rooms! Our founders have played hundreds worldwide and wouldn’t put you in a game they wouldn’t put their own families in We are one of the main sponsors of the local community radio station, supporting good cause projects for Chelmsford and beyond. Open from 10 am to 10 pm, seven days a week. We dress and decorate the game with a permanent theme! Some companies don’t do this; watch out for it Most oversized escape rooms in Chelmsford with explorable and hidden spaces. Always a quick route out if you need to exit the room at any time.

This is an absolutely phenomenal escape room. Two friends and I completed the Exodus room, which…read morewas done thematically well and just the right amount of intellectual difficulty. The staff were exceptionally friendly. I highly recommend not only this escape room, but also this establishment if in the Margate area.

From the owner: Step into another world at The Escapement – home to immersive Escape Rooms in Margate. Our…read moreexperiences aren’t just puzzles in a room, they’re cinematic adventures built from the ground up with handcrafted sets, rich storytelling, and satisfying challenges. No ticking clocks, no plastic props – just thrilling, story-led experiences where every detail matters. From ancient tombs to pirate ships and deep underground mines, every world feels real the moment you walk in. Perfect for families, friends, first-timers, and seasoned adventurers alike. Join over 100,000 participants who’ve already played. Your adventure starts here – book now.

As an escape room aficionado I had heard about Room Escape Southend, a company that organsises…read morepop-up escape rooms, usually with a horror theme, for a few months at a time before switching to a different theme. We decided to get into the holiday spirit by visiting their 12 Deaths Of Christmas room, themed around a zombie santa. Sounds like creepy good fun, doesn't it? Well, it wasn't. But first things first.  You can buy individual tickets for this, up to 12 people can play. Our group of eight was joined by a family of four. There wasn't much of an introduction, we signed a waiver, were told the basic rules and led into the room very unceremoniously. Basically, Santa has become a zombie but won't chase you as long as he's distracted. You can distract him by either providing energy to the TV to let him watch Christmas shows, or by singing Christmas carols to him. Throughout the game we found fuses, which we could use to either provide 5mins of power to the TV or trade in for a hint. Sounded like a pretty cool idea, but there were quite a few problems with the room. First off, there were way too many people to be comfortable. I'm thinking eight or nine would have been okay, but twelve is just too many. There weren't nearly enough things to do for everyone.  The riddles and clues were quite straight forward and we solved most without a hitch. By the time we got to the last riddle (it was obvious that there were only two steps left to complete the room, for which we first had to open a lock and use what's inside for the last step) we had about 34 minutes left on the clock and no one captured by Santa yet.  We got really stuck on this riddle though, it was a terrible riddle that didn't make much sense, but apart from the there was also no indication of the connection to a number of items in a completely different location. The riddle was painted into a frame which also held the letter combination lock we needed to open. The logical conclusion would have been to get the four-letter combination from the riddle. Not so. There was an extra step that involved items on an unrelated shelf.  We traded our two last fuses for hints, which were completely useless. After that, tue attendant refused to help us in any way. We tried a bunch of random things, including the actual solution as we found out later, but the lock didn't budge; it must have stuck when we tried the correct solution. In the end, we spent 34 minutes making no progress whatsoever with the attendant, who stood right there in the room, refusing to help us unless we handed over another fuse. Which we obviously didn't have. After it was all over and the attendant finally told us what the solution was, we told her that we tried that and it didn't work; a second employee came storming into the room to prove to us that we didn't do it right. He put in the combination, the same we had tried half an hour before, opened the lock and snapped "See! It works! You did it wrong, you were wrong!" in a smug and arrogant manner. We were quite appalled by this treatment, so we simply left and decided we'll never give this company our patronage again. Not only is it terribly unprofessional to let patrons spend half an hour basically doing nothing when you know they had the right solution, far fetched as it may be, and the lock just stuck (whether that was due to our error in not aligning the letters quite right or in the lock sticking doesn't even matter) but we were also shouted at that it couldn't have possibly been a fault in the lock. Absolutely disgusting behaviour from these people, so I'd definitely recommend to avoid this company altogether. I'd give zero stars if that were possible.