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#5 - Top 50 Winners (2026)

Finalist (2025)

Best of Morty (2024)

Finalist (2024)

Best of Morty (2023)

Finalist (2023)

The Great Loudini is a one-of-a-kind adventure that combines the thrill of an escape room with the wonder of live magic performances. 

You have been tasked by Harry Houdini himself to help retrieve one of his stolen diaries. Taken by the imposter that is 'The Great Loudini'... However that's not all,  Loudini has been working on a way to predict the future! Can you retrieve the diary in time and help Houdini secure his place, as the greatest magician of all time...

Live magic is seamlessly woven into this escape room experience, adding an extra layer of intrigue and excitement. The magician might even provide a clue or two to help you solve a puzzle.
Overall, 'The Great Loudini'  is a thrilling and unforgettable experience that combines the best of both worlds.

Whether you're a fan of puzzles, magic, or just looking for a unique and exciting way to spend a couple of hours, this is an experience that is not to be missed!

So gather your team, and get ready for a magical escape room adventure that you'll never forget.

We had been wanting to play this for some time but like everyone else found it hard to get the dates to match up. Mike kindly helped us arrange a suitable date and we are forever grateful that he did. 
This is an exceptional experience that goes far beyond a normal escape room. 
The room is beautifully decorated with authentic props and curios, and it smells divine. 
It is a challenging room and we would have been satisfied to complete the room and escape. To then add the delight of a gifted magician performing a personalised magic show right in front of your eyes and in your own hands made the experience unforgettable. 
We are truly grateful to have played this game for our 200th room and would place it at the top of our list. 
Just outstanding and we can’t wait to see what comes next from Escapable.

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The Great Loudini

Escape room

Regional Winner (2026)

Best of Morty (2025)

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Best of Morty (2022)

Nominee (2022)

Can you head back into the past and solve the puzzles left for you by the Professor to re-jig the thingamy whats-it and save human kind as we know it?!? You will be transported back through the decades, you will need to work with your team to overcome several obstacles that are currently blocking your only path home!

An outstanding experience from start to finish. 
Wonderful decoration and theming throughout the room. There was a great mix of puzzles in terms of difficulty level and type, and we each got turns to feel a little slow or a bit smug. 
Our GM was as wonderful as last time we visited and was so kind and accommodating in helping us arrange a future visit with their special guest. 
We’d highly recommend this room and can’t wait to return.

Outatime - Through the Decades

#21 - Top 50 Winners (2026)

Journey into the land of the Brothers Grimm to restore order amongst the fairy tale folk. How many famous tales will you be able to piece back together in 75 minutes? Back in a magical time, the Brothers Grimm were the guardians of the land of fairy-tales, but something is wrong. The brothers are nowhere to be found and the stories are in disarray.

So we’ve done this room twice! We didn’t get all the happily ever afters the first time! And we were determined to finish it.
The puzzles are great. Lots to get through. Nice theming and quite a lot of difficulty in a few of the puzzles. I’d say working as a team of 3 or more would make it easier to complete all. We did as a two.

Enigma Live Escape Rooms

Grimm Up North

Finalist (2026)

The Possession of Tabitha Rose
Tabitha was a sickly child. Her mother would do anything to protect her, anything to save her but the deal she made did not work out as planned and now she is lost.

Be aware there is now a 'mild' version for 12+ which we just did. Have loved enigma rooms games at Wakefield and this room is excellent. We have done lots of rooms as a family and took our 15 year old along and after the initial nervously (great atmosphere building!) she enjoyed the room. Excellent hosting and we might brave the 18+ version with the live actor in the future. Highly recommend to all, and loved the good balance of horror!

Seance

#44 - Top 50 Winners (2026)

Well known alien hunter and conspiracy theorist, Professor Ross Well lives at 51½ George Street.  After years spent collecting, and hunting evidence of extra-terrestrial life, he got his lucky break and came across a crash site up on the moors, complete with a live alien!  He brought the alien back to his house with the intention of keeping him, but the mothership has tracked their friend down and arrived to collect him!

You begin your mission outside Professor Ross Well’s house – what you will find in there is anyone’s guess! But what you do know is that you only have one hour to return the alien back to the mothership, or our planet will be destroyed!

This was a wonderful and challenging room with exceptional puzzles and magic moments! Make sure you’re facing the right way 😂🤦🏻‍♀️
Sam was a great host and I can’t to return to do their other rooms! 
What a special ending to my birthday 🎂

The Escaporium

Area 51.5

Reopening for 2026. Hours, dates, and admission may vary — check official site for current details.

Last verified: 8/31/2026

It was believed that inventor Joseph Clement perished in the Circus fire on the farm, but his body was never found, and rumours persisted that he had created a time machine. It seems those rumours were true.

Clement travelled forward in time to 2073 where he encountered a broken world where machines had taken over and war raged between robots and humans. Clement believed that a human/robot hybrid could bring peace to the world and he returned to our time, the point in history he saw where machines had first achieved consciousness. His vision is to create a new species that combines the best of man and machine, one true perfect being he calls ‘The Singularity’.

Enter his laboratory and see for yourself his plans to make this vision a reality, but beware the process is not yet perfected and more human test subjects are needed for his warped experiments.

York Maze Hallowscream

The Singularity

Maze

Haunt

Reopening for 2026. Hours, dates, and admission may vary — check official site for current details.

Last verified: 8/31/2026

Corny the famous circus clown was murdered on this site by Leonard Dunnington in 1873. His designs for a house of confusion were discovered with his remains when they were unearthed on the farm. We rebuilt Corny’s fun house and soon the spirits of the long dead circus clowns returned each Halloween in ‘Reincornation’.


Now 10 years later, we have discovered Corny’s plans for an even more twisted, more sinister house of fun. A world where rooms shrink, spin around, and defy gravity, where passageways lead to apparent dead ends and you come face to face with your own image contorted in fear in the maze of mirrors. Enter Corny’s Cornevil where demonic clowns and mind-bending illusions will have you questioning your sanity and begging for the exit!

Corny's Cornevil

Reopening for 2026. Hours, dates, and admission may vary — check official site for current details.

Last verified: 8/31/2026

It was known that the farmer who lived at this farm in Victorian times, Leonard Dunnington, had his own slaughterhouse, where he killed and butchered his own meat for sale on the markets in York. Rumours were abound that he always had more meat to sell than his small farm could provide. The locals talked of how he must have been rustling cattle and pigs from neighboring farms at night. The truth was worse than this, far worse.
It is alleged that he would visit the seediest parts of York in the early hours of the morning, walking the smog filled streets with his horse and cart, watching for drunks and whores who he could prey upon. He would sit them on the back of his cart and  offer them a drink from his gin bottle, heavily spiked with laudanum. In a matter of moments they would pass out and fall backwards onto the cart. A tarpaulin would be pulled over them, and the next time they came round, they would be hanging upside down looking at the slaughterhouse floor. Their screams would be masked by the pigs squealing in the pens next door as they too awaited the knife.

Leonard took pleasure in removing their skins whilst they were still alive, and then butchered them as he did his pigs. Once they had bled out he jointed them up. The poor quality cuts along with the innards, feet, hands and heads were boiled up in a giant stewing pot make his the meat for his famous pies. The better cuts were sold as pork joints on his stall alongside his other meats.

People flocked to his stall, and talked of how eating his meat made them happy, blissfully unaware that the meat they were eating was human flesh laced with opiates.

 Leonard Dunnington was tried and hung following the famous circus tragedy of 1873. It was claimed that he confessed his heinous actions to the priest before his hanging, but nothing could ever be proved, and the authorities kept this from the public for fear of causing an outrage in the city. The priest's diary is held in the Borthwick institute in York, and has only recently come to light, casting further shadows over the farm's gruesome past.

The Flesh Pot

Reopening for 2026. Hours, dates, and admission may vary — check official site for current details.

Last verified: 8/31/2026

Circus ringmaster Charlie Tornees like many Victorians of his time was captivated by Egyptomania! He scoured the ancient Egyptian Necropolis, literally translated as City of the Dead, raiding tombs and stealing mummies or parts of mummies, jewelled scarabs, amulets, canopic jars and other funerary artifacts intended to aid safe travel to the afterlife. But these objects were often cursed!  Charlie never heeded the ancient curses, but during the fire that destroyed the circus, the heat and flames fused the mummified body parts into a new creation, re-awakening the vengeful spirits of the long dead Egyptians. Unable to reach the promised afterlife their tortured souls now protect the offerings to the gods and curse any who dare enter their realm! Will you break the curse and escape the Necropolis, or will you be entombed for eternity!  Winner of the Best Set & Design award 2024 at Scarecon.

Necropolis

Reopening for 2026. Hours, dates, and admission may vary — check official site for current details.

Last verified: 8/31/2026

Gather your kinfolk and head on down to the backwoods, but beware the twisted redneck clan who are out for revenge! Cheated out of their Moonshine operation by the CW Tornees circus troupe and isolated for generations, they crave fresh meat to play with and they won't rest until they have yours! Can y’all make it through without squealing like a pig and hollerin’ for mama!? Paddle faster, I hear banjos!

Discover the history of Hallowscream and learn more about Joseph Clement, the talented engineer and inventor and the terrible circus fire that destroyed the farm in The Story of Hallowscream.

Rednecks Revenge

Can you discover the murderer's identity before he returns?
Since we developed our memory implant technology we’ve been asked to solve various mysteries, but this one is probably our most sinister yet!

Known only as the silent slayer, this murderer has claimed numerous lives over the years, and now that we’ve aquired some DNA from one of the victims we can finally send you back to their last memory to see if you can discover the murderer’s true identity before the victim met their demise.
Will you be lost in the woods?

Wow! Played this one with Ed as our games master and boy was I scared.
He was the perfect host for this game. The puzzles are tricky but they also made harder with the aspect of the room and the darkness! And the scare factor. Which hugely adds to the atmosphere of the room and is amazing! Haven’t been able to do a live actor one since though 😆

Stuck in the Riddle

Cabin In The Woods Escape Room

After spending the day exploring the overgrown path in the woods, you’ve found yourselves lost. Just as you’re about to resign yourself to the ice-cold night, you spot it. An unkempt path leading to a foreboding building. With no other shelter in sight, you make your way there. But before your eyes can adjust to the interior, the door shuts behind you with a resounding slam.

St Josephine’s Chapel has been derelict since 1887. Rumour has it, the last ceremony to take place here never did. Lady Eliza Braithwaite left her life of luxury for love. The priest was due to officiate their marriage in secret. As she eagerly awaited Henry Turner’s arrival, he never came. and every day until the day she died, she would visit the chapel in hopes of reuniting with her lost love once more. Now, her ghost roams amongst its ruins. Can you lay the haunted bride to rest and free yourself from her clutches? Or will supernatural powers take hold of this sacred place forever?

No come onnnnn, this was an amazing game and an absolutely amazing game master, I love every second of it, the vibe was as if you are in a medieval chapel, or what i would expect it to be 😂, I would pray to forget and play it again, 100% would recommend

Locked In Games

The Chapel Of Unrest

Welcome to the haunting world of No Hope in Hell, an escape room experience from the Great Escape Game that will push your limits and immerse you in a chilling narrative. 

Prepare to step into a realm of darkness, to see how you face up against the devil himself!
We all have that one idiotic friend. The hopeful one ready to take a punt on being a millionaire. Sadly, this time it all failed and it’s your job to rescue them after they stupidly traded their soul for a scratch card. It’s time to come together and conjure up the ultimate heist, or pay the ultimate price. After all, anything for your friends right? Play ‘No Hope In Hell’, the second chapter of ‘The Devil’s Playground’. This game is the updated version of one of our most popular legacy games, now retrofitted with an updated storyline and 18 new puzzles (don’t worry, we still kept the best ones from last time!). Whether you got chance to play the original The Devil’s Playground and want to continue with this version, or whether you’re entirely new to the game, No Hope In Hell is ready to offer you chance to put your skills to the test and see how you’ll fair against the Devil himself. You’ll have one hour to travel deep into the underbelly of hell and resurface with your sins, or forever spend an eternity at the command of Lucifer. Sounds simple right? It’s time to make your first decision of the game: will you take on this journey? Here’s the plan: Break into hell. Trick the Devil. Save your friend!

The Great Escape Game

The Devil's Playground: Chapter II - No Hope in Hell

In the dimly lit back alleys of the bustling city, chaos ensues as Don Banano, the larger-than-life mob boss, finds himself in a pickle when his prized fortune is stolen... pointing the finger at none other than Marv the Monkey from the local circus, Banano threatens to rain on everyone's parade by shutting down the beloved spectacle unless his fortune magically reappears.

But fear not, for you, the unlikely hero, are thrust into this wacky whirlwind of mayhem. Your mission, should you choose to accept it (and you kinda have to), is a madcap medley of mischief. You must venture into the zany world of Marv's Circus, and try to wrangle Marv himself, retrieve the fortune, and maybe even unmask the real culprit...

Armed with nothing but your wits you embark on a bizzare escapade where every wrong turn leads to another hilarious hijink. With Don Banano hot on your trail and the clock ticking like a time bomb made of rubber chickens, you must channel your inner circus clown and save the day before the big top comes crashing down. So grab your popcorn and hold onto your seat, because this circus caper is about to get wilder than a barrel of monkeys on roller skates!

We did this room last year as just a two and we loved it.
So much fun! Different elements of puzzles vs games and great fun having the collecting element too. 
We wished we had done this with the kids it’s so much fun.

Things to Do in Leeds: Escape Rooms and More

Top escape rooms in Leeds

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Outatime - Through the Decades

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Area 51.5

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Outatime - Through the Decades

Grimm Up North

Area 51.5

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