Escape rooms have been popping up everywhere in the last few years and Bournemouth has not been left out. There are some great themed escape rooms in Bournemouth to discover and attempt.
Typically an escape rooms experience lasts for around 60 minutes and is completed in teams of three people or more. This is because you need to work in a team to be able to solve the clues and puzzles given to you. Everyone’s brain works slightly differently, and this is where having a team of people really helps.
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Marvo Mysteries Escape Rooms
664 Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, Bournemouth BH7 6BT
Enter the world of M.A.R.V.O as a team of volunteers looking for a mysterious artifact. In teams of 3-8 players your experience will last around 80 minutes, with 60 minutes playing the game. You will be given a brief introduction before you begin and a photo opportunity at the end.
The experience contains smoke effects, flashing lights, strong magnets, loud noises, simulated emergency, lasers and confined spaces!
The Lockey Escape Rooms Bournemouth
2 Yelverton Rd, Bournemouth BH1 1DF
Choose from different themed escape adventures including Ace Ventura, a jungle themed escape game. Become an MI6 agent from the 1960’s in Case 47 as you attempt to solve an old case. Or perhaps you’ll try the Hannibal escape room.
The games last between 60-80 minutes with a briefing before you begin.
Escape Rooms Quest
86 Charminster Ave, Bournemouth BH9 1SE
Who is the Zodiac killer? Is it you? You’ve been wrongly accused, and have 60 minutes to prove you’re innocent. In your team of 3-6 people, solve the clues and puzzles to escape. There is a photo opportunity at the end of your experience.
U-Escape Bournemouth
The Corner House, 1-3 Poole Hill, Bournemouth BH2 5PW
Choose from one of two themed escape rooms at U-Escape in Bournemouth. The Barber Shop Mystery takes you back to the 1930’s as you attempt to discover what has been going on in the back street barber’s shop in New York
In Psycho Surgeon Escape you awake from a dream. It’s dark! Is that an operating table in the room? It’s time to escape before the nightmare really begins.
Cyantist
9 Upper Norwich Rd, Bournemouth BH2 5RA
Within the Science Lab game, a deadly poison is leaking from a barrel. You have 60 minutes to find the antidote before it’s too late. The game has a variety of different puzzles to solve, and suits teams of three or more.
Additionally you could choose to play Clockwork Orange, which has plenty of mechanical puzzles and lots of physics involved.
OuijaBournemouth
123 Charminster Rd, Bournemouth BH8 8UH
A horror themed escape room, choose from the Ouija room or the Crematorium. Ouija is suited for 2-6 players and Crematorium for 2-10 players.
As this is a horror escape room in Bournemouth, it’s not recommended for pregnant ladies, or anyone suffering from anxiety.
ClueHQ Bournemouth
Glen Fern Rd, Bournemouth BH1 2LZ
Choose from one of three themed escape rooms at ClueHQ. Bunker 38, your mission is to escape the underground bunker within 60 minutes. In Cell Block C, your mission is to escape the prison. Knowing you’re innocent but don’t have time to prove it, the only option you have is to escape.
The Betrayal of Cluetankhamun is a lost tomb that has just been uncovered. The last team that were sent in to retrieve the lost crystal have become uncommunicative so it’s your job to go in to find the crystal now!
ClueCrypted
An escape game in Bournemouth with a difference! Cluecrypted is an outdoor adventure game based in Bournemouth. Choose from different games which are available as either an instant digital download or posted wire bound book.
These games have to be played on location as you need to be there to solve the puzzles. Choose from Highcliffe Castle, where you use items and architecture from the natural landscape around Highcliffe Castle and Steamer Point Nature Reserve. Can you solve each puzzle to reveal the next location? You must be at Highcliffe Castle to complete this experience,
The other location is Bournemouth Gardens. Use items and architecture from the natural landscape together with the beautiful watercolour illustrations to solve each puzzle and identify your next location. You must be in Bournemouth Gardens to complete this experience.