Escape Live

Escape Live, escape rooms across the UK

Escape Live is a British escape room company with a network of venues across England and a offering that combines in-person rooms and online games. Its proposition is presented as a group experience in which participants search for clues to escape the rooms, with venues in Birmingham, Chelmsford, Coventry, Southend and Stratford-upon-Avon.

Games and themes available

The room catalogue covers different settings and genres. Among the titles the company offers are Horrible Histories, Mystery Museum, Room 13, Time Machine, Frankenstein's Lab, Pirate Plunder, The Magpie Mystery, Jack The Ripper and Star Quest, as well as Escape The Jungle. The themes range from history, horror, science fiction, detective and adventure.

The company also sells online games, including some designed exclusively to be played remotely, and offers gift vouchers.

Corporate, education and celebration events

As well as individual games, Escape Live organises group events. For companies, it offers team building activities in immersive rooms full of puzzles and challenges, with the chance to get the team out of their usual routine. For the education sector, it targets schools, colleges and universities with collaborative packages aimed at stimulating students' critical thinking, teamwork and creativity.

For celebrations, the company offers private events for birthdays, hen dos and stag dos and anniversaries, with exclusive access to the rooms and specific packages. It also sells seasonal options, such as Christmas parties, and offsite and online game formats.

Awards

The company highlights on its website a series of awards won in various competitions. These include the silver award for Small Visitor Attraction of the Year at the Land, Leisure & Tourism Awards 2024; the New Tourism Business of the Year award at the Liverpool Tourism Awards 2022; the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year award at the West Midlands Tourism Awards 2023, for its Birmingham venue; the Best Experience award at the Hospitality Awards 2022, also for Birmingham; and several recognitions at the Midlands Enterprise Awards between 2020 and 2022 for its Coventry, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham venues, including Best Online Escape Room Provider in 2020. The list is completed by the Best Indoor Adventure award at the National Adventure Awards 2019, the Business Start-Up Award at the Birmingham Post Business Awards 2015, the Outstanding Small Business of the Year at the Asian Chamber of Commerce Awards 2017 and the New Business of the Year at the Coventry Telegraph Awards 2017.

Venue network

Escape Live operates five in-person venues in England: Birmingham, Chelmsford, Coventry, Southend and Stratford-upon-Avon. The company also handles offsite events and online games, and has a general telephone support line for online enquiries.

Venues and locations

Birmingham venue: 18 - 24 Constitution Hill, B19 3LY

Chelmsford venue: 65a Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1LW

Coventry venue: Fargo Studios, 54 Grafton Street, Coventry, CV1 2HW

Southend venue: 95 High Street, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1HS

Stratford venue: 31 Greenhill Street, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6LE