Pudding Lane

Pudding Lane

Overwhelmingly positive (65 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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It’s Tuesday 4th September 1666 and The Great Fire of London has been burning for two days. Order has begun to break down and chaos is threatening to erupt – fuelled by the rumours that the fire was started on purpose… Londoners are blaming every stranger that crosses their path. Is it another attack in the long running feud with the Catholics? A retaliation in the war with the Dutch? Or was it just an accident? Only one man knows the truth about how the fire started, and that man is Thomas Farriner, a baker from Pudding Lane, from whose bakery the first flames appeared on September 2nd… But with his house and, in fact, his entire street long destroyed, Farriner and his three children have fled to safety at the house of his brother David, on Mincing Lane. Meanwhile, a Frenchman by the name of Robert Hubert has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. If found guilty, he will hang, and although he doesn’t seem in his right mind, and his story doesn’t add up, the authorities want someone to blame and are ignoring their suspicions that he is innocent. In order to set things straight and stop London collapsing into paranoid anarchy, Thomas Farriner must be convinced to deliver a statement describing what really happened on the night of September 2nd through the door of the nearest church. But first, someone must brave the fiery streets and dastardly challenges in order to find him… The question then is, what will he decide to say? The fate of London awaits…

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Hard
  • Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All (65)

Overwhelmingly positive

Gameplay
Positive
Atmosphere
Positive
Customer service
Positive

Reviews

k

kieran

84 escape rooms

This was such an amazing game! We were immediately wow’d walking into the room as we were met with a beautiful set design that transports you back to London 1666. They really have put the attention to detail in and it shows. The room was really fun, full of puzzles and lots of different varieties - not just non stop random padlocks! Puzzles were clear with just enough thinking required that they were fun but not too difficult or easy. We loved the room and our managed to escape with minimal hinting (as our GM knew we wouldn’t want many). James and Claire were brilliant hosts, so welcoming and very passionate. If you are able, do this room!!

Gameplay

Such a fun room with puzzles designed into the room itself! Clever puzzles that were fun to complete

Atmosphere

The set design is unreal! The stone brick walls, the cobbled street, the wooden window frames around the shops - all perfect! It’s probably the best set design I have seen in a room!

Customer service

James and Claire were lovely, welcoming hosts who are both so passionate about their new business and escape rooms overall!

Difficulty

Medium

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

8

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

There’s one bit of climbing needed (by one person)

Accessibility

One person needs to be able to climb over something (although do contact them and they can arrange a work around I’m sure!) The venue is on the first floor so isn’t wheelchair accessible.

Easy to find location

Yes

On the high street next to boots! As described

Parking

Easy

Car park directly behind the venue and Colin Campbell car park is 3-4 mins away at the end of the high street.

Aug 25, 2025 | Experienced Aug 23, 2025
@charlottefenning
charlottefenning

125 escape rooms

Really fun game, definitely worth a visit before it closes! Variety of puzzles and the narrative was strong throughout!

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Medium

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Feb 21, 2024 | Experienced Feb 21, 2024
@embarrassingdad
embarrassingdad

125 escape rooms

Great set decoration with terrific use of historical detail. Excellent puzzle flow as well. I have to give a special nod to our GM Jack, who was clearly watching closely-- he gave exactly the right nudges at exactly the right times. And he was knowledgable and passionate about the game as well. Also, I want to praise the game for giving us the best set of flashlights I've encountered in an escape room. They were small and lightweight but very bright. I wish other rooms with atmospheric lighting would follow their lead! (I realise that’s a small, almost trivial detail, but it’s indicative of the overall attention to detail that made this room so great.) All in all, one of my favorite games in the UK.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story

There was a decent amount of escape room logic-- but nonetheless, the story was better integrated (and had a more emotionally satisfying conclusion) than 95% of the escape rooms I've done.

Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

3

We did it with a team of 2 (including one very experienced player who had done 270+ games) and we finished just in time. Another set of eyes would have been helpful. However, there isn't a huge amount of physical space in the game and I think more than 3 players woud have been a little cramped.

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

9

Was anything broken?

Yes

Certain items had broken off one puzzle. I’m not going to get in a stew over this because it was clear from context what they were supposed to be. But in a game where there’s not muchroom for improvement, this was a surprising lapse.

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Accessibility

One player needs to be able to do some climbing. There was a fair amount of dim lighting but we were given excellent flashlights.

Easy to find location

Yes

Sep 15, 2023 | Experienced Sep 15, 2023

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pokerface747

121 escape rooms

Brilliant game. Great immersive experience. Our host Dan was very friendly. Definitely recommend playing this game.

Jan 25, 2023

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Editorial

  • Pudding Lane is by far my favourite of the games on offer at TimeTrap

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