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The day is 18th August 1940 and the Luftwaffe have launched a resurgent attack on Britain, where your air base has been hit by the first wave of heavy bombing. As the only survivors, you must access the strategic ops room and mobilise the full force of the RAF to save Britain. But with a second attack imminent, can you also save yourselves?
All (118)
Overwhelmingly positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
199 escape rooms
A non traditional room, instead of escaping a room, you need to find your way into the operations center of the RAF, and strategically plan to save London from air raids. Itβs great to do escape rooms set in the city where you play and Escape Plan does a great job of this with their rooms. Their game masters are professional and helpful, great about setting the stage for the game, and nice to talk with before and after.
Ideal for your WW2 era, set in 1940 London. Not your traditional escape the room - you have to solve puzzles to strategically save London from air raids. There are some traditional locks, but usually as a part of a puzzle, not the end of a puzzle. Itβs not a linear room - thereβs lots that can be solved at one time, so while we were victorious with 2 people, extra sets of eyes might be helpful.
Sets and props were perfectly aligned to the era and setting. Nothing broke the immersion or story telling.
Jango was a great game master, super helpful, and great to talk with before and after the game.
Yes
Not traditional escape the room style. Historically set in London.
Historically tells the story of the Battle of Britain and lets you play the part of air commanders.
Hard
Mechanical
To be set in 1940 London and be authentic, you donβt expect it to be high tech. But the mechanical locks and puzzles work well and elevate the setting and game play.
4
We were victorious with 2 with some subtle hints. Extra sets of cards yes may be helpful.
Not scary
9
No
No
Not at all
Yes
Located in Richmix in Shoreditch near Box Park. Easy to find with lots of great shops and restaurants and things to do in the area.
51 escape rooms
Allie our game master was fantastic, very enthusiastic and added a lot to the experience. The room was great, very emmersive and the control table really added to the experience
Puzzles were very tactile, and era approrpiate. Not just fitting keys to locks, also really enjoyed that padlocks were labelled to not disrupt the flow of puzzles.
Great world war 2 astethic, very atmospheric and the puzzles felt appropriate to the theme.
It is the first time I have had game masters note your names and talk to you by name. Not only helpful for hints but also felt really personalised
Yes
Medium
However a point scoring system to make it more challenging for experienced players
Mechanical
3
3-4 (or a good team of 2)
Not scary
7
If with adults, wouldn't recommend for a team of children
No
No
Not at all
Flashing lights
No
It is in a cinema, we walked passed it a few times as there are no external signs.
Central London
108 escape rooms
Battle for Britain is my favorite escape room in London and I like it so much, I've actually done it twice, albeit over six years apart (once at the old location and once with an escape-room loving friend in the current location). None of the puzzles use technology that wasn't available during the time period the room is set in. The puzzles are lovely, very well done and the fact that you are trying to stop as many aerial attacks as possible (as opposed to linearly advancing through a room) gives the room a very different feel.
We had the kindest GM.
Yes
Hard
Mechanical
4
Not scary
12
No
No
Not at all
41 escape rooms
For our WWII History buffs in our group, this room was a top room. The equipment in it creates a WOW moment (and some really fun photos at the end in uniform). They also do a lot in a relatively small space. Also enjoyed the first room with some creative puzzles. The big ending is extremely rewarding and only adds to the game play. Game master was lovely and so friendly. Highly recommend this especially for history buffs in London. Also, it was challenging but not too hard. So families with older kids could definitely enjoy this.
Really fun
SO enjoyable for history buffs
Fantastic game master
High tech
31 escape rooms
This is one of my all time favorite rooms. I had so much fun! The room starts as a more traditional and linear escape room, but the second room is filled with a TON of mini puzzles and a unique scoring system. We did it with two (experienced) people, but think the room could support 3-4 players. Everything was super well themed, and the game flowed well. Out gamemaster was fun and enthusiastic to boot! Highly highly recommend doing this room if you are in London!
93 escape rooms
Really loved this room (along with The Adventure Begins). The rooms are built more around incredibly satisfying puzzles and gameplay than they are around FX and flashiness, and they make great use of practical, tactile elements (which also feel thematically fitting with the WWII settings). Our game master, Sarah, was also wonderful.
27 escape rooms
Great room with lots to do. Lots of unique puzzles and really well thought out. Amazing GM (thanks Allie!)
Allie was a superstar!
Yes
Medium
Mechanical
3
Not scary
10
No
No
Not at all
Room is downstairs, unsure if there's a lift so would be worth checking in advance
Yes
46 escape rooms
Top notch room, highly recommended.
43 escape rooms
Had an absolute blast in this room. There was so much going on at once and everything made complete sense. We needed a lot of help from Sam, partly because we were a twosome and partly because we were just not clicking sometimes (our fault, not the cluesβ!) and Sam was absolutely amazing, chiming in at exactly the right points and allowing us to experience everything within the time limit.
Sam genuinely made this a much better experience, allowing us to get the most out of the game by helping us EXACTLY when needed. Samβs excellence at his role is proven by the 30 seconds we had left at the end - they planned it perfectly.
Yes
Hard
Every time we didnβt get something and needed help, it was a bit embarrassing because everything totally made sense. It was just quite overwhelming how much there was to do at once - not a bad thing at all but it was quite hard.
High tech
4
I played as a 2 which was great because I experienced pretty much everything. But it meant we had a lot to do and weβd have been nowhere near the victory without Sam.
Not scary
12
No
No
Not at all
Yes
8 escape rooms
Really immersive escape room, LOVED the set design. Great theme and an interesting concept where your "score" at the end of the game varies. You don't technically escape. The first room is slightly more linear. In the second you might want to split up to handle many individual puzzles, each puzzle you solve will culminate at the end.
The second part is less linear, but there was a wonderful variety of puzzles.
Great historically accurate props. Very impressed with the set design
Our wonderful game master Allie was very friendly and encouraging. She did a great job laying attention to exactly what we were both doing.
12
βIt has ... attention to detail, hand crafted props and vast range of puzzle styles and challenges β
β... something special and is a must-play room in London, donβt wait like we did. Just do it.β