Shrewsbury Prison: Immersive Escape Room Experience in The Hole

Experience the thrill of escaping from Shrewsbury Prison’s immersive escape room, The Hole. Test your wits and outsmart the prison as you work together to find your way to freedom!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shrewsbury Prison - The Hole Escape Room offers a cutting-edge, fully immersive escape room adventure, allowing participants to experience the thrill of doing time without any crime! This exhilarating, puzzle-driven game is set in a dimly lit prison cell, aptly named The Hole. It promises to challenge your intellect as you collaborate to outsmart…
What's Included
  • Self-Guided Tour of Shrewsbury Prison
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Escape Room Games Master
Additional Information

The Hole Escape Room presents an exceptionally immersive and state-of-the-art escape room adventure, where you experience prison time without any real-world crimes! This pulse-racing, riddle-driven game is set within the gloom of a prison cell, famously called The Hole. It promises to challenge your intellect as you cooperate to outwit The Hole and make…

Location
Shrewsbury Prison
The Dana
Upon arrival please go to the Visitor Centre to get signed in for your experience.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dreamer02173532273
Nov 11, 2025
A "hole" new experience !! - First time experiencing an escape room and it was really enjoyable, we did the hole which is in the dark. We didn't escape this time but had a lot of fun trying. We will definitely be back soon to try the other escape room that they have. You also get to go around the prison which is really interesting. Definitely a good day out and worth the money.
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Kylap357
Jun 9, 2025
A great laughter filled experience. - A fun filled experience with lots of laughter and puzzles. The interactions with the actors makes the whole experience even more enjoyable, be prepared to laugh and be laughed at.
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Mrseverton0407
Apr 27, 2025
Fantastic day out - A very fun experience me and my husband went for our anniversary and really enjoyed it. We also did the self guided tour which was fascinating.
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Alexander
Apr 20, 2025
Amazing Experience going in “The Hole” to escape! - Amazing Experience throughout! The “Hole” was so much fun. In comparison to other escape rooms out there, this one really was challenging! It took us a lot of time trying to work out some of the things in the room. Somehow managed to only need one clue from the Prison Officer. Absolutely amazing experience. Highly recommend.
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Lward100
Jun 8, 2025
Well worth a visit - Prison guard looking after us was brilliant. Free prison tour was interesting. Escape room was fun but it is a little on the easier side. There is a second escape room, prison break experience and a ghost tour.
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Lisapeterichards
Sep 14, 2025
Not quite what we were expecting - Booked the Hole escape room after reading the description on the website, we felt it did not match what we were expecting. We thought we were going to be given orange jumpsuits but we weren’t. And then was handcuffed after we went into the cell as the prison officer couldn’t find them. We used our mobile phones for lights as there were no torches. The escape room itself was enjoyable and had we have been given the jumpsuits/handcuffs etc it may have made the experience better. The staff throughout the prison were all brilliant. All very helpful and friendly, our prison officer made us laugh. It’s just a shame we were missing those small elements which would have made all the difference really.
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P9278ejnoels
Jan 27, 2025
Loved it shall be going on the other two and hour escape one - Might be a bit harsh giving it 3 stars it was really good and our self tour was very good the only thing was the escape room needed a little TLC I won't spoil it because it was really good
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I4475cdmelissad
Dec 29, 2024
It has potential but escape rooms not worth it. - We went to the escape rooms for a works party and I have to say I am very underwhelmed. The room probably needed to have some TLC and its was very basic. It was almost like a home made game, no sound effects, Infact there was no sound throughout the prison. A bit of atmospheric music would have added to the scary ambience I think this could have. It was very cold. I was expecting cold, but it was baltic! Wear gloves. It made me just not want to participate a great deal. But no problem, it was fine, I expected cold. Looked forward to the restaurant afterwards that was advertised throughout with a good varied menu with mains etc. Got to the restaurant. It was pretty dark and cold as well, got to the counter, there was a lovely girl on her own, and when I asked for the menu, I was given a choice of chips, cheesy chips or a sausage bap? Nothing else. Nothing that was advertised. After spending £40 on 5 portions of chips, we went straight to McDonalds. I feel like this place has good potential to do well, and the tours seem to have good reviews. But I was very underwhelmed at the escape rooms and restaurant.
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Jennyjw1421mw
Dec 28, 2024
The staff were not very welcoming and the room was tired and poorly maintained - Not at all entertaining. Worn out equipment, intercoms which did not work, poor instructions and long response times from staff when shouts or bangs on the door did not work. Its a shame as the prison is really interesting. Don't waste your money on this escape room!
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Deborahgg5897lr
Nov 26, 2024
Dire Escape Room - The Hole was easily THE worst escape room I've ever done (and I've done lots). The puzzles were not linear and didn't make sense i.e. a coloured lock not relating to colours!?! The place was freezing cold making focusing on puzzles hard. We got out fairly quickly as there were only about 5 puzzles to solve but probably could have got out within a few minutes if the puzzles actually flowed. There were also 7/8 teams doing rooms at the same time with 1 member of staff available to set up and come to the door with clues when called which meant a lengthy delay if you needed a clue - not ideal at all! oh and we had a hot drink which again was easily the worst hot chocolate and cup of tea we have ever had the pleasure of paying £7 for! In trying to balance the review with a positive - the staff were very nice. The place has potential to be an excellent escape room venue but quite simply they have not made the best of it.
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From $36
up to 5 guests
2 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).