Escape Peterborough: Witchcraft and Wizardry

23 Church Walk, PE1 1SB

2-4 players

60 minutes

Welcome to the school of witchcraft and wizardry where there has been some funny goings on. In a classroom full of tricks, puzzles, challenges and spells, you must solve them all to escape the grasps of the evil professor and graduate with a distinction!

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Tim Cooper expert rated this:

Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:30 Outcome: Successful escape!

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windy 77 rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

My first room I did loved it so much did another one straight after.

Brian experienced rated this:

Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

this room is way too small

🔐James Bloodworth expert rated this:

Played: 2020-09-19 00:00:00 Team size: 2 Time taken: 53:53 Outcome: Successful escape!

Whilst attending a certain magical college, you find the final exam could be a little taxing... Like Overthronw borrowing heavily on Game of Thrones imagery, you don't need to have read/seen the Harry Potter books to enjoy this room but you will appreciate some things you find. This is a fairly small room but there is a variety of puzzles with some clever reveals.

reviewed in Sheffield

SiSitAndWait rated this:

Played: 22 Jan 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 49:55 Outcome: Successful escape!

beautifulimmersivefamily friendly

A Harry Potter room without saying Harry Potter ha!

Some very original moments in this game with some clever surprised made this a fun game for our team. One of the closing puzzles we had never seen anything like and it was really well executed.

reviewed in Stoke-on-Trent

Katherine Gordon rated this:

Played: 05/12/2017 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Jose Adrian experienced rated this:

Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

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Witchcraft & Wizardry is certainly a pretty room, with plenty of fan service to those who like the Harry Potter franchise. It's also a noticeably small room, which means this is a game I'd recommend playing with a small team.

To my cynical eye it was rather heavily based on unlocking one padlocked drawer after another, with a few more red herring items than I can approve of. The rule that everything is used exactly once was broken in the other direction too, with an item being unexpectedly need...

If things were running smoothly this is probably an ok room, particularly for children or new players. But if you’re an enthusiast I think you’ll find this room rather lacking and one to avoid.

A pretty room with a reasonable and nicely structured set of puzzles. Although it could most definitely be improved, we enjoyed our time in the game and, as London games go, it would sneak into my top half.

reviewed in East London

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reviewed in Sheffield

Magical!

In the almost-year since I’ve visited, but it definitely stands out as one of my favourites of 2020. I’d recommend this for a beginner team, a team of magic fans, or anyone wanting a satisfying escape room experience.

reviewed in East London