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Voted excellent on Trip Advisor, HQ escape rooms are completely hidden next to The Hilton Hotel on The Terrace, Torquay  TQ1 1DE , Follow the postcode and  you'll discover an hour of fun in one of  our sixty minute puzzle rooms. A MUST DO family activity, whilst visiting The English Riviera. 

Teens, adults, grandparents, and younger players can all enjoy hunting for clues, solving puzzles and decyphering codes together, Crystal Maze style, under the pressure of the ticking clock, in a super immersive room.  Come and race the clock and ESCAPE. We have two rooms to experience, either our Sherlocked puzzle room, or the Gun Powder Plot. Book Now at www.HQescaperooms.com

Whichever season you are planning to visit, day or night, whether you are aged 7-107, then a sixty-minute  puzzle room activity at HQ will certainly entertain  you all. Whilst looking for keys, and opening padlocks you'll definately have a few laughs, a couple of head scratching moments, and give those little grey cells a work out. during your hour.

 We are located in the Iconic White house building in the basement at 42 The Terrace Torquay, TQ1 1DE just a few yards from The Hilton Hotel entrance, Fleet Street and the new Premier Inn Hotel. Our HIDDEN location, is just off the High Street and  perfectly suited to enjoy: Torquay Harbourside, nighclubs, the galleries, restaurants, bars, cafes, cocktail bars, al fresco dining and The Marina. Booking is easy at www.HQescaperooms.com

A sixty-minute challenge, will bring out the Detective in you all, your team will use life skills you did not realise you had.  Our clues, codes and gadgets will keep you busy right to the end of the game, and you ll be talking about it for the rest of the day.  You’ll make some brilliant memories too 

Our unique puzzle rooms are inspired by watchng films like Uncharted, The Davinci Code and the Tv programme,The Crystal Maze with a smidge of Geocaching thrown in.

As we are family friendly Escape Rooms, HQ do NOT have over bearing back stories, and we take away any anxiety, by not locking you in, and having a friendly host on hand to point you in the right direction if you get a little stuck.

You will be fully briefed before you enter your Puzzle room, by one of our friendly hosts,  you’ll have a chance to ask any questions you may have before you play  too and your host will be on hand throughout your sixty minutes to offer lots of extra clues when you get stuck.

Once inside your room, the timer is set, and off you go. You’ll look for clues, decipher codes, complete puzzles and open locks, genuinely having a jolly good time trying to race the clock together.

We are an independant local business with an excellent reputation on Trip Advisor.  We create family friendly puzzle rooms that excite, ignite the desire to beat the clock and delight if you succeed ( we also have Puzzle rooms in Dartmouth too, HIDDEN amongst Foss Street} ) 

If there is one thing you do - You just have to experience an hour at HQ.

We cater for: Famiies, Birthday's, Duo's, Corporate, Hens, Stags and Friends teams at www.HQescaperooms.com . We have covid precautions in place and  sanitse all rooms and props before and after each team plays.  and we are members of Visit Britain