Home of a UK Escape Room Awards 2026 winner

Only the best make it out.Will you?

Four escape rooms on the middle level of the Darwin Centre, each private to your group with a host throughout.

Award-winningUK Escape Room Awards 2026 winner, Best of Morty, UK Top 100.
All agesFamilies, mates, first dates and work teams.
Just your groupNever strangers. The room is yours.
A host throughoutBriefed, watched, nudged when you're stuck.
New name over the door

The Darwin Centre escape rooms are now XscapeNow Shrewsbury

Same four rooms, same hosts, same place, now run by , who also run XscapeNow Telford. You'll still see the old name here and there while it all switches over.

Same roomsThe Express, Overload, Mystery Manor and Abducted, as they were.
Same faces at the doorThe same team at the door.
Same placeMiddle level of the Darwin Centre, as always.
Choose your escape…

Four rooms. One private to you. Which will it be?

Even a pair gets the whole room, with a host from briefing to debrief. Not sure which? Help me choose ›

Inside the rooms
Time to meet your makers…

Puzzle-lovers, set builders and actors

Everything here was built by the team who run it: the sets, the stories, the effects, the hosts. We believe play brings people together. That's the whole idea.

Secure your ideal booking

Three ways in

Gift cards

Any game, either venue, the bar too
  • A game for the people you choose
  • Or an amount for anything
  • Emailed in a minute, printable
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  • From £30 pp, up to 8 a room
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  • Pay in full or a deposit
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Groups and events

Work dos, parties, hens and stags
  • Rooms side by side for bigger groups
  • One invoice, clear prices
  • Planned with you
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An award-winning venue, simple pricing

Priced per person. Same for adults and children.

One rate from three players, a little more each for a pair. The room's still all yours.

What people say

Straight from the people who've escaped

Find us

Middle Level, Darwin Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury

Middle of town. Darwin or Raven Meadows car parks, or ten minutes' walk from the station.

Opening hours
Get in touch

No answer? We're mid-game. Leave a message and we'll ring back.
After 6pm the centre's shut to shoppers: use the Darwin Service Bay Entrance (SY1 1PL). A host meets you there five minutes before. Wheelchair users, ring ahead and we'll bring you in the easy way.
FAQs

Questions people ask

The short version of what the hosts get asked.

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