About

'Stop the Clock!!' - Digital friendly Puzzle room for ages 6 to seniors. Torbay's only established Award Winning family friendly Escape Rooms.

Grab your team, and enter a themed room, with  fun puzzles to solve and tasks to complete as you race the clock, Task Master style.

 !Awarded  the coveted "Travellers Choice 'Award consecutively in 2022 and 2023 

We take the !SCARE! out of  ESCAPE ROOMS.  At HQ we want to introduce you to the fun world of puzzles rooms.

A favoured activity for: Groups,  Kids Parties, Local residents, Tourists, and local businesses, anyone can play aged 6 - seniors.

Bring your team, to complete tasks, solve, puzzles, follow clues, and race the clock in a themed room unique to HQ for the hour.

Leave alll your preconceptions at home, of locked, dark , scary spaces and step into our friendly world for an hour.

Why are we so popuplar?

We have a secret location in town tucked away near the harbour, you are fully welcomed and briefed by our team

Our rooms are themed and you are not locked in

We have friendly hosts on hand, should you need a hint or two, just like the Crystal maze

We have kept our prices the same since 2018! at 

£15.00 per adult for groups of 3 or more. £12.50 per player for under 16s. Couples playing are £40.00

HQ 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, grandparents, in betweens and younger players can all enjoy hunting for clues, solving puzzles and deciphering  code, every player has different life skills they will bring to the team. Nothing beats thrill of shouting out 'STOP THE CLOCK' with your teams. We have two rooms to choose from in Torquay, 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, 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 the experience for the rest of the day.  Plus You’ll make some brilliant memories too.

Our unique puzzle rooms are inspired by watching films like Uncharted, The Davinci Code, Task Masters, The Crystal Maze with a smidge of Geocaching thrown in.

As we are a family business, 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’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 .

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 are members of Visit Britain  

GREAT DEALS FOR GROUPS  
We have great deals for larger groups and corporate/business bookings - for more info call Joanna on 07939 228254 or email escapehq@yahoo.com

Can be booked over different days and times. 

Groups of 20 players or more £10.00 per person (subject to availabilty, T&Cs apply)

Experience an exciting opportunity to work together and to race the clock in a themed room. Can your team complete the puzzles within sixty minutes? In a friendly, fun environment.

Perfect for: delegates, B2B, new staff, Wellness days, activity weeks, challenge weeks, birthdays, family anniversaries, corporate team building socials and corporate team building days. 
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