Haunted Manchester: Explore The City's Most Terrifying Locations with an Outdoor Escape Game
3.8
33 Ratings
Greater Manchester
Embark on a thrilling outdoor escape game in haunted Manchester. Solve clues on your smartphone to uncover the city's most terrifying locations and their chilling stories.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Albert Hall - Hello, traveller! Here comes your journey in Manchester, paved with many secrets and mysteries! Get ready for your first destination: the Albert Hall. Initially built with religious purposes, Albert Hall decided that it likes to have fun, so the grand and ornate chapel has been restored into a stunning music hall.
While you are on the dancefloor and enjoying one of the most atmospheric music events in the UK, keep an eye out for a mysterious question that may pop up!
What's Included
- Available 24/7, all year round.
- City exploration game on Questo app.
- Includes engaging audio stories.
- Safe, self-guided, and crowd-free outdoor experience.
- Flexible timing - start, pause, and resume as you wish.
What's Not Included
- A physical tour guide
- Entry tickets to attractions (no needed to complete the tour)
Additional Information
Embark on a thrilling journey across Manchester and unravel the mysteries behind the city’s most haunted spots, using only your smartphone. Unearth spine-chilling tales as you independently venture to the Manchester Cathedral, Palace Theatre, Albert Square, and beyond.
- Explore the city’s eeriest streets, mansions, and squares
- Uncover the terrifying histories of its former residents
- Unravel riddles on your device as you traverse the ghostly realms of Manchester
- Experience a unique adventure—a fusion of a self-guided tour, an outdoor escape challenge, and a treasure quest where riddles are solved on your device
With each riddle, you’ll be directed from one mystery-shrouded locale to another, eliminating the need for a map, a GPS, or a guide. On unlocking the answer, the hidden story of the place is revealed. The journey is flexible, begin and conclude as per your convenience.
The tour promises a trail of frightful tales guaranteed to send shivers down your spine. Do you have the courage to embark on this journey?
Location
Kings Chambers
Young Street
• Go opposite the Old Granada Studios and Bauhaus (game starting point).
• Bring a charged phone.
• Open the Questo app and follow the instructions.
• You must have downloaded the app and created an account first, using the same email you made the purchase with.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(33 Ratings)
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Anne_k
Jun 24, 2022
Self directed ghost route - Fun experience, easy to use on phone clues were not too difficult but needed thinking in a good way , can do it at your own pace ,got to walk around the city enjoying the scenery around the way
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Holly15brown
May 7, 2022
Positive experience - Really interesting way to see the sights of Manchester! Me and my friend both enjoyed it, however we could not complete a couple of the challenges because 1. there were construction works going on at the Town Hall, and 2. I think the grafiti had been worn off or painted over?
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T0l0ny
May 6, 2023
Good and interesting - I enjoyed the background story, the facts and finding out more about Manchester. Very educating experience
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Bence
Mar 19, 2023
Spooky Manchester - This game shows you around the inner city of Manchester via a spooky investigation.
I recommend to do it in the evening, the experience is quite authentic.
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Robertjn6266mr
Feb 13, 2023
Worth a Go - Pretty good. The part by the NCP cark park the instructions need updating or the answer changing. Overall I'd recommend if you have 90 minutes to kill and want a walk with a bit of difference.
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915lydiam
Apr 18, 2022
Do it when it's dark - I liked the story, it was funny. But we did this activity at noon. I recomend it when it's dark, then it's creepy I think. You see the canals in another light...
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Kevin
Oct 25, 2022
Ok - Poor (and incorrect around the Portico Library) directions, made worse with the roadworks and building works in Manchester. Would work better at night when dark and could have made the script more scary.
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Lisa
Jun 18, 2022
Wear comfy shoes if your sense of direction isn’t great. - We managed to complete it after getting lost numerous times, we did find it quite interesting. Building work meant we couldn’t see one of the clues, but no fault of the game.
Two issues though . I paid for 7 but it only let 5 of us on the game. It then asked if we’d take a photo for the game. One of us did but then the game ended early for him.
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Btog
Feb 10, 2023
Very disappointed and could not recommend - Biggest problem was the failure of the map and directions to each stop. Consistently failed to tell you when your stop had been reached.Had to stop using the map and simply found our own way. Lucky I know the city well. The building at the end of Marron St no longer exists. Two quizzes had wrong answers eg at Portico library. A back story about the Manchester Pusher was used to link many ghostly locations. But The Pusher had no link with most of those, only the canal ones. It needed a better narrative. This one didn’t work. The challenges need more variety and more thought. I honestly cannot recommend this app game.
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Charity_m
Aug 7, 2022
No go area! - No clues in designated areas, First was a building site. Wasted almost an hour trying to find the 1st clue, this was my daughter's birthday surprised, ruined!!
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