Shepton Mallet Prison Escape Room: Immersive Puzzle Game in The Hole

Immerse yourself in the Shepton Mallet Prison Escape Room, a thrilling puzzle game set in The Hole. Test your wits, outsmart the prison, and make your way to freedom!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shepton Mallet Prison - The Hole Escape Room offers a fully immersive, cutting-edge escape room adventure, allowing participants to experience the thrill of confinement without any wrongdoing! This exhilarating, puzzle-driven game is set in a dimly lit prison cell, aptly named The Hole. It promises to challenge your intellect as you collaborate to…
What's Included
  • Self-Guided Tour of Shepton Mallet Prison
  • Escape Room Games Master
  • All fees and/or taxes included
Additional Information

The Hole Escape Room offers an enthralling, sophisticated escape room adventure where you taste the seclusion of confinement without breaking any law! This exhilarating, enigma-themed game set within a grim prison cell or The Hole as we refer it as, is sure to challenge your cleverness as you collaborate to outmaneuver The Hole and liberate yourself to…

Location
Shepton Mallet Prison
Frithfield Lane
Upon arrival please go to the Visitor Centre to get signed in for your experience.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Departure818204
Jan 18, 2026
A just scary enough challenge! - We had an amazing time and the escape room was just tricky enough to feel like we had really achieved something but not so hard it felt impossible. The theming was good, and whilst if you were severely claustrophobic it would be very challenging, it would not fall into the category of a horror one. If you're ok with the dark, you'll be fine. Our prison guard, Georgina was great (if a little scary to start). Would definitely recommend and other in my party said that this was the better of the two escape rooms, but I have not done the other one.
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Alisonpd8345ea
Jan 11, 2026
Great fun - We did The Hole escape room at Shepton Mallet Prison yesterday and from the minute we turned up, we were greeted by friendly and helpful staff. The escape room was fun and the prison guard who oversaw our incarceration was great. We did escape much to his frustration as I'm sure he'd have liked to keep us locked up as he thought we were dodgy 😄
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Danjahruz
Jan 5, 2026
Brilliant escape room experience with fantastic staff! - We did the escape room “The Hole” at Shepton Mallet Prison, and it was absolutely brilliant. The challenges were varied, clever, and genuinely kept us on our toes right to the end — and we escaped! The staff deserve a special mention. They were incredibly friendly, helpful, and informative throughout. During the escape room they played the role of prison guards perfectly, which really added to the atmosphere. Once the experience was over, they couldn’t have been more welcoming — genuinely one of the friendliest teams you could hope to meet. We’ve actually been back two or three years running just to explore and look around, and this definitely won’t be our last visit. There’s always something fascinating about the place. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a memorable day out in Shepton Mallet.
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Louiseba6411mf
Dec 23, 2025
Brilliant afternoon - Brilliant afternoon! Escape Room was so much fun and then loads of interesting things to see around the prison. Would thoroughly recommend.
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Sightseer42345604889
Nov 16, 2025
Fantastic experience - Had a brilliant time at the escape rooms. Will was a fantastic host and the whole experience was very immersive and fun. 100% recommended!
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Kelvin
Oct 29, 2025
Two very different escape rooms done and a fascinating tour, a very enjoyable day! - Two very different escape rooms and a fascinating tour of a real prison with lots of history: Krays, firing squads, hangings and more. Still occasionally used as a set for TV and film dramas. Recommended for a visit (~2hrs self guided tour and 1hr for each escape room, one of which is in the dark) but wrap up warm. Prison life is not comfortable! If you do an escape room either side of lunch, they will let you out for good behaviour to sample the local tea shops.
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H2187cvlauraj
Sep 7, 2025
The best escape room I've done - Great experience. I had done a few escape rooms previously and this one is by far the best. It adds a little extra fun to the task. I'll leave you with that for the surprise. My partner had never done one before and loved it too. Shout out to will who set us up in the room, acting the mean prison guard :D Thankyou! Afterwards we had a self guided tour of the Prison which is great. So well pit together and lots of history.
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Andylb6899gb
Aug 31, 2025
Good fun in The Hole - Had a great time doing The Hole escape room. It was really well done and Will the guard made it really immersive and fun. Thanks Will!
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Ianfh5741xw
Aug 20, 2025
Family holiday. - Excellent experience, staff really good and played the part. Self guided tour after was really good, I would highly recommend this escape the room, and we escaped in 35 minutes, great fun for the family.
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C9418mlvs
Aug 20, 2025
Highly recommend. - This was a fantastic immersive experience right from entering the prison! We had booked 2 different escape rooms; the hole and the cell. They were both great team building exercises for our team and we all enjoyed the day. The guards were great at making us feel as though we were actual prisoners! Highly recommend.
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From $36
up to 5 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).