National Justice Museum's new escape room will transport you back to 1800s Nottingham

A brand new escape room is opening inside Nottingham’s National Justice Museum next month. 

The building, which dates back to 1449, has had several uses over the past 575 years, including a courtroom, jail and police station, before becoming a museum in 1995. 

Now the Grade II listed building, said to be one of the most haunted places in Nottingham, is to host a new escape room next month. 

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Participants will find themselves in the year 1831, having been dropped the slums of Nottingham’s Narrow Marsh. 

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Narrow Marsh was infamous for its crime, poverty and slums. 

The game involves participants being arrested at the site of a local pub fire where two people died. 

If found guilty of arson and manslaughter, the punishment is hanging. 

Over the course of an hour, participants and their team will move through the museum, from the slums of Narrow Marsh, the exercise yard, and the gaol.

Teams will be accompanied by a Games Master at each stage of the game as they try to work out the correct decision - to escape or stand trial. 

The escape room will be open on selected evenings between April 4 and August 31. 

Tickets are priced at £26 per person (minimum groups of four). 

You can find out more here.