Manchester Exploration Games
Urban adventures bringing the secrets of Manchester to life.
- Work together to solve fun challenges & puzzling clues Perfectly balanced & location-based.
- Guided by clues sent to your phones Messages sent to you and your team's phones.
- Explore Manchester's historic landmarks and hidden gems Our speciality, discovering and showing off amazing places!
- Discover top-rated pubs, bars and cafes - all optional Optional breaks to catch a rest along the way.
- Compete Set the fastest time and see you ranking on your end certificate. for top spot on the Manchester leaderboard
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Next Steps
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- 1. Select your game, pick a trail of your choice and receive your welcome email.
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- 2. Rally your team and enter a team name and phone number(s) into the system.
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- 3. Receive your welcome text, then head to the start location on a day and time of your choice.
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- 4. Text START to receive the first in a series of cryptic directions. Solve the puzzles to unravel your mystery.
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- 5. Discover unique places, the secret and hidden of your city - and great independant pubs/cafes!
Gift an Experience
Choose from over 125 top-rated experiences across 40 cities, or choose a gift balance for ultimate flexibility. We're happy to switch should your recipient wish to change!
Manchester Experiences
Each trail takes place in a different area of the city - click each tile to learn more!
- New release
Race Across the World: The Experience
Race Across the World: The Experience… more
Heart of the Hive
The rebllious spirit of the worker bee… more
Northern Quarter Nooks
Art born from industry… more
Through the Ages
Travel from ancient Manchester to discover the city's northern soul… more
Action-packed Exploration Games in Manchester
How the Manchester days out work
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Discover Manchester's secret places
- Experience Manchester's unique places and share stories in independent pubs & cafes, curated for each Manchester Exploration Game.
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Fun challenges
- Engaging puzzles and captivating stories reveal Manchester in a new light.
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Play together or competitively
- Work as a team or compete head-to-head to set the fastest time on our Manchester leaderboard.
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Fully flexible bookings
- Alter your booking freely; change the date, time, number of people or chosen Manchester Exploration Game. Even stop and start once you've begun.
Fun activity for all groups
Manchester Exploration Game Reviews
The great things you say about CityDays Exploration Games
BAM
A really fun experience we enjoyed the puzzles and clues
Goddess and Minion
Brilliant fun and very well organised having seen the TV programme. We’ll defo go again some pint to another City with …
Balls to the brewery
Really well organised and great fun along with a great way to see parts of the city I wasn’t aware of.
Birthday GALs
Brilliant day out exploring our home city of Manchester & celebrating an 18th birthday.
Matt, Wes, Kim, Deb and Susan
Thoroughly enjoyed the experience, showed us lots of sights that we otherwise wouldn’t have seen aswell as being good f…
Tornados
A great way to see hidden gems across Manchester!
Durcsquad
Really loved the experience. Discovered new parts of London and saw others in a new light. Loved the clues and riddles.…
Pineapple on pizza?
An amazing experience. Was pleasantly surprised with going around Manchester, I thought it would be mostly city centre …
Lost Boi Bees
Loved it!
From Dales to Destinations
AMAZING!! Well organised and fun for the wholes family. Plenty of opportunities to site see, stop and experience differ…
Thor-Ni-Fusion
A Really excellent way to spend a saturday afternoon , cleverly thought out clues , celebrating the history of Manchest…
Catherine & Victoria
Really fun day out. Time files and easy to understand and the messages are really quick and thorough.
NicompoopDude
Excellent experience, a great length so we felt we got good value. The instructions were clear and the frequent opportu…
Golden girls on the run
Fabulous experience
Bevan
Really good! Great to see Manchester in a different way. Couldn’t have enjoyed more.
Hinstock Girls
Really fun day with my two daughters
Bambergals!
Fab day out which took us to parts of Manchester we had never been to even tho we thought we knew it!! Great experience…
HAAM
Great day out
Mulia
Amazing experience, I've lived in Manchester for 15 years and still learnt so much about the rich history and culture o…
The Bharaths
Had a fabulous day! Great fun, challenging clues but we figured them out in the end, we were happy that it wasn’t too e…
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