50+ Best London Immersive Experiences (2026, with Prices)

September 10, 2026 3 Comments

Looking for immersive experiences in London? Well, good, because I’m the UK’s biggest independent immersive experience blogger. Whenever an immersive experience launches in London, I’m there no matter how weird it is. I have visited more than 100 so far!

Below are London’s best immersive experiences that I have tried and tested, organised by type. This article gets updated regularly, you’ll find 30+ immersive experiences here at all times.

Something needs updating? Give me a shout in the comments, or on Instagram (@travelwithpau).

My Top Pick From Each Category

🎭 Theatre / Peaky Blinders: Underworld, the one everyone’s talking about right now.

🎯 Gaming & Escape Hunts / The Crystal Maze, frantic, silly team fun across four themed zones.

🖼️ Exhibitions / Frameless, the biggest immersive art experience of its kind in the UK.

🧒 Kids / House of Dreamers, think giant ballpit, dreamlands and endless fun.

🍸 Cocktails / Alcotraz, cocktails served straight from a prison cell.

🍽️ Dining / 58th Street Jazz Age Experience, one of the hottest tickets in London right now.

🫖 Afternoon Tea / Wizard Afternoon Tea, spellbindingly delicious, with a smoky cauldron on the side.

🛏️ Overnight / Key of Dreams, a luxury 24 hour immersive theatre and fine dining experience you can stay in overnight.

This Month’s Highlight

Peaky Blinders: Underworld

The one everyone’s talking about right now. Set in the historic railway arches by London Bridge, Peaky Blinders: Underworld drops you straight into Thomas Shelby’s world, starting in a full recreation of the Garrison Tavern, where you can grab a drink before finding the hidden door down into the underworld beneath. From there you’re free to explore Garrison Lane, The Bookies, Chinatown, and the Small Heath Fairground, bumping into actors, solving puzzles, and stumbling into surprises along the way. Around an hour, fully immersive, and exactly the kind of world-building the show’s fans have been waiting for. Running 13 August 2026 – 3 January 2027, from around £25.

Book Peaky Blinders: Underworld

United Kingdom

Belfast Bucket List: 25 Epic Things to Do in Belfast (2026)

August 18, 2026 4 Comments

VISITING BELFAST: BUCKET LIST AND TRAVEL GUIDE JAFFA MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland and one of the most underrated city breaks in the UK. It’s compact, incredibly walkable, and packed with history, culture, and one of the best food and bar scenes I’ve encountered anywhere in the British Isles.

It’s also a city that wears its complex past openly the murals, the Peace Wall, the political taxi tours and that honesty makes it one of the most thought-provoking places I’ve visited. Come with an open mind, and you’ll leave with a genuine understanding of a city that has worked incredibly hard to reinvent itself.

Nowadays Belfast is my second home, as I own short term accommodation properties in the city. I’m constantly advising and engaging tourists so I do dare say I know a lot. So if you are visiting do me a favour and stay in one of them… wink, wink!

VISITING BELFAST: BELFAST BUCKET LIST & TRAVEL GUIDE — GRAND OPERA HOUSE

BELFAST ESSENTIALS

✈️ Getting There / Belfast has two airports, Belfast International (BFS) and George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD), most UK flights use City Airport, which is closer to the centre. Book a private airport transfer with WelcomePickups for a stress-free arrival. Search flights on Skyscanner.

🚗 Getting Around / The city centre is very walkable, with most attractions within a 20 to 30 minute walk of each other. For day trips out to Giant’s Causeway or Hillsborough Castle, compare rental cars on DiscoverCars.

🎟️ Tours / Belfast rewards a bit of context, especially for the political history and the Titanic story. The best ones to book in advance:
The Titanic Experience with SS Nomadic Visit
Political Taxi Tour
Giant’s Causeway and Game of Thrones Day Tour
Hop-On Hop-Off Belfast Open Top Bus Tour

🏨 Stay / Skip the endless scrolling, these are the ones I’d point a friend toward (full picks in Where to Stay below):
Budget: Holiday Inn Belfast City Centre
Mid-range: Bullitt Hotel
Splurge: The Merchant Hotel

🧳 Luggage Storage / If you’re early for check-in or have time to kill before heading home, no stress, there are luggage storage points all over Belfast. Use this website to find one nearby.

📱 Connect / Stay connected the moment you land with an eSIM. I use Holafly, use code TRAVELWITHPAU for 5% off.

🛡️ Get Insured / Even for a UK trip, it’s worth having cover. World Nomads offers coverage for over 150 activities as well as emergency medical, lost luggage, trip cancellation and more.

Wonderful Things to Do in Belfast

Visit the Titanic Belfast Experience

The Titanic Belfast museum is, without exaggeration, one of the best museums I’ve ever been to. Built on the exact slipway where the Titanic was constructed, it takes you through the full story of the ship, from Belfast’s industrial history to the night of the sinking and beyond. The building itself is stunning, designed to resemble the prow of a ship.

Book in advance, this sells out, especially on weekends. Book your Titanic Belfast tickets and include the SS Nomadic visit while you’re there.

Spot the Samson & Goliath Cranes

These two giant yellow cranes are Belfast’s most iconic skyline feature, you can see them from almost everywhere in the city. They’re a symbol of the city’s shipbuilding heritage and make for great photos, especially from the Titanic Quarter waterfront.

London

Should You Buy the Merlin Annual Pass? Our Honest 2026 to 2027 Verdict

November 5, 2026 No Comments

Sharks swimming in the tank at SEA LIFE London Aquarium

Quick disclosure before anything else: this isn’t sponsored. We bought our Merlin Annual Pass with our own money, and I’m writing this because I genuinely wanted to know if it made sense for us, a London family with a toddler, before I handed over the £££.

Our son is two, we live in London, and SEA LIFE and Shrek’s Adventure were already on our list of places to take him. Both are Merlin attractions. Once I realised that, plus after finding out Chessington, Alton Towers and Thorpe Park and a few others are a relatively easy day trip from London, I sat down and actually did the maths on whether a Merlin Annual Pass would save us money or not.

Here’s what I found, and which pass we actually went with.

London, LONDON IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES

SPORE London Review: COLAB’s Immersive Fungal Horror (2026)

October 26, 2026 No Comments

SPORE London immersive horror poster by COLAB

I am a bit of a COLAB regular. They are a cornerstone of immersive theatre in London and launch several shows around Halloween, and I have been to multiple of them. They are all very good and use a format I love: puzzles and tasks, a trip into somewhere properly scary, a break from the scares and then more scares, and a grand finale. So I was keen to see how SPORE, their new immersive horror show, would fit in.

I went with my partner on press night and only the second run of the show, so a few teething issues were still being sorted. I will be honest about those below, but please keep in mind that my experience was affected by them, and yours may well be better. SPORE is also one of the very few immersive Halloween experiences in London this year, which is a big part of why I think it is worth a look.

London

Peppa Pig Bus Tour London Review: My Honest Thoughts (2026)

October 19, 2026 No Comments

Peppa Pig Afternoon Tea Bus Tour in London, the red double decker bus with Peppa Pig characters in the windows

A red double decker bus covered in Peppa Pig characters, a themed afternoon tea and a 90 minute tour past London’s biggest landmarks. When I was invited to try the Peppa Pig Afternoon Tea Bus Tour, I took my son, who had just turned 2, the minimum age. Here is what it is really like, from where it departs to what is on the menu, plus whether I think it is worth the money.

Fashion

I Tried Vivaia’s New Travel Loafers and Here’s My Honest Review

October 15, 2026 No Comments

Vivaia Avoir travel loafers review, wearing the loafers at Belfast Botanic Gardens Palm House

These shoes were gifted to me by Vivaia and this post contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own.

Quick Verdict

Summary: The Vivaia Avoir are foldable nylon travel loafers from the brand’s new RE:work collection. I wore them for six days in Belfast, on over 10,000 steps a day, and then to a theme park and they were comfortable the whole way through. They run a little roomy and I got one blister on my left heel on the first afternoon, but it disappeared quickly and never came back. They wipe clean, they look smart enough for travelling, and I would happily buy another pair.

Pros

Genuinely comfortable, even on days of 10,000 steps or more
Wipe clean, I have not needed to wash them yet
Held up in damp Belfast and in the rain, even though they are not advertised as waterproof
Foldable, with a storage bag, and a clip strap at the back that keeps the pair together while you travel
Smart enough to look classy while travelling

Cons

They run slightly roomy (I took a 5.5)
I got a blister on my left heel the first afternoon, it disappeared quickly and did not come back
Light colours will get dirty, the sole is flat and exposed to whatever is on the floor
They are soft and unstructured, so not a traditional structured loafer

MY RATING: VIVAIA AVOIR TRAVEL LOAFERS
Comfort: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Style: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)
Value: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Packability: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Overall: 4.75/5

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