Best zombie experiences in the UK: From escape rooms to weaponry training

With experiences up and down the UK, from London to Wigan and Nottingham to Coventry, we’ve hand-picked the best zombie days out for you. There’s even the opportunity to be transformed into a zombie yourself and to scare unexpected visitors at The London Tombs.

Now that spooky season is well and truly upon us, it's time to get your ghoul on with the top zombie experiences.

However, if September and October are shaping up to be busy months for you — perhaps you've already committed to Fright Night tickets and Scarefest tickets — you'll be please to know these zombie experiences take place all year round, and they’re a brilliant way to learn new skills, such as target practice and handling weaponry, and have fun with your friends and family.

Here are the best zombie experiences in the UK to try this year. Happy zombie hunting!

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Best zombie experiences in the UK at a glance:

• Arizona Sunshine, from £19
• AIM Escape's Patient Zero 2150, from £30
• Trapped in a Room with a Zombie Escape Experience, £31
• Zombie Paintball, £39 for four
• Zombie Themed Weaponry Training, £48
• Ultimate Free Roam Virtual Reality Experience, £73 for two
• Zombie Uprising Survival Experience, £100 for two
• Become a Zombie for a Day at The London Tombs with Lunch, £153.50 for two
• Immersive Zombie Infection Survival Experience, £189 for two

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Immersive Zombie Infection Survival Experience for Two

Voted the UK’s best zombie experience, this immersive day is not for the faint hearted. Choose from seven locations across the country, including the UK’s oldest and largest steelwork factory in Sheffield and a deep, dark forest in Nottingham, then you’ll be thrown into an apocalypse upon arrival. It’s up to you to create a quarantine section and defeat the zombies, and, if you make it out in one piece, you’ll have a zombie photoshoot at the end.

Buy Immersive Zombie Infection Survival Experience for Two for £189 at Virgin Experience Days

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AIM Escape's Patient Zero 2150

You have 60 minutes to complete the near-impossible. Pathogens which create zombies have been leaked into the world, and you have one hour to contain them and save humankind. This escape room in the heart of London is a perfect day out for you and your friends.

Buy AIM Escape's Patient Zero 2150 from £30 at Fever

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Ultimate Free Roam Virtual Reality Experience for Two at Zero Latency

A virtual reality (VR) experience is a simulated experience that usually mimics a real-world environment, often with a twist. VR uses headsets to create a world, and in this experience at Zero Latency, you and a friend will be transported to a city infested with zombies.

The free-roam technology allows you to navigate the virtual city on foot, and your mission is to locate a cure to the zombie infestation, all while defeating the undead.

Buy Ultimate Free Roam Virtual Reality Experience for Two at Zero Latency for £73 at Virgin Experience Days

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Zombie Uprising Survival Experience for Two

Choose from five zombie-infested areas in the UK: Billingham, Stockport, Leicester, Sheffield, or Coventry, then face the zombie fallout. You and your zombie-killing partner will receive a safety briefing before being handed your weapons, then you’ll hit a range of targets to test your accuracy and nerve ahead of confronting the real deal: the undead.

Do you have what it takes to survive this post-apocalyptic experience?

Buy Zombie Uprising Survival Experience for Two for £100 at Buyagift

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Become a Zombie for a Day at The London Tombs for Two with Lunch

This experience is a little different. Instead of defeating the zombies, you’ll become one! You and your plus one will be transformed into a zombie and given a lesson in the art of scaring people, as well as how to apply your own FX make-up, before terrifying visitors at The London Tombs.

As being a zombie is tiring work, you’ll be treated to German street food and pub classics at The Bermondsey Bierkeller mid-way through the day.

Buy Become a Zombie for a Day at The London Tombs for Two with Lunch for £153.50 at Virgin Experience Days

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Zombie Themed Weaponry Training

From the UK’s biggest experience day retailer comes a zombie experience like no other. The Zombie Themed Weaponry Training in Nottingham is a perfect day out for a horror fan. In the experience, you’ll try your hand at crossbow shooting, axe throwing and air rifle training. The Walking Dead might have taught you a thing or two, but there’s still a lot more to learn.

Buy Zombie Themed Weaponry Training for £48 at Buyagift

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Zombie Paintball for Four

What’s one thing that could make paintball more fun? If there were zombies involved! Grab three of your friends and head down to Thetford for this experience. Do you have what it takes to be the last person standing?

Buy Zombie Paintball for Four for £39 at Activity Superstore

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Arizona Sunshine at DNA VR

With locations in London and Manchester, DNA VR specialises in VR experiences, and this next one is a real thriller. Arizona Sunshine will throw you right in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and you'll have to use your wits to not only survive but to defeat the undead.

At this VR experience, you'll use real life movements to combat the zombies. Plus, although you'll have your own headset and be in your own booth, you'll be able to communicate with other players in your group, whether that be your family or friends who you've come with, through the headset, as well as take part in multiplayer games.

Buy Arizona Sunshine tickets from £19 at DNA VR

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Trapped in a Room with a Zombie Escape Experience

Take your zombie-themed escape room experience to the next level with this intense offering from Virgin Experience Days. Not only do you have to solve the puzzles in a time constraint (one hour to be exact), you'll also have the added pressure of the zombie being locked in the room with you, reminding you of your fate should you fail.

Every five minutes, the zombie you're trying to escape from will ominously get one foot closer. Don't forget; one touch means instant death. Good luck – you're going to need it.

Buy Trapped in a Room with a Zombie Escape Experience for £31 at Virgin Experience Days

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