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Welcome to The Puzzling Place
It is free to enter ‘The Puzzling Place’, as at the top of the stairs is our shop which is stuffed with puzzles, gadgets and curiosities and is guaranteed to have something to amuse, entertain or puzzle you. At the far end of the shop is our ‘Puzzle Area’ which again, is free to enter. Here you can give your brain a work out trying to solve the puzzles and brain teasers which are set out for your entertainment and frustration!
Although the shop and ‘Puzzle Area’ are definitely worth a trip on their own, it’s the main attraction where the boundary between illusion and reality starts to blur.
The Puzzling Place’s ‘World of Illusion’ takes the theme of Illusion and runs with it. It is home to our ‘Anti-gravity Room’, ‘Ames Room’, ‘Hologram Gallery’ and ‘Eyelusions Exhibition’. It’s a fascinating, fun and social excursion into the wonderful world of optical illusion, which will leave you quite literally, not believing your eyes!
As the appeal of optical illusions crosses all age ranges the ‘World of Illusions’ is an ideal place to be enjoyed and experienced with friends or family however young and old. It’s generally the older generation of the family who are left surprised by how much they’ve enjoyed their visit!
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Eyelusions Exhibition: |
The Eyelusions exhibition makes up the remainder of our ‘Puzzling World of Illusion’. Many of the best optical illusions around can be explored through interactive exhibits, artwork and sculptures. In it you’ll find the ‘Anti-gravity Drip’ and our 'Chair of Illusion', as well as our ‘Interactive Pond’. You can walk through a giant impossible triangle, shake your own hand, rub out your friend and watch your skin crawl. You’ll come across impossible objects that defy common sense, static images that move and straight lines that bend. You can see yourself as others do, look down the bottomless chest and be tracked by our following faces!
With over 50 exhibits and ‘pieces of strange’ to unleash a moment of astonishment for you, you’ll be left rubbing your eyes in disbelief!
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Admission Prices: |
Adults £3.50
Children/Concessions £2.75
Family (2+2) £11
Under 5’s Free
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Opening Times: |
All School Holidays:
Open 7 days a week, 10am to 5.30pm
Winter Hours 1st Nov to 20th March:
Open 11am to 5pm but closed Mondays
Open weekends only in January
Summer Hours 21st March to 31st Oct:
Open 7 days a week 11am to 5.30pm
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