Best Virtual Reality Experiences in London

Virtual reality has expanded in ways that few thought possible.

Whether it’s gaming, education, or watching movies, the tech possibilities continue to grow as many developers now use VR to offer experiences that are impossible to do live and/or in person. 

If you’re keen on giving it a go, we’ve narrowed down the best VR experiences that London has to offer.

Let’s dive in.

Best VR Experiences in London

Navrtar

• What’s it about: Free roam arena, group virtual reality experience, demo session 
• Location: Dickens Yard, Longfield Avenue, Ealing, London, W5 2UQ
• Contact: +44 0203 696 5253
• Pricing: £24 per person
• Google rating: 4.9/5

The free-roaming Virtual Reality arcade and bar in London provides 4 different VR experiences (plus a demo), which you can join in groups of 5. 

Game choices include Overrun or Overrun Stage 2, where you fight off zombies, and Strike Team Delta, where players work together or alone to secure intel to prevent an alien takeover.

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Hyper-Reality

• What’s it about: Retro gaming, karaoke, food and drinks menu, fast-paced
• Location: 67 Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 4TT, United Kingdom
• Contact : +44 20 7790 7205
• Pricing: £30 – £35 per person
• Google rating: 4.8/5

The Hyper-Reality VR games in London offer three different experiences. Players can chase high scores in games while battling zombies, fight off in a deathmatch, and play laser tag in The Arena. 

You can also opt to explore foreign lands and worlds in The Place With No Name, go on rollercoaster rides in various VR locations, and enjoy a collection of board games and retro consoles in The Longue.

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The Gunpowder Plot

• What’s it about: Multi-sensory special effects, live theatre
• Location: 8-12 Tower Hill Vaults, London, EC3N 4EE
• Contact: +44 0207 790 7205
• Pricing: £45- £110 (under 16 save £10 per ticket)
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The ‘Gunpowder Plot’ mixes an immersive VR London experience and live theatre to transport you to 1605 in London where you’re a government agent who needs to infiltrate the infamous attempt to blow up the House of Parliament. 

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ClueQuest

• What’s it about: VR missions, escape rooms
• Location: 169-171 Caledonian Rd, London N1 0SL
• Contact: +44 7798 772382
• Pricing: £25- £30 per person
• Google rating: 4.8/5

ClueQuest is the longest-standing VR escape room in London. 

In addition to various escape room scenarios, those looking for a VR experience can choose between two Assasin’s Creed missions: Beyond Medusa’s Gate and Escape the lost Pyramid, as well as Prince of Persia: The Dagger of Time, where players can experience time control.

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Pitch London

• What’s it about: Golf simulation, competitive socialising
• Location: Hasilwood House, 62 Bishopsgate, London, England, EC2N 4AW
• Contact: 020 7628 9424
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• Google rating: 4.9/5

Pitch London offers what they call the ‘Pitch and Putt’ experience –simulation golf on the best and most popular golf courses around the world (like Pebble Beach). 

It’s great for both beginners and more advanced golf players and you don’t need any equipment. 

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Otherworld

• What’s it about: Multi-sensory virtual reality technology
• Location: 336 Acton Mews, London E8 4EA, United Kingdom
• Number: +44 20 8050 1550
• Pricing: £14- £49 per person
• Google rating: 4.6/5

Otherworld boasts 16 VR experiences, from fighting zombies and competing for the top spot in Beat Sabre to tackling UFOs and space exploration in four different regions on the virtual island.

What makes it truly unique is that it features immersion rooms with wind, heat, and rumble that adapt to every gameplay for a futuristic VR experience in London. 

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The War of The Worlds

• What’s it about: Immersive theatre, augmented reality, holograms
• Location: 56 Leadenhall Street, 56, Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2BJ
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• Pricing:  £40 – £80
• Google rating: 5/5

Dotdotdot’s Jeff Wayne’s The War of the World mixes VR, 5D effects, and holographic performances to provide 24 interactive scenes enhanced with unique multi-sensory effects. 

The Immersive Experience, set to Jeff Wayne’s iconic score, transports players back to 1989 for a Martian invasion, for a 110 min-long adventure.

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Darkfield

• What’s it about:360 degree audio experience
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• Contact: 10989110/ infro@darkfield.org
• Pricing: £8- £9
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Darkfield is a mind-bending 360-degree immersive audio performance, created in shipping containers, that anyone can enjoy in the comfort of their home. 

You can choose from 3 audio performances, Double, Visitors, and Eternals, and envision the experience (thanks to an incredibly-detailed storyline) – all you need is a partner and a set of headphones.

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DNA VR

• What’s it about: VR arcade, free-roaming, escape room
• Location: Units 1&2, 400-404 York Way, London, N7 9LR
• Contact: +44 20 7686 6090
• Pricing: £22- £40 per person
• Google rating: 4.7/5

DNA VR is a VR arcade in London that lets users explore a long list of universes and enjoy them in a single-player game or a multiplayer experience. 

Players can choose from different competitive games, zombie apocalypse scenarios, laser tag, and dance-off challenges, and solve puzzles and mysteries in separate VR escape rooms.

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Smoky Barrels

• What’s it about: VR hunting experience, themed bar
• Location: 18 Farm Lane, London, England, SW6 1PP
• Contact:  +44 20 4531 2000
• Pricing: £20 – £50
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Smoky Barrels brings the traditional hunting experience indoors. 

The simulation game allows individuals to hunt wild animals such as grouse, pheasants, deer, and wild boars in Scottish Highlands in a VR setting, all while dressed up in Highland Tweeds. You’ll use replica handguns and rifles and compete to score more points than the others.

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Aeronaut

• What’s it about: Team play, immersive VR environment
• Location: 264 High St, London W3 9BH
• Contact: 0208 9934242
• Pricing: £6+
• Google rating: 4.3/5

In addition to its world-famous brunches and performances, Aeronaut offers its patrons several different multiplayer VR gaming experiences in London, where everyone can find something to their taste. 

You can play archery and explore mountain tops or battle off waves of aliens using giant guns and destroy ships if you’re in a more competitive mood.

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Interactive Pro Gaming (The Four Thieves)

• What’s it about: Multiplayer games, team building, archery
• Location: The Four Thieves, 51 Lavender Gardens, London SW11 1DJ
• Contact: 0207 223 6927
• Pricing: £39 for one hour VR game per person
• Google rating: 5/5

The Four Thieves bar in Clapham hosts International Pro Gaming which offers a wide selection of VR experiences. 

Some of the choices include a PvP deathmatch, co-op archery to fight off orcs and dragons, and dungeon quests among others. 

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Meet space VR

• What’s it about: Free-roam VR, augmented reality, interactive digital play, big game selection
• Location: Box Park, Olympic Way, Wembley Park, London, HA9 0JT
• Contact: +44 800 088 6911 (support@meetspacevr.co.uk)
• Pricing: from £25+ per person 
• Google rating: 4.7/5

Meet Space VR is a London VR space that offers free-roam VR, as well as standing VR experiences for teams and solo play, along with in-game comms and pre-game briefing.

Whether you’re a fan of sci-fi shooters, archery, Cybershock, or even escape room games, you’re bound to find something to your liking.

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Omescape

• What’s it about VR escape room games
• Location: 1st Floor, 75 Greenfield Rd, London E1 1EJ
• Contact: +44 0207 278 5200
• Pricing: £20 – £40 pp
• Google rating: 4.6/5

Omescape’s Escape is a great choice for individuals who like steampunk, apocalyptic survival, and new horror experiences. 

You can play solo or in a group and pick from a range of escape room scenarios for the ultimate London VR experience.

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Space Descent VR

• What’s it about: Space journey, 3D visual effects, 360⁰ view 
• Location: South Kensington, London SW7 9EG, UK
• Contact: 033 0058 0058
• Pricing: £6 pp
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This VR mission puts visitors through the ESA’s first British astronaut Tim Peake spacecraft to experience his thrilling 400km journey from the International Space Station to Earth. 

The experience, which is narrated by Peake himself, gives individuals a 360⁰ view inside the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule.

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Virtual Reality at Hollywood Bowl

• What’s it about: Bar, arcade games, entertainment booth
• Location: Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX
• Contact: 0203 305 8522/ 01442 768760
• Pricing: £7.99 per person
• Google rating: 4/5

The stylish American drive-in-style restaurant has always had plenty to offer and a virtual reality experience in London is no exception. 

They introduced the tech into the venue a couple of years ago and offer a couple of games from different genres, including futuristic flying missions, horror escape games, and puzzles. 

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Limitless-VR

• What’s it about: Great game selection, private VR Lounge
• Location: 9 High St, Croydon CR0 1QE
• Contact: +44 20 8680 7775
• Pricing: from £15 per hour
• Google rating: 4.7/5

Limitless-VR is a virtual reality bar in London where individuals can enjoy a wide selection of VR games with their friends and family. 

You can choose from different types of VR games in London for all ages and even book the entire VR Lounge for a big party. 

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Mario Kart VR (Tenpin)

• What’s it about: Themed set, racing VR
• Location: The Rotunda, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 1QJ
• Contact: 0871 222 36 75
• Pricing: £7.95 per person
• Google rating: 4.2/10

The Mario Kart Virtual Reality game in London will give you the racing experience you’re hoping to get. 

You’ll race alongside Luigi and navigate through the well-known Mario Kart traps and tricks on the course, like leaping over ravines and dodging Thwomps and Piranha Plants.

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Bottom Line  

If you’re looking for VR experiences in London, then you have plenty of places and games to choose from. From dance-offs competitions and land exploration to archery and action games like battling aliens and zombies, London’s entertainment centres and bars have a lot to offer