A country house, a body, and twenty-eight suspects.
Murder mystery weekends at Skendleby are run by professional actors and staged in the Hall’s own rooms — the drawing room, the music room, and wherever else the evening takes you. Your group has the house to itself, so there’s no audience and nowhere to hide. Choose how involved you want to be: let the actors do the work, or take a character and play your part.
CHOOSE YOUR EVENING
Four ways to run it, from a single detective working the room to a full house-wide investigation. Each is priced per event, not per person.
Guest-played
The Detective
From £24 per person(based on 28 guests)
£685 per event
One live actor hosts the evening as the detective, and your guests play the suspects. The most straightforward way in — it just needs a room and a group willing to be accused.
Best for groups of six upwards, and anyone trying a murder mystery for the first time.
Guest-played
The Interactive Mystery
From £38 per person(based on 28 guests)
£1,050 per event
Two detectives host, with evidence and transcripts for your guests to work through. More to examine, more to argue about, and more of a proper investigation.
Best for larger groups who want something to get their teeth into.
Fully acted
The Immersive Theatre
From £89 per person(based on 28 guests)
£2,500 per event
Actors play the suspects, so your guests don't have to. You question, they perform — everyone gets to sit back, watch it unfold, and try to work out who did it.
Best for groups who'd rather solve than perform. Runs in one room, with space for everyone to see and hear.
Fully acted · Our pick for the Hall
The Multi-Room
From £102 per person(based on 28 guests)
£2,850 per event
Real-life Cluedo. Actors take a room each and your guests move through the house to interrogate them, gathering the story as they go. The Hall was made for this one.
Best for making full use of a house with rooms to spare — and the format our partners recommend here.
All prices include VAT. Evenings are staged at Skendleby Hall as part of an exclusive-use stay — ask us about dates.
One price, however many of you there are
Murder mysteries here are priced per event rather than per head. Bring eight or bring twenty-eight — the cost doesn’t change. For a full house, The Multi-Room works out at around £100 a head; for a smaller group, it’s the same evening at the same price.
Dinner with your mystery
From £49 per person
A private chef can cook for your group on the night — a proper dinner served in the Hall, built around the evening rather than squeezed in beside it. Available for eight guests or more.
Or keep it simple: the Hall is yours, so you’re free to cater it however you like.
Part of a winter weekend
A murder mystery is one of the experiences you can add to an exclusive-use weekend at Skendleby — the whole Hall for your group, from Friday through to Monday.
Arrange an evening
Murder mystery evenings are arranged with Amanda, our House Manager, and built around your stay. Dates book ahead, so it’s worth asking early.
Already staying with us?
Add a murder mystery to your booking — call or email and we’ll set it up for the night that suits you.
Planning a stay?
Murder mystery evenings run as part of an exclusive-use stay for your group. Tell us about your visit and we’ll take it from there.