The 10 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Chelmsford, England

Asylum is a home for the musically insane.The owners play in a punk band, staff all involved in music in one form or another. All genres catered for with live bands playing anything from punk, rock, metal and alternative to dance, electro, acoustic and more. Intimate in size, 2 stages and 2 bars on two floors, but great in atmosphere (so we're told by all our in-mates)!Over 18 s and mostly free entry. Bars open until 02.30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 12.00 a.m. week-days. Casual dress.

Uncover the mystery of the Network before the time runs out. Have fun with family friends and colleagues, solve puzzles, find clues, crack codes and contribute to the investigation. Based on the popular concept of real-life escape games.

Radical Bikes is a unique Cycling Venue for BMX, Jump Bikes and Trials, with Dirt Jumps, Ramps, Foam Pit, Resi ramp and Trials Obstacles. Bring your own bike or hire one of ours. All abilities catered for. We also provide led rides through local woods and bridle paths. No need to book. Open at weekends from April to October. Venue available for private hire by negotiation. Come and play!

Live in or visiting the Chelmsford area and looking to try something amazing? Come and have a go at the towns permanent escape experience! Chelmsford Escape Rooms is located a short distance from the town centre with free parking outside. Escape rooms are a form of live entertainment where you’ll solve a series of puzzles in order to escape before the time runs out. Discover clues and receive hints in our fully immersive purpose built themed environment. This is an interactive event. Games Masters will greet you and help you throughout your experience, but they will not be physically present inside of the escape room (unless otherwise stated). In teams of 2-10 people come and see if you can escape the room in 60 minutes. Sounds scary? It’s really not; a little common sense and logical thinking and you could escape!

Our Experiences enable you to learn history while doing e.g. shooting our hand made English long bows, throwing axes or immersing yourself while wearing the uniform, eating the food and spending the coins of a Medieval archer on our bespoke full day session. Private parties such as corporate, hen, stag and birthday are all welcome. Bow & arrow making courses are available should you want to progress into your new hobby on either one or two day sessions Film and TV work as seen on BBC1 Countryfile and Channel 5 Digging Up Britain's Past. Providers of historical replica made to measure longbows and arrows. Smithing courses available in knife making, black smithing and arrow smithing in addition to general commission works

Escape Live Chelmsford is an Escape Room for groups of 2-8 people located in Chelmsford, the heart of Essex. You have 60 minutes to complete a mountain of puzzles and mysteries. The aim is simple, get out before it's too late. The Chelmsford location is the second site of Escape Live to open in Essex following on from Southend where we are rated by TripAdvisor as the No.1 Fun Thing to Do in Essex!

Escape Reality - the best gaming arena in Essex. Our Virtual Reality booths are simply the best around, due to our vast game library, two player experiences and our incredible prices. Prices are per booth, not per person, meaning if you want to book an hour and share it with 3-4 friends then you can and the price doesn't change. We also have an incredible gaming arena: Four XBOX's, 4K TV's and sofas for you and friends to relax on. Four high end gaming PC's ready for all your e-Sports needs. Enough hardware for 14 people to be playing a game at any one time. Birthday parties are simply a must at Escape Reality. You get exclusive use of the whole arena and everything in it with two party hosts to look after your every need. You can invite up to 20 guests. Prices are for the whole room and not per person. We also host E-Sport tournaments with huge prizes, mobile VR experiences that can be hired for your next corporate or charity event and regular special offer, low priced entry nights.

A Cathedral in the heart of the city centre. Open daily for worship, prayer or simply to look round. There are many free concerts and exhibitions running throughout the year. See the Cathedral website for details; chelmsfordcathedral.org.uk There is no entry charge and we are situated just five minutes from the bus and railway stations.

Take a walk through Chelmsford's history, from the Ice Age, right through to the present day. There is the chance to see a mammoth, watch a princely Anglo-Saxon burial, and find out what used to be on your street. With brand new galleries, interactive displays thousands of artefacts and immersive video installations. Look out for our amber child friendly interactives, which give you the change to really feel the past. Please note that the museum is closed until further notice.