Office workers in Surrey UK are pulling a rope in a team building exercise

Best Team Building Places in Surrey, UK

Team building is a great way of creating cohesion, trust, and understanding.

While also giving staff the opportunity to escape the workplace for a short period of time.

Fortunately, When it comes to team building in Surrey, there are many options available.

Of course, the type of team-building event you choose will be dependent on your employees and what they want as well as ensuring that they benefit from it.

If you have an older workforce, you might choose to opt for something less energetic.  

But with a younger workforce, you might choose a team-building event that is more geared up for those who are more challenged.

There are many different options to choose from in Surrey and you can opt for evening events, outdoor events, and indoor events, giving you the scope to try something different.

So, we are going to cover the best places for team building in Surrey.  Just click on each of their titles and it will open up a new browser with their website.

Feel free to check our Best Places for Remote Working in Surrey also. A similar write-up with direct links out to the venues.

Not everyone is at ease in the kitchen but this is where you can bring your employees together to get creative in the kitchen.

Your employees will be split up into teams where they have to cook a two or three-course meal.

Every team will be responsible for creating their dishes before they are judged and given an overall score.

It’s a fast-paced and exciting experience that everyone can enjoy, regardless of age and ability. Note this is an evening team building event.

Much like the famous TV show “The Cube”, you can give your employees the opportunity to pit their wits against the clock and against each other by taking part in various challenges.

This tests their nerves and ability to handle pressure.

Employees can be split into teams and go up against each other in order to win bonuses and points.

Ket team benefits are:

  • Team Moral
  • Problem Solving
  • Strategic Planning
  • Communication
  • Time Management
  • Delegation

It’s certainly different but it’s highly addictive and fun at the same time.

Team Building in Surrey with wooden block puzzles

A crime scene is set up and your employees will be divided into CSI teams.

They will be given a briefing file before they are given a forensic kit that contains everything they need to get started.

Once they are ready to go, they have to assess a crime scene in order to determine the motive, how the murder happened, and the evidence that they have collected.

All of this is delivered by former Scotland Yard Detectives and professionals, ensuring they have a legitimate experience.

The Team Building Company have a venue at Denbies Wine Estate, which is a lovely private venue in Dorking, Surrey.

Escape rooms have been around for some time but what better way to build a team and trust than by locking them in a room to solve puzzles in order to escape.

With many different themes available, teams will really have to work together to look for clues and hints that enable them to unravel each challenge.

It’s pressurised, it’s fast-paced and they are up against the clock which means that they really have to understand each other and work as a collective.

Paradox Parlours have venues centrally in Woking and Guildford with thematic live escape rooms. Prices are £32 pp with a minimum of 2.  With plenty of hotels around, your company would be well catered for. 

Our Web Design and Digital Marketing Agency in Surrey is the best escape room in the UK, we just can’t get out of here, its too much fun!

Have you and your colleagues always discussed the apprentice over a brew in the canteen and constantly told each other how you would fare better than the contestants?

Well, the time has come for you to see how you work as a team by taking part in challenges and business-related tasks.

You’ll find yourself in the boardroom being grilled by the business moguls although you won’t find yourself riding the next black cab out of there if you’re fired!

This is a great game that’s perfect for team-building days!

Team Building 4U, part of the Peach Entertainment group hold venues across Surrey and other counties. As a reminder just click on the title above to take you there.

The Aprentice team work around the boardroom table

For those old enough to remember the Crystal Maze this will surely take you back to the early 90s.  

For those too young to remember, it’s time to switch on because you’re going to face a whole range of challenges.

In teams, you will be tasked with having to take on different tasks that challenge your mentality, your skills, your physicality and much more.

You’ll battle it out, for gold tickets and then come together to see who has won.

It’s an exciting team-building game that offers hours of fun.

Everyone loved sports day because it was a day to show your competitive side and it was a day out of the classroom.

However, now it is still about being competitive but you get a day out of the office instead.

There are plenty of events to get stuck into and you’re certain to see that inner child come out of you.

This is a proper throwback to all the sports you used to take part in while at school, so it’s time to get stretching and warming up because of it’s Game On!

This is a one-off team-building exercise that puts you up against nature and all the challenges it brings with it.

We believe it is one of the best Team Building experiences in Reigate Surrey to choose for your work colleagues.

With trained instructors, you will work as a team to use your skills and knowledge to overcome high ropes, wilderness rescue and the environment.

It’s a hands-on experience that will surely bring you all together, making it the ideal option for you and your team.

They provide the following activities:

  • Wilderness Race
  • Navigation Challenge
  • Axe Throwing
  • Sniper Rifle Shooting
  • Sledge Pull
  • Ropes Tyrolean
  • Everest Challenge
  • Rock Rappelling
  • Air Crash Scenario
  • Gross Eat Challenge
  • Wild Camping
  • Stretcher Race

 

Have you always seen yourself as a superhero?

Someone who always helps others and someone who thinks they can change the world?

Can you do this as a team and win challenges?

You could become Batman, Superwoman or any other superhero.

Your team will be dressed as your favourite superhero and from here, you will find yourself up against it as you will have challenges to overcome.

Test your strength, endurance, and your magical powers to overcome these challenges and save the world….or your reputation in the office!

This has been designed by Mi5 and the CIA, so you can expect a realistic experience in this team-building exercise.

Your MD will disappear in the blink of an eye and it is your chance to work out what has happened and why it has happened.

Nothing is straightforward and there is a lot of thinking required to piece together the evidence and clues.

It’s a lively experience but one that will really help you to get into the mind of Mi5 and the CIA as a team.

Have you ever thought of yourself as someone who wouldn’t look out of place in front of the camera?

If you are wondering how creative you can be as a team, it might be time to give this fun and exciting team-building activity a try.  On the website menu – go to Team Building /Big Groups/ camera action.

You’ll have to delegate, create and work as a team to ensure that you put on a show.

You’ll be given scripts, props, and the opportunity to rehearse before you take the next step and put on a real performance.

There are many different themes to choose from, ensuring you can find one that fits your team.

Be the script writer, producer, camera man or talent a create a TV commercial!

The Generation Game was once a regular on our shows back in the day but it hasn’t completely disappeared!

This event will fill your day with challenges, quizzes and games, all of which will have your colleagues in fits of laughter.

With rounds that will have your belly laughing and interactive buzzers, you and your team will be ready to get the next question right.

There’s a cake decorating round and you’ll even try something new, ensuring you have the right blast before you take on the famous conveyor belt round!

Remember Ready, Steady, Cook?

Well, this is the exact same concept but with a new name.

Just like the show, your team will be given a host of secret ingredients and then left to create something tasty and delicious.

You’ll be guided by an expert chef who has experience of working with some of the top chefs in the world, so you can be sure of a memorable experience.

So, once you hit the kitchen, who is going to come out on top?

Whether you are an office clown or had a real passion to join the circus, this is your chance to show off your skills!

You will have a day of Circus Skills and fun with many different challenges to suit all.

You will learn skills such as plate spinning and juggling as well as stilt walking and much more.

There is no shortage of laughter and team building here, even if you do smash a few plates along the way!  

Check out Circus AllStars where they teach diabolo, pedal-go, juggling, gymnastic ribbon, spinning plate, poi, object balancing, stilts and requests.

Remember the hit show Squid Games…..this is the opposite whereby teams will have to work together instead of going head-to-head.

Players will be given a number by guards as well as a team number and then you will take part in games, giving you the chance to win money.

The team with the most money wins.

However you could lose players along the way so you might have to make a decision to forfeit your team to win money.

Or forfeit money to have your team members back!

Now it’s time to show your true colours!

The Best Team Building Places in Surrey Wrap Up

With many different team-building options available, you can be sure you can find a worthy event and plenty of challenges awaiting you.   

And if you are finding a challenge anywhere in your marketing plan or SEO for your business, do give us a shout!

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