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Best Autumn Team Building Activities?
Autumn is approaching: The Perfect Season for Team Building
As the air gets crisper and the days a little shorter, autumn marks a turning point in the workplace calendar. It’s when teams return from summer holidays, the year-end push begins, and leaders start planning how to end the year strong.
But it’s also the ideal time to bring your team together, re-energise collaboration, and reconnect after a busy summer. That’s why so many organisations look for effective, fun, and memorable team building activities in autumn.
At The Teambuilding Company, we’ve designed a range of experiences perfect for this season — indoor, weatherproof, and fully scalable for teams of all sizes. Whether you're planning a morale-boosting day out or a strategy-energising offsite, here are five top team building events that are tailor-made for autumn.
1. Beat The Box
🔸 Format: Indoor
🔸 Focus: Collaboration, time pressure, problem-solving
Think escape room, but bigger, bolder, and made for corporate teams. Beat The Box is one of our most in-demand events in autumn — and for good reason. It’s entirely mobile, perfect for indoor spaces, and energises teams with high-stakes collaboration.
Armed with locked boxes, encrypted codes, and a countdown timer, teams must solve puzzles and share information with rivals in order to crack the final challenge. It’s a thrilling blend of pressure, strategy, and cooperation.
✔️ Works brilliantly for indoor venues
✔️ Encourages cross-team collaboration
✔️ Adaptable for conferences and Q4 planning days
🔸 Format: Indoor
🔸 Focus: Problem-solving, teamwork, energy
Need a hit of nostalgia and serious team engagement? The Indoor Crystal Challenge is our take on the legendary TV game show — adapted for the workplace, and perfect for autumn when the weather isn’t playing ball.
Teams rotate through themed zones (Physical, Skill, Mental, Mystery), collecting crystals by completing challenges under pressure. It’s immersive, fast-paced, and guaranteed to get your people laughing, competing, and collaborating.
✔️ Indoor-friendly for unpredictable autumn weather
✔️ Highly energising for mid-week offsites
✔️ Ideal for boosting team spirit ahead of year-end targets
🔸 Format: Indoor
🔸 Focus: Flexibility, variety, inclusive fun
Can’t decide between physical challenges, puzzles, or creative tasks? The Ultimate Challenge gives you a bit of everything — and it’s designed to be fully tailored to your goals and your venue.
It’s a fantastic choice for autumn because it can flex with the weather. Start outside, finish inside. Mix strategic puzzles with active games. Blend silly fun with serious communication. No two versions of this event are the same.
✔️ Bespoke activity mix tailored to your team
✔️ Indoor or hybrid format for maximum flexibility
✔️ Perfect for larger company get-togethers or regional team days
🔸 Format: Indoor
🔸 Focus: Collaboration, social impact, purpose-driven engagement
If you're looking for something meaningful as well as fun this autumn, Together We Can is a team building event with a difference. Teams work together to build real items — like prosthetic hands or care packages — that get donated to charities and communities in need.
This event is designed to foster empathy, unity, and a sense of purpose — especially valuable during the autumn months when many organisations reflect on values and giving back.
✔️ Strong CSR and ESG alignment
✔️ Highly collaborative and inclusive
✔️ Creates lasting impact beyond the event
🔸 Format: Indoor
🔸 Focus: Innovation, engineering mindset, teamwork
Want to ignite creativity and coordination this autumn? Rollercoaster is a visually spectacular team building event where groups build sections of a giant marble run that must link up — and actually work.
This is hands-on collaboration at its best. Teams are responsible for their own part of the challenge, but ultimate success depends on everyone syncing up their designs perfectly. When the final test run works, it’s unforgettable.
✔️ Ideal for bringing large teams together
✔️ Great metaphor for interdepartmental collaboration
✔️ Perfect for conference energisers or creative offsites
Why Choose Autumn for Team Building?
Autumn is one of the best times of year to invest in team building:
🍂 Post-summer reset – Get the team focused and reconnected after holidays
📈 Year-end momentum – Reinforce goals, roles, and collaboration ahead of Q4
☕ Cosy, indoor-ready formats – Perfect for unpredictable weather
💡 Strategic reflection – Ideal timing for away days, planning sessions, and reflection
Whether you’re focused on performance, morale, or culture, the right event can unify your team and set the tone for a strong finish to the year.
Why Book with The Teambuilding Company?
For over 30 years, The Teambuilding Company has been delivering innovative, scalable, and results-driven events for businesses across the UK.
✔️ Nationwide event delivery
✔️ Indoor and hybrid options tailored to any time of year
✔️ Fully facilitated and stress-free
✔️ Trusted by global brands, local teams, and public sector clients
✔️ Customisation available for your goals and venue
We handle everything — from planning to setup to facilitation — so you can focus on what matters: your people.
🗣️ See what our clients say
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Book Your Autumn Team Building Event Today
Autumn dates are already filling fast — especially for indoor and hybrid events. Whether you're looking to reenergise a small department or unite hundreds across a region, now’s the time to plan ahead.
📍 We'll come to you — at your office, a hotel, or a venue of your choice
🎬 Customise your experience — from challenges to branding
🙌 Bring your team back together — with laughter, learning, and renewed energy
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Conclusion: Make This Autumn Count
Don’t let the momentum of the year slip away. With the right team building activity, you can inject fresh energy, align your people, and remind them of the value of working together — all before winter sets in.
Whether it's cracking puzzles in Beat The Box, building momentum with Rollercoaster, or giving back through Together We Can, autumn is your chance to create something meaningful with your team.
🎯 Let’s make this your most impactful season yet. CONTACT HERE
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OUTDOOR EVENTS
Crystal Challenge Team Building Event
A Variety of Physical and Mental Challenges
Step into a world of puzzles, teamwork and strategy with our Crystal Challenge team building event. Inspired by the legendary TV show, this activity throws your group into a series of fun, fast-paced challenges where quick thinking and collaboration are the keys to success.
As teams navigate problem-solving activities, brainteasers, and light physical games, they’ll collect crystals to add to their final score. This event encourages communication, leadership, and creativity — all without being overly physical. It’s a brilliant choice for teams who want excitement, energy, and plenty of laughs while focusing on mental agility.
Country Sports Outdoor Team Building Event
An Action-Packed Day in the Countryside
Enjoy the great outdoors with our Country Sports event, where traditional country pursuits meet modern team building fun. Activities can include archery, laser clay shooting, Segways, duck herding and many more — all designed to bring out friendly competition in a relaxed, scenic setting.
Perfect as a standalone full-day event or as a fun complement to a morning of meetings, Country Sports is flexible and memorable. We work with carefully selected venues across the UK that provide excellent outdoor facilities, and in some locations we can also include high-octane motorised options such as Quad Bikes and Powerturns.
The Perfect Teambuild
A Tailored Mix of Activities
Why settle for one style of event when you can have the best of both? The Perfect Teambuild combines the adrenaline of Country Sports with the problem-solving brilliance of Crystal Challenge.
This format allows you to handpick from fifteen different activities to create a day that’s as dynamic or as relaxed as you need. Highlights might include Human Table Football, Inflatable Volleyball, Duck Herding, Pistol Shooting, or strategic challenges like Bridge Build and Cypher. Designed to be flexible, this event guarantees variety, inclusivity, and non-stop engagement.
The Great London Treasure Hunt
Explore the Capital in a Whole New Way
Turn London’s iconic streets into your team’s playground with our Great London Treasure Hunt. Starting from a location of your choice — your office, a hotel, or even Waterloo Station — teams are equipped with iPads featuring interactive treasure hunt software.
The city becomes your game board as you follow GPS hotspots, answer themed questions, complete quirky challenges, and even encounter costumed characters along the way. Combining history, landmarks, and clever tasks, this event is perfect for teams who want to experience the capital in a fun and engaging way while encouraging strategy, planning, and collaboration.
James Bond 007 Treasure Hunt
A Spy Adventure in the City
Channel your inner secret agent with our James Bond 007 Treasure Hunt. Guided by “Q,” teams receive iPads showing the locations of hidden agents, clues, and puzzles scattered throughout the city.
Your mission is to track down each contact, crack cryptic codes, and complete Bond-themed challenges before time runs out. Knowledge of 007 helps, but what really matters is teamwork, quick thinking, and resourcefulness. Competitive, stylish, and full of twists, this treasure hunt is the perfect team event for fans of espionage and action.
Hidden Quest Treasure Hunt
Tailored to Your Location
The Hidden Quest Treasure Hunt turns any town, city, or venue into an adventure. Each team receives an iPad loaded with state-of-the-art treasure hunt software and follows a series of GPS hotspots to unlock challenges and puzzles.
The event can be fully customised to highlight the history, quirks, and hidden gems of your chosen location. Costumed characters can also appear along the way with bonus tasks to keep teams on their toes. This makes every Hidden Quest unique and tailored to your company’s objectives.
Rocket Launch Outdoor Team Building Event
Design, Build, and Launch Your Rocket
If you’ve ever dreamed of space exploration, our Rocket Launch event is the closest you’ll get to NASA-style thrills. Teams are tasked with designing, building, and branding their own rockets before heading to the launch pad to test their creations.
Each group must also come up with a space corporation identity and branding for extra points. Once complete, rockets are fuelled with our “liquid rocket fuel” (water) before test launches begin. It’s a brilliant mix of science, creativity, and spectacle.
The Parmesan Job Outdoor Team Building Event
A Treasure Hunt with Italian Flair
Inspired by the classic film, The Parmesan Job puts your team in a fleet of Fiat 500s for an unforgettable treasure hunt experience. Guided by iPads, groups follow clues, complete challenges, and encounter shady characters along the way.
The day builds to a dramatic finale, complete with pyrotechnics, where teams are “only supposed to blow the doors off” as they retrieve the gold. This is one of our most talked-about events — fun, fast-paced, and cinematic.
Black Cab Treasure Hunt Outdoor Team Building Event
Discover London in Style
Add an iconic twist to your London adventure with our Black Cab Treasure Hunt. Teams are chauffeured around the city in genuine London Black Cabs, navigated by friendly drivers who’ve mastered “The Knowledge.”
Using iPads loaded with interactive treasure hunt software, groups complete challenges, puzzles, and photo missions as they race across the capital. With a matched fleet of smart cabs, this event offers a stylish and memorable way to explore London while bonding as a team.
CHARITY EVENTS
Pedal for Purpose Charity Bike Build Event
Pedal to Make a Difference
Our Pedal for Purpose event combines teamwork with a powerful outcome: building brand-new bikes that are donated to local charities. Working together, teams earn points through light-hearted challenges before assembling the bikes with the help of our facilitators.
This activity encourages collaboration, problem-solving, and hands-on teamwork, all while creating a meaningful gift that changes lives. Suitable for both indoor and outdoor settings, this event is as rewarding for your team as it is for the community.
Skate to Donate Charity Skateboard Build Event
Build, Bond, and Give Back
In Skate to Donate, teams design and construct skateboards that are then donated to youth charities. Alongside the build, groups can customise their creations with unique artwork, adding a personal and creative touch.
Not only is this event fun and interactive, but it also leaves a lasting impact by giving children and young people access to something they might otherwise go without. It’s a fantastic way to combine creativity, teamwork, and social responsibility.
Bake a Difference Charity Baking Event
Bake, Bond, and Make a Difference
Turn your team into star bakers with Bake a Difference. Guided by professional chefs, groups create sweet and savoury treats in a friendly competition — but with a twist: everything baked is donated to local charities, shelters, or community centres.
This event blends fun, creativity, and culinary skills with a heartfelt purpose, making it an excellent way to boost morale while giving back. Your team leaves not only with new recipes and memories, but also the satisfaction of knowing their efforts helped others.
Karts for Kids Charity Kart-Building Event
Build, Race, and Give Back
Get ready for an energetic day with Karts for Kids, where teams design, decorate, and race wooden go-karts before donating them to local schools or charities. The event combines teamwork, creativity, and competition with a charitable twist.
Starting with a sturdy chassis, groups work together to bring their kart to life, adding colours, themes, and unique touches before the big race. The result? A thrilling event that leaves a lasting positive impact on children in the community.
Thrift for a Gift Charity Care Package Challenge
Scavenge, Assemble, and Give Back
In Thrift for a Gift, teams embark on a lively scavenger hunt to collect items that will be turned into thoughtful care packages for those in need. Guided by a wish list, participants must be resourceful, creative, and savvy with their budgets to maximise their donations.
From warm socks and toiletries to small comforts and treats, each package provides essential items for shelters and charities. The event balances competition with compassion, reminding teams of the difference they can make when they work together.