October Half Term & Spooky Halloween Events 2025
- Jennifer Kozyra
- Sep 10, 2024
- 24 min read
Updated: 6 days ago
October Half Term & Halloween Events
in Cheshire & Beyond 2025
There are lots of Halloween events on that aren't just a Pumpkin Patch. These include some fabulous Halloween Light Trails, Spooky Islands to spook or scare you depending on your age and Theme Parks with late night opening so you get to ride in the dark!
These events are in Cheshire and a bit beyond. Please check on the events website for dates and times as sometimes these can change since I've written this guide.
For any events I've missed which I'm sure there are lots of, please send me a message if you would like it to be added on.
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For my list of Pumpkin Patches click here
🎃Halloweeen 2025 at Alderford Lake
🧙♀️Trick or Trail for Under 10's
📅 25th-31st October
This Halloween, gather your little ghouls, witches, and wizards for a magical outdoor adventure! Follow the Trick or Trail as it winds around Alderford Lake and through the spooky woods. Along the way, hunt for hidden letters to solve the secret word… get it right and you’ll earn yourself a sweet treat!
But that’s not all — keep your eyes peeled for everything you’ll need to craft your very own wand or broomstick as you explore.
🤡 Spooky Island: Family-Friendly Frights with a Twist
📅 24th, 25h, 26th October
For families and the faint-hearted, Spooky Island offers just the right amount of chills. Set deep within mist-shrouded woods, this attraction is filled with eerie yet playful surprises, unexpected twists, and the notorious pesky prisoners who are always up to mischief. It’s the perfect way for children and those looking for a milder scare to enjoy the Halloween spirit. For age 8 plus
😱 Nightmare Island
📅 24th, 25h, 26th October
A True Test of Courage For those brave enough to face their darkest fears, Nightmare Island is a spine-tingling scare attraction designed to push the limits. Recommended for ages 16+, this terrifying journey takes you deep into the heart of fear itself, confronting your worst nightmares with relentless scares and sinister surprises.
🎥 Drive-In Cinema: Horror Films Under the Stars
Films showing:
ET
Nightmare on Elm Street
Coco
Blair Witch Project
Nightmare before Christmas
Hereditary
👻 Spooky Safaris - Mini Land Rover Halloween Driving Experience for Children at Tatton Park
📅 25th - 31st Oct
New Lower Price of £45 per child
Drive times available:10.30am, 11.15am, 12pm, 12.45pm, 1.30pm and 2.15pm
This year, 10 past residents of have returned for Halloween; their resurrected skeletons lurking around the Estate for you to hunt down in your Mini Land Rover.
This spooky – not scary – unique Halloween adventure is designed for young drivers 5-9-years-old
Park entry is free (usually £9) when you show your Mini Land Rover Driving Experience confirmation at the gate (Rostherne Entrance)
National Trust membership can then spend the rest of the day in the gardens doing the skellies and wellies trail
💀 Skellies and Wellies Trail at Tatton Park Gardens
📅 26 Oct – 3 Nov (closed Mondays)
Step into 50 acres of autumnal gardens where 10 hilarious and haunting skeleton displays are waiting to surprise and delight. Each skeleton scene is packed with personality and a punny joke to tickle your funny bone. Can you find them all?
https://www.tattonpark.org.uk/home.aspx
🪄Myth, Magic and Mystery at Tatton Park
📅 30th & 31 Oct
Explore superstitions and ghoulish traditions at the Old Hall on this wickedly fun workshop! Brew your own potion while you learn all about the spookiest Halloween myths and legends from history.
Plus, don’t miss the Autumn Gift Fair on 26–27 Oct for seasonal shopping treats! 🍂🛍
🎥 Hocus Pocus Open Air Cinema at Tatton Park
📅30th October from 4pm
Indulge in the Halloween spirit and come dressed in your spookiest costumes.
Screening 1
Event open 4:00 pm
Film starts 5:00 pm
Film Ends 6:30pm
Food vans on site or bring a picnic and bring a chair and blanket
🎬 Tickets are £35 for a family ticket (2 adults, 2 kids) £15 for an adult - £10 per child - £5 deposit will be required via eventbrite to secure your place, the rest is due on the entrance that night should the event go ahead
🚗Parking is charged by the estate at £5per car
Halloween at Chester Zoo
📅 Sat 18 Oct - Sun 2 Nov 10am - 4:30pm
For two weeks only, you’ll find giant pumpkins, spellbinding stories and family activities around the zoo. Look out for our giant pumpkin sculptures, join in with campfire stories, and enjoy autumn flavours along the way.
Halloween is included with zoo entry and free for members
👻 Frightful Halloween Fun at The Vicarage Holmes Chapel
📅 Sat 1st Nov 12–5pm
Free entry to a spooktacular day of fun for the little ones!🕵♀ Pumpkin Hunt (12–3pm) – search our rooms for hidden pumpkins...🪩 Spooky Disco (3–5pm) in the haunted library!🍔 – tasty food available to buy on the day
👻 The Greatest Spooky Halloween Show 2025 @ Castaway Play!!!
📅 18th & 19th & 25th - 31st Oct
Get ready for the greatest spooky adventure and pumpkin picking from our all-new pumpkin patch, as your favourite characters take over Castaway Play!!!!
• On arrival, each Child will receive a Halloween Passport and the chance to join in with our Ghoulish Graveyard Trail (each child will receive a chocolate treat on completion).
• Pick your FREE Pumpkin from our all new pumpkin patch for 2025
• Paint your own Halloween figure to take home.
• Make a spooky pot of slime to take home
• Sing and Dance along with the Greatest Showman
• Meet Beetlejuice, Jack Skellington, Vamperina, Slimer & Marshmallow man.
• Watch a Spooky Animal Handling Show from 'Creature Feature Experience'.
• Spooky fun for all the family in our Halloween Themed Globe.
• Dance away in our Haunted Disco room.
• Prizes each day for the best fancy dress.
• Marshmallow toasting (optional extra).
https://ow.ly/9nkR50VRFKK
👻 Halloween Light Trail At Quarry Bank
📅 23rd October to 1st November
The spectacular illuminated trail, is back at Quarry Bank with even more thrilling installations than before.
Ghostly catacombs, a dazzling laser garden and glowing fire spheres will line the trail, with delicious food and drink also on offer, providing Halloween fun for friends, families and couples.
👻 October Half Term at Quarry Bank
📅 25 Oct - 2 Nov
Spooky tours of the Apprentice House.
Halloween trail around the Upper Garden.
Spooky trail around the Mill.
Enjoy Halloween themed crafts in the Learning Space
👻 Halloweenville at Partridge Lake
📅 3rd - 31st Oct 2025
Dive into the all-new Halloweenville – a spine-tingling, family-friendly adventure like no other! Formerly known as the Halloween Lakeside Trail
This year’s theme takes you under the water into the haunting depths of the Gold Lake, where ghostly sea creatures, sunken secrets, and the skeleton pirates come to life.
Follow the spooky-fun trail, collect glimmering treasures along the way, and earn your place at the ultimate Skeleton Pirate Crew Party. It’s not just a trail – it’s a whole Halloweenville waiting to be explored!
👻 Magical Woodland Halloween Light Trail
📅 10th Oct - 2nd Nov
Get ready for the spooky trail & meet the Transformers, Dinosaurs, Wednesday Addams, Hocus Pocus' Winnifred, the Mad Scientist & Captain Hook in North West's most Magical Light & Sound Trail.
Blakemere Village, Sandiway, Cheshire, CW8 2EB
👻 Halloween at Severn Sisters
Spooky Day Maze
📅 Open 25th, 26th & 29th Oct - 2nd Nov
Closed Mon & Tues)
The Curse of the Everlasting Scoop with live Boo Crew,
Can you find the 7 scarecrows with the missing ingredients?
Night Maze -Scary
📅 31st Oct & 1st Nov
With live actors, expect clowns, dolls, convicts, scientists, the crazy ice cream lady, live scarecrows and chainsaws.
Also Live Music and Marshmellow toastings.
🍂 October Half Term at Jodrell Bank
🗓 25 October - 2 November
🧪 Mind-blowing live experiments in their latest explosive science show
🚀 An immersive mission to Mars in the brand-new Space Dome film
🧸 Interactive music and fun in Ted’s Space Adventure – perfect for little astronauts
📸 A stellar look at some of the earliest photographs from space in our Gemini and Mercury Remastered exhibition
🔭 Plus cosmic crafts, Telescope Talks, hands-on exhibits, and so much more...
🎟 Book online and save 10%!
🎢 Halloween Fair at Trafford Centre
📅25 Oct – 2 Nov, 2-8pm daily
Step right up… if you dare. Nerve-shredding rides, spine-tingling atmosphere and carnival vibes outside The Great Hall. Rides and attractions include Terror Towers, Jumbo Circus, Magic Mouse, Rock Rage and loads more!
Tickets: £3.50 on the gate. £2.50 online + booking fee. Ride tokens are sold separately at £1 each, with rides costing from 3-5 tokens each.
👻 Fright Night at The Trafford Centre
📅 30 Oct – 1 Nov, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
FREE - Included in entrance fee to the Halloween Fair
For three terrifying evenings, the Halloween Fair gets turned up to screaming level with creepy characters roaming the grounds. Strictly for over 12s.
🎃 Pumpkins & Potions Crafting at Trafford Centre
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
FREE - included with your Halloween Fair entry
Within the fair and beneath a spooky undercover tent lies a gentler kind of magic. Join our mischievous pals Wanda Web and Jack O’Lantern for free pumpkin painting and other Halloween crafts to spark little imaginations (and maybe a few giggles).
👻Halloween Trail at Biddulph Grange
📅18th Oct- 2nd Nov
Help us find all the skeletons hiding around the garden and take part in fun activities along the way.
Trails cost £3.50 and include a small prize on completion
🍁 Sweet Pea Play 🍁 🎃 Pumpkin Party 🎃
🧙 21st October & 28th October
🕷 10-11.30
🎃 Middlewood House, Higher Poynton
🎃 6 months - 7 years
🎃 £12 per adult & child (includes a hot drink)
£5 additional adult/child
🌳 🏡 Stay & play session with a curiosity approach to learning through play. Indoor and outdoor provision with loose parts and open ended play. Messy play always available so bring a spare set of clothes. 🎨
👻 direct message FB / instagram page or email sweetpeaplay@outlook.com
🏡 Also suitable for home education families and childminders too
Fright Night Halloween Party at Summit Up Oldham
📅 31st Oct
Climb in the dark, Halloween games, snacks and drinks. Don't forget to come in your favorite fancy dress outfit
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Perfect for little monsters aged 𝟯–𝟭𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, our spooky trail is packed with fun and surprises!
🕷 £𝟱 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗽 – complete it to claim your 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱!
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👻Halloween at The Heights of Abraham
📆20th Oct - 2nd Nov
Escape to the summit to experience the Peak District's spooky spectacle;
🎃 Scarecrow Search I Spy Trail
🧙♀ Meet Belinda Broomsticks & Wally Wizard
🎲 Tricksy Halloween Games
🔥 Toast Marshmallows
🍬Tantalising Halloween-themed treats
👻Freddo’s Ghoulish Gameshow at Cadburys World
📅18th Oct - 2nd Nov
Come dressed in your Spookiest costumes to Freddo’s Ghoulish Gameshow. With plenty of audience participation, can you beat the clock in ‘Count-Dracula’s Conundrum’? Guess the answers in ‘Freaky Fortunes’? Or even spot the mystery characters hiding in ‘Spook Am I?’. For Wizards and Witches of all ages there may even be prizes - you’d be a Ghoul to miss out! It’s going to be Spook-tacular!
👻Halloween Trail at Arley Hall
📅 20th - 31st October
A spooky trail for you to follow around the Grove & Woodlland Walk, find clues for a witch's soup!
🎭 Tom Fletcher & Dougie Poynter’s The Dinosaur That Pooped
A Rock Show at Parr Hall Warrington
📅 27th Oct 2.30pm
Imagine all the fun and energy of a McFly gig mixed with the mayhem of a kids’ performance. That’s what families can expect at this pooptastic show, based on the hit books by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter, and featuring new songs written by the duo!
🧪 Trick or Truth at Eureka Science & Discovery
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
Enjoy Dr Ken’s spellbinding shows, craft mind-bending illusions, and be amazed by roaming magicians
🍂 Autumn Celebration at Cholmondeley 2025 🍂
📅 26th Oct 10am - 4pm
Celebrate the golden glow of autumn on our final open day of the season!
🎃 Carved Pumpkin Trail – Discover a sparkling trail of glowing, hand-carved pumpkins winding through the Gardens.
🍏 Apple Pressing – Roll up your sleeves and help turn orchard apples into crisp, fresh juice.
🔥 Fire Pit Fun – Toast marshmallows, warm your hands, and soak up the cosy autumn vibes.
🌰 Games of Conkers – Test your skills in a traditional conker battle beneath the falling leaves.
👗 Fancy Dress & Pumpkin Competitions – Wear your best autumn or Halloween costume, or bring along your carved pumpkin for the chance to win!
🎶 Live Music – Enjoy the sounds of the season with live performances throughout the day.
🍴 Tasty Autumn Treats:
Hog roast • Mulled wine • Locally pressed cider • Hot chocolate • Lots of local food vendors
🌟 FREE ENTRY for Children who arrive in fancy dress or bring a carved pumpkin for the pumpkin competition!
Myths and Legends: October Half at Sudbury
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
Discover a mix of indoor and outdoor activities, from nature weaving with Minerva and a fun maze, to following the trail of ancient gods and stories hidden throughout the Hall in portraits and collection items.
🦉Oct Half Term at National Memorial Arboretum
📅27 - 31 Oct
Arbie Eye Spy Outdoor Trail
Explore the beautiful grounds as you help Arbie search for colourful leaves and other Autumnal treasures in this brand-new outdoor trail. Keep an eye out for wildlife and trees that reflect the rich colours of autumn. It’s a fun and interactive way to connect with nature and enjoy the magic of the season! £2.50 per person | 10am - 5pm
🌟 Interactive Storytelling
Come and listen to our very own ‘Arbie and the Magical Lights’ through immersive and sensory based storytelling.
Free | 11am, 12pm, 1pm & 2pm / Advanced booking recommended.
Plus Drop-In Arts and Crafts and outdoor play areas.
👻 Halloween trail at Tittesworth Water
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov 10am to 3pm,
Fred Frankenstein has left a trail of riddles for you to answer. Buy your spooky trail sheet from the cafe in the Visitor Centre to start your Halloween adventure!
Follow the route and find the answers to their riddles. Once you’ve completed the trail, head back for a prize!
Don’t be afraid to dress up for this unmissable Halloween event!
No booking required, please bring a pen/ pencil.
💷 £3.50 per trail sheet
Middleport Pottery Spooky Bat Train
📅 25th Oct - 5th Nov 10am to 3pm
Tickets: £3
Follow the rhyme around the site to find all the bats & to claim your crafty treat. https://re-form.org/heritage-buildings/middleport-pottery/whats-on/
👻 🎪 44% OFF Gandeys Spooktacular Halloween Circus at Trentham Estate
📅 25th Oct – 2nd Nov
Grandstand tickets for only £9 plus admin fee. Usually £15.99.
Aff link] Book Here
Dare you enter the haunted Big Top? Gandeys Circus returns, bringing you a brand-new, spine-chilling, and action-packed Halloween Spooktacular—a legendary show filled with frights, delights, and dazzling sights for the whole family!
🦒 Knowsley Safari at Oct Half Term
🌟 Kids Go Half Price!!
📅 25th Oct – 2nd Nov | Kids go HALF PRICE!*
Visit for spooky adventures, trick-or-treat fun, and frightfully wild activities across the Foot Safari. Complete the trail, collect your stamps, and claim your treat! 🍬
*One child goes half price per full paying adult.
🐻The Capybara Hunt at Hoo Zoo Farm
📅24th Sept - 2nd Nov
This time, it’s Cinnamon’s friends on the loose – but don’t worry, we know they’re safely somewhere within Hoo Zoo & Dinosaur World! From sneaky dinosaurs to mischievous lemurs, these clever capybaras love hiding in the most unexpected spots… 👀
Grab a trail sheet, follow the clues, and see if you can spot them all. Complete the hunt and claim a special reward! 🎁
👻 Halloween Ghost Tours at Shrewburys Prison
📅 Various dates throughout October 6:30pm
Shrewsbury Prison is renowned as One of The Most Haunted Prisons In The World! Join our 5* rated Ghost Tour to uncover what lurks behind the imposing prison walls in the dead of night!
👻 October Half Term in Congleton
📅 From 25th Sept
This October half-term, enjoy two fantastic family events🎃
🕵Halloween Trail, Sat 25 Oct – Mon 1 Nov
💷 Free to join. Leaflets coming soon - collect at the Information Centre or download at home
🧙 Witchy Wednesday - 29 Oct at Congleton Town Hall
🎟 £2 per child (tickets required for children only)
⏰ Choose from 11am, 12.30pm or 2pm sessions
👉Book at the Information Centre or online via: https://zurl.co/KnI50
👻 National Waterways Museum
📅 31st Oct - 2nd Nov
Join us for a haunting Halloween trail and ghastly ghost hunt around the museum’s old dock buildings, boats, workers cottages, stables and forge.
And don’t miss spine-chilling boat trips around the historic docks and along the canal, departing hourly from 11am to 2pm - if you dare!! 🧛♂
🕷🎃 Creepy Crawlies Are Coming to Haigh Woodland Park
📅 Monday 27th October: 9.30-10.30 & 10.30-11.30 -SEND & siblings session
📅Tuesday 28th October: 9.30-10.30 SEND & siblings session & 10.30-11.30
This Halloween, Haigh Woodland Park is getting spooktacular with a Creepy Crawly takeover!
Join in on frightfully fun hands on encounter filled with real-life bugs, perfect for little explorers and brave grown-ups alike!
Costumes encouraged — creepy, crawly, or just plain cute!
📍 Location: Community room at Haigh Woodland Park
👻October half term at RHS Garden Bridgewater
📅25 Oct– 2 Nov
🎃Pumpkin Garden Trail
Step into the world of pumpkins and discover amazing seasonal surprises dotted around the garden. Feast your eyes on a pumpkin banquet table, find giant pumpkin letters and see scarecrows showcasing different veggies used in the past for carving. It’s all gourd fun!
🎃Pumpkin carving demonstration 📅Sat 25 Oct
🎃Sow the City pumpkin music📅 27th & 28th Oct
🎃Zoolab animal encounters* 📅 29th Oct
🎃Pumpkin crafts 📅 30th Oct
🎃🎨Children’s Ceramic Pumpkin Painting Workshop at Piccolino Knutsford
📅 29th Oct 10:30am – 12:00pm
Let your child’s creativity shine this autumn with a spooktacular morning of pumpkin painting in collaboration with Artistic Adventures.
What’s Included:
• Pumpkin painting workshop (all materials provided)
• Delicious children’s main course after the event
• 95 King Street, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6EQ
🧵 Needlessly Felted – Halloween Special! 👻🍄 at Mobberley Ice Cream Farm
📆Thurs 16th Oct 4 - 6pm
🎨 Adults’ Workshop
Get creative this Halloween with a spooky felting workshop! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to make your own 3D pumpkins – perfect for adding a touch of handmade charm to your Halloween or autumn displays.
👩👧 Children aged 8+ welcome with a participating adult.
👻 OCT half Term Art Zone Holiday Club
Tuesday 28th October: Seaside
- Beach huts collage
- Watercolour crabs
- Wax resist seaweed
- Soft pastel seagulls
Thursday 30th October: Spooky Season
- Witch’s broomstick
- Paper mache gravestones
- Day of the Dead patterns
- Frankenstein’s monster
At The Scout HQ, Back of Tesco, Holmes Chapel
Normal Day 9am-4pm: £38; Extended Day 8.30am-4.45pm: £40. Please email jo@art-zone.co.uk for a programme and booking.
Kids Crafts with Vicky
SEPTEMBER:
•Sat 20th: The Lambing Shed Farm Fest (11:30am)
OCTOBER:
•Sun 5th: The Lambing Shed, Knutsford autumn crafts (10:30am)
•Sat 11th: The Lambing Shed, Knutsford Halloween crafts (2pm)
•Sun 26th: Goostrey Scout Hut autumn crafts (11am)
•Thurs 30th: Goostrey Scout Hut Halloween crafts (11:30)
— Suitable for 3-11yrs —
Get in touch with Vicky via Facebook, Instagram or email: vicky.kidsactivities@gmail.com
👻🎃 Haunted Halloween Party at Crewe Lyceum
📅 Sat 25 Oct
Perfect for ages 4+, join us for a spooktacular afternoon filled with:
🖌 Creepy arts & crafts
🕺 Drama & dance activities
🎲 Monstrously fun games for the whole family
🎭 Shrek The Musical JR - Mid Cheshire Youth Theatre
At Hartford Grange
📅 23rd - 25th Oct
In this "big, bright, beautiful world," join everyone’s favorite ogre, Shrek, as he embarks on a hilarious and heartwarming journey with a ragtag group of fairytale misfits. Together, they’ll tackle adventure, rescue a princess, and discover the true meaning of acceptance and love. Part romance, part twisted fairytale, Shrek JR. delivers nonstop laughs with an unforgettable message for the whole family.
👻 A Brooke Family Halloween at Norton Priory Museum and Gardens
📅 27th, 28th, 29th & 30th Oct 6pm - 8pm
Set within the hauntingly beautiful undercroft and grounds, and the museum's visitor centre, this family-friendly event invites visitors of all ages to enjoy Halloween fun in an historic setting. Venture into the eerie woodlands, encounter ghostly figures, see creepy critters and hear spooky tales as you explore in Norton Priory's atmospheric surroundings.
'A Brooke Family Halloween' is suitable for ages 5-11.
The evening includes four half-hour activities: a story walk in the grounds of the museum, a animal handling session with Animal Teach, stories with Rogan Mills and perilous potion making in the medieval undercroft.
Tickets must be booked in advance and are priced at £12.50 per person, or £11.25 per person for members of Norton Priory.
👻 Mrs Downsons Farm
📅 4th - 31st Oct
Step into a sprawling 3-acre pumpkin patch overflowing with homegrown pumpkins and 12 imported varieties.
Meet quirky characters hidden around the farm and pumpkin patch, and try your luck at our carnival games (3 plays for £3, with extra goes available on the day).
And that's not all...on your own way to the patch, explore our barns and get up close with your favourite farm animals and enjoy our indoor/outdoor play areas - all included in your ticket.
👻 Halloween in the city
📅 25th – 31st Oct
Includes a giant rooftop Monster Invasion, a magnificent Monster Procession, and frightful fancy dress challenge, Monster rock music festival and a Carnival of Monsters.
👻 Halloween in the City Weekender:
📅 Saturday 25 – Sunday 26 October
With the return of the MCR Monsters, live performances and fancy-dress fun, plus spooky DJs, storytelling and the spectacular Walk the Plank monster procession.
✨ Witches and Wizards Workshop at The Ice Cream Farm
📅 12th Oct -2nd Nov
PLUS…SEN-friendly Wizard session 12th October at 11:30am
Step into the enchanting World of Wizardry - a fully immersive, interactive magical adventure where imagination comes to life! Your 45min workshop includes:
🧪Potion Making - Follow mystical recipes using colourful juices and syrups
🌱Herbology - pot your very own magical plant and cast a spell to help it grow
📝The Sorcerer’s Study - Put your mind to the test in the Sorcerer’s Study by solving riddles, uncovering clues, and piecing together the magic
Every weekend from 12th October and throughout October half-term https://ecom.roller.app/theicecreamfarm/booknow/en/home
👻🎃 Halloween Madness at Amerton Farm! 🎃👻
📅 11th - 31st Aug
✨ Pick your very own pumpkin from our spooky pumpkin patch
✨ Get creative in the decorating area – paint or carve your masterpiece
✨ Snap some magical family photos in our spooktacular photo spots
✨ PLUS – your ticket includes all-day access to the Play Barn and farm from 9:30am until close!
🎟 Choose your time slot to enter the Haunted Hallow, then enjoy a full day of farm fun, animals, and adventure.
👻 Fright Fiesta at Gulliver’s world
📅 10th - 31st Oct 2025
Join in the freaky festivities at Gulliver’s this Halloween with Fright Fiesta – a lively, festival-style atmosphere brimming with colour, costumes, and music. Full of fun and surprises, a fabulous day out with friendly frights and eerie encounters.
Daily shows including Gilly’s Spooky Dance Party
Trick or Treat Train
Ghost House LIVE
Temple Raider live ride experience
🎃👻 FREE Halloween Festival at The Venue Crewe
📅 31st Oct
Join us for a FREE Halloween festival, open to all ages, with a responsible adult in attendance.
🍬👻Trick or Treat Zone Fill your bucket with sweet treats and spooky surprises!
🏆Costume Contest: Show off your most creative and spooky costume for a chance to win prizes!
👻Haunted House Dare to enter our haunted house and face your fears!
🎈Balloon Man Watch in awe as our balloon man creates magical balloon creations!
🎯 Darts Pool: Test your skills and win prizes in our fun darts pool game!
🍔Enjoy a variety of delicious food and drinks to keep your energy up throughout the festival!
🌎 The Arena in Crewe is *39 High Street, Crewe, CW2 7BL
It's located in the heart of Crewe town centre and it's just a 10-minute walk from Crewe Station.
👻 The Haunted Castle at Warwick Castle
📅 26th Oct - 3rd Nov
Tickets from £25
Warwick Castle’s spookiest residents invite you to join them for over 15 live shows and attractions at The Haunted Castle! A different show every half an hour on Dead Centre Stage & three spooktacular mysterious mazes
Book here
🌜Castle After Dark - Warwick Castle just got scary
📅25th, 26th, 29th, 30th, 31st October and 1st November
⏰ 6-10pm
This October, brave the darker side of Halloween at Castle After Dark. From fearless families to brave scare-seekers, see if you have what it takes to conquer the UK’s scariest castle.Recommended age 10+.
🏰 Festival of Frights -performers in castle courtyard
👻 Spine Chilling Scare Mazes - underground mazes!
🎶 Eerie entertainment -live music
🔐 The Castle Dungeons -scary true stories (extra 💰)
👻Spooky Sleepovers at Warwick Castle
📅25th Oct - 2nd Nov 2025
Join the ghosts, ghouls, wizards and witches of Warwick Castle and prepare for a Halloween brimming with spooky tales and family-friendly frights.
Your spooky short break will include:
🎃 themed Halloween entertainment
🥓 delicious breakfast with the Witches of Warwick
🧫FRANKENSLIME at Gootopia Cheshire
📅 23rd Oct -1st Nov
A Spooky Slime Extravaganza!
Kids will discover gruesome slime facts, make GLOW-IN-THE-DARK slime, add CREEPY mix-ins and work together to create a Halloween slime! It’s going to be FANG-tastic!
Duration: 1 hour
Ages: 3+
👻 Friendly-Frankenstein Meet and Greet at The Mobberley Ice cream
📅 23rd Oct 2025 5pm - 6.15pm
£15 per adult or child
Book on to a spook-tacular after-school treat with a Friendly Frankenstein! This fun-filled meet and greet is perfect for little monsters and grown-up ghouls alike.
🎃 Pumpkin Patch and Fun at Cockfields Farm
📅 4th - 31st Oct
• Mini Pumpkin Patch 👶 - begins on October 6th and runs midweek during term time until October 24th. This is a quieter event designed for pre-schoolers while the big kids are at school, but all ages are welcome!
• Main Pumpkin Patch 🎃 - the main event begins on October 4th and is on every weekend and during half term, finishing on October 31st. With a good vs evil theme with Glinda and Elphaba making appearances on the farm.
• Pumpkin Patch After Dark 🌙 - on October 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th, and 31st. Jack & Sally Skellington 💀 are back towering on stilts for magical meet-and-greets! The Witches from Wicked 🧹 are also flying in for a night of Halloween fun!
Get ready to snap those perfect autumn pics, meet the adorable animals 🐑🐮 with a full day of activities, and let the kids run wild at the indoor & outdoor play areas.
👻 Tegg’s Nose Country Park Halloween Trail
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
Purchase a map from The Nose Coffee inside the Tegg's Nose Visitor Centre for 50p and set off around the top of the park. Once you've completed the trail come back to The Nose Coffee for 50p off your food or drink order
👻 Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve Halloween Trail
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
Pick up a map from near the visitor centre and get searching around the park.
Wayword Festival at Storyhouse Chester
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
There will be children’s authors and illustrators live on stage, plenty of enchanting theatre performances for kids, workshops, storytelling, arts and crafts, and much much more!
Sundown Adventures at Go Ape Delamere
📅 17th Oct - 9th Nov
It’s the ultimate adventure with epic forest views under the night sky. Experience a Go Ape adventure after dark and tackle tree-top crossings and epic ziplines, under glowing lights.
🎃 Pumpkin Festival at Reddish Vale Farm
📅 4th - 31st Oct
With 3 events to choose from:
🎃 Halloween Pumpkin Festival: 4th-31st October
Choose your pumpkin from the huge pumpkin patch then carve it, play Halloween games, join the mad scientist for potion making and help him with his experiments in our spooky family show. Plus marshmallow toasting, the Spooky Express, walkabout characters and all the usual farmyard fun! It’s an action packed day for the whole family!
🌙Moonlight Pumpkin Evenings: if you’re feeling a little braver why not head down after hours, between 5-8pm on selected dates our Moonlight Pumpkin Evenings bring a magical glow to our spooky event! With roaming characters, fire shows and live music, a fully licensed bar for the grown ups and lots of tasty treats these evenings are spookily fun!
🧙🏻♀Midweek Halloween Offer 20-22nd October: bring your littlest pumpkins down for the midweek offer, between 11:00-2:30 with a special price for the daytime Halloween event. Meet the storytelling witch, pose for adorable photos in the pumpkin patch and pick your pumpkin plus all the usual farmyard fun!
https://reddishvalefarm.co.uk
👻The Great Big Halloween Hunt at Shugborough
📅 27th Sept - 2nd Nov
Enjoy a spooky Halloween trail throughout the Walled Garden and Farm yard.
Follow the Witch on her Halloween adventure to make new spooky friends. Join in the interactive story trail, with activities and a pumpkin spotter trail.
🧹 Broomstick Making at Shugborough
📅 27th - 31st Oct
£5 needs pre booking
Using natural materials make your own Broomstick ready for the spooky season!
Join in with this family friendly craft activity to make your own spooky broomstick. Using natural materials from the estate and with a sprinkle of imagination it may even fly!
👻 Scarefest at Alton Towers
📅 27th - 28th September. 3rd - 5th, 10th - 12th, 17th October - 2nd November
🆕 Two All-New Scare Experiences
👀 Returning Maze for 2025
⛏ Altonville Mine Tours: Tiny's Revenge
🎉 Amigos in the Afterlife
🍬 Trick O Treat Town with Haribo and Maoam
🧟♂ Family Shows within the Courtyard
👻 The Alton Ancestors
🎃 CBeebies Land Monster Ball
➡ Book Here https://tinyurl.com/DOMOScarefest2025
🎃🍂 October Half-Term Fun at Ness Botanic Gardens 🍂🎃
We’ve got something for everyone this October – from wildlife to spooky fun and sweet treats! 🕸✨
Halloween trail 🎃- 25 Oct - 3 Nov
Mon 27 Oct - 🐦 Bird Ringing Demonstration
Wed 29 Oct – 👻 Family Halloween Activities
Thurs 30 Oct – 🍪 Decorating Biscuits & Crafts
Thurs 30 Oct – 🎭 Spooky Family Halloween Show
Fri 31 Oct – 🛍 Find us at Neston Markets
🧙♂Chester Wizard School
📅 28th - 30th Oct 2025
Headmaster, Professor Listworth and his incredible team of Professors will show you the ropes, from Potion making and Broom flying to wand Duelling and Herbology, Wizard School has everything that your little wannabe wizards and witches could imagine... Including our very own Hippogriff.
This unmissable event is a truly magical way to spend time together as a family.
Suggested 5+ Each session lasts 90 minutes.
St Marys Creative Space, Handbride, Chester, Cheshure, CH1 2DW
👻 Halloween at BeWILDerwood: Spooooky fun for everyone!
📅 4th-5th, 11th-12th, 18th-19th, 25th Oct - 2nd Nov
⏰ 11am - 6pm
It’s the best of both worlds – all the Halloween magic, without the late bedtime!
🍂 Clamber, climb and zip through the wild woods
🎃 Enjoy Halloween activities with Face stencils, spooky disco and more! Don’t forget to dress up too!
🕸 Go Twig or Treating - Meet curious characters along the way
✨ Follow the Glowing Light Trail to complete your adventure
👻 Monsters & Magic at Drayton Manor
📅 25th Oct – 2nd Nov
With over 50 rides & attractions plus lots of spooky extras:
🍭 NEW - Trick or Treat Trail at Monster Castle
🦁 NEW - Spooky Rory & Lory Shows
💥 BRAND-NEW End of Day Show
🚂 Haunted Express Returns!
🌙 Rides in the dark
🎩 Europe's only Trick or Treat with Sir Topham Hatt
👻 Thomas Land Spooky Shows
🎃 Spooktacular decorations
🎆 EPIC Fireworks 25th Oct & 2nd Nov
👻 Halloween half-term at Sick to Death!
📅 Oct 25th - 2nd Nov 10am - 6pm
Visit during the daytime for thrills that everyone can enjoy this Halloween, as you explore the gory story of medicine! A perfectly quirky way to immerse yourselves in the strangest season, with a Halloween activity trail (with trick OR treat prizes), extra fun characters to meet, and even face painting on select days!
👻 Scarecrow Festival at NT Rufford Old Hall
📅 17th Oct to 2nd Nov
👹 This year’s theme is ‘Monsters & Legends’, giving you a chance to bring some iconic monstrous creatures or legendary heroes to life in scarecrow form!
🚚 Scarecrows need to be completed and delivered to Rufford Old Hall by Mon 13 Oct.
📆 For those just wanting to attend, the festival will run from 17 Oct to 2 Nov (closed on Wed & Thu).
👉 For more information on how to enter a scarecrow visit http://bit.ly/3HKvtow
👻 Spooky Tea Party at Bents
📅28th, 29th & 30th Oct 5pm-6.30pm
The enchanting wizard will amaze the children with his mesmerizing tricks and keep the excitement alive with a medley of party games. Ticket also includes a Halloween food plate, for your little one to enjoy!🧡
Prizes for the best fancy dress and the most spirited dancers
Book your ticket here > https://bents.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/69679?catID=66129&
👻 Goostrey Graveyards
📅 9th – 31st October 6:30pm – 10pm
Goostrey Graveyards—deep in the woods at Cranage is Cheshire’s brand-new Halloween scare park – 5 terrifying mazes, live actors, and nightmares you’ll never forget.
🔞 Special Over-18 Nights Available
Goostrey Home & Leisure, Goostrey Lane, Cranage, Cheshire, CW4 8HE
🎟 Tickets: From just £25 – pre-book only at www.goostreysgraveyards.co.uk
👻 Trentham’s Halloween Festival
📅 When night falls on 25th & 26th Oct 5-9pm
Trentham Gardens transforms into a spine-tingling Halloween wonderland
👻 Live music & roaming performers whose eerie antics will keep you entertained all night
🐍 Come face to face with slithering snakes and other spine-tingling creatures
🎃 An incredible pumpkin trail hand-carved by pros
📸 Selfie trail featuring a pumpkin throne, trick-or-treat doors, lurking zombie hands & more!
http://bit.ly/TrenthamHalloweenFestival
🧟 Monster On the Move at Trentham Shopping Village 🧟
📅 25 Oct – 2 Nov 10am – 5pm
Find the monster hiding in the shopping village and win a prize!
https://trentham.co.uk/halloween-at-trentham/
Halloween Half Term in Trentham Gardens
📅 25th Oct - 2nd Nov 2025
See professionally carved pumpkins along a dazzling trail, then strike a pose on the Selfie Trail with trick-or-treat doors, a pumpkin throne and creepy photo ops. Test your detective skills in the interactive Who Done It? challenge and let little ghouls enjoy a splash of colour with our face painter. Little witches and wizards can enroll in Witch and Wizard School, where completing magical tasks earns them a graduation certificate.
👻 Spooky World at Applejacks
○ Fun by Day for 4- 11 year olds
Entrance to the park and all the usual fun from 10am-4pm
🎃 A free pumpkin from the pumpkin patch 🥳 Entry to our Spooky Disco!👻 Spooky Scary Hayride
○ Spooky at Night For 10 years and older
Upon arrival, groups will be provided with a safe word to use within the attractions if the scare gets too much
○ Scary at Night Strictly 16+ years of age.
Do you dare to venture through our 7 scare attractions, and will you survive the end of the night?
https://spookyworld.co.uk/
👻 Ottersghoul 2025
📅 Sat 25th – Fri 31st Oct
Your ticket includes unlimited access to a full day of frightful fun and fabulous entertainment:
• Ottersghoul Spooktacular – LIVE Show A 30-minute, high-energy, all-singing, all-dancing Halloween scream!
• NEW FOR 2025 – The Oracle of Ottersghoul
Step into the tent of Lady Zola, the world-famous fortune teller who sees your past, present, and future...
Will she get it right? There’s only one way to find out!
• The Haunted Trail
Venture through our creepy haunted walkthrough…
Dare to explore the abandoned building, or take the Scaredy Cat route if you’re not feeling brave!
• Pumpkin ParadeIt’s time to strut your spooky stuff! Join characters for the daily Pumpkin Parade, happening twice a day
• Ghastly Characters & Flash MobsGet ready to meet and greet the Ghostly Ghouls
https://otterspooladventurecentre.co.uk/
👻Brick or Treat at Legoland Windsor
📅 4th Oct - 1st Nov
The LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort will be transformed into a bewitching party venue filled with pumpkins, dance parties and friendly ghouls for this years spell-binding Brick or Treat celebrations. With all new themed shows, exclusive LEGO® character meet and greets and build activities – this is a party so spooktacular you’ll think you’re under a spell!
NEW for 2025, Lord Vampyre's House Party is a show that'll have everyone dancing!
👻 Spooky Sleepovers at Legoland Windsor
📅 4th & 5th Oct, 11th & 12th Oct, 18th Oct – 1st Nov
This October turn your Brick or Treat visit into a Spooky Sleepover. Lord Vampyre invites you to the ultimate family Halloween party!
👻 Sea Witch’s and Warlock's army of Sea Defenders at SEA LIFE Manchester!
📅 27th Sept - 2nd Nov
Follow an immersive trail to help them keep their fellow sea creatures safe and look after the ocean. Complete the ‘spook-splash-tastic’ challenges to join their army of Sea Defenders.
👻 Brick or Treat Monster Party at Legoland Discovery Manchester
📅 27th Sep - 2nd Nov
• Watch the LEGO® 4D Movie ‘The Great Monster Chase’
• Build your own LEGO® pumpkin and help us make a spooky garden
• ‘Scarevenger’ hunt
• Meet & greet Scarecrow and Lord Vampyre.
• Bring your best monster moves and join them for a Halloween dance party!* Weekends and half term only
• Brew your own LEGO potion at our Potion Kitchen
• Build your very own LEGO monster.
👻 Pumpkin Fest at Manorafon Farm North Wales
📅 11th - 31st Oct
with thousands of pumpkins to pick, spooky Halloween activities like our Slime Lab, delicious food stalls, and plenty of picture-perfect moments along the way.
With a spooky maize maze, pumpkin carving, creepy critters, characters and full farm admission