Events - Halloween events

Give your children a Halloween to remember this year. There's lots going on and it's all great fun for the whole family. Scroll down to view some of our ideas or visit our forum (/forum/) and share your own scary ideas with the Enjoy England community.

Yorkshire

Halloween Spooky Tours at East Riddlesden Hall, Bradford - 25-31 Oct 2008
A night of thrills and chills with our resident ghosts, Mistress Murgatroyd and the Housekeeper, as you are taken on a spine tingling walk around the grounds, with chilling tales of the Hall.

Viking Halloween at Jorvik Viking Centre, York - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
Get ready for Halloween and make scary masks inspired by Viking designs.

Halloween for Creepy Kids at Jorvik Viking Centre, York - 1 Nov 2008
Late night spooky tour including scary stories, gruesome ghouls, goody bags and refreshments.

School for Witches and Wizards & The Witching Hour - Museum For Children, Halifax - 4-31 Oct 2008
Hop on your broomsticks and don your pointy hats this October for the Eureka! School for Witches & Wizards, as well as scary gallery trails, slime-making and traditional Halloween games.

East Midlands

Halloween Horror at Hardwick Hall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire - 31 Oct 2008
Cleveland Theatre School, the centre of excellence for theatrical arts presents a horrifically entertaining tribute to the Rocky Horror Show and much more. Buffet and disco £9.95 per person.

The seventh annual Spalding Pumpkin Festival, Spalding town centre - 10th October 2008
Beginning at 10 am there will be street entertainment, market stalls, pumpkin foods, a pumpkin parade.

Horrible Halloween in the Woods at Chambers Wood Farm in Wragby - Halloween 2008
Begins at 6:30 pm and goes until 9:30 pm on Halloween night. The admission is £2 per person. Go to Wragby Forestry Commission Chambers Farm Wood & Education Centre Hoop Lane nr Wragby. For more information telephone 01526 399943.

South East

The Haunted Castle - Dover Castle, Kent - 25-31 Oct 2008
Scare yourself silly this halloween at Britain's most haunted castle, perched on the dramatic White Cliffs. If you're sure you don't believe in ghosts, Dover Castle's programme of spooky events may just change your mind...

A Victorian Halloween at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
Blenheim Palace offers a spine tingling day out this October half term with plenty of Halloween horrors, pumpkin trails and special family tours to entertain (or frighten!) the whole family.

Tulleys Halloween Festival at Tulleys Farm, West Sussex - 24 Oct-2 Nov 2008
Experience the dark side at Tulleys unmissable Shocktober Fest. Hold on to your nerve for the Haunted Hayride, confront your fears in the Creepy Cottage and experience your worst nightmares in the terrifying new Field of Screams.

Hide’n’Freak Halloween - Whipsnade Zoo, Windsor - 25 Oct-2 Nov
Come along to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo this October half term for our amazing activities during Hide’n’Freak Halloween and learn all about disguise and camouflage in the animal kingdom.

London

Halloween Hide’n’Freak at London Zoo - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
Come along to ZSL London Zoo this October half term and take part in Halloween Hide’n’Freak, and learn all about disguise and camouflage in the animal kingdom.

Fear of the Dark - The London Bridge Experience, London - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
In the bowels of London Bridge the ghosts of the past are stirring. Intrigued by the increase in psychic activity, a group of paranormal investigators have entered the vaults... and vanished without trace. Are you brave enough to follow them into the past?

Halloween at the Science Museum, London - 31 Oct 2008
Enjoy an exclusive late night evening for families with a spook-tacular evening in the Space Gallery on the Ground Floor. From 6:30-8:30 p.m. there will family activities, refreshments and entertainment, as well as fancy dress costume awards for the best Halloween garb.

North West

The Shiverpool Tours - Albert Dock, Liveprool - Oct 2008
Shiverpool specialise in guided ghost walks revealing Liverpool’s hidden mysteries and supernatural secrets. Audiences are offered the chance to hear Liverpool’s sinister and haunted tales through a full theatrical and interactive experience.

Botany Bay Ghost Night - Chorley, Lancashire - 1 November 2008
Supper and a live ghost hunt with Jason Karl, followed by a midnight grand seance.

Ghosts and ghastly stories tour at Carlisle Castle, Cumbria - 25-31 Oct 2008
Spooky guided tours of the castle for all the family.

Heart of England

Haunted Halloween at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire - Sat 25 Oct-Sun 2 Nov 2008
Hunt the castle to find spooky clues and collect your prize in the 'Dungeon of Doom!'.

The Haunted Castle - Warwick Castle, Warwickshire - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
With ghost stories of a haunted castle of yesteryear, two spookily themed Halloween trails to explore and creepy characters galore, Warwick Castle is the place for frightful family fun.

Scarefest at Alton Towers, Stafforshire - 17 Oct-2 Nov 2008
The Alton Towers Scarefest promises real terror – live!  Thrillseekers can confront their most terrifying nightmares in the most shocking combination of indoor and outdoor scare attractions ever seen at the Alton Towers Resort.

‘Halloween Spooky Spectacular’ at Drayton Park Manor, Staffordshire - 25 Oct - 2 Nov 2008
Entry into Drayton Manor Theme Park’s family-friendly ‘Halloween Spooky Spectacular’ is free and is included in the ticket price for the Park.

South West

National Trust Haunting Halloween Walk in Arlington Court, Barnstaple, North Devon - 31 Oct 2008
A chilling tale enacted around the grounds of Arlington Court. Not for the faint-hearted!

Halloween Festival at Bristol Gardens Zoo, Bristol - 24 Oct-5 Nov 2008
Visitors can follow a special spooky trail, take part in a pumpkin carving competition and meet the Zoo’s very own witch and her cat for fancy dress frolics.

Halloween at Prior Park Landscape Garden, Bath - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
Unearth spooky stories with our fascinating family trail around Prior Park Landscape Garden. Goody bags for all who complete this terrifying trail.

Spooky Weekend in Salisbury - 24-31 October 2008
A series of ghostly walks, not for the faint-hearted!

North East

Halloween Fright Night at Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees - 31 October 2008
Calling all Ghost, Ghouls & Goblins you are cordially invited to Preston Hall’s... ‘Halloween Fright Night 2008’. Are you brave enough to venture outside this Halloween?

Witches at Once Brewed - Once Brewed Visitor Centre, Hexham, Northumberland - 31 October 2008
Join National Park Rangers for ghoulish games, terrifying tales and creepy challenges.

Halloween Tours at Walliongton House, Cambo, Northumberland - 30 October 2008
Enjoy the spooky children's trail and hear scary stories told by our resident witch! Make things with Krafty Kidz - small charge, will not exceed £5, no need to book. Dress for mess.

East of England

Hallowe'en at Denny at The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey, Cambridge - 26 Oct 2008
Pumpkins galore at our final farewell event of the season. Apple bobbing, face painting, fancy dress contest, ghost walks and lots more. 12-4pm

Spooky Spectacular at Lee Valley Park Farm, Waltham Abbey, Essex - 25 Oct-2 Nov 2008
Come and be scared by the creepy goings on at the Farms with story telling, gooey feely boxes and much, much more. Can you handle it?

Half Term Week & Giggling Pumpkin Parade at Bewilderwood, Hoveton, Norfolk - 27-31 Oct 2008
What better way to keep the kids occupied during Half Term than a visit to BeWILDerwood, the curious treehouse adventure park, in Norfolk?