Halloween Events Near Me 2023

Where are the Halloween events near me this year? Wherever you live, there are bound to be some spooky Halloween activities happening. From pumpkin patches and fancy dress competitions to spooky trails and much more.

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Halloween Events In Buckinghamshire

Odds Farm Park Pumpkin Festival

Wooburn Common, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP10 0LX

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

There are plenty of Halloween crafts, spooky surprises and the pumpkin patch to discover at Odds Farm this Halloween.


Halloween Events In Cheshire

Gulliver’s World Fright Fiesta

Dates: 14th October – 3rd November 2023

Join the festival-style Halloween at Gulliver’s World this Halloween. Fright Fiesta is full of fabulous family activities, frights and theme park fun.

Save money on the freaky festivities by booking your theme park tickets at least two days in advance.

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Halloween Events In Cornwall

Flambards Trick or Treat Week

Clodgey Lane, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 OQA

Dates: 21st – 31st October 2023

There will be a spooky pumpkin trail through the Victorian Village and  the Halloween Tricks & Treats Firework Spectacular through the October half term at Flambards.


Dairyland Farm Park Scaryland

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Activities at Scaryland include a creepy craft workshop, pick your own pumpkin and pumpkin carving. There’s also a tractor ride through Witches Wood, and not forgetting the whole park is open to explore too.

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Halloweek At Camel Creek

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

During Halloweek at Camel Creek, expect the House of Horrors and the stable surprise. There’s also the Witch’s Grotto and so many new spooky attractions from trails, treats, and maybe the odd trick.


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Halloween Events In Devon

Strawberry Fields Pumpkin Fest

Lifton, Devon, PL16 0DE

Dates: 7th & 8th, 14th & 15th, 21st – 29th October 2023

The huge 12 acres site will be transformed for Halloween this year. You can visit the haunted maize maze, PYO pumpkin to take home and much more.


The Big Sheep Halloween

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

As part of the Halloween fun at The Big Sheet, there will be live animal shows. You can also take part in outdoor and indoor fun at the park as well as pumpkin carving.


Dartmoor Zoo – Boo At The Zoo

Dates: 27th – 28th October 2023

Visit Dartmoor Zoo after dark. Listen out for rustling amongst the trees and peeping eyes as you make your way around the Zoo. You will meet characters of the strange, unsavoury and nightmarish kind on your travels.

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Halloween Events In Dorset

Abbotsbury Swannery Pumpkin Trail

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Hidden within the Swannery grounds will be a secret word carved in the Pumpkins. Follow the trail to collect the letters and uncover the secret word!


Avon Tyrell Halloween Activity Trail

Date: 2023 TBC

Fancy dress is highly encouraged as you make your way round creepy activities, weird challenges and spooky surprises. Activities include archery, pioneering, climbing, problem solving, creepy crafts, spooky games and more.


Bincombe Bumps Halloween Spooktacular

Dates: 2023 TBC

You can take part in pumpkin picking, a haunted house and trick or treat. The perfect autumnal day out in Dorset.


Farmer Palmers

Address: Wareham Road, Organford, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6EU

Dates: 23rd – 29th October 2023

Activities for Halloween at Farmer Palmers include the soak a spook tractor rides. You can also pick your own pumpkin, take on the spooky maize maze and plenty more.


Halloween Fun At Nothe Fort

Dates: 2023 TBC

You can visit the ghostly tunnels during Halloween week at Nothe Fort. All the activities are included in the standard Nothe Fort admission.


Mapperton Halloween Trail

Dates: 2023 TBC

Explore the gardens through the Halloween Garden Trail with a series of clues as you find all the spooky areas hidden within the grounds. Fancy dress is encouraged.


Halloween Events In East Sussex

Blackberry Farm Park

Whitesmith, East Sussex, BN8 6JD

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

There is spooktacular Halloween fun between 21st and 29th October 2023. Activities include the scarecrow trail tractor ride, a pumpkin patch and mystery maze.


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Halloween Shriek Week At Drusillas Park

Alfriston Rd, East Sussex BN26 5QS

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Dare to enter Haunted Heights, escape the clutches of the runaway Mummy, watch out for our new Sugar Skull Witch, get up close with creepy crawlies, trick or treat yourself to a monster makeover, and capture that perfect spooky selfie among our pumpkins, skeletons, spiders and more!


Halloween Events In Essex

Audley-End Railway Halloween Special

Dates: 21st – 31st October 2023

It’s all aboard the Halloween Express at Audley End Railway. As you travel on board into the woodland, you’ll meet the coven of witches who will entertain you. There’s plenty of spooky fun without it being scary for the little ones.


Halloween Half Term At Audley End

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Follow the trail to solve creepy clues and gather round to listen to spooky stories.


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Lee Valley Farm Halloween Festival

Stubbins Hall Ln, Waltham Abbey, EN9 2EF

Dates: 22nd – 31st October 2023

Visit the farm park decorated for Halloween. Why not visit in fancy dress? Will you spot the witches, wizards and vampires? 

To entertain the family, there will be a spooky disco, a hocus pocus conjuring class and even a spooky halloween themed walk-through big-top. There’s also a free pumpkin for each child from the pumpkin patch.


Marsh Farm Adventure Park Halloween Festival

South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5WP

Dates: 15th, 16th, 22nd – 30th October 2023

Visit fancy dress and creep through the devilishly decorated farm and enjoy the funfair rides, pumpkin picking patch, adventure play, bouncy pillows, spooky 3D cinema and much more.


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Shriek Week At Colchester Zoo

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Join in with the Halloween themed activities at Colchester Zoo. There is a face painting station, the chance to create wands and potions with the good witches and wizards at the Craft Coven. There’s even a pumpkin patch so you can take your own pumpkin home at the end of the day.


Halloween Events In Hampshire

Funland Fright Night

The Seafront, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0AG

Dates: October 21st, 24th, 26th, 28th 2023

As part of Fright Night at Funland, the night will end with a huge fireworks display. Why not visit Funland over the Halloween period for some unlimited wristband ride entry and access to all the mazes.

Finish your night off with the great fireworks display in Hampshire.


Finkley Down Farm Halloween

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

There will be plenty of spooky activities happening at Finkley Down Farm this Halloween. With spooky characters walking around, to the Halloween disco and Halloween trail you won’t be short of things to do.


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Halloween Events In Kent

Hop Farm Halloween Fun

Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 6PY

Dates: 2023 TBC

Treat the kids to a spook-tastic feast of fun for the half term holidays! Dress up in your best Halloween fancy dress (optional!) and come and join in! Children’s rides, animal farm and more tricks and treats! Features include a Halloween trail.


Dover Castle Halloween Half Term

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Grab your broomsticks and get ready for a bewitchingly brilliant day out. Gather round for tales from the spooky storytellers and solve creepy clues in the Halloween Quest.


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Hever Castle

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Treat your little ones to a spine-tingling visit to Hever Castle over the Half Term break. Go dressed up in your spookiest outfit and spot Halloween decorations around the grounds.


Leeds Castle Halloween

Dates: 26th October – 3rd November 2024

There are spooky adventures waiting for you at Leeds Castle over the Halloween period at the end of October and early November.


Reuthes Halloween Trail

Dates: 14th – 31st October 2023

Make your way around the gardens at the Lots Gardens of Sevenoaks in Kent to complete your trail sheet. You can expect the trail to last for around an hour. There is also a Halloween disco on 27th October 2023.


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Halloween Events In Leicestershire

Twinlakes Family Scream Park

Dates: 1st – 31st October 2023

Get in the Halloween spirit at Twinlakes Theme Park and have a spooktacular time. You can enjoy the spooky season with a free pumpkin from Farmer Phil. Visit the witches wagon to win Halloween themed prizes. There is also plenty of other spooky fun to find as well.


Halloween Events In London

Eltham Palace and Gardens Halloween

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Enjoy a ghoulishly good day out at Eltham Palace and Gardens this half term. Follow the trail to solve creepy clues and gather round to listen to spooky stories.


ZSL London Zoo Halloween

Dates: 21st – 31st October 2023

There’s lot’s to do at ZSL London Zoo this Halloween. Take part in Ghoul School, or decorate pumpkins and create spooky crafts.


Halloween Events In Manchester

Reddish Vale Farm

Dates: 7th – 29th October 2023

Visit the Halloween festival at Reddish Vale Farm. Why not dress up for your visit. New for 2023 is the haunted tractor ride. Do you dare to ride?


Halloween Events In Nottingham

Nott’s Tricker Treat  Maze

Lime Lane Woods, Lime Lane, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PW

Dates: 23rd, 24th, 28th – 31st October 2023

Why not try the Tricker Treat Maize Farm at Nott’s maze. There will be pumpkin carving, spooky stories around the fire and various craft options for you to partake in.


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Halloween Events In Oxfordshire

Blenheim Palace Halloween

Dates: 20th – 29th October 2023

Enjoy a spooky, fun-filled, after dark trail for all the family this half term. There are new installations for 2023. Wind your way through the illuminated haunted woods filled with creepy neon cobwebs, ghastly ghouls, wicked witches, larger-than life spiders and beastly bats. 


Halloween Events In Shropshire

Hawkstone Trails & Terrible Tales

Dates:2023 TBC

A fun Half Term adventure at Hawkstone Park Follies. Meet live characters and follow a family friendly trail


Halloween Events In Somerset

Halloween at the Station – Somerset and Dorset Railway

Midsomer Norton Station, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2EY

Dates: 29th October 2023

Take a trip on the Somerset and Dorset Railway this Halloween and enjoy a spooky ride. Accompanied children aged 16 and under in Halloween costume travel free!


Halloween Spectacular At Wookey Hole

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Get into the spirit of Halloween at Wookey Hole, the home of Halloween! You’ll find Halloween circus shows, spooky trails and treats for every child.


Halloween Events In Staffordshire

Statfold Country Park Halloween Spooktacular

Dates: 28th – 31st October 2023

Statfold has been taken over by more ghosties and ghoulies than ever. There’s the haunted railway and live shows. On the 28th and 29th enjoy the Firework Spooktacular presented by the award-winning team behind London’s New Year Eve firework celebration.


National Forest Adventure Farm Halloween Spooktacular

Dates: 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th October – 3rd November 2023

All the fun of the farm plus a day packed with hair-raising Halloween activities! Entry includes the chance to pick a pumpkin (1 per child), and the magical maze quest with spells.

There’s also potions and broomstick flying, marvellous magic shows, circus skills workshops and frighting face paint!


Halloween Events In Surrey

Bocketts Farm Witches and Wizards Week

Young Street, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9BS

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Explore the Pumpkin village, and watch science and slime shows. You can also meet and greet the owls and birds of prey, complete the witches and wizards trail and plenty more at Bocketts Farm this Halloween.


Priory Farm

Sandy Lane, Nutfield, Redhill, RH1 4EJ

Dates: from 7th October 2023

Discovery Land is open all year round at Priory Farm, but it changes with the seasons. At Halloween you can enjoy the spooky Halloween trail, pick your own pumpkins tractor and trailer rides.


Godstone Farm Halloween Extravaganza

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Get ready for a spook-tacular time at Godstone Farm this Halloween and join them for a day of friendly frights and festive fun.

Master the art of broomstick flying and don’t miss out on Rosina the fortune teller’s mystical predictions. Leave time for the kids to putt their way throughout the Halloween mini golf course and explore the bone-chilling skeleton scavenger hunt. 


Halloween Events In Warwickshire

Warwick Castle Halloween

Dates: 21st October – 5th November 2023

During October, you can experience the castle and venture through The Haunted Hollows, meet the Witches of Warwick, and explore the castle grounds. There will be spooky décor, pumpkins and more! 

If you’re wishing to visit the castle after dark for a spookier visit, the Castle After Dark event is on 21st, 27th – 29th & 31st October from 6pm


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Halloween Events In Yorkshire

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

2023 TBC

Explore the UK’s no.1 walkthrough Wildlife adventure, but be careful… it’s the spooky season! Who knows who or what you might bump into! There will be spooky entertainment and creepy characters as well as live shows.


Flamingoland Halloween Half Term

Dates: 2023 TBC


SPOOKS! At Thornton Hall Country Park

Dates: 21st – 29th October 2023

Take part in the Trick Or Treat Street, Halloween Hunt, and grab you pumpkin from the pumpkin patch at Thornton Hall Country Park this Halloween.

Also enjoy the farm tours and animal activities including pony grooming, bottle feeding, and animal petting.


Written By Angela Spicer

Angela Spicer has been enjoying family travel for over ten years. She has been on multiple trips to Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, and also exploring various locations in the UK.

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