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20+ Halloween Events For Kids 2023
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Spooky time is here, it's October and it will soon be Halloween! And what better way to celebrate Halloween than taking the kids to a special Halloween themed event, especially as October 31st usually coincides with October Half Term week, so you may be looking for lots of ideas for things to do in October Half Term week.
So for families who are fans of all things spooky and ghoulish, here are some of the special Halloween events happening for kids all across the UK.
- Howl’o’ween at Chessington Surrey
- English Heritage Various Locations in England
- Phantom Peak London
Phantom Peak is a fully immersive, open world experience - a living, breathing town where mystery lurks around every corner. Part escape room, part immersive theatre, part real-life videogame. Steampunk costumes are encouraged
Explore the town, collect clues, and go sightseeing at your own pace for up to five hours. Uncover the mysteries that lie within the town. Under 16’s welcome but must be accompanied by an adult. Children up to 3 years old may go for free.
Here's what Neil Patrick Harris (soon to be seen as the Toymaker in Doctor Who this November) thinks of Phantom Peak London.
- Halloween at the London Dungeon
- Wookey Hole, Somerset
- Creepy Creatures at SEALIFE London
- Halloween at the Castle - Warwick Castle
- The National Trust, England, Wales & Northern Ireland
- National Trust For Scotland
- Flambards Cornwall
- Ascarium: Tricks & Treats at SEALIFE Loch Lomond
- Belfast Halloween Days
- Halloweenies! at Kentwell Hall Suffolk
- Legoland Discovery Centres Manchester & Birmingham
- Scarefest at Alton Towers Staffordshire
- Halloween in the City Manchester
- Spooky Halloween Week at Blaenafon Ironworks South Wales
- Hampton Court Palace at Halloween
- The Glorious Glowing Lantern Parade BeWILDerwood Norfolk & Cheshire.
- National Forest Adventure Farm Staffordshire
- Beaumaris Castle Spooky Halloween
Look out for gruesome figures lurking inside the castle this Halloween! Find the witch's kitchen , complete the trail, claim your freedom and escape with a prize.
Visit the resident witches, who are friendlier than they look, in the creepy craft room and step inside and make some scary crafts to take home.
BOOKING NOT REQUIRED
Things are getting spooky once again at Chessington this October, with a Fa-BOO-lous Halloween event for the whole family! Special events include Room on the Broom, The Good Witches of Adventure Point with chances to make your own potions, meet a friendly werewolf and a loveable bat and see the Trick or Treat live Show!
Grab your broomsticks for a ghoulishly great day out at English Heritage's Halloween Events taking place across the country this October.
As the days shorten and the evenings grow darker, you can also join ghost-hunting storytellers on family-friendly walks through the shadows of many of their sites. You can also join Beano favourites Dennis, Gnasher and friends to solve creepy clues on fun family quests across the grounds of over 20 English Heritage sites across the country during half term.
BOOKING NOT REQUIRED
London's scariest just got scarier! The London Dungeon is always th eplace for a scare, but this year will you dare step into the attic of the most haunted house in England - 50 Berkley Square? Mystery, murder and madness surrounds the terrifying legend of this property. Plus hear terrifying tales and haunting myths. Suitable for children over 5years at parents discretion.
Wookey Hole in Somerset is pretty spooky all year round, it is a magical place of caves, legends and cheese! For Halloween you can visit the Witch of Wookey Hole then enjoy Halloween circus shows, spooky trails and treats for every child. You can even learn how to ride a broomstick!
Brave the creepy creatures of our rainforest this Halloween at SEA LIFE London Aquarium! ou can immerse yourself in a world of creepy crawlies, from charming crocs to curious critters including the Chilean rose tarantula and a colony of leafcutter ants before watching the feeding frenzy of the UK's biggest collection of Piranhas!
Warwick Castle boasts over a thousand years of spooktacular history to explore. This year the castle's spookiest residents invite you to join them for some Halloween fun! Frightful delights are in store for the whole family as a millenium of haunted history come to life. Explore mysterious mazes, spooky scare schools and eerie entertainment. There's a witches den, Spooky School and interactive family shows.
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The National Trust have a fantastic selection of Halloween activities at many of their locations in England and Wales, check out the Halloween Events at National Trust properties, which include a gothic tales trail at Ormsby Hall in North Yorkshire, a dragon hunt at Bodium Castle in East Sussex, a Halloween Riddle Trail at The Vyne in Hampshire, potion and broomstick making workshops at Springhill in County Londonderry and at Penryhn Castle in Bangor, you can hear some stinky stories in the Dung Tower
BOOKING NOT REQUIRED
The word Halloween itself is Scottish, so you can bet that there will be lots of ghostly fun at the National Trust For Scotland's locations! They have lots of their properties which are reputed to be haunted including Crathes Castle, Falkland Palace and Culzean Castle.
BOOKING NOT REQUIRED
It's Trick or Treat Week at Flambards attraction in Cornwall with lots of daily special events including a Pumpkin Hunt with clues throughout out the park, get it right and you might even win a treat!! Or try the Penny Dreadful quiz sheet or follow the Mystery Trail in the Victorian village. On Wed 26th there is a Fireworks Spooktacular which includes a Halloween parade.
The Sea Witch is back at SEALIFE Loch Lomand, Scotland for 2023!
Help her look after the ocean home and all the fellow sea creatures by completing magical challenges throughout the aquarium.
But will you be brave enough to step up and help them by solving the 'spook-splash-tic' challenges and fill in your activity sheet as you go?
There's monster mayhem family fun across the city centre this Halloween with Belfast Halloween Fun, scarily good fun for all the family including pumpkin patches, enchanted gardens and ghost trails.
Check individual events for booking requirements.
BOOKING MAY BE REQUIRED
There is so much to do at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk this Halloween, including making a wand, finding out about Heffalumps, attending the Sorcery School, and even attempting the Broomstick Challenge. Plus you can following the Heffalump Trail through the wood and round the gardens, via the Gingerbread House.
At the Legoland Discovery Centres in Manchester and Birmingham, join in their Brick-or-Treat Monster Party Halloween event for the month of October!
There is going to be fang-tastic activities including Halloween-themed LEGO build & play zones, spooktacular soft play areas and a brand new 4D Halloween movie ‘The Great Monster Chase!’ at the ultimate indoor LEGO® playground.
Use the discount code AFF30OFF and get up to 30% off LEGOLAND Discovery Centre tickets when you book your visit for 1-23th October!
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For the 15th year Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire is running it's legendary annual Scarefest. You can expect some spine tinglingly creepy scares, spooktacular fun and thrills and brave your favourite rides in the dark! For the brave, add the Alton Towers Dungeon to your visit for the extra ghostly experience - the park opens late for these events.
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Join the MCR Monsters for a weekend of shockingly good events across the city centre for Halloween In The City. From a giant rooftop monster invasion and Monster Party Procession, to the brand-new family-friendly Monsters Rock! Music Festival. Plus, a fancy dress competition, creepy carnival, arts and crafts and much more, all in Manchester's City Centre.
BOOKING NOT REQUIRED
Blaenafon Ironworks is a giant of the industrial age, and for Halloween there is a spooky trail, and storytelling by a Welsh Witch about Welsh myths legends, tales, and ghost stories.
And throughout the week there will be a free Halloween trail for children in spookily-themed cottages, with a chocolate prize.
Explore Henry VIII’s notoriously haunted palace at the spookiest time of the year. Tiptoe through the dark winding corridors and courtyards you’ll feel the chilling presence of our infamous ghosts hiding around every corner. Remember to watch out for James I as he roams the palace, terrified by its witchcraft and sorcery.
BeWILDerwood is a wild world of wooden play structures, from aerial ropewalks to climbing walls, balancing logs and muddled mazes in a beautiful forest setting, all of it based on the magical children's books written by local author and creator of BeWILDerwood, Tom Blofeld.
The lantern parade give you the chance to see the wild woods by night, lit by glowing lanterns.
At Burton-on Trent's National Forest Adventure Farm's Halloween Spooktacular, little ones can pick a pumpkin, try the Magical Maze Quest with spells, potions and broomstick flying, plus enjoy Marvellous Magic Shows, Circus Skills Workshops & Frightening Face Paint!