14th Oct 2025
Studying Time: 8 minutes
As half time period falls throughout Halloween this yr, right here at MoneyMagpie we thought we’d see if we may discover as many free and low cost issues so that you can do with the children.
From kicking leaves within the park to tricksome trails; from unusual science to fearsome festivals, there’s one thing for everybody. All around the nation there are issues to do this will preserve the children entertained and get you all into the spooky spirit of Halloween. Half time period on a funds is all the time a problem, particularly in autumn as we begin to consider our Christmas funds too – so attempt a few of these funds and free actions for the children to lower your expenses and nonetheless have enjoyable.
PYO PUMPKIN PATCHES
In fact we now have to start out with the Decide Your Personal (PYO) Pumpkins Patches. There are such a lot of now all around the nation however listed here are only a few to get you within the temper!
Test your native paper, Fb or group WhatsApp group for the most effective offers round and to see if there are any presents. Simply look out for whether or not or not pumpkins are included in any entry costs, so that you don’t have a scary shock while you get there…
Yorkshire – The Balloon Tree at Gate Helmsley
Open 10am to 4pm Monday to Sunday till finish of October.
No must e-book, simply flip up and comply with the ‘Decide Your Personal’ indicators. Decide payment is £1.50 per individual.
Common sized pumpkins value £4-5 every
Surrey – Secretts at Hurst Farm
From Sat twenty fifth to thirtieth October. Tickets are £6.50 every and embrace a variety of actions on web site, though there are some optionally available actions which would require extra fee.
Dressing up is inspired – there will likely be a contest! Pumpkins are individually priced and begin at £3.
Leicestershire – Halloween Farm
Open till 2nd November, it’s arguably the largest pumpkin selecting expertise within the UK. This yr, there’s a Wild West theme.
Ticket costs of £3 embrace your pumpkin, parking, the Nashville Music space and among the sights (others could value additional however you possibly can add these on the checkout). For a money-saving funds, go for one of many go tickets ranging from £19.99 which embrace the additional actions.
Ashover Household Farm, Chesterfield
With free parking and free entry, and a ton of actions equivalent to a corn maze and marshmallow toasting, this can be a nice day trip! Pay for pumpkins picked.
Scotland – Loch Ness Pumpkins
Tickets are £7.50 and embrace actions like a barrel prepare, bale run, and suction archery. Canines on leads welcome at chosen periods, examine earlier than reserving. On-site bathrooms and a tea shed for refreshments.
Wales – Poundfflad Farm, Swansea
The farm will likely be open for pumpkin selecting till 31st October. There is no such thing as a entry cost to the patch however you possibly can e-book tickets on-line to the Halloween occasion and present, that are additional. This yr, the Monsters Ball ‘Glow and Foam’ occasion is the principle attraction, with tickets £9.99 for these aged beneath 12 and £4.95 for these over 12.
Wales – Bellis Brothers Farm, Wrexham
Open till thirty first October
Free to enter however reserving is important.
Decide your individual pumpkins on the family-run Bellis Brothers Farm. There may be additionally a spooky maize maze for youngsters to discover, which prices £2.50 every).
TREATS AND TRAILS
Haunted Half Time period at Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace, twenty fifth Oct – 2nd Nov
Try the Potion Quest Path and roving reveals from a bumbling wizard, or participate in craft workshops or watch a potions present all at Blenheim Palace this half time period.
Covent Backyard Halloween Path
Central London thirty first October solely – FREE
An incredible probability to dress up and participate in a free Halloween Path round Covent Backyard, exploring components of the world you could not have visited earlier than. There’s additionally a photograph competitors.
Halloween at Hyde Park
Central London twenty eighth – thirtieth OCT – FREE
One other nice alternative to dress up and participate in an entire host of free creepy crawly actions in Hyde Park. This free occasion is going on 11am – 3pm (closes at 3.30pm), no reserving is important however they might respect it if folks may register their curiosity by way of the web site.
Liverpool One Halloween Social gathering
Liverpool twenty sixth October
A day for enjoyable from 11am – 5pm, together with occasions like drumming workshops and zombie dance lessons, with the traditional costume competitors and way more.
There are additionally loads of different issues to do in half time period, from Halloween crafts to adorning your individual pumpkin doughnut at Krispy Kreme.
Ghost Week York
York twenty fifth October – 2nd November
York is claimed to be one of the crucial haunted cities within the nation. Will probably be celebrating all issues ghostly this half time period with a twilight ghost hunt, a path of the seven spectres and a spooky quick movie. The Little York Ghost Hunt takes place within the evenings, with the possibility to win the well-known ghosts from York Ghost Service provider, hidden across the metropolis.
Ghosts within the Gardens has additionally returned, with spooky sculptures scattered throughout the town – can you discover all of them?
Gothic Backyard Path
Alton (Hampshire) twenty second October – 2nd November
The home and gardens turns right into a gothic playground, with creatures hidden round each nook. Two new trails happen inside the home, whereas within the gardens you possibly can comply with the cauldron path. Actions included with the worth of admission (household ticket one grownup three youngsters £18, two adults three youngsters £30).
Be part of the Halloween youngsters craft workshops on twenty sixth October for £5 every, or attend the Satisfaction and Prejudice and Zombies After Darkish Screening with older youngsters (15+).
Scaresville, Kentwell Corridor
Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk) fifteenth Oct – 1st November
A stay motion immersion night appropriate for older youngsters and adults, a spooky stroll via the woods and thru buildings, with stay actors on web site. This isn’t for the faint hearted or youthful kids. Tickets from £28.25.
For youthful kids, attempt Kentwell’s Halloweenies workshops and sorcery trails, from £15.
Additionally for older kids (14+) is the Ghostly and Macabre Excursions, which occur till March 2026, with tickets £10 every.
The Big’s Lair
Slieve Gullion Forest Park (Co. Armagh) Open Day by day – FREE
There are fairies, witches, dragons and giants to be greeted alongside this path impressed by native legend.
Halloween Makers Market
Fargo Village (Coventry) twenty fifth – twenty sixth Oct – FREE
Fargo Village is a repurposed industrial house in Coventry metropolis centre. Over the Halloween Weekend, the market is host to a variety of artists and makers and can characteristic scary arts and crafts, candles, jewelry and extra.
FREAKY FESTIVALS
Derry Halloween
Londonderry, twenty eighth – thirty first OCT – FREE
Europe’s largest Halloween pageant comes again to life with free occasions. Try the walled metropolis path, carnival parade, stay music, fireworks and way more.
Halloween within the Metropolis
Manchester, twenty fifth – twenty sixth OCT – FREE
This spooky occasion is again! There’s a procession, stay band, stilt-walkers and enjoyable rides. The Manchester Monsters are again, with stay music, spooky tales and way more. Occasions run from twenty fifth – thirty first October, with most actions occurring twenty fifth – twenty sixth October.
Creepy Creatures, Arnos Vale Cemetery
Bristol, twenty seventh Oct – £6
Get artistic with recycled supplies to make every kind of creatures in opposition to the backdrop of the spooky Arnos Vale cemetery.
And take a look at a great deal of different household enjoyable occasions throughout Bristol for the half-term weekend, too.
Spooks within the Metropolis
Swansea, twenty fifth OCT – FREE
It’s a Monster Mash Up this yr, with occasions going down 3pm – 8pm. A great deal of kids’s leisure is on the market at St David’s Peculiar Place, from music to video games and a elaborate gown competitors.
Nottingham Fortress Halloween Occasions
Nottingham, twenty fifth Oct – 2nd Nov
Be part of a variety of half time period occasions from as little as £1 a ticket at Nottingham Fortress. From the Monster Mash on thirty first October with a DJ, free face portray, and video games and crafts, to the Dungeon Tales, Caves Tales, and Witch’s Path, there’s one thing for each stage of funds and spook-appetite.
Galoshans Competition
Inverclyde, to seventeenth – thirtieth October – FREE
This household pageant with a Halloween twist is again for an eighth yr. Whereas some occasions are ticketed, an enormous quantity are free, together with spooky excursions of Customized Home Quay and a ghost story membership in Greenock Central Library. The principle parade and occasion takes place from 5.45pm to 8pm on thirtieth October.
ELECTRIFYING EXHIBITIONS
Have a good time Science
County Durham, twenty eighth – twenty ninth Oct – FREE
At its model new location of Locomotion in Shildon, this free two-day occasion consists of a great deal of science workshops and enjoyable actions. It’s free, however you’ll want to e-book a ticket.
Bat Path – Oxford Museum of Pure Historical past
Oxford, twenty third Oct – 2nd Nov FREE
The Museum of Pure Historical past in Oxford is dwelling to a everlasting assortment of animal skeletons, butterflies, and creepy crawlies. This yr, see what number of bats you possibly can spot hanging out within the museum! Entry is all the time free.
Gladiator Fights – Leeds Royal Armouries
Half of the MoneyMagpie group relies in Yorkshire, and we love Leeds Royal Armouries as a dependable go-to for an inexpensive or free day trip with the household throughout the holidays. This yr, you possibly can watch gladiators battle it out, find out about the way in which the Romans lived, and way more all without cost. For a small payment, you would additionally discover ways to hearth a crossbow or take part in an escape room, too!
ENGLISH HERITAGE MEMBER DAYS OUT
These following occasions are free for English Heritage Members. In the event you aren’t a member however wish to take part, costs are listed on the web sites.
Alternatively, yow will discover out extra about changing into a member right here. (For 1 grownup and as much as 6 kids it’s £6.83 per 30 days, for two adults and as much as 12 kids it’s £12.)
Halloween Trails
Numerous areas, Sat 22 – Solar 30 Oct 2022 / 10am – 4pm
English Heritage has a variety of spooky talks and walks, nature trails, and workshops and actions throughout their websites. Test the reserving particulars for every, as some are inclusive of admission and others have a small extra payment.
ILLUMINATED ABBEY
Whitby Abbey, twenty fourth – 1st Nov – 6pm – 9pm
See Bram Stoker’s inspiration in a brand new mild as Whitby Abbey is bathed in dramatic illuminations as soon as once more. Have your digicam on the prepared as you discover the gothic splendour of the ruins lit up with all the colors of the rainbow.
And naturally it wouldn’t be Halloween with out the Rely! See the story of Dracula delivered to life earlier than your very eyes throughout the abbey ruins all aglow, with a twist on our normal present as we have fun 125 years of Dracula.
VISIT A CREEPY CASTLE
Why not go to a creepy fortress this Halloween! The MoneyMagpie group have picked their Prime 3 fearsome fortresses:
There we now have it! 31 (and some extra sprinkled in, for good measure) enjoyable actions for this Halloween Half Time period!
And eventually:
In the event you take the prepare for your loved ones days out, bear in mind you can stand up to 50% off your tickets!
Our favourites for October half time period embrace:
