8 SCARY Days Out for Halloween Across England
Looking for the scariest day out for Halloween? If you want to get spooked this October, then take a look through all the fab Halloween days out below…
With pumpkin grottos, magic masterclasses, wizardry afternoon teas, ghostly canals and spooky sleepovers, England has plenty of days out for Halloween to enjoy this year. All complete with tricks and treats guaranteed to give us a fright during the night (and day)!
We’ve got Halloween days out for kids here, and a list for adults at the end too.
Here’s a roundup of ghoulish goings-on across the country from VisitEngland. All events going ahead at the time of publishing, but prebook and double check before you leave the house!
1. Cadbury World’s Freddo’s Ghoulish Gameshow, Birmingham
Enjoy live entertainment at Freddo’s brand new Ghoulish Gameshow. There’s plenty of audience participation to enjoy!
Don your creepiest costume and get into the spooky spirit as you explore Cadbury World’s self-guided tour for a Halloween day out – known as one of the best days out in Birmingham. Catch the Scream Factor show or start the chocolatey fun early as the Cadbury characters serve up a breakfast experience you won’t forget. Pre-booking essential for this Halloween day out for kids.
- From £18 (adult), £13.25 (4-15 year olds)
Book your tickets to Cadbury World in advance to save the faff on the day!
2. Spooktacular Surprises by day or night at Warwick Castle, Midlands
Head to Warwick Castle for glee, ghouls, and ghastly surprises as it transforms into The Haunted Castle. This is one of the coolest Halloween events in the Midlands.
Be Spooked! by day at Warwick Castle’s new haunted house walk-through with a trick or treat in every room. Find creepy characters around every corner, and watch wicked witches on Dead Centre Stage as the Castle is brimming with spooky tales and scary fun for all the family. As darkness falls the Castle After Dark begins.
Savour the spirit of Halloween days out with a shocking scare maze and frightfully good evening entertainment including fire-breathers, live music and street food and drink. For those looking for the ultimate fright factor spend the ‘knight’ at the ‘Fright’s Village’ for a dreadfully good unique sleepover among whispering trees in the Castle grounds with spooktacular bedtime ghost stories before settling down (if you can!) for a night in the medieval-themed Woodland.
- Haunted Castle experience (daytime) from £24 per person.
- The Castle After Dark experience from £19 per person – when booked online.
- Overnight stay from £111 per person per night (including admission to The Haunted Castle).
BOOK YOUR TICKETS TO WARWICK CASTLE BEFORE YOU GO TO SAVE TIME & MONEY
More great days out in the West Midlands here, and Warwick Castle is one of the best castles in England for a spooky night, whatever the date!
3. Wickedly Delicious Wizardry Tea, London
Georgian House Hotel, Pimlico will serve up a Wizard Afternoon Tea in the hotel’s atmospheric Pimlico Pantry with a mystical feast of goodies including eye of newt scones, lemon cursed tart and head-popping chocolate lollipops complemented with Wizard’s Mocktails of frozen crystals, druid’s water and ancient red fairy dust.
Once you’ve filled your wizard boots, you can stay in one of Georgian House Hotel’s Enchanted Chambers, concealed on its lower ground floor and reached via a portrait-filled passageway bathed in candlelight. The perfect stay for aspiring little wizards and witches, complete with stained glass windows, stone arches, cauldrons, velvet-clad four-poster beds and wood burning stoves.
Wizard Afternoon Teas available Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until the end of December. Makes for a great experience on a day out in London and definitely one of the best halloween days out for kids.
- From £49 (for two including bottomless bubbles).
- Guests booking a Wizard Afternoon Tea can enjoy a stay in an Enchanted Chamber for just £150 per night including breakfast until the end of December.
4. Halloween Trails at Burghley House, Lincolnshire
Family fun will be on offer as one of England’s greatest Elizabethan houses stages its annual Halloween Trail this October half term.
Set amidst the splendour of the Sculpture Garden at Lincolnshire’s Burghley House, visitors young and old can get into the Halloween spirit by dressing up in their scariest costumes to tread through the autumn leaves and find the hidden ghosts on a Halloween day out.
Must be pre-booked. The Garden Shed will be open daily, warm up with a delicious hot chocolate or cup of coffee!
5. Pumpkin Festival & Enchanted Pumpkin Show, Lincoln
Visit Rand Farm Park for a brand-new Enchanted Pumpkin Show with Mona and Maud, their resident friendly witches. Plus, each child gets a free pumpkin to carve at the farm and take home.
Included in your Pumpkin Festival Half-Term admission every day:
- Visit the Pumpkin Patch
- Meet the Halloween characters
- Receive a FREE pumpkin for every paying child
- Leave your mess with them and carve your pumpkins within our pumpkin patch (additional charges apply)
- Meet the many animals on the farm
- Conquer the outdoor play area
- Ride the heights of our Skyrider
- Indoor soft play
Last year they sold out everyday for the Pumpkin Festival, so please book online in advance to avoid disappointment.
6. Canal boats along England’s spookiest waterways
Britain’s 200-year old canal network provides the perfect backdrop for a haunting Halloween, with spooky tunnels, misty towpaths, bats, toads, spiders and plenty of ghosts. Hear the shrieking boggart on Trent and Mersey Canal or head to the Shropshire Union Canal, said to be Britain’s most haunted canal with five ghosts along its length, including the terrifying ‘Monkey Man’ at Bridge 39 near Norbury.
This hideous black, shaggy coated being is believed to be the ghost of a boatman drowned there in the 19th century.
- Prices for boats for up to four people at Drifters over Halloween start at £535.00 (three or four nights), day boat prices start at £99 per day.
Halloween days out for Adults only….
7. Tours with Lantern Ghost Tours, London
Visit London’s naughtiest pubs and hear all about the capital’s most grisly history. There’s also a London Bridge Ghost Tour, visiting the world’s oldest operating theatre and the ghosts that linger in England’s oldest prison.
You can also sign up to a virtual spooky tour so you can investigate the paranormal in your own home.
8. Lincoln Ghost Walk, Lincoln
Take a chilling stroll along the streets of Lincoln for one of the best days out for Halloween. You can experience the ghostly hauntings and discover Lincoln’s supernatural past first-hand. Led by experienced story telling guides, the tour passes many places of interest and attractions along the way, showing Lincoln in a spooky light.
- Dates: Each Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Price: £6 adults and children 12+. £4 (Children under 12)
READ MORE: The Best Things to Do in Half Term in England
Halloween days out in England
If you’re looking for the best days out for Halloween, we hope this has given you some inspiration for your Halloween nights out. You might as well dress up and really throw yourself in – why not?!
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