SEASONAL · 7-25 OCT
5 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Birmingham, each one sorted by how frightening it gets so nobody ends up carrying a sobbing four-year-old back to the car.
THE FRIGHT-O-METER
How brave is your crew?
Every event on this page is filed by how scary it gets, going on the organiser's own description and age guidance. Check the listing before you book the wobblers in.
Cute, not scary
Little ones · no jump scares
Pumpkins, fancy dress and friendly ghosts. Nap-safe.
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Spooky fun
Ages 5-10 · mild shivers
Torchlight trails and theatrical spooks. Giggles > screams.
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Actually scary
Ages 10+ · real jump scares
Scare mazes and after-dark shows. Not for wobblers.
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If you only book three things
One per venue, soonest first. The popular evenings sell out weeks ahead.
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYSpooky October Fun
Attwell Farm Park · 7-18 October · daily
Halloween season at Attwell Farm Park with pumpkin picking, spooky pantomimes, bubble discos and roaming characters.
See listingDetails
👻 SPOOKY FUNHalloween Farm After Dark 2026
The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm) · 3 dates · 10-24 October
Kids enter at 5pm for glowing pumpkins, Haunted Woodlands and night attractions on October Saturdays.
from £24.99Details
💀 ACTUALLY SCARYAGES 10+Castle After Dark
Warwick Castle · Sat 24 October · 18:00
Warwick Castle evening scare night for 10+ - mazes, courtyard festival, food and music. From £27, 6pm-10pm.
from £27Details
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
- Mon194 on
Freddo's Halloween Spooktacular
- Tue204 on
Freddo's Halloween Spooktacular
- Wed214 on
Freddo's Halloween Spooktacular
- Thu225 on
Halloween Farm Daytime 2026
- Fri238 on
Pumpkin Centrepiece Workshop
- Sat2416 on
Introduction to Stained Glass: Halloween
- Sun252 on
Daytime Pumpkin Walk
- Mon260 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Tue270 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Wed280 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Thu290 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Fri300 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Sat310 on
Halloween itself. Nothing listed yet.
Pumpkin patches
8 places- Spooky October FunWorcestershire · 7-18 October · daily
- October Half Term - Pumpkins & PotionsWorcestershire · 9-16 October · daily
- Halloween Spooktacular WeekendsWorcestershire · 23-24 October · daily
- Essington FarmWolverhampton · Pick your own strawberries or pumpkins, ride the tractor trailer out to the field, then eat at the farm restaurant afterwards.
- J R Clarke & Partners Manor Farm FruitsTamworth · Strawberry and raspberry picking, a maize maze and a straw pyramid to climb, on a farm that books up so plan ahead.
- Oakes Farm ShopCoventry · A farm shop and butchery with a proper on-site café, good for a slow breakfast or a sit-down afternoon tea rather than a big day of activities.from £12.50
EVERYTHING ON
21 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 17
7-18 October · daily
Spooky October Fun
Attwell Farm Park · Worcestershire
Halloween season at Attwell Farm Park with pumpkin picking, spooky pantomimes, bubble discos and roaming characters.
7-24 October · daily
Autumnal Antics and Spooky Fun - Autumn at Sandwell Museums
Oak House Museum · West Bromwich
Autumn programme at Sandwell Museums with nature activities, a fungi foray, theatre and spooky crafts.
from £57-12 October · daily
Room on the Broom Corn Maze
Twycross Zoo · Atherstone
Storybook corn maze at Twycross - grab the £5 tote per child, hunt the Witch, and follow Room on the Broom clues through the maze (zoo ticket still needed).
7-24 October · daily
Blazing Halloween
Drayton Manor · Tamworth
Drayton Manor's Halloween takeover in October 2026, with spooky theming, rides and two fireworks nights.
9-16 October · daily
October Half Term - Pumpkins & Potions
Attwell Farm Park · Worcestershire
Half-term Halloween fun at Attwell Farm Park with a witchy pantomime, bubble discos and pumpkin picking.
9-16 October · daily
Spooky Autism Friendly Evenings
Attwell Farm Park · Worcestershire · ages 0+
Quieter, lower-capacity Halloween evenings at Attwell Farm Park designed for SEN visitors and their families.
from £24.997 dates · 10-24 October
Halloween Farm Daytime 2026
The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm) · Heather
Kids pick pumpkins, ride the Harvest Ride and knock doors on Trick or Treat Street at daytime Halloween Farm.
from £1910-24 October · daily
Fright Fiesta
Gulliver's Kingdom · Matlock Bath
Halloween-themed festival at Gulliver's Kingdom with costumes, music and friendly frights, tickets from £19.
from £1817-25 October · daily
Freddo's Halloween Spooktacular
Cadbury World · Birmingham
Halloween fun with Freddo at Cadbury World over October half-term, from 17 October to 1 November 2026.
Indoors
23-24 October · daily
Halloween Spooktacular Weekends
Attwell Farm Park · Worcestershire
Three Halloween weekends at Attwell Farm Park with pumpkin picking, creepy crawlies and spooky characters.
Fri 23 October
Pumpkin Centrepiece Workshop
Church Farm Tea Rooms & Childrens Farm · Burton-on-Trent
A two-hour pumpkin centrepiece floristry workshop with Beth from This Gardening Gal, in the Shepherd's Hut.
Sat 24 October
Introduction to Stained Glass: Halloween
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings · Bromsgrove
A Halloween-themed stained glass workshop at Avoncroft Museum, now sold out.
Sat 24 October · 10:00
October Half Term Annual Halloween Trail
Wightwick Manor and Gardens · Wolverhampton
An outdoor Halloween trail at Wightwick Manor for October half term, fancy dress encouraged.
24-25 October · daily
Daytime Pumpkin Walk
Bodenham Arboretum · Kidderminster
A daytime pumpkin walk at Bodenham Arboretum, running from 24 October to 1 November.
Sat 24 October
The Haunted Castle
Warwick Castle · Warwick
Warwick Castle turns spooky for Halloween with The Haunted Castle event running over half term.
from £5Sat 24 October · 11:00
Workshop – Halloween Craft and Trail
Stafford Castle · Stafford
Drop-in Halloween craft workshop and spooky trail for children at Stafford Castle.
Sat 24 October · 12:00
October Half Term
Church Farm Tea Rooms & Childrens Farm · Burton-on-Trent
Half term at Church Farm's Children's Farm with spooky decorations and an optional Halloween trail.
Spooky fun · 3
- from £24.99
3 dates · 10-24 October
Halloween Farm After Dark 2026
The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm) · Heather
Kids enter at 5pm for glowing pumpkins, Haunted Woodlands and night attractions on October Saturdays.
23-24 October · daily
Torchlit Pumpkin Walk
Bodenham Arboretum · Kidderminster
A torchlit pumpkin walk at Bodenham Arboretum running from 23 to 31 October 2026.
from £20Sat 24 October · 13:00
Mini Foresters Does Halloween!
Heart of England Forest Coxmere Wood · Stratford-upon-Avon
A Halloween family session in the Forest with nature crafts, a scavenger hunt, campfire s'mores and a ghost story.
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