SEASONAL · 7-21 OCT
2 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Derby, 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.
Show me these
Spooky fun
Ages 5-10 · mild shivers
Torchlight trails and theatrical spooks. Giggles > screams.
Show me these
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 SCARYRoom on the Broom Corn Maze
Twycross Zoo · 7-12 October · daily
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).
from £5Details
👻 SPOOKY FUNHalloween Farm After Dark 2026
The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm) · 2 dates · 10-17 October
Kids enter at 5pm for glowing pumpkins, Haunted Woodlands and night attractions on October Saturdays.
from £24.99Details
💀 ACTUALLY SCARYAGES 14+Ghosts of the Gaol
National Justice Museum · 2 dates · 10-17 October
After-dark gaol ghost tour at the National Justice Museum - 14+, about an hour.
from £15Details
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
- Mon199 on
Halloween Half Term
- Tue209 on
Pumpkin Festival / Halloween at the Farm
- Wed213 on
Pick Your Own Pumpkins Oxton
- Thu220 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Fri230 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Sat240 on
Nothing listed yet.
- Sun250 on
Nothing listed yet.
- 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
7 places- Pick Your Own Pumpkins OxtonOxton · 7 dates · 10-21 Octoberfrom £3
- Mr Pumpkin PYO 2026Morley · 8 dates · 10-21 Octoberfrom £2.50
- Halloween Half TermLambley · 17-20 October · daily
- Pumpkin Festival 2026Farnsfield · 17-20 October · daily
- 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.
- Maxeys Pick Up A PumpkinKirklington · Pick your own pumpkin from the field, ride the tractor carriage and take a shot at the pumpkin cannon.from £0.50
Torchlight trails & evenings
1 eveningEVERYTHING ON
16 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 14
- from £5
7-12 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).
7-20 October · daily
Blazing Halloween
Drayton Manor · Tamworth
Drayton Manor's Halloween takeover in October 2026, with spooky theming, rides and two fireworks nights.
from £2.5010-21 October · daily
P..P..Pick Up A Pumpkin 2026
Maxeys Pick Up A Pumpkin · Kirklington
Kids grab a wheelbarrow and pick home-grown pumpkins, then race the free maize maze and ride the Pumpkin Carriage.
from £37 dates · 10-21 October
Pick Your Own Pumpkins Oxton
Nottinghamshire Pick Your Own Pumpkins · Oxton
Free-entry PYO pumpkins at Oxton - pay from £3 for what you pick.
from £24.994 dates · 10-18 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 £1910-20 October · daily
Fright Fiesta
Gulliver's Valley · Rotherham · ages 2-13
Halloween festival at Gulliver's Valley with costumes, music and friendly frights for younger children.
from £2.508 dates · 10-21 October
Mr Pumpkin PYO 2026
Mr Pumpkin · Morley
Kids pick pumpkins on ticketed field sessions - adults from £2.50 off-peak, kids free off-peak.
Sat 10 October
Haunted Heritage
Cromford Mills · Cromford
A paranormal investigation night at Cromford Mills, exploring the old mill buildings and manager's house for signs of the supernatural.
Indoors
4 dates · 10-18 October
Carols by Candlelight
Treak Cliff Cavern · Castleton · ages 0+
Candlelit carol singing in the Witch's Cave at Treak Cliff Cavern, with mulled wine and mince pies after.
Indoors
Mon 12 October
Monday Night Talk: The Lady in the Bay Window
Manor Fields Park · Sheffield
A Monday night talk on The Lady in the Bay Window, a true account of paranormal goings-on in a haunted Sheffield house.
17-20 October · daily
Halloween Half Term
Floralands Farm Park · Lambley
Halloween half term fun at Floralands Farm Park with animal cuddles, a Witch Hunt trail and pumpkin picking.
17-20 October · daily
Pumpkin Festival 2026
White Post Farm & Zoo · Farnsfield
Mess-free pumpkin picking and carving at White Post Farm & Zoo, plus full farm and zoo access.
from £20.7517-20 October · daily
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
Sundown Adventureland · Retford
Kids hunt five Halloween characters on a mild Trick or Treat trail, then stamp for a chocolate treat.
from £1517-20 October · daily
Pumpkin Festival / Halloween at the Farm
White Post Farm & Zoo · Farnsfield
Kids mess-free carve and hunt Minibeasts on Pumpkin Festival days, included with farm admission.
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What's on, when you need it
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