SEASONAL · 10-26 OCT
6 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Leeds, 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.
None listed yet
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If you only book three things
One per venue, soonest first. The popular evenings sell out weeks ahead.
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYThe Pumpkin Patch at Cannon Hall Farm
Cannon Hall Farm · 10-26 October · daily
Pick your own pumpkin at Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley, with animals, play areas and more to explore.
from £5Details
👻 SPOOKY FUNFREEJourney to Hell
The Big One · 17-25 October · daily
Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Halloween event, with family rides by day and scare mazes, zones and night rides after dark.
FreeDetails
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYPumpkin Picking & Carving
Wentworth Garden Centre · 10-26 October · daily
Pick a pumpkin from the patch at Wentworth's Family Farm, then carve it for free in the craft area.
from £4.25Details
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
- Mon195 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Tue205 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Wed215 on
Journey to Hell · free
- Thu226 on
Make a Halloween Garland
- Fri235 on
Journey to Hell · free
- Sat2415 on
Hocus Pocus Outdoor Cinema
- Sun2514 on
Halloween Event
- Mon264 on
Ghosts of Station Hall
- 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
4 places- The Pumpkin Patch at Cannon Hall FarmBarnsley · 10-26 October · dailyfrom £5
- Pumpkin Picking & CarvingRotherham · 10-26 October · dailyfrom £4.25
- Bert's BarrowLeeds · A pumpkin patch where you pick your own straight from the field, open from the 2nd of October.
- Fruity Berry Fruit FarmThirsk · Strawberries off raised guttering and gooseberries or blackcurrants from the field, with a grass spot to picnic afterwards.
Torchlight trails & evenings
1 eveningEVERYTHING ON
17 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 12
- from £5
10-26 October · daily
The Pumpkin Patch at Cannon Hall Farm
Cannon Hall Farm · Barnsley
Pick your own pumpkin at Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley, with animals, play areas and more to explore.
- from £4.25
10-26 October · daily
Pumpkin Picking & Carving
Wentworth Garden Centre · Rotherham
Pick a pumpkin from the patch at Wentworth's Family Farm, then carve it for free in the craft area.
from £1910-25 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.
6 dates · 10-25 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.
from £20.7517-25 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.
Thu 22 October · 14:30
Make a Halloween Garland
Abbey House Museum · Leeds
A Halloween craft workshop at Abbey House Museum making a spooky garland.
24-26 October · daily
What's on at Harewood this October Half Term
Harewood Castle · Leeds
Half-term family activities at Harewood, from spooky trails to broomstick making, running 24 October to 1 November 2026.
24-25 October · daily
Halloween Event
Yorkshire Wildlife Park · Doncaster
Halloween event at Yorkshire Wildlife Park with creepy characters, live shows, fairground fun and a trick or treat trail.
- from £2.95
24-25 October · daily
Haunted Halloween Trail
Wentworth Garden Centre · Rotherham
A Halloween trail through the Historic Gardens with scarecrows, skeletons and spooky spots to find.
- from £4.25
24-25 October · daily
Creepy-crawly & Animal Encounters
Wentworth Garden Centre · Rotherham · ages 0+
Halloween animal encounters at Wentworth Garden Centre's Family Farm, with creepy-crawlies joining the usual timetable.
- from £5
24-25 October · daily
Meet the Wentworth Witch
Wentworth Garden Centre · Rotherham · ages 1+
Timed-ticket Halloween activity at Wentworth Garden Centre, meeting the Wentworth Witch in her lair in the Historic Gardens.
Spooky fun · 5
- Free
17-25 October · daily
Journey to Hell
The Big One · Blackpool
Blackpool Pleasure Beach's Halloween event, with family rides by day and scare mazes, zones and night rides after dark.
Sat 24 October
Hocus Pocus Outdoor Cinema
Harewood Castle · Leeds
Halloween open-air screening of Disney's Hocus Pocus under the stars at Harewood.
Free24-25 October · daily
Ghoul and Ghost Trail October - November 2026
Elsecar Heritage Centre · Elsecar
A free Halloween trail around Elsecar Heritage Centre hunting for ghosts and local legends.
24-26 October · daily
Ghosts of Station Hall
National Railway Museum · York
An exclusive ghost trail in Station Hall, created with York Ghost Merchants for the October half term.
Indoors
24-25 October · daily
October Half Term: Ghosts!
Nostell · Wakefield
A half-term ghost hunting trail through Nostell's house and gardens, spotting spooky characters along the way.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Leeds today, with times and prices.
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