SEASONAL · 7-26 OCT
Halloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Leicester, 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.
Show me these
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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) · 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 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
- Mon193 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Tue203 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Wed213 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Thu225 on
Kids' Ghost Hunter Tours
- Fri235 on
Kids' Ghost Hunter Tours
- Sat247 on
Halloween Outdoor Cinema - Hocus Pocus
- Sun256 on
Halloween Outdoor Cinema - Nightmare Before Christmas
- Mon263 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- 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
3 places- Farndon Fields Farm ShopMarket Harborough · Wander the rows and pick your own fruit and veg from over 40 varieties grown right there on the farm.
- March House Farm ShopMelton Mowbray · A farm shop with a butchery and deli that turns into a pumpkin patch, slip and slide and animal meet-and-greet through the seasons.
- The Halloween Farm (at Cattows Farm)Heather · Heather - seasonal Halloween farm with pumpkin patch, harvest ride, Trick or Treat Street and circusfrom £24.99
Torchlight trails & evenings
1 eveningEVERYTHING ON
11 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 6
- 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).
7-26 October · daily
Blazing Halloween
Drayton Manor · Tamworth
Drayton Manor's Halloween takeover in October 2026, with spooky theming, rides and two fireworks nights.
from £1910-26 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 £24.998 dates · 10-25 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.
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 £20.7517-26 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.
Spooky fun · 4
- 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.
from £7.9522-25 October · daily
Kids' Ghost Hunter Tours
National Justice Museum · Nottingham · ages 5-11
Family Halloween ghost-hunt in the old gaol - crafts, spooky games, wrap up warm.
Indoors
from £9.75Sat 24 October · 17:00
Halloween Outdoor Cinema - Hocus Pocus
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park · Nottingham
Outdoor cinema at Wollaton - Hocus Pocus under the stars. Fancy dress welcome.
from £9.75Sun 25 October · 17:00
Halloween Outdoor Cinema - Nightmare Before Christmas
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park · Nottingham
Outdoor cinema at Wollaton - Nightmare Before Christmas under the stars.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Leicester today, with times and prices.
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