SEASONAL · 7-21 OCT
1 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Liverpool, 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 SCARYAscarium: Tricks & Treats
SEA LIFE Manchester · 7-21 October · daily
Halloween-themed family event at SEA LIFE Manchester, running from 26 September to 8 November.
from £16Details
👻 SPOOKY FUNFREEJourney to Hell
The Big One · 17-21 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 SCARYSpooky Speke
Speke Hall · 7-21 October · daily
An after-dark Halloween trail at Speke Hall as the Lady in Black returns to haunt the Tudor manor.
See listingDetails
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
- Mon193 on
Journey to Hell · free
- Tue203 on
Journey to Hell · free
- Wed213 on
Journey to Hell · free
- 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
2 places- Catchdale moss FarmSaint Helens · Pumpkin picking in autumn and a proper Christmas barn later on, with wreath workshops and a tree kitchen and bar for the grown-ups.from £60
- Holmeswood Flower Farm / Pumpkin Place Pick Your OwnOrmskirk · Pick your own pumpkins, sunflowers, sweetcorn and flowers straight from the field.
Torchlight trails & evenings
1 eveningEVERYTHING ON
3 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 2
- from £16
7-21 October · daily
Ascarium: Tricks & Treats
SEA LIFE Manchester · Manchester
Halloween-themed family event at SEA LIFE Manchester, running from 26 September to 8 November.
Indoors
7-21 October · daily
Spooky Speke
Speke Hall · Liverpool
An after-dark Halloween trail at Speke Hall as the Lady in Black returns to haunt the Tudor manor.
The free list 👻
1 thing · £0PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Liverpool today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKSeeking Sanctuary, Seeking Humanity @ Atrium · free- Fri40 things · Beyond the Brotherhood: The Legacies of the Pre-Raphaelites
- Sat20 things · parkrun at Delamere Forest