SEASONAL · 7-18 OCT
2 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Nottingham, 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) · 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
- Mon190 on
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- Tue200 on
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- Wed210 on
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- Thu220 on
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- Fri230 on
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- Sat240 on
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- Mon260 on
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- Tue270 on
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- Wed280 on
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- Thu290 on
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- Fri300 on
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- Sat310 on
Halloween itself. Nothing listed yet.
Pumpkin patches
8 places- Pick Your Own Pumpkins OxtonOxton · 4 dates · 10-18 Octoberfrom £3
- Mr Pumpkin PYO 2026Morley · 5 dates · 10-18 Octoberfrom £2.50
- Pumpkin Festival 2026Farnsfield · 17-18 October · daily
- Halloween Half TermLambley · 17-18 October · daily
- Goacher's FruitNorth Wheatley · A pick your own fruit farm near Retford where the job for the day is filling a punnet, not much else on offer.
- 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.
Torchlight trails & evenings
2 eveningsEVERYTHING ON
19 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 15
- 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).
7-18 October · daily
Blazing Halloween
Drayton Manor · Tamworth
Drayton Manor's Halloween takeover in October 2026, with spooky theming, rides and two fireworks nights.
from £2.5010-18 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 £34 dates · 10-18 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 £2.505 dates · 10-18 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.
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 £1910-18 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.
10-18 October · daily
Halloween Trail
Rufford Abbey Country Park · Ollerton
A spooky woodland trail at Rufford Abbey Country Park running from 10 October to 1 November.
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
Sun 11 October
Halloween Make a Bear
Moores Nurseries and Garden Centre · Stanton-on-the-Wolds
A Halloween teddy bear making session at Moores Nurseries and Garden Centre near Keyworth.
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.
17-18 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 £20.7517-18 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 £1517-18 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.
17-18 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.
Spooky fun · 3
- from £24.99
2 dates · 10-17 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.
Sat 17 October
Outdoor Cinema: Hocus Pocus Spooktacular
Lincoln Castle · Lincoln
An outdoor cinema screening of Hocus Pocus at Lincoln Castle on 17 October 2026.
from £7Sat 17 October · 18:30
Torch Nights
Notts Maze · Nottingham
Torch-lit maize maze evenings at Notts Maze - puzzles in the dark, not a scare attraction.
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