SEASONAL · 7 OCT - 1 NOV
Halloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Plymouth, 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.
None listed yet
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 SCARYSpook-Fest
Crealy Theme Park & Resort · 7-31 October · daily
Halloween day out at Crealy with scare mazes, spooky live shows and Devon's biggest family thrills.
from £149Details
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYPumpkin Nights
Pennywell Farm · 7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
An after-dark evening event at Pennywell Farm with live music, food, drink and pumpkin picking under the stars.
See listingDetails
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
Pumpkin patches
5 places- Pumpkin NightsBuckfastleigh · 7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
- Pumpkin FestivalBuckfastleigh · 7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
- Ben's Farm ShopPlymouth · A farm shop café with breakfast, proper lunches and a picnic area, open every day near Plymouth.
- Strawberry Fields Farm Shop BuckfastleighBuckfastleigh · A farm shop stop for homemade pies and pasties, a cream tea with proper Cornish clotted cream, and a pumpkin patch that takes over every October.
- Strawberry Fields Farm shop LiftonLifton · A working farm with a maize maze, a barrel train ride and a pumpkin patch that turns into a fire-lit evening show in October.from £5.95
EVERYTHING ON
3 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 3
- from £149
7-31 October · daily
Spook-Fest
Crealy Theme Park & Resort · Exeter
Halloween day out at Crealy with scare mazes, spooky live shows and Devon's biggest family thrills.
7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
Pumpkin Nights
Pennywell Farm · Buckfastleigh
An after-dark evening event at Pennywell Farm with live music, food, drink and pumpkin picking under the stars.
7 Oct - 1 Nov · daily
Pumpkin Festival
Pennywell Farm · Buckfastleigh
Autumn pumpkin patch and trail at Pennywell Farm with games, live music and marshmallow toasting.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Plymouth today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKPumpkin Festival · Pennywell Farm- Fri3 things · Pumpkin Nights
- Sat4 things · Spook-Fest
- Sun4 things · Pumpkin Nights