SEASONAL · 7-24 OCT
1 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across Stoke-on-Trent, 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
START HERE
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 · 7-23 October · daily
Halloween-themed family event at SEA LIFE Manchester, running from 26 September to 8 November.
from £16Details
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYBlazing Halloween
Drayton Manor · 7-24 October · daily
Drayton Manor's Halloween takeover in October 2026, with spooky theming, rides and two fireworks nights.
See listingDetails
🎃 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
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
- Mon194 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Tue204 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Wed214 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Thu224 on
Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
- Fri236 on
Pumpkin Centrepiece Workshop
- Sat241 on
Blazing Halloween
- 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.
EVERYTHING ON
9 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 9
- from £16
7-23 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
7-24 October · daily
Blazing Halloween
Drayton Manor · Tamworth
Drayton Manor's Halloween takeover in October 2026, with spooky theming, rides and two fireworks nights.
- 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).
from £1910-23 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.
4 dates · 10-18 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 £20.7517-23 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.
Fri 23 October
Pumpkin Centrepiece Workshop
Church Farm Tea Rooms & Childrens Farm · Burton-on-Trent
A two-hour pumpkin centrepiece floristry workshop with Beth from This Gardening Gal, in the Shepherd's Hut.
Fri 23 October
Gandeys Circus Halloween Spooktacular
Trentham Estate · Stoke-on-Trent
Gandeys Circus brings its Halloween Spooktacular to Trentham Estate from 23 October to 1 November 2026.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in Stoke-on-Trent today, with times and prices.
TOP PICKWednesday Walks at Kingsbury Water Park · free- Fri29 things · Toddler Trundles
- Sat30 things · Congleton Park Run