SEASONAL · 7-23 OCT
2 NEW THIS WEEKHalloween, done properly 🎃
Pumpkin patches, torchlight trails and just-scary-enough shows across York, 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 SCARYPumpkin Festival
Spilman's Farm · 12 dates · 7-22 October
Pumpkin picking festival at Spilman's Farm in Sessay, with a cafe and farm shop open on event days.
See listingDetails
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYFright Fiesta
Gulliver's Valley · 10-23 October · daily
Halloween festival at Gulliver's Valley with costumes, music and friendly frights for younger children.
from £19Details
🎃 CUTE, NOT SCARYPumpkin Picking & Carving
Wentworth Garden Centre · 10-23 October · daily
Pick a pumpkin from the patch at Wentworth's Family Farm, then carve it for free in the craft area.
from £4.25Details
OCTOBER HALF TERM · 19-31 OCT
A plan for every day of half term
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Sundown Spooktacular Halloween 2026
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Make a Halloween Garland
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Halloween itself. Nothing listed yet.
Pumpkin patches
5 places- Pumpkin FestivalThirsk · 12 dates · 7-22 October
- Pumpkin Picking & CarvingRotherham · 10-23 October · dailyfrom £4.25
- Bert's BarrowLeeds · A pumpkin patch where you pick your own straight from the field, open from the 2nd of October.
- Fruity Berry Fruit FarmThirsk · Strawberries off raised guttering and gooseberries or blackcurrants from the field, with a grass spot to picnic afterwards.
- The Flower BeltYork · Cut your own flowers from a working field, with a pumpkin patch in autumn and a café instead of a picnic spot.
EVERYTHING ON
6 things on for Halloween 2026
Cute, not scary · 6
12 dates · 7-22 October
Pumpkin Festival
Spilman's Farm · Thirsk
Pumpkin picking festival at Spilman's Farm in Sessay, with a cafe and farm shop open on event days.
- from £19
10-23 October · daily
Fright Fiesta
Gulliver's Valley · Rotherham · ages 2-13
Halloween festival at Gulliver's Valley with costumes, music and friendly frights for younger children.
- from £4.25
10-23 October · daily
Pumpkin Picking & Carving
Wentworth Garden Centre · Rotherham
Pick a pumpkin from the patch at Wentworth's Family Farm, then carve it for free in the craft area.
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.
Thu 22 October · 14:30
Make a Halloween Garland
Abbey House Museum · Leeds
A Halloween craft workshop at Abbey House Museum making a spooky garland.
PLAN A DIFFERENT DAY
What's on, when you need it
Everything open and on in York today, with times and prices.
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