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Halloween Hauntings
Temple Newsam
22
–
30
October
2022
£3.50
children,
£8
adults,
family
tickets
and
discounts
available
Booking
essential
–
visit;
www.museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/temple-newsam/whats-on-at-temple-newsam
Spend some spooky time at Temple Newsam this Halloween half term! Meet the past residents of the estate including the notorious Blue Lady and see the house and farm dressed up for a truly spooktacular occasion. Get involved with creepy crafts and pick-up a camera to track down the ghosts of Temple Newsam House. Get your film developed at the end of your visit to see whether you managed to track down any mysterious characters in the darkened corridors. There are special treats in store for those who get dressed up too!
Please note that Home Farm will be open Monday – Sunday over half term, the house will be open Tuesday – Sunday.
As an added extra, dare you venture into the cellars of Temple Newsam House?! Explore the dark and scary route below the creaking floorboards, what horrors will await you?! Access to the cellars can be booked via timeslots between 22-30 October. Purchase your general admission tickets online and there will be the option to add it on for just £2 extra.
Please note that access to and from the cellar is via stairs only. The cellar is dark and has uneven surfaces. This experience may be unsuitable for children under 7 – parental discretion is required.
Spooky Skeletons Trail
Lotherton
22
October
2022
–
31
October
2022
£4.55
children,
£9
adult
Booking
essential
–
visit;
www.museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/lotherton/whats-on-at-lotherton
Suitable
for:
Families
with
children
aged
8
and
under
Event
times:
9am
–
5pm
(last
entry
4pm)
Visit Lotherton this October half term and follow the spooky skeletons trail around the estate and into the haunted house!
Dress up in your best Halloween costume and prepare to be scared as you explore the woods and seek out all of the skeletons who have made Lotherton their home. Don’t miss the Nocturnal House in Wildlife World to see the bats in action!
Bring your little ones along for a great day out during the school holidays with plenty of spooky surprises along the way.
Pre-booking a time slot is essential to secure tickets during half term, including members.
Skeleskare
Lotherton
25
–
31
October
£4.55
children,
£9
adult
Booking
essential
–
visit;
www.museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/lotherton/whats-on-at-lotherton
Suitable
for:
Families
with
children
aged
8
and
over
Event
times:
5pm
–
9pm
(last
entry
8pm)
Skeleskare
is
the
brand
new
evening
event
for
families
with
children
aged
8
and
over!
Are you brave enough to visit after hours when the skeletons come alive? Experience Lotherton in the dark in the haunted woods and ghoulish gardens and spooky Skeletown with a skeleton surprise to scare you silly around every corner.
This event is for the grounds and gardens only, the Hall and Wildlife World will be closed. Please note this event has live characters and suitable only for age 8+.
Pre-booking a time slot is essential to secure tickets during half term, including members.
Spooky Streets Halloween
Abbey House Museum
22
–
30
October
2022
£3
per
child,
£6
per
adult
–
discounts
available
Booking
is
required
via
eventbrite
and
you
can
pay
on
the
day
at
the
museum.
Included
in
standard
admission.
For
more
information
visit;
www.museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/abbey-house-museum
Visit Abbey House Museum this half term and experience the Victorian streets spookily decorated for Halloween.
They have scary spiders, wicked witches, wily wolves, bewitching bats and skeletons pulling pints.
There will also be a toddler trail for little ones to follow around the streets and spot the different objects as you explore.
Explore the streets then head upstairs to see the Curious Creatures exhibition, play on the penny slot machines and have fun in the toy galleries.
Don’t forget to pick up your creepy craft pack to take home!
Pumpkin Festival +
Wizardry School
Cannon Hall Farm
15th-
30th
October
£13.95
each
(includes
pumpkin
for
children)
book
at
www.cannonhallfarm.co.uk
Visit the Pumpkin Patch at Cannon Hall Farm where some spookily good fun awaits.
See all the farm favourites like Millie and Primrose the pesky goat kids, plus Helen the hand-reared Alpaca, Ozzie Horseborne and Pony Hadley and new Highland Calf Lilibet.
As well as amazing outdoor and indoor playgrounds and animal talks, the pumpkin patch is the perfect place for you to capture those insta-worthy pictures.
The pumpkin patch is open until 5pm each day.
There are PLENTY of pumpkins that are being constantly replenished. Children who have a paid ticket are entitled to ONE free pumpkin each (no matter how big it is) and will be allocated a token on arrival.
Activities at the farm include:
●
Complete the Spell Book Challenge to graduate from wizardry school and claim a sweet treat from the witch
●
See the shows with Barry the wannabe wizard
●
Complete the challenges hidden in the patch
●
Visitors are also encouraged to wear fancy dress – and spot prizes will be offered by farm staff to those who have made a special effort.
●
Carving returns! The pumpkin carvers are BACK for 2022 (yay!) but there is some change to the usual, you will now be allocated a carving time.
An online booking fee applies to all tickets.
Tickets include all day admission to the farm, outdoor adventure play and indoor soft play, sheep and ferret racing, animal talks and our reptile and mammal house.
CARVING
TIMES
To keep queues to a manageable level, you will be automatically allocated a carving ‘session’ based on your arrival time.
Please book your tickets with this in mind, allowing time to choose the perfect pumpkin first.
ARRIVALS
/
CARVING
TIMES
9.30am or 9.45am arrival time – your carving slot is 10 – 11am.
10am or 10.15am – your carving a slot is 11am to 12pm.
10.30am or 10.45am – your carving a lot is 12pm to 1pm.
11am, 11.15am or 11.30am – your carving slot is 1pm to 2pm.
11.45am, 12pm, 12.15pm, 12.30pm, 12.45pm, 1pm – your carving slot is 2pm to 3pm.
1.15pm, 1.30pm, 1.45pm, 2pm, 2.15pm and 2.30pm – your carving slot is 3pm to 4pm.
Bat Walks
Nostell Priory
14th,
26th,
29th,
30th
October
-7pm-9.30pm
£10
Book
at
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events
There are a number of species of bats that make Nostell their home, and if you’re quiet enough you may just hear them!
Join the team on a family-friendly walk through the gardens after hours and go hunting for the bats that live at Nostell. Using specialist equipment, you will be able to hear the bats as they dart across the sky above.
Please Note:
●
Please park in the disabled car park and meet outside the courtyard.
●
This event takes place in the complete dark, and so it’s recommend you bring a torch, however they will be provided if needed. Visitors should wrap up warm and wear shoes suitable for uneven terrain.
The Wizard Express and Whistlestop Valley
Ghost Train
Whistlestop Valley – Huddersfield
24th
–
28th
October
for
the
Wizard
Express
–
full
day
event
9.30am-5pm
Prices
–
£13.95
per
person
or
family
tickets
available
Book
at
www.whistlestopvalley.co.uk/whats-on
The time you select when making your booking is the time your train departs from Clayton West Station – don’t be late or you might end up on the wrong side of She Who Can’t Possibly be Named!
As well as your return steam train ride (25 mins each way), All THIS is included in your ticket price:
At
Clayton
West
Station:
A spellbinding 25 minute Wizard School (drop in, at intervals throughout the day)
All day access to the outdoor playground
All day access to the covered jumping pillow
Rides on The Clayton Flyer miniature railway
At
Shelley
Station:
Tram platform rides
Access to the outdoor playground
Craft activities (subject to COVID restrictions)
Mini treasure hunt & opportunity to meet & greet two mythical creatures at intervals throughout the day
Visitors will book onto a specific train departure time, with trains departing every hour from 10am until the last service at 2.40pm.
Visitors can spend as long as they like at Shelley Station before choosing a return train ride later in the day. Trains will be returning from Shelley every 40 minutes from 10.40am until the final departure at 4pm.
Whistlestop Valley
Ghost Train
29th
&
30th
October
Prices
£10.95
each
or
family
tickets
available
Book
at
www.whistlestopvalley.co.uk/whats-on
Are you brave enough to take a ride on the Whistlestop Valley Ghost Train?! Children ages 5+ can experience a 45min-1hr Ghost Train at Whistletop Valley this Halloween. You WILL be scared out of your wits so please use your judgement when booking for younger children.
Halloween Adventure
Stockeld Park
22nd-30th
October
Prices
start
from
£16
depending
on
which
activities
you
would
like
to
enjoy.
Each
child
ticket
includes
a
free
pumpkin.
Book
at
www.booking.stockeldpark.co.uk/activities
There’s loads of spooky, family friendly fun to be had!
This Halloween the Enchanted Forest will be brought to life with an explosion of colour and excitement for a spectacular Day of the Dead celebration. Interact with the Enchanting Ancestors as you venture round the Enchanted Forest and look out for friendly skeletons!
Collect your trail card from the ticket office and take part in the Halloween Forest & Maze trail! What will you find?
Along with all the spooky Halloween fun in the forest, the Enchanted Forest is home to four of five large Adventure Playgrounds and lots of magical interactive play.
The Day of the Dead themed Enchanted Forest is suitable for all ages.
The Attic and The Basement Escape Houses
Stockeld Park
22nd-30th
October
From
£25pp
–
book
at
www.booking.stockeldpark.co.uk/activities
Trapped inside The Attic or The Basement at one of the most haunted houses in Yorkshire, you and your team must use all your skills and knowledge to escape before your time runs out!
Set amongst the vast fields on the Stockeld Estate, the haunted Farmhouse is full of mystery, dark spaces and unforgettable rooms. Bring your best team to take the challenge this Halloween season!
Spaces are limited! This is a one-hour experience.
3-5 players per team.
This activity is suitable for adults and children age 12 and over!
You do not need a day pass or ticket to the park to purchase the Escape House activity. This is a separate activity from the Adventure Park. You will need to purchase your tickets and time slot on the Stockeld Park website.
Ghastly Ghost Walk with Celebrity Psychic Medium Marcus Starr – OVER 18’s ONLY
Hazelwood Castle
30th
October
£20
–
book
at
www.hazlewood-castle.co.uk/events
Join well-acclaimed psychic medium Marcus Starr on a spine-chilling Paranormal Tour as he provides a voice for the troubled ghouls and demons that haunt these historical grounds.
Perhaps you’ll see a mysterious cigar-smoking figure through the window, only for it to suddenly disappear. Perhaps the doors might open and close at their own will..
A word of warning: some psychic messages conveyed through Marcus might be unsettling. This is not for the faint of heart. Only those daring enough to immerse themselves in this eerie world should come forward.
Don’t miss out on this breathtaking performance by Marcus Starr.
York Maze
22nd,
23rd
and
25th-30th
October
12.30-5.30pm
From
£14.95
book
at
www.bookings.hallowtween.co.uk/activities
Calling all fearless 10-15 year olds, and adults of a more nervous disposition…Venture into a new dimension of spine tingling fun this Halloween, as you are invited to explore 4 of the farm’s most mysterious buildings, each with its own twisted history you will discover for yourself once you step inside…
Hallowtween takes place within the grounds of the legendary former Dunnington Lodge, at York Maze, one of the most haunted sites in the whole of Yorkshire. Nothing is what it seems and you will need to keep your wits about you as you experience all the shocks and thrills of Corny’s Cornevil, Barnaggedon 3D, The Singularity and The Flesh Pot – the 4 terrifying haunted houses!
PLUS there’s street theatre, LIVE stage acts and plenty more going on besides to keep the whole family entertained as you take a breather in-between the chilling scares…ENTER IF YOU DARE!
PLEASE NOTE – HALLOWTWEEN TAKES PLACE IN THE HALLOWSCREAM EVENT AREA AND DOES NOT USE THE REST OF THE YORK MAZE SITE. THE MAIZE MAZE HAS BEEN HARVESTED AND THE YORK MAZE PLAY AREAS, RIDES AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OPEN IN THE SUMMER ARE NOT OPEN AS PART OF HALLOWTWEEN.
Ghosts in the Garden
Various sites in York
Until
7th
November
Free
Beautiful
settings
for
eerie
figures.
Ghosts In The Gardens are coming back… the jilted bride that haunts the Hospitium, a crusading knight, even a few ghastly animals.
This year there will be more ghosts, in more gardens.
Cementing York’s reputation as one of the ghostliest cities in Europe, the York BID is bringing back Ghosts in The Gardens – the eerie sculptures which were installed in Museum Gardens last year.
This year’s display promises to be bigger and better as they are adding ghosts to more gardens – at Treasurer’s House, The Merchant Adventurers Hall, Middleton’s Hotel, Barley Hall, The Artists Garden and St Anthony’s Garden.
There are twenty-five ghosts in all to find.
Ghosts In The Gardens runs in Museum Gardens until 7 November 2022, from 9.00am to 6pm every day. Opening times for other venues vary – check online before visiting.
Halloween Hocus Pocus
Mother Shipton’s Cave Knaresborough
22nd-31st
October
Prices
from
£28
which
includes
admission
and
parking
for
5
people
in
one
car.
Booking
is
essential.
Visit
www.mothershipton.co.uk
Are you ready for a bunch of HOCUS POCUS and WIZARDING wonder at Mother Shipton’s this Halloween? Broomsticks and wands at the ready – you’re in for a treat!
MUGGLES of all ages are invited on a spellbinding adventure – behold witches flying through the trees and beware of giant spiders, ghosts and creepy skeletons lurking around every corner.
Venture deep into the spooky forest where a world-famous Prophetess was said to have been born during a terrifying thunderstorm. You may hear the cackle of old souls wandering the ancient woodland or feel a shiver down your spine as you step into the Haunted Halloween Village.
There’s frightful fun to be had with photo opportunities and fancy dress competitions. Share your SPOOKTACULAR photos and creative costumes on social media using the hashtag #mothershiptons to be in with the chance of winning PETRIFYING prizes and tickets.
See the incredible Petrifying Well as it turns items to stone as if by magic! Be SPELLBOUND as you make a wish in the Wicked Wishing Well, warm up with ghoulishly good refreshments and hot drinks served from the vintage style coffee kiosk and visit the Gift Shop for frighteningly fabulous souvenirs and gothic gifts. The park has scenic picnic areas alongside the popular River Nidd, an adventure playground, and a Museum featuring petrified celebrity items. Access to the adventure playground is subject to weather conditions.
Trick or Treat Trek
York Chocolate Story
27th-30th
October
12.15pm
or
2.15pm
£12.50
child,
£8
adult
Book
at
www.yorkschocolatestory.com/events/trick-or-treat-trek
Perfect event for the kids, join the Trick or Treat Trek where you will walk the streets of York, but make sure not to stray too far from the path where the spooky host uncovers terrifying tales within the grizzly walls. What mischief will you get up to?
We are seeking a brave soul – do you have what it takes?
It could be a trick or a treat but play along and you will not regret it. There will certainly be shock-olate and sweets on hand to indulge on.
Make sure to look the part (the scarier the better) as there will be a treat in store for the best dressed. The Trick or Treat Trek takes 1 hour.
Halloween Tour and Truffle Rolling
York Chocolate Story
17th-
30th
October
5.30pm
£21.95
adult,
£19.50
child
Book
at
www.yorkschocolatestory.com/events/halloween-tour-and-truffle-rolling
For Halloween only, experience the York Chocolate Story tour with some added spooky extras!
Upgrade your tour and get extra hands-on with making your own gory creations. This tour will last approximately 90 minutes.
This spooky experience offers:
An extra hands-on element of the tour.
Decorating four ghostly chocolates with rat blood and goblin snot fillings!
Your very own chocolate creations to take home.
Ideal for children aged 6+ (and their grown-ups)
Halloween Half Term
Whitby Abbey
22nd-30th
October
10am-4pm
Free
for
English
Heritage
Members,
or
£11.20
adult,
£6.60
child
Book
at
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on
Gather your little monsters and prepare for a ghoulishly good day out at Whitby Abbey. Follow Dennis, Gnasher and friends to solve creepy clues on the fun family quest around the ruins. Then, meet costumed performers to hear tall tales of the strange, the supernatural and the downright silly. With so much spooky stuff to see and do, it’s a phantomtastic, great value day out for families – and tickets are even cheaper if you book in advance.
Fear in the Forest
Dalby Forest Visitor Centre
29th
October,
first
walk
starts
at
6pm
£9
adult,
£5
child
Book
at
www.forestryengland.uk/forest-event/events-dalby-forest/fear-the-forest
Are you brave enough?
Join Dalby Forest for the spookiest thrills, creepy crafts and ghoulishly gruesome performances on their guided Halloween trail through the trees…
Fear in the Forest is back, and this time with more spook, more ghouls and more terrifying treats!
Each walk lasts approximately 40 minutes. Not recommended for children under 5 years of age due to the darkness and content of the trail.
Evening Story Fairy Walks
Northwood Trail (YO41 1AP)
£14.95
adult,
£11.95
child.
Includes
cup
of
alcoholic
or
non-alcoholic
punch
Book
at
https://northwoodtrail.digitickets.co.uk/tickets
Join the October half term gentle lantern walk which is also the start of the winter fairy wood.
England’s Fairy Sanctuary is celebrating Halloween with the fairies, in this charming family event, featuring magical evening lantern walks and storytelling from Professor Howland’s extensive collection of true fairy histories and mythologies.
Guided lantern walks at dusk and first dark, aimed at little ones or those of all ages who would rather not be scared witless, but want to enjoy a more seasonal experience instead.
Arrive to the Northwood kitchen and have a free glass of alcoholic or non-alcoholic punch. Then there is a guided walk with storytelling guide cloaked in Autumn. Enjoy tales from Professor Howlands collection, as you stroll through a lantern lit fairy wood. Approximate total time 1 hour. Afterwards enjoy the Autumn grotto and the fairy museum and relax in the Northwood kitchen bar.
Very limited sessions with a maximum of 30 per session at 4pm, 5.30 and 7pm during the October half term. Come dressed for the season and weather with appropriate footwear. Parts of the walk in the woods are very dark, you may want to bring a lantern or small torch.
The Little York Ghost Hunt
Walking route around
the Minster
24th-27th
October
6pm-8pm
Free
Join the search each evening at dusk for the Little York Ghosts which hide on the streets that flank the Minster. This is a seek and keep hunt. The Ghost Merchants have been hiding little Ghosts around the city of York for many years and the act of hiding, seeking and the communal event that has grown around this activity is at the heart of Ghost Week. It is free to participate in and open to young and old – however people should exercise good grace, kindness and compassion while participating in the Ghost Hunt.
As twilight gives way to night the Merchants invite you to join the search each evening between 6pm and 8pm (Monday – Thursday only) for Little York Ghosts along the atmospheric ancient streets that surround York Minster.
There are 125 to find each evening and included in their number are some rare & unusual ones.
Maps will be available from The York Ghost Merchants, The Visitor Information Centre and selected independent retailers from mid October. There will also be a printable version of The Little York Ghost Hunt map available nearer the event at
www.yorkghostmerchants.com
Please do pay attention to the important guidelines outlined on the map.
Halloween Treasure Hunt
Filey Bird Garden & Animal Park
22nd-30th
October
£7.50
adult,
£6.50
child
No
pre-booking
required.
Visit
www.fileybirdgarden.com
for
more
information
Enjoy all the usual activities that Filey Bird Garden & Animal Park have to offer with the addition of family friendly spooky themed areas and a Halloween treasure hunt. If you wear fancy dress you will get a free bag of animal food to feed the various animals including alpacas, giant rabbits and miniature ponies. Meet Josie the 60yr old tortoise, Jake and Zac the donkeys, and Del Boy and Rodney the spotty Kune Kune pigs!
Visit the exotic birds and have a chat with the parrots, or watch Morris the Myna Bird whistle and dance. There are also the formal gardens and secret garden to explore. What will you discover during your treasure hunt?
