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Shriek Week, Drusillas Park, East Sussex
21-29 October 2023
This special series of events at the famously family-friendly zoo and entertainment park (which is not far from the mysterious Long Man of Wilmington) is offering visitors everything from a live-action haunted house to a spell in the ghostly twisted terror maze.
Expect plenty of pumpkins, skeletons, spiders, cobwebs, and some surprise appearances from the Sugar Skull Witch.
Tickets for adults, and children aged over two years, cost £28, providing access to the zoo, the play areas and the rides.
drusillas.co.uk/halloween-shriek-week-2023 Stay at… Horam Manor Country Park sellersleisure.com/our-parks/horam-manor
Oxford Castle & Prison Ghost Fest
Various dates in October 2023
Take a spooky tour around one of the most haunted places in the UK, to explore the vaulted well chamber, visit the fearsome punishment cells and go into the crypt! Tickets cost £19. And why not take the children (five to 10 years) to a one-hour potion-making class with the resident warlock? Tickets, £11.
oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/events/event/ghost-fest Stay at… Oxford Camping and Caravanning Club Site www.campingand caravanningclub.co.uk
Paisley Halloween Festival, Renfrewshire
26-28 October 2023
This brilliant free event sees Paisley transformed into a playground, with a Halloween Trail Zone, Frank & McStein’s Fire Show, the Spooky Bat Cave, Raven’s Realm, sword swallowing and stilt-walkers.
paisley.is/featured_ event/halloween Stay at… Strathclyde Country Park CAMC Site caravanclub.co.uk
Pumpkin Fest Nights Conwy, North Wales
Various dates in October 2023
Visit this fantastic family farm park during Halloween to pick and carve a pumpkin, follow the Halloween Trail and take on the Horrid Hollows challenge. There will be a shooting range, music and a selection of tasty treats. Tickets cost £9.95.
manorafon-farm-park.co.uk/whats-on/pumpkin-fest-nights Stay at… Bryn Ffanigl Ganol Caravan and Camping Park bfgcamping.co.uk
Derry Halloween
28-31 October 2023
Derry brings Halloween to thrilling life with lights, pyrotechnics and live music. The parade involves hundreds of local perf
