Find out what’s on during October half-term for children and families in Norwich and Norfolk.

* Currently updating for 2024, anything already updated will be dated 2024, everything else bear with us *

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All Events October Half-Term

We’re always updating the October Half Term events, so keep checking back!

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Autumn Lights Firework Fiesta on Saturday 19th October at Norfolk Showground

Autumn Lights is a spectacular touring firework fiesta taking place across various UK cities in October and November 2024. This family-friendly event features two mesmerizing firework displays choreographed to music from around the world.

The event promises an evening filled with entertainment, including live performances by dance duo Phats & Small, known for their hit “Turn Around,” and  the evening compered by award winning DJ Ryan Swain.

Visitors can enjoy a vibrant atmosphere with walkabout entertainers, fire-eaters, and the captivating LED drummers, Spark. The event also boasts a family funfair, offering a variety of rides and attractions for all ages1. Street food stalls and bars will be available, serving a range of delicious options to satisfy every palate.

Autumn Lights will be held in several locations, including Norfolk, Lincoln, Leeds, York, and Sheffield. Each venue will host the event from 4 PM to 9 PM, with firework displays scheduled for 7.40 PM  and the grand finale at 9.00  PM. Ticket prices are £12.99 per adult and £5.99 for Children aged 2-16 online with tickets on the gate priced at £15 per adult and £8 per child.

Are you planning to attend one of these events? If so use discount code MUMBLER20 to save 20% on tickets.

Find out more & book here: www.autumnlights.co.uk

 


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26th October – 3rd November 2024 9-5pm

During this October half term holiday climb aboard the Bure Valley Railway where children travel FREE. Trains will operate throughout each day from both Aylsham Station (NR11 6BW) and Wroxham Station (NR12 8UU).

Each child will receive a Halloween themed children’s activity sheet and spooky items will be down the line for them to spot during the train journey. Our Whistlestop Café at Aylsham Station will be offering Halloween Kids Lunchboxes which can be pre-ordered or purchased on the day (not included in ticket price).

To make this a truly family-friendly event, the Railway is giving free travel for every child up to the age of 15 when accompanied by a full fare-paying adult (maximum of 2 children per adult).

Advanced booking is advisable to avoid disappointment. Adult Return £22 and extra child £11.

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From Saturday 19th October until Sunday 3rd November 2024, Chantry Place Norwich will be hosting a free ‘Chantry Jack crow trail’ for families to enjoy, along with a spooktacular photo opportunity with scarecrow Jack!

Families can pick up a free trail map from Langley’s on the lower ground floor then find the decorated crows with letters on in retailer windows to help Jack who has lost his crows, before entering a competition to be in with a chance of winning a £100 H&M voucher and other tricks and treats.

Visitors can meet Jack by the hay bales on the lower ground floor by H&M HOME and have a photo with him in front of a Halloween backdrop.

Paul McCarthy, general manager at Chantry Place, said: “Following on from the success of last year’s Halloween event, this year we are bringing families a self-led crow hunt to enjoy during October Half Term! This is a free event and we’re sure that little ones will love finding the crows and meeting scarecrow Jack at the selfie spot. Families can also pick up a free Chantry Jack sticker when they collect the map!”

The trail will take place daily during Centre opening hours.

Chantry Place is home to stores including Apple, Flannels, Frasers, H&M and Zara, and restaurants including Ask Italian, Wagamamas, YO! and more.

 

For more information on Chantry Place, visit www.chantryplace.co.uk/news


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BeWILDerwood, Horning Road, Hoveton, NR12 8JW

Twig or Treat at The Glorious Glowing Lantern Parade 2024

12th October – 3rd November 2024

BeWILDerwood Lantern Parade

NEW for 2024! Experience Halloween like never before at BeWILDerwood’s “Twig or Treat at the Glorious Glowing Lantern Parade!”

Leave the stress of trick-or-treating behind and join us for an enchanting evening. Dress up in your best Halloween costume, follow the magical light trail, spot different doors along the way and say “Twig or Treat” to your favourite BeWILDerwood characters. Plus, watch a BRAND-NEW “Twig or Treat Tales” show! Psst! It’s spooky, not scary!

This unique twist on Halloween promises unforgettable memories and endless fun. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind celebration – it’s a spooky delight for everyone!

Tickets must be pre-booked. The Parade has scheduled entry time slots from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Tickets £14.50


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26th October – 3rd November 2024

The Rockland St Mary Scarecrow Trail is back for 2024 and bigger than ever!
This Year’s Theme is ‘Water’ so absolutely anything goes as long as it involves Water! Who will you spot around the village? Will it be a Man Eating Shark, a Mermaid, a Surfer Dude, A Yellow Submarine, SpongeBob or even an Octopus?

This year’s trail takes place during half term so that the whole family can get involved. Saturday 26th October – Sunday 3rd November.

Suggested donation £2 per map

Maps available for purchase from Rockland St Mary Post Office (NR14 7AH) or downloaded from our Events page from Saturday 26th October at 9am and donate via text:
Text SCARECROW to 70450 followed by your donation amount.
E.g. Text Scarecrow 2 to 70450 to donate £2
E.g. Text Scarecrow 5 to 70450 to donate £5
Texts costs your donation amount plus one standard rate text message

On Friday the 1st and Saturday 2nd, FORMS are also hosting our Community Cafe at the Parish Rooms in Rockland St Mary (NR14 7ER) from 10am – 4pm. Why not pop in and treat yourself to a cup of tea and cake to break up your Scarecrow Hunting journey – Takeaways also available.

Cash and Cards Accepted inc Apple Pay

Please Park Sensibly – Parking Available at Black Horse Dyke (NR14 7ER), The Staithe – Opposite the New Inn Pub (NR14 7HP) Or sensible along the Street, Rockland St Mary allowing for passing places.

Don’t forget to ‘Like’ our Events page so that you can vote for your favourite Scarecrow! www.facebook.com/rocklandforms

The Scarecrow Trail is very kindly sponsored by Winkworth Estate Agents and all proceeds towards the Friends of Rockland St Mary School (FORMS – Registered Charity: 1109683)


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The Halloween Garden at Holkham Hall

Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1AB

27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st October 2024 11-3pm

Spooks, thrills, delights and chills have transformed the Walled Garden for Halloween – do you dare to join us? Dress up in your strangest outfit and creep through the gardens – we’ve got oodles of spookiness (and a few sweet treats!) to surprise you including Chilling Challenges, Spook Spotting, Halloween Crafts, Spooktacular Magic Show featuring Tess the Magical Cat, Pumpkin Carving, Dastardly Decorations and Street Food available

Adult £7, child £7, 2 yrs and under free, parking £6 per day

 

Africa Alive Boo at the Zoo

Whites Ln, Kessingland, Lowestoft NR33 7TF

Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th, Monday 28th October 2024

Creepy Creatures and Frightful Fun: Boo at the Zoo is here this Halloween at Africa Alive! Activities Include: Spooky Train Ride, Bug Handling, Spooky Crafts, Fancy Dress Parade, Foam Party, Magic Shows, Bouncy Castles, Face Painting, Balloon Modelling, Dance-Offs, Endless Animal Fun

Price: Adults £12.50, Children £9.50 (when booking in advance)

Algy’s Farm Shop Pumpkin Picking

Billingford Rd, Dereham NR20 5PW

Opens 1st October 2024, Open Mon-Sat 9-5pm and Sun 10-4pm

No need to pre-book, just turn up and grab a wheelbarrow! Dogs on leads are welcome. Hot drinks and refreshments available, pizzas, hot dogs and bacon rolls available weekends and half-term. Fancy dress encouraged, hunt the spooky characters in the field.

01362683893

All Hallowsfest

Tacons Farm, The Grange, Rollesby, Great Yarmouth NR29 5AJ

Saturday 26th October 2024 11-3pm

Come and enjoy some Halloween fun for the kids and adults alike with stalls, BBQ, drinks, sweets, unicorn ponies and pokemon corner. Bring cash.

Alt Affairs Halloween Special Craft Market

Waterloo Park Pavillion Cafe, The Feed NR3 3HX

Sunday 27th October 2024 10-3pm

Join us for our Halloween special event! From the crew that threw the Monster Mash Craft Fair last year! Join us for a bigger and better Halloween themed event. Free kids crafts, face-painting, cakes and some of Norwich’s best craft stalls.

 

Ascarium at Sea Life Great Yarmouth

Sea Life Centre, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3AH
SEA LIFE Hunstanton, Seagate Road, Hunstanton PE36 5BH

18th October – 3rd November 2024

Join Serafina the Sea Witch for a frighteningly fun time! Help Serafina the Sea Witch look after her ocean home and fellow sea creatures by completing magical challenges throughout the aquarium. Will you be brave enough to step up, and help her by solving the ‘spook-splash-tic’ challenges and fill in your activity sheet as you go?

Pre booking essential. This event is included in standard entry.

Autumn at Southwold Maize Maze

Reydon, Southwold IP18 6SG

25th October – 3rd November 2024 9:30am-4:30pm  (last entry to maze 2:30pm)

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 event in half term as normal, with lots of indoor activities in the big barn!  Plus pumpkin picking in our huge pumpkin patch! Our autumn playpark weekends will have the price adjusted to reflect the lack of access to the maize maze.

Online: ADULT: £8, CHILD (2-18): £10.50, 2-18 WITH DISABILITY CERTIFICATE: £8
​On Gate: ADULT: £9, CHILD (2-18): £11.50, 2-18 WITH DISABILITY CERTIFICATE: £9
​1 AND UNDER & WHEELCHAIR USERS: FREE

Halloween Spooktakular & Firework Display

Applewood Countryside Holidays, Kenninghall Road Banham NR16 2HE
25th & 26th October 2024 5-8.30pm

Join us for a ghoulishly good time at our Devilish Disco! This fun-filled event is perfect for kids of all ages and will feature a fancy dress competition, thrilling dance-offs, and loads of spooky fun.

Our spooky walk set amongst the eerie woodland of Grove Meadow!

Our bonfire will be lit on Grove Meadow at 8.30pm. Gather round, warm up and prepare for our firework finale!

Low Noise Firework Display: Prepare to be dazzled as the night sky comes alive with vibrant bursts of color and eerie special effects. Each explosion will be choreographed to a bewitching soundtrack of Halloween classics and spine-chilling tunes.

Base Dance Little Groovers

Great Plumstead Village Hall, Church Rd NR13 5AB

Wednesday 30th October 2024 9.30am & 10.45am

Think music & movement, fun props, action based songs & bubbles.
Ideal for confident walkers to 5 years old. £6 per child, £4 additional sibling. Booking essential.

Billingford Fishing Lakes Halloween Discovery Trail

North Elmham Road, Billingford, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 4RF

19th October – 17th November 2024

Halloween activity trail, cupcake decorating, pumpkin carving, colouring competition and fancy dress photo competition.

Catering bus open daily 9-4 including yummy cakes, lunches, hot drinks and snacks

0136278811 – call ahead to reserve your pumpkin

Blickling Hall: Autumn Magic and Folklore

Blickling, Norwich NR11 6NF

21st September – 10th November 2024 10-4pm

This autumn discover our autumnal spaces and see the newly restored Corbridge map on display in the Lower Ante. As you walk through the rooms look out for the hidden pumpkins and discover the legend of Sir Henry Hobart and Blickling’s Black Shuck. Pick up a trail sheet from Visitor Welcome and follow the route to discover some of the magical properties of trees in the parkland.

Standard admission prices apply, no booking required. Free entry for National Trust members.

01263 738030

Bracon Ash Pumpkin Trail

Bracon hall, Bracon Ash, Norwich NR14 8EL

Saturday 26th October 2024

Starting at the village hall follow the trail through an enchanted wood spotting lots of pumpkins along the way. The village hall will be opening serving drinks with Mills Grills food van on the car park serving delicious food and hot drinks. The charity we are collecting for this year is Bramble Bears Pre-School in Ashwellthorpe.

Broadland Ghosts’ Halloween Trail

Museum of the Broads, Staithe Road, Stalham, Norfolk, NR12 9DA

24th October 2024 – 31st October 2024: 10am – 4pm

Spooky family fun discovering some of the stories of Broadland’s ghosts. Complete the trail and win a prize! But watch out for the Wroxham witches and other spooky characters hidden around the Museum! Meet our storyteller who will tell more ghost stories of the Broads each day. Be arty and crafty with Hallowe’en themed makes. Take a boat trip and bring a picnic and enjoy our riverside setting. Dogs most welcome too.

Free with museum entry £8 Adult, Child 5-15 £6 under 5s free

01692581681

Byfords of Holt Afternoon Tea Extravaganza

1-3 Shirehall Plain, Holt NR25 6BG

27th October 2024 1-3.30pm

Byfords Extravaganza is any Afternoon Tea lover’s dream. The team puts together an incredible spread of cakes, sweet treats, savoury specials and sandwiches on the last Sunday of each month. All sandwiches are delivered straight to your table, and then head up and grab as many delightful desserts as you like!

£35pp | Children aged 6-11: £18.50pp | Under 6’s: £11

Booking essential

Caisters Halloween Trail

King George V Playing Field, Allendale Road, Caister, Great Yarmouth

2024 TBC

 

Catton Park Lantern Parade

Oak Ln, Norwich NR6 7DB

2024 TBC

Catton Park Lantern Parade

Meet in park by Spixworth Road entrance, opposite War Memorial, Catton Park NR6 7DB

Friday 25th October 2024. Parade starts at 6.30pm, meet from 6.15pm

Bring your crafted lanterns. Free event, donations appreciated. No unaccompanied children, candles, glass or floating lanterns. LED lights, glowsticks and hot chocolate available to purchase at the start.

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Creepy Cruises on the Vintage Huntsman

Broads Tours, Wroxham, Norfolk NR12 8RX

27th October – 3rd November 2024

The Vintage Broadsman will be transformed into the Vintage Hauntsman, a ghostly river trip boat for Halloween themed river trips.
Featuring spooky commentary with the ghostly tales of the Broads by our River Trip skippers and trick or treat activity packs for Children this trip will be one to enjoy for the whole family. Trips last for 1.5 hours and run weekdays during October half term.

Adults & children £14.50 each. Under 5s £1.50

Phone: 01603 782207

Dippy’s Halloween Days at ROARR!

Lenwade, Norwich NR9 5JE

25th October – 3rd November 2024

Ghostly Halloween tales, creepy quests and eerie trials are set to capture the imagination of families as ROARR! launches its spectacular October half-term experience. Alongside the specially curated sessions, ROARR!’s spooktacular attractions will all be fully operational.

 

Eaton Parish Autumn Workshop

St Andrew’s Church, 41 Church Ln, Eaton, Norwich NR4 6NW

Saturday 26th October 2024 9.45-12pm

For children aged 5-11, a free event including fun, games, crafts, bible stories and refreshments.
Book a place by emailing [email protected] by Saturday 12th October

Eaton Park Fungus Day

Eaton Park, 2 S Park Ave, Norwich NR4 7AU

Sunday 27th October 2024 1-4pm

Meet the experts and take a closer look at the marvellous world of fungi. There’ll be microscopes to get a closer look plus hands-on craft activities. Find us in the Friend’s room which is in the rotunda, across from the cafe and near the bandstand. Activities drop in and free, donations please to Friends of Eaton Park.

Elizabethan House Tudor Home Medicine

4 S Quay, Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH

Wednesday 30th October 2024  –  11-3pm

Suitable for : families

Explore the world of Tudor medicine. Meet a Tudor in the house making some home remedies of the age. Check out the herb garden and have a go at making your own Tudor charm to keep illness away.

Price – Included in general admission

Fairground Frights at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach

The Pleasure Beach, S Beach Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 3EH

26th-30th October 2024

5 nights of fear, unlimited rides & unlimited thrills.
Due to the nature of the event we do not recommend anyone under the age of ten to attend Fairground Frights.

Fairyland Trust The Real Halloween

 Bradmoor Woods, Narford Ln, West Acre, King’s Lynn PE32 1FQ

26th & 27th October 2024

Magical family day out in nature with magic wands, real broomsticks and workshops. Performers, music, stories, games, pub, arts and crafts and stalls.

Tickets on Sale 6th September 2024, £12.50 with under 3s Free

Fangtastic Pumpkin Carving Workshop

Beccles Road, Fritton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 9EU

Thursday 31st October 2024

Children can choose a pumpkin and carve designs and enjoy a Halloween cookie and witches’ brew. Arrive in frightful fancy dress and take part in a devilishly cool zombie dance-off with prizes to be won. One hour slots available.

011493488212

Fenchanted Fireworks & Festivities

Station Road, Lakenheath IP27 9AB

Saturday 2nd November 2024 12:00-22:30pm
At Fenchanted 2024 on November 2nd, join us for a full day of family fun at our venue, featuring attractions like donkey rides, corn cannons, a beer tent, a petting zoo, laser tag, and much more. As evening falls, don’t miss the spectacular fireworks display, which promises to outshine last year’s with dazzling colors, synchronized music, and innovative pyrotechnic designs. The grand finale will light up the night sky with a breathtaking cascade of shimmering lights and explosive bursts, ensuring an unforgettable end to a day of excitement and enjoyment. We will kick off the evening with a bang at 6.00pm following a day of family fun.

Football Fun Factory

Hempnall Village Hall, Hempnall, NR15 2NG

28th October 2024 8-4pm

Register your child to take part in a truly unique football experience this school holiday! Your little football star will have the time of their life, experiencing our fun and exciting football inflatable activities. In additional to these inflatable experiences, each day will also include more traditional football activities and plenty of time for matches!

Suitable for 5 to 12

Free Kids Cooking Class

The Willow Centre, 1-13 Willowcroft Way, Cringleford NR4 7JJ

Thursday 31st October 2024 10.30-12.30pm

Join us for a relaxed morning with a lot of fun with your children during half-term, meet other amazing foodies in the area and cook together! Decorating cupcakes, making pizza, crafts and more. Fast cooking with Thermomix, bring your friend and let’s have a tasty and fun time.

07771344152 – call to register

Get Me Out The Four Walls October Half Term

The GMOTFW Hub, Hewett Academy, Norwich NR1 2RL

30th October 2024 10-2pm
Halloween themed sensory (under 1’s) plus halloween colouring club. No booking required.

31st October 2024 10-2pm
Halloween slime party with creative planet, £8 per child, booking required plus Halloween film Club “Hocus Pocus” from 12pm (no booking required)

Hub closed all other days.

Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse

Beetley Meadows, Beetley, Dereham NR20 4DR

FOUND, a pop-up poetry trail
Thursday 12 September 2024 – Sunday 3 November 2024
Every day, 10am to 5pm
Price – Included in general admission
From gingham fabric samples to homemade dolls houses, Valentine’s Day cards to Neolithic seed samples, FOUND creates an eclectic collection of objects, stories, and artistic responses that reflect the different ways we experience, and love, museums. FOUND is a poetry and visual art project responding to objects on display at the Museum of Norwich, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, and Time and Time Museum of Great Yarmouth Life. Since January, writer Daisy Henwood has been working with community groups and the general public to identify people’s favourite objects and bring their stories to life through poetry.
JMCAnderson has created an installation at the Museum of Norwich in response to the poems, created to enhance their visual clues and broaden the dialogue. At Gressenhall, additional poems can be discovered as visitors explore the site.

October Half Term: Spooky Season!
Friday 25 October – Sunday 3 November 2024 – 10am – 4pm (site shuts at 4pm from 27 October onwards)
Price – Included with admission.
Suitable for : Families
Enjoy our Awesome Autumn stamper trail, some cosy craft sessions, woodland fun and nature exploration as the season shifts. Visitors can learn more about Norfolk folklore, spy a scarecrow or two on our trail across the site, and judge the annual Gressenhall pumpkin decorating competition too (29-31 October).
Enjoy a Forest School-style fun special, Tree-rific Tuesday, 1-3pm on Tuesday 29 October, or join Olive the Owl and friends for Storytelling & Gallery Exploration for under 5s at 11am on Wednesday 30 October. Any visitors attending in costume on All Hallow’s Eve will receive a treat – no tricks, we promise! (31 October only)

Victorian Family Christmas Fair
Sunday 15 December 2024 – 10am – 3pm
Price – Individual £10; Museum Passholders & Concessions £9; Under 4s free.
Suitable for : Families
Step back into the Victorian setting of Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse for frivolity and fun but, remember – Father Christmas will definitely pop in to check on everyone’s good behaviour…

Pumpkin Patch at Ha Ha Farm

Ha Ha Farm, Hemblington Road, Strumpshaw, NR13 4AH

12-31st October 2024 10am to 4pm

Terrific transformational face painting, spooky Storytime, undercover carving and crafts, ghostly woodland scavenger hunt, coffee, cakes spooky hot chocolates (and boozy ones!), witches potions and creepy cookie decorating.

More than 20 varieties of pumpkins available, pick your own!

Cash & card accepted

01692 660274

 

Half term events at Norwich Puppet Theatre

Norwich Puppet Theatre, Norwich, NR3 1TN

Grimm Tales
25th-26th October 2024 11-11.50am and 2.30-3.20pm
Critically acclaimed puppetry company Certain Dark Things twist together the very best (and worst) of the Grimm Fairytales with their trademark imaginative puppetry and bewitching storytelling in this magical and macabre production for ages 5+.
£12 Adults / £10 Child / Under 2s Free

The Insect Circus
28th October 2024 11am & 2.30pm
The magical world of The Insect Circus invites the audience to forget reality and become immersed in the strange and beautiful world of insects. Beetles and grasshoppers, wasps and dragonflies, demonstrate their dexterity with great skill and humour.
£12 Adults / £10 Child / Under 2s Free

Stories in the Dust
31st October 2024 11am & 2.30pm
The sun beats down on two travellers, journeying across a mysterious land in a contraption they’ve built themselves. They sing, play games, and tell stories inspired by a collection of precious things they’ve gathered from a time gone by.
£12 Adults / £10 Child / Under 2s Free

The Giant Who Slept for Ten Thousand Years
2nd November 2024 11am & 2.30pm
Join me on a journey through time! Long before humans, in an icy fjord of the northernmost island, the last family of giants roam the land. Travelling inside and through the gorges and hills, they shape the landscape with their every step. Time passes, plants grow and fall – the mountains hide riches deep underneath the soil. People discover the fjord and cut the earth open for its wealth. Can they live together with giants and trolls peacefully?
Tickets to the 11am and 2.30pm shows: Adult £9 and Child £7
Tickets to the 11am performance and workshop: Adults £12 and Child £10

Tel: 01603 629921 to book.

Half-term fun at Waterloo Park

Waterloo Park, Angel Rd, Norwich NR3 3HX

Halloween Ghost Hunt
Tuesday 29th October 2024 8.30-4pm

Help us find the 8 ghosts hiding in Waterloo Park and draw their faces to win a little prize. Activity sheets will be in our cafe for you to collect, along with pencils. Free to take part when you buy a coffee.

A Trip Through Space
Friday 1st November 2024 11-3pm

We have a spectacular treat lined up for half-term.  Together  with the team at the Norwich Science Festival we have been very lucky to be able to put on this free event. Places will be limited so it will be essential to book your slot – pre-book time slots on the day at 11am for shows before lunch or 1pm for afternoon shows in the cafe.

Halloween Activities: Private Pod Package

Woodlakes Park, 9 Downham Rd, Stowbridge, King’s Lynn PE34 3PX

26th October – 2nd November 2024 5-6.30pm

Private pod package for 1 adults and 2 children, including 2 pumpkins, carving kits, marshmallows, 2x toffee apples, 2x cupcakes, cake decoratingm 4x hot chocolates, 2x activity kits and 2x tealights

£50 per group of 4, extra adult £7.50 and extra child £12.50

Spooky Spectacular at Castle Quarter

Castle Meadow, Norwich NR1 3DD

Saturday, 26th October 2024 12-4pm

Get ready for a Halloween experience like no other! This October, Castle Quarter invites you to step into a world of supernatural wonders at our Spooky Spectacular carnival. It’s a family-friendly event packed with eerie excitement, creepy circus performances, and interactive fun for all ages.

Free

Halloween at Somerleyton Hall

Somerleyton Hall, Lovingland, Suffolk NR32 5QQ

Saturday 26th – Thursday 31st October 2024

Awaiting further details

Halloween Crafts at The White Heron

The White Heron Brundall, Station Road,Brundall, Norfolk, Lingwood

Monday October 28th 2024 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Join us for some spooky slime and creepy cat mobile making at The White Heron this October half term. Workshop suitable for children aged 4 and over. Messy clothes recommended.

Ring The White Heron pub to book on.

Halloween Evening at Silver Road Community Centre

Silver Road Community Centre, 36 Silver Rd, Norwich NR3 4TB

Sunday 29th October 2024 6pm

Starting outside Silver Road Community Centre, walking down the Wodehouse and Silver Street and then Arts & Crafts in the centre afterwards. Please let us know if you are attending. Please dress up and bring your lanterns with you.

Julie 07786694325

Halloween Family Fun Skate

Framlingham Earl Sports Hall, Norwich Rd, Poringland, Norwich NR14 7QP

Saturday 26th October 2024 3.15-4.45pm

East Anglian Skating team are running a Halloween family fun skate. We’ve got games, music, fancy dress and refreshments! Would be a fun way to start the school holidays.

£5, no need to pre-book but bring your own skates!

Half-Term at Holt Country Park

Edgefield Hill, Holt NR25 6SP

2024 TBC

Halloween Fun at The Food Museum

Food Museum, Crowe Street IP14 1DL

Thursday 31st October 2024 5.30-7pm

This Halloween, join us at Feast Cafe in the Food Museum for fun spooky tales perfect for under 13s, performed by expert storyteller Roisin Murray. You’ll also get to cosy up and enjoy tasty Autumnal treats, made using local produce. Don’t forget to wear your best Halloween costumes as there’ll be a competition for the best dressed. Ages 5+

Tickets £10, members £9

Halloween Half-Term Activities at The Garage

The Garage, 14 Chapel Field North, Norwich NR2 1NY

31st October 2024

My First Theatre: Halloween Magic 10-11am
Games, play and stories about witches and wizards for ages 2-4

Spooky Stories: A Halloween Theatre Workshop 11-12pm
4-7 year olds will have a magical time at the improvisational workshop. Dressing for the occasion encouraged.

Halloween Market

St Faith’s Centre, Manor Road, NR10 3LF

26th October 2024 10.30-3.30pm

Please join us for a Halloween market, free entry and parking. Over 20 stalls. Food & Drink.

[email protected]

Halloween Party at The Mill Bar

The Mill, Mill Rd, Hempnall, Norwich NR15 2LP

26th October 2024 from 5pm

Halloween disco with fancy dress competitions. Food from the brunch bar on tour and sugar rush hut. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Halloween Potion Trail

Millennium Garden, Norwich Rd, Bawdeswell, Dereham NR20 4RZ

25th-31st October 2024

We have a very busy Halloween half term. Not only are we doing pumpkin carving, we also have a Halloween potion trail. The trail will be running from the 25th to 31st October. Also a free prize to be won (whilst stock lasts).

As a reminder – our Halloween trail is free and pumpkin carving is a small fee of £3.

[email protected] / 01362 688387

Halloween Skate Camp

St Peter Parmentergate Church, King Street, Norwich NR1 1PG

Thursday 31st October & Friday 1st November 2024 8-12pm

Skateboarding and Halloween arts and crafts

[email protected]

Halloween Spooktacular

The Walled Garden, Old Hall Road, Norwich NR13 5FA

Sunday October 27th 2024 3-7pm

Save the date for our annual Halloween Spooktacular!

Free to attend

Halloween Spooktacular at Great Yarmouth Hippodrome

Hippodrome Circus, 43A St George’s Rd, Great Yarmouth NR30 2EU

October 24th – November 3rd 2024

Jack Jay & Johnny Mac return for another Spooktacular adventure for all the family this October half-term.

01493 738877

 

Halloween Spooktakular Party at Superbowl UK Norwich

18 Castle Meadow, Norwich NR1 3DD

25th October 2024 5-8pm

Get ready for a ghoulishly good time this Halloween at Superbowl UK including spooky soft play, a haunting hot box meal, creepy arts & crafts and ghostly Halloween party activities

Tickets £11

Visit website for details

 

Holt Garden Centre Halloween Trail

Monday 21st – Thursday 31st October 2024

Holgate Hill, Kelling, Holt NR25 7ER

Join us at Holt Garden Centre from Monday 21st to Thursday 31st October for an extra spooky Halloween Trail. All participants will receive a goodie bag. Fancy dress optional.

Free event and no booking required.

Inspiring Imaginations Spooky Season

Hillside Avenue Primary & Nursery School, Norwich NR7 0QW

Open ended activities and play set-ups. inside and out. Suitable for babies, toddlers and older siblings up to 9 years old. Free cuppa included and sweet treats for the children, wear your favourite costume for a bat-tastic time! £10 1 adult/1 child, £5 extra child, £3 extra adult.

Bat-tastic Event
Friday 25th October 2024 9.15-10.30 & 11-12.30pm / Saturday 26th October 2024 10-11.30am & 1-2.30pm

Trick or Treat Special
Wednesday 30th October 2024 9.15am / 10.45am & 12.30pm (Connect Special) & Thursday 31st October 2024 9.15am & 10.45am

Fantastic Firework Fun
Sunday 3rd November 2024 10am

07760604440

Little City Norfolk

21st October – 1st November 2024

Little City Halloween Events
All the usual City fun, but with an extra Halloween themed area for potion making, and a sprinkling of spookiness throughout the City. Each session is an hour and 10 minutes
Free gift for every child ticket holder. Visit website for times / locations

21/10/24 9.30 & 11am Queen’s Hills Community Centre, Poethlyn Drive, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5BP
24/10/24 9.30 & 11am Queens Hall, Norwich Road Watton, Thetford, IP25 6DA
25/10/24 9.30 & 11am Hempton Memorial Hall, The Green, Hempton, Fakenham, NR217LG
28/10/24 9.30 & 11am The Venue, Kerridge Way, Holt, NR25 6DN
30/10/24 9.30 & 11am Lingwood Village Hall & Whiskins Bar, Station Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4AZ
01/11/24 9.30 & 11am Rackheath Village Hall, Green Lane West, Rackheath Industrial Estate, Rackheath, Norwich, NR13 6LT

Price from £9 for 1 child

[email protected]

Little Daisies Halloween Party

Great Witchingham Village Hall, Hubbards Loke, Norwich, NR9 5AZ

Friday, 25th October 2024   10:30am – 11:30am

A free-play sensory class with soft play, messy play, crafts, toys, tents, books, baby area, refreshments and more…Suitable from birth to five years. This is up to parents discretion as every child is different.

£7.50 per child

Little Mess Norwich Half-Term Specials

Fangtastic Mess Halloween Special

Spooner Row, Suton & Wattlefield Village Hall, Spooner Row, Wymondham NR18 9JR

26th October 10:45am – 11:45am & 2nd November 10:45am – 11:45am 2024

Fun messy play events for ages 6 months to 5 years. Trays will be filled with a variety of wet and dry mess, with lots for your children to touch, squelch and splat.

£9.50 Per Ticket / £4.75 Sibling Ticket

[email protected]

Lynn Museum: Dog Crafts Family Event

Market St, King’s Lynn PE30 1NL

Thursday 31 October 2024 – 10am-12.30pm & 1.30-4pm
Price – Free admission.
Suitable for : Families
Learn about our canine companions, make fun dog-themed crafts, and explore our newest exhibition: Woof: A Celebration of Dogs.

Magical Family Yoga

Saturday 2nd November 2024 10-11am

Waterloo Park, Angel Rd, Norwich NR3 3HX

We will pretend to make magic potions and meet magical creatures in this session for all ages. Use the imagination, move your body, child centred mindfulness and relaxation. These are always fun and welcoming sessions, join us in as much or as little as you want to. £11 for 2 participants, £4 for extra siblings.

Medieval Adventure at Norwich Castle

Castle St, Norwich NR1 3JU

Saturday 26th October 2024 – Saturday 2 November 2024  (staff-delivered activities.)
Sunday 27th October 2024  (self-led activities.)
Tuesday 29th October 2024 – Thursday 31 October 2024 10 am-12pm: Join the Knight Club to learn and practise some basic medieval fighting techniques and moves!

Suitable for : Families
Join us at Norwich Castle during October half-term for a celebration of all things medieval. Follow our trail, explore medieval weapons and armour, and help prepare a feast fit for a king. Unleash your creativity decorating your very own castle Keep and have a go at printing an illuminated manuscript letter.

Price – Included in general admission

Monster Club Show Halloween Circus

Norfolk Showground, Dereham Rd, New Costessey, Norwich NR5 0TT

Monday 28th – Thursday 31st October 2024 11am, 2.30pm and 6pm

Grab your little monsters and visit ‘The Monster Club’ HALLOWEEN CIRCUS this October for the ULTIMATE Family Night Out! 

General Admission – Monsters of All Ages! (Under 2’s Go Free) £15.00 + £1.00 booking fee

Museum of Norwich Half Term

Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell, Bridewell Alley, Norwich, NR2 1AQ

Wretched Rhymes
Tuesday 29 October – 10.30am – 12.30pm, 1.30 – 3.30pm
Price – Included in general admission
Suitable for : Families
Drop in and dream up some spooky stanzas in this relaxed poetry activity. Included in museum admission.

Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Tuesday 29 October – Saturday 2 November – 10am – 4.30pm
Price – Included in general admission
Suitable for : Families
BOO! This October half term join us for a spooky scavenger hunt around the museum and win a sticker. Embrace spooky season and get creative by making your very own lucky black cat. All activities are included in museum admission.

National Centre for Writing at Dragon Hall

115-123 King St, Norwich NR1 1QE
2024 Half Term Events

Write a Ghost Story with Adam Z. Robinson (11–13 years)
Monday 28 October 2024 1pm – 3pm
£2.50 – £7.50 (pay what you wish)
Join writer Adam Z. Robinson as he teaches you how to create your own hair-raising tales. Dive into a series of creative exercises to help unleash your inner writer, looking at topics such as haunted objects, story skeletons and how to make a tale good and scary.

Tyger: Meet Children’s Writer S.F. Said (8-13 years)
Tuesday 29 October 2024 2pm – 2.45pm
£2.50 – £7.50 (pay what you wish)
S.F. will talk about what he liked to read as a child, his dreams of being an author, and how he creates his stories. He will also read from one of his bestselling stories and there will be an opportunity for you to ask him questions.

How to Write a Story with S.F. Said (9-11 years)
Tuesday 29 October 2024 3.15pm – 4.15pm
£2.50 – £7.50 (pay what you wish)
Embark on a storytelling journey with S.F. Said, the award-winning author of Tyger, Varjak Paw and Phoenix. From coming up with ideas, to putting pen to paper, then adding the finishing touches, S.F. will share his advice on how to create stories that you would love to read.

Family Activity Days
Monday 28th October 2024 10-3pm
FREE
Join us for dragon hunting, crafting, reading and nature trails

Nippers of Norfolk Halloween Event

Drove Orchards, Thornham Rd, Thornham Norfolk PE36 6LS

Saturday 26th – 31st October 2024 10-3pm

Nippers of Norfolk and Blossom & Co: please join us for our Halloween event including arts, crafts, trails & treats, fancy dress encouraged.

Norfolk Snowsports Club Half-Term

Whitlingham Lane, Trowse, Norwich NR14 8TW

2024

Tubing: We run sessions Wednesday – Sunday during the holidays from 09:45 – 18:30. £17 per person, ages 6+

Taster Day Camp: These fully-supervised camps give the kids a taste of Skiing, Snowboarding and Tubing with lunch included! For ages 8-14 / £65 per person

Learn to ski: Learn the basics with our 3-day Holiday Beginner Course! Our friendly instructor will introduce you to your skis then have you sliding down the slope in no time! For ages 8+ / £92 per person

01603 662781

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery Medieval Festival

Norwich Castle Green & Norwich Cathedral Upper Green

Saturday 2nd November 2024 10-3pm

This half-term embark on a journey into the medieval world with live music, costumed characters and even mock pardons, this is a day you won’t want to miss. Try on armour, practice sword fighting and learn the art of longbow making. Craft your own medieval treasures plus follow Snap the Dragon’s Medieval Mouse Trail between the two venues.

Free

Norwich Cathedral October Half Term

Norwich NR1 4DH

28th October – 1st November 2024 10-3pm

Activities every day for just £3.50 per child. Join us for mosaic-making, arch building, painting and more as part of a special project to create a Children’s Cathedral in October half-term. Build It Up! will explore how Norwich Cathedral was built more than 900 years ago and will give children the chance to enjoy a range of crafts and hands-on activities.

Monday – Ceiling Paintings
Tuesday – Roof Bosses
Wednesday – Windows
Thursday – Carvings, Arches & Pillars
Friday – Floor Mosaics

Norwich Central Baptist Church Light Party

St Mary’s Plain NR3 3AF

Thursday 31st October 2024 5-6.30pm

An alternative to Halloween for Children in school years 1-6. £3 per child, including fun, food, games and sweets! Wear bright coloured clothes.

Norwich Ghost Walks

Walks begin outside the Adam and Eve pub, 17 Bishopgate, NR3 1RZ

25th October to 2nd November 2024

Love HALLOWEEN? So do we! Join Norwich Ghost Walks and their Guild of Shadows for an evening of spine-chilling entertainment, featuring storytelling of some of the regions most HAUNTED stories. Our troop of Spooky Performers will bring stories from beyond the grave… to Life! The event takes place in the Cow Tower park. Audience will be guided on a walk through the park pathways along the river to Cow Tower and beyond, with storypoints along the way.

Tickets £15 & concession £13, book via website.

 

Norwich Spooky Story Walk

City Hall Steps, St Peters Street, Norwich, NR2 1NH

25th October – 3rd November 2024

Step into the shadows of Norwich’s ancient streets on a bone-chilling Spooky Story Walk, where the boundary between the living and the dead blurs. Guided by the atmospheric glow of streetlights and a master storyteller, you’ll wind through the city’s darkest corners, from haunted alleyways to forgotten courtyards, uncovering stories of restless spirits, chilling apparitions, and eerie events that have left their mark on Norwich’s past.

All ages welcome at parental discretion. £10 per person, book via website.

NWT: Creating a scene with Sally Holman

Cley Marshes visitor centre, Coast Road Cley next the Sea , NR25 7SA

Wednesday 30 October 2024 10:30am – 1:30pm

Come along to our textile workshop and learn how to create your own little scene using a variety of hand stitched techniques.

Book via website.

October at Bewilderwood

BeWILDerwood, Horning Road, Hoveton, NR12 8JW

5th October – 3rd November 2024 10-5pm

This October, experience the magic at BeWILDerwood Norfolk! Step into a world of wonder as you create your own spell while exploring the NEW Witch’s Hat, a mystical addition to the park. Navigate the reimagined Tricky Tunnels, full of twists and surprises, and challenge yourself to scale The Cloud Wall.

01692633033

 

Old Buckenham Country Park Free Halloween Trail

Doe Ln, Old Buckenham, Attleborough NR17 1PP

26th October – 3rd November 2024

Collect your trail sheet from the cafe. Get ready for a spook-tacular Halloween trail. You’ll need to search high and low for hidden spooky posters and follow the trail around the park. Find the mystery word and collect your free prize from the cafe.

Walk is around 20 minutes and is suitable for ages 5+ (younger ages welcome!)

Pathmakers Walking Festival

Seaside Adventure into the Past
29th October 2024 10-11am
Carlton Hotel Marine Parade, Kimberley Terrace, Great Yarmouth NR30 3JE
Listen to the Guide and using the app, have fun whilst learning about some of Great Yarmouth’s fascinating past. A fun and family friendly wander around points of interest on Great Yarmouth seafront.
Recommended age 8+. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
£4.50 +£1 booking fee

Roman Relics: the life of a Roman Soldier
30th October 2024 11-1pm
Burgh Castle Fort, Burgh Castle, Norfolk NR31 9QB
Burgh Castle Fort- One of the best preserved Roman monuments in East Anglia, and one of the most impressive Roman buildings to survive anywhere in Britain. During the 3rd and 4th centuries AD it was one of a chain of ‘Forts of the Saxon Shore’, built to defend the coast of south-east England. Our volunteer tour guides will tell the story of the site and share the experience of a Roman Soldier.
FREE

Paston Footprints Woolly Walk: North Walsham
31st October 2024 11.30-12.30pm
Market Place, North Walsham, NR28 9BT
This short, circular walk will reveal how North Walsham is at the heart of Norfolk’s woolly history. You will venture around the market town and decode secrets about the land and relationship with the wool trade.
£5 +£1 booking fee adults, £2 children

Visit website to book tickets

Pensthorpe Pumpkin Festival

Pensthorpe Rd, Fakenham NR21 0LN

25th October – 3rd November 2024

1000s of pumpkins to choose from in their brand new patch, photo opportunities, crafts, flamingo talks, trail, den building, indoor and outdoor play

Book via website

Pettitts Pumpkin Pickin’

Pettitts Animal Adventure Park, Church Rd, NR13 3UA Reedham

25th October – 3rd November 2024

Our Pumpkin Pickin’ event is BACK for 2024!  Enjoy FREE Halloween Pumpkin Pickin’  at Norfolk’s Premier Family Park. All paying children can pick a pumpkin from our Pumpkin Patch, take it to our carving area using our little wheelbarrows, and our carving team will help create and carve your spooky pumpkin!

Pleasurewood Chills

Leisure Way, Corton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 5DZ

26th October – 3rd November 2024

Prepare for fangtastic fun this October half term as the East Coast’s award-winning theme park becomes the fiendish scream park for all the ghouls and goblins. In addition to all your favourite rides, shows and attractions, there is Halloween themed entertainment to enjoy to spooktacular festivities.

Contact 01502 586000 for more information

Pumpkin Carving at Bawdeswell Garden Centre

Norwich Rd, Bawdeswell, Dereham NR20 4RZ

30th & 31st October 2024, 11-12pm & 2-3pm

Supervised sessions includes pumpkins and supplies. £3 per person, 25% voucher per family for food & drinks in the restaurant. Limited spaces, book ahead.

Raver Tots Family Friendly Halloween Dance Party

St Mary’s Works, St Marys Plain, Norwich NR3 3AF

Sunday 27th October 2024 2-4pm

Raver Tots is coming to Norwich for its annual Halloween Dance Party. The party promises to be filled with top DJs playing the best in dance music, lasers, confetti canons, stilt walkers and acrobats along with a host of activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Tickets starting from £12 (child) and £14 (adult)

Splat Messy Play: Splat-Tacular Halloween

Thorpe End Village Hall, Plumstead Road, Thorpe End, Norwich, NR13 5BU
Monday, 28 October 2024 1pm – 2pm

Tuesday, 29 October 2024 10am – 11am
Hinks Meadow, Kingswood Avenue, Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6GJ

Friday, 1 November 2024 10am – 11am
St Cuthbert’s Church, Wroxham Road, Norwich, NR7 8TZ

At Splat Messy Play, children learn and develop through unstructured exploratory play. Your child will create, discover, and explore at their own pace.

£8.50 one adult and one child

Spooks and Slime at Wells Maltings

Wells Maltings, 57 Staithe Street, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23

Tuesday October 29th 2024 at 11:30 am to 01:30 pm
Join us for lots of spooky creative fun! We will be making more super Halloween slime as well as creating a creepy cat mobile and scary skeleton picture.
Crafts suitable for children aged 4 and above. Messy clothes recommended.

These workshops are usually a sell out, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Spooky Special at Bressingham

Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Low Road, Bressingham, IP22 2AA

Thursday 24th October 2024 – Thursday 31st October 2024

Join us for a frightfully fun evening at Bressingham Steam Museum this Halloween! After dark, the museum transforms into a spooky wonderland, filled with chilling decorations. Embark on a thrilling Halloween train ride and witness the spooky sights along the track. Once you return, warm up with delicious treats from our cafe and sweet shop, roast marshmallows by the campfire, or take a spin on our ghoulish gallopers.

Squidge & Me Baby Play Halloween Special

Reepham Stimpson’s Piece Pavilion & Recreation Ground, 3 Bartle Court, Reepham, Norwich, NR10 4LL

Halloween Special Baby Play – Younger Babies
Monday, 28 October ’24 10am – 11:30am

Halloween Special Baby Play – Older Babies
Monday, 28 October ’24 12:30pm – 2pm

This event is £15.00 (one adult and one child)

Start Studio Children’s Halloween Half-Term Art Workshops & Art Cafe

Start Studio 16 Market Place NR18 0AX

Pottery & Art Cafe
30th October 2024 10-3pm
Book a table at our Pottery and Art Cafe, themed hot chocolates and spooky pottery and crafts.

Slime in the Dark Party 7+
30th October 2024 12.30-1.45pm & 2.15-3.30pm
A glow and make in the dark slime potion party for 7+, dress up option (drop off session)

Pumpkin Frenzy Art Camp 5+
31st October 2024 10-3pm
A fun day of painting, craving and crafting pumpkins to take home (drop off session).

Beetlejuice V Wednesday 10+
1st November 2024 10.30-12.30pm
Learn to draw and paint your favourite characters (drop of session).

07985405703

 

Strangers’ Hall Sounds Fun

4 Charing Cross, Norwich NR2 4AL

Sounds Fun
Wednesday 30th October 2024 – 10.30am – 3.30pm / Sunday 3rd November 2024 – 1.00pm-4.30pm

Suitable for : Families
Listen hard and you can bring the past to the present! Some sounds never change! Play a few of the games that people would have played in Strangers’ Hall over the years and hear if you can recreate the sounds of the centuries.

Price – Included in general admission

Swardeston Annual Halloween Party

Swardeston Village Hall NR14 8Dl

Saturday 26th October 2024 4-9pm

Food, bar and disco – spooky pumpkin trail, best fancy dress and best pumpkin competition. Kids activities and face painting. All proceeds go towards the village hall refurbishment with thanks.

Free entry, donations welcome

SYEP Family Fun Day

The Annexe, St Cuthberts Church, Norwich NR7 8TZ

30th October 2024 11-4pm

Join us for a day packed with fun for the whole family including crafts, face painting, circus workshop, archery & axe throwing, sports, wild animals and Dr. Bike Session. Most activities are FREE but we will be fundraising for SYEP throughout the day.

Tacolneston Painted Pumpkin Trail

Tacolneston C of E Primary School, Norwich Rd, Tacolneston, Norwich NR16 1AL

26th October – 3rd November 2024

Back for the 5th Year! Come and join Friends of Tacolneston School (FOTS) for some Half Term fun hunting for over 30 Painted Pumpkins in and around Tacolneston Village! Find and record each one on our Trail Sheet Map which will be available to collect from the Trail Box located at 108 Norwich Road. (School end of the village, at the red telephone box)

We are raising funds for Tacolneston Primary School so are asking of a minimum donation of £3 per family

Taverham Mill Halloween Trail

Costessey Rd, Taverham, Norwich NR8 6TA

Saturday 26th October – Sunday 3rd November 2024 10-3pm

Calling all spooky explorers! Join our seasonal nature trail.

£3 per child & £5 per adult, no need to book

The Little Plumstead Scarecrow Trail

Old Hall Road, Norwich NR13 5FA

Saturday 26th October – Saturday 2nd November 2024

Maps £1 (cash only), available from The Walled Garden. Remember to return your completed map to receive a sweet treat and vote for your favourite scarecrow by 4pm Saturday 2nd November.

The Playroom Pumpkin Painting Party

11 Riverside Walk, Thetford IP24 2BB

Saturday 26th October 2024 10-12pm or 1-3pm

Two hour play session Pumpkin Painting with help from our team. Potion Making and free cupcake per child.

£15 for child and adult ticket

The Pumpkin House Halloween & Pumpkin Picking

Fakenham Rd, Fakenham NR21 0BD

We are open every weekend in October and Thursday 24th – 31st October 2024 every day. 10am – 4pm. (Fancy Dress Competition at 11am on Thursday 31st)

The Pumpkin House is decorated with over 1,000 pumpkins and handmade out of wood. It really is a house made of pumpkins!! Completely unique you select your perfect pumpkin direct from its wooden shelves – It is pumpkin picking with a twist!

Free Parking/ Free Entry/ No Booking required/ Dogs on a lead

Beccles Public Hall and Theatre

Smallgate, Beccles NR34 9AD

Pumpkin Carving Competition
Mon 28th October 2024
Beccles Public Hall is hosting a Spooky Halloween Pumpkin Carving Competition.
Bring your pumpkin to Beccles Public Hall and carve it there, or carve it at home and bring it along for judgement. Please bring your pumpkin to the Hall between 1pm-4pm

Foolhardy Circus
Tue 29th October 2024
The much loved, and infamous foolhardy circus clowns return to Beccles Public Hall…Madcap comedy antics, acrobatics ,magic and two rather inept fools struggling  to make sense of it all….This is serious laughter be you 2 or 102.
Tickets: Adults £9, Under 18s £7

Time & Tide Museum

Blackfriars’ Rd, Great Yarmouth NR30 3BX

Collage Zine Making

Tuesday 29th October – 12-3pm

Join artist Sara Moreira for a creative writing and collage craft session where you'll get to make your own
collaged zine (mini magazine).

Price – Included in general admission / Suitable for : Families

Haunted Herring Day
31st October 2024 – 11am-3pm

It’s Halloween and our annual herring day is getting a spooky update. Meet the fishergirl and her spooky
stories and then create your own scary sea creature.

Price – Included in general admission / Suitable for : Families

Tolhouse Gaol Witchfinder: John Stearn

12 Tolhouse St, Great Yarmouth NR30 2SQ

Wednesday 30 October 2024 11am-3pm

Explore the history of witches in Great Yarmouth and meet John Stearne, an associate of Matthew Hopkins the self-appointed Witchfinder General.

Price – Included in general admission / Suitable for : Families

Tolhouse Gaol Witchfinder: John Stearne

12 Tolhouse St, Great Yarmouth NR30 2SQ

Wednesday 30th October 2024 – 11-3pm
Price – Included in general admission
Suitable for : families
Explore the history of witches in Great Yarmouth and meet John Stearne, an associate of Matthew Hopkins the self-appointed Witchfinder General.

Tots Town Pumpkins & Sweeties Hunt

Tots Town, 4 Station Court, Hethersett, Norwich NR9 3FZ

Until 3rd November 2024 9-4.30pm

Find as many wooden treats and redeem real ones.

01603928080

UEA Sportspark October Holiday Club

Sportspark University of East, Norwich NR4 7TJ

28th October – 1st November 2024

Kids can partake in all of our usual activities including creative crafts, Just Dance, football, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, circus games, cycling, squash plus a range of Halloween inspired activities.

Prices £33 for members per day / £40 for non members per day. Purchase a full week’s package and receive a goodie bag

Wacky Wednesdays at Hall Farm

World Horse Welfare, Hall Farm, Snetterton, NR16 2LP

Every Wednesday in the holidays. Meet the ponies, pony grooming, craft activities, stamp trail, ‘pony Express’ tractor and trailer rides. £3 per person, under 5s free.

Tel: 01953 499100

Whitlingham Country Park Halloween Family Fun

Whitlingham Ln, Norwich NR14 8TR

30th October 2024

Find us in the stretch tent on the picnic meadow next to the flint barn cafe for stamp trail, crafts and pumpkin hunt.

Halloween at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

Low Road, Strumpshaw, Norwich NR13 4HS

Strumpshaw’s Spooktacular Halloween party
31 October 2024 10:30-2.30pm
Join us for our big wild Halloween party at Strumpshaw Fen and celebrate the magic of nature and autumn. Have a go at pond dipping and minibeast hunting. Poke amongst the bones and body bits found in owl pellets. Create some natural Halloween decorations and toast a tasty treat over our fire.
Suitable for families with children between 5-12 years. Fancy dress encouraged.
£5.00 – £11.00

Creatures of the night – Halloween at Strumpshaw Fen
25 October 2024 5:30-9pm
As night-time falls, venture out on a spooky family walk and get involved with some spinetingling nature-themed activities. Make your own recycled jar lantern to guide you on your way. With the help of our volunteers, learn how to use a bat detector and hear the eerie calls of bats flying around. See what moths have visited our moth station.
Suitable for families with children between 5-12 years, older children welcome.
£6.00 – £13.00

Halloween Half-Term Trail at Strumpshaw Fen
26th October – 3rd November 2024 10-4pm
Get ready for a fang-tastic family adventure this Halloween half-term at Strumpshaw Fen. Our eerie trail is packed with fun-filled activities, perfect for all ages. Pick up your free trail sheet at reception. Entry fees apply, adults £4.50, Children £2.50. Under 5s and 1st Child go FREE. Members FREE.

01603 715191

Wroxham Barns “Get Me Out Of Here” Event

Wroxham Barns, Tunstead Rd, Hoveton, Norwich NR12 8QU

Join us during October half-term 2024 for our BRAND NEW creepy event “Get Me Out Of Here”. Explore our creepy maize maze. Can you complete the challenge? Do you dare hold some creepy crawlies? Unlimited rides on our Fun Park

Don’t forget we also have a rainy day GUARANTEE so if it rains for 1 hour consecutively on your visit, you can come again for FREE within 6 weeks of your first visit

ONLY £9.95 PER CHILD I £8.95 PER ADULT I UNDER 2’S FREE

Wymondham Halloween Events

Wymondham Halloween Scarycrow Trail

25th October – 3rd November 2024

Discover hidden Scarycrows around Wymondham, follow the trail map to find them all. Join us if you dare!

Wymondham Trick or Treat Trail

26th October 2024

Things are looking spooky in Wymondham with the return of the popular Halloween trail in the town centre! Treats given out to children dressed up in Halloween costumes at dozens of high street businesses. The trail map will be published a few days before on the Visit Wymondham Facebook and Instagram.

A Green Halloween

31st October 2024 4.30-6.30pm

Join us for another nature-themed Halloween event for all ages in the Wymondham Abbey church and churchyard. Starts at 4.30pm with a blessing of the churchyard, with craft activities in the church, bat moth and bug hunting with WyNG, homemade pumpkin soup. Come in old clothes and bring a torch, waterproofs and wellies. Free event, donations welcome, no need to book.

Wymondham Abbey Green Halloween Event

31st October 2024 4.30-6.30pm

There will be bat and minibeasts hunting led by Wymondham Nature Group and the Norfolk Wildlife Trust members. Dusk is at 5pm so bring your torches and suitable footwear! Enjoy home-made pumpkin soup in the abbey café and lots of craft activities inside the abbey until 6pm.

Everyone is welcome (no unaccompanied minors), donations appreciated (cash or contactless).

01953) 605672

October Half-Term at YALM

YALM, 22-24 The Royal Arcade, Norwich NR2 1NQ

Kids Craft Workshop with Creative Planet
Wednesday, 30 October 2024 11:00-12:30
Hands-on activity designed for kids of all ages! All materials provided – just bring your imagination!
£8.50 p/child (under 7s must be accompanied)

Family Pumpkin Crafts with GroWild
Thursday, 31 October 2024 10:00 12:00
Get spooky this October Half Term at our Family Pumpkin Craft workshop with GroWild.

Spooky Slime Making
Wednesday 30th October 2024 at 12pm to 1:30 pm
Join us for a spooky slime making session! At our workshop you will make a pot of scary slime, then customise it by choosing from a range of Halloween paint colours and glitters. Then let the games begin! Who can blow the biggest bubble? Stretch the longest rope? At the end of the workshop, you can take home your pot of slime for more slimy fun at home. Workshop suitable for children aged 4 and above. Messy clothes recommended. An adult must remain with children aged under 7 at all times.

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