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Once Upon A Scream at Stowe House
Dig out your best Halloween costumes and enjoy an evening of frightfully good fun at Once Upon A Scream taking place at Stowe House.
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Spook-tacular Scultpures: Make Your Own Gargoyle!
Join Spook-tacular Scultpures and be inspired by the grotesque guardians of Oxford’s buildings and make your own clay monster to take home.
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Stars at Stowe Stargazing
Experience an unforgettable night of stargazing at Stowe with UK Astronomy and enjoy a captivating talk on the mysteries of our solar system.
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The Boo Clue! Halloween Trail at Stowe House
Step into the shadowy rooms of Stowe House for The Boo Clue! Trail. Children will follow a path of spooky riddles and playful puzzles.
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Half Term Drama for 8 to 11 years old
This 4-day workshop will spark creativity as you develop a story and characters, as well as grow your drama and performance skills.
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Exploring Sound with Science Oxford
This engaging session helps children uncover how sound is made, heard, and used in everyday life. By identifying familiar and unusual noises, they’ll build an understanding of the many sounds that shape the world around them.
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Haunted City: Ghost Stories at the Museum
Step into Oxford’s chilling past at this hair-raising, spine-tingling evening of spooky storytelling at ‘Ghost Stories at the Museum’.
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Ducklington Fireworks Spectacular 2025
You are invited to the Ducklington Funfair & Fireworks for some fun at the fairground and an enormous fireworks display by local award-winning fireworks display company Illusion Fireworks Ltd.
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Didcot Railway Centre Steam Days
Travel back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway as you explore this 21-acre living museum with trains dating from Victorian times to the 1960s.
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Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa Fireworks Spectacular
Get ready for a fantastic family night out at Bicester Hotel Golf and Spa’s Fireworks Spectacular on Sunday, 02 November 2025.
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Wallingford Fireworks
Join Wallingford Fireworks for the annual bonfire night celebrations at the Kinecroft, with a huge bonfire and enormous firework display.
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Firework Night
Celebrate Firework Night at Minster Mill with delicious hot food and a cosy atmosphere, promising to be an unforgettable experience.
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Spooky Afternoon Tea at Waddesdon Manor
Treat the kids to a Spooky Afternoon Tea in the Manor Restaurant this October half-term. Enjoy a ghost meringue, a mummified gingerbread and spooky jelly worms, eyeballs and brains!
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Ghost Fest: Potion Making
This October half term, join the resident Warlock at Oxford Castle & Prison in the Castle crypt for a fantastic potions experience.
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Ghost Fest: Spooky Tours
Spooky Tours at Oxford Castle & Prison’s annual spooktacular Ghost Fest is back! Do you dare visit for one of their evening Spooky Tours?
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IF Oxford Science + Ideas Festival 2025
IF Oxford brings together hundreds of researchers with thousands of people in a festival every year – with science, ideas and creative activities for everyone to explore.