Halloween events
Pumpkin Picking at Hadsham Farm
Put on your boots and head to the new pop-up pumpkin picking event for 2021 at Hadsham Farm in the Oxfordshire countryside near Banbury. Collect a sledge and head to the pumpkin patch, where you can choose your perfect pumpkin.
Pumpkin Picking at Rectory Farm
Rectory Farm’s Pumpkin Patch will open to the public in October, with several pumpkin varieties for you to pick, from traditional orange Racers to tasty Crown Prince Squash and ornamental gourds for table and window displays.
Pick your own Pumpkins at Millets Farm
Millets Farm has been nurturing a large number of pumpkins in their fields this year, and now’s the perfect time for picking a pleasingly plump one!
Waterperry Spooky Scarecrow Trail
This half term, join Waterperry Gardens for the for the Waterperry Spooky Scarecrow Trail. Find the 10 spooky scarecrows hidden around the gardens and collect a prize!
Halloween Children’s Afternoon Tea at Blenheim Palace
A spooktacular Children’s Afternoon Tea, available to book alongside your tickets. Ghost gingerbread biscuit, Twit-twoo owl cupcake, Milk chocolate waffle witch hat and Spooks eyeball jelly, with drinks, including Dracula punch.
Halloween Afternoon Tea at Blenheim Palace
A spooktacular Afternoon Tea perfect for adults, available to book alongside your tickets. With savoury snacks, scones and cakes and a selection of Jing loose teas and cocktails to enjoy.
Scarily Ever After: Halloween Fun at Fairytale Farm
This Halloween, become a ‘Fairytale Supernatural Sleuth’ and solve a creepy mystery. Find clues along the Enchanted Walk and receive your trick or treat reward from the Enchanted Lair! Enjoy Halloween fun with pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, Halloween characters, crafts and much more.
Twilight Cryptid Safari trail at Waddesdon Manor
As darkness falls over Waddesdon, venture on a safari into the woods and discover beasts rarely seen in this world. From the smallest imps to the mighty dragon, trolls climbing trees and fae folk flying up high, it’s time to get your map out and explorer’s hat on to spot them all.
Abingdon Family Spooktacular 2021
Enjoy an enormous fairground, choreographed flame display, light show, hot air balloons, and a jaw-dropping, quarter-mile-wide ‘low noise’ fireworks display.
Pumpkin Hunt 2020 at Bunkers Hill Plant Nursery
The much-loved Pumpkin Hunt returns to Bunkers Hill Plant Nursery in 2020 in support of mental health charities Mind and Restore.
Fairytale Farm Family-friendly Halloween Event 2020
This Halloween, become a ‘Fairytale Supernatural Sleuth’ and help us solve a famous haunting fairytale mystery, ‘The Curse of Sleeping Beauty’.
The Cryptid Safari Halloween trail at Waddesdon Manor
Head down Miss Alice’s Drive and encounter magical beasts from myths and fairy tales along the way in this fantastical safari experience. Can you spot all of the creatures that live in the woods?