Visit Bury Lane pick your own pumpkin patch, located in Melbourn on the Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire border where you can choose from a wide variety of pumpkins and gourds for your Halloween fun.

Our patch is growing well and will be open from Saturday 27th September 2025 until Friday 31st October 2025.

As entry is via the Farm Shop and our Halloween Shop we can only allow Assistance Dogs and remember to wear suitable shoes and clothing as the pumpkins are in the field where they have been grown!

The LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort will be transformed into a bewitching party venue filled with pumpkins, dance parties and friendly ghouls for this years spell-binding Brick or Treat celebrations. With all new themed shows, exclusive LEGO® character meet and greets and build activities - this is a party so spooktacular you'll think you're under a spell!

Boo-tiful News... Our Pumpkin Patch is Back! It's bigger, spookier, and more magical than ever! Wander through our pumpkin wonderland and discover pumpkins of every shape and size, perfect for picking, posing, and snapping your fang-tastic photos (don't forget to tag us so we can see your gourd-geous smiles!).

Your ticket includes:

Tickets to the patch include day entry to Standalone Farm from 10am-5pm on the day of your pumpkin patch slot -come meet our friendly alpacas, pigs, rabbits, horses, and all the other farmyard friends.
Halloween Hay Maze - dare you take a twisty, turny trip through our straw-filled labyrinth?

Free games & a Halloween trail with prizes to be won!

A daily hunt for the... Read more

Dozens of different types of pumpkins and squashes all grown on site! Lots of amazing photo opportunities set inside the idyllic lavender fields.

Street food and hot drinks on site (Loaded Fries, hot dogs, soup, hot chocolate, sweet treats and much more!)

Dogs on leads are welcome!

Between the 20th October and the 2nd November (excluding the 29th as that's our Halloween party!) we will be having our Halloween Boo at the Zoo event at Cedars Nature Centre. ?

Grab a pumpkin trail quiz sheet on entry and head around the zoo to spot our carved pumpkins!
Once complete bring it back and collect your sweet treat! ?

£2.40 per person
Under 2's free.
No need to prebook for Boo at the Zoo!

? PLUS all of our daily Animal Talks every 45 minutes including a chance for you to feed our meerkats (through the viewing window) feed the fish, meet a skunk, rat and mystery animal and so much more! ?

Experience the ultimate Halloween adventure at our Cammas Hall Pumpkin Patch!

Ticket Includes:

🎃 Entrance to our expansive Pumpkin Patch: Featuring over 50 varieties of pumpkins and squash. Pick your favourite and purchase by weight.

🌋 The world's only erupting Pumpcano (as far as we know 😊): A sight you won't want to miss! Our mammoth pumpkin mosaic will also make a return in 2025.

🧙‍♂️ Meet Our enchanting Halloween characters: Who will you encounter on your journey around the patch?

👻 Explore the Wicked Walkway: Filled with haunting props and surprises for all ages.

😈 Dare to Enter the Terror Tunnel: For the bravest visitors - you have been warned!... Read more

Pick Your Own Pumpkin
Hatters Farm is a top-rated pumpkin patch in Essex, easily accessible from Hertfordshire and London, and perfect for families looking for an unforgettable pumpkin picking experience.

Grab a wheelbarrow and venture through our picturesque pumpkin farm with over 100,000 home grown pumpkins and squash to choose from!

This year we have grown over 75 different varieties of pumpkin and squash at the Pumpkin Patch, so whether you like knobbly ones, white ones, yellow ones, giant ones or absolutely tiny ones, we have got them all.

Keep an eye out for our roaming street actors who are bound to come and say hello!

The Centre of Hocus Pocus - October 25th - November 2nd

Hocus, Pocus, Boil and Bubble, join us for some spooky fun down on the farm this Halloween, it's going to be spooktacular!
Step into the centre of Hocus Pocus; enjoy bird of prey flying displays, creepy critter encounters, tractor rides, have a go at flying an owl, pat a pet, meet and handle an owl and much more for the whole family to enjoy!
10.30 - Meet and handle an owl
11.00 - Pat a pet with the rabbits and guinea pigs
11.30 - Flying display, see different species of birds in flight
12.15 - Tractor rides (weather dependent)
12.30 - Have a go at flying an owl
1.30 - Creepy critter encounter
2.30 - Flying display, see different species of birds in flight (this display... Read more

Get lost in our spooky woodland corn maze and discover pumpkins of every size, from giant showstoppers to small squashes! Fun, fresh air, and festive finds for the whole family. 🌽🍂
🚜Tractor rides
🛝 Shaded Woodland Playground
🐥 Chick cuddles
🗿 Sculpture trail
🛺 Pedal tractor track
🧺 Snack Shack
🏎️ 6 lane hot wheels track
🐍 Exotic Encounters
🌽 Corn Maze
🐐 Animal feeding (£1 per bag)
🎃 Pumpkin Picking (sold separately)
💎 Bracelet making (sold separately)
📅 Dates:
11th & 12th October
18th & 19th October
25th October - 2nd November
⏰ Open 10am - 3pm daily
🍁£8 per person... Read more

Your family adventure at Whipsnade Zoo this Halloween

Get ready, little monsters and brave families - Boo at the Zoo returns to Whipsnade Zoo this October half term! Discover a fantastic family adventure filled with spooky fun, animal secrets, and Halloween surprises, all while helping protect wildlife and endangered species.

Boo at the Zoo Halloween highlights:
-Halloween Costume Contests: Show off your spookiest style! With three contests running each day, winners will receive a small prize. Perfect for all ages-so don't forget your costume! 3 contests running throughout the day at 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2pm
-Spooky Science Shows: Join the Science Boffins for six spine-tingling science shows daily. Free, family-friendly, and interactive-no booking needed!... Read more

Join us this October for a spooky fun time of Halloween fun, games and activities on the farm.

Our Spooky Halloween Farm Fun is aimed at primary school aged children. It is open from 10am to 4pm (last entry is at 2:30pm) 4th & 5th, 11th- 12th, 18th - 31st October. Pre-booking is advisable.

Explore our ghostly farm Halloween trail as you enter our farm park. It will be full of fun farm games and spooky crafts. You will be able to feed (£1 a bag) and pet some of our friendly animals. Each paying child is entitled to choose a pumpkin from our display which they are welcome to carve under cover.

Don't forget to wear suitable clothing and footwear, or why not let your child come in their scary Halloween costume with a chance to win a goodie... Read more

Get your broomsticks, hats and magic wands at the ready and venture into Knebworth Gardens this Autumn for a Halloween Adventure filled with family fun!

Halloween Games
Completing exciting Halloween games such as 'Hungry Ghosts, 'Hook a Pumpkin', 'Pumpkin Putting' and 'What's in the Box' in Knebworth Gardens will earn visitors stamps on their Pumpkin Passport. Once full the Pumpkin Passport can been redeemed for a prize. The popular Terror Tunnel will also be back.

The Garden Terrace Tea Room
The Garden Terrace Tea Room will be open and offering some fantastic Halloween sweet treats as well as a delicious selection of fresh Autumnal soups and sandwiches. You can pre-book a Children's Halloween Lunch Box and collect from the Tea Room during your visit... Read more

Create your own Halloween themed mosaic to decorate your home for years to come!

Join us for a fun-filled session of creative Halloween themed mosaic making during the October Half Term holidays with popular Tutor Audrey from Montet Designs!

Her mosaic workshops are very popular in St Albans and she had two sold out sessions in our Easter Mosaic Workshops and would love to share her tile magic with you at Southern Maltings this half term.

This workshop is designed for children, young people and adults too! Come as a family or with your friends and create beautiful mosaic art pieces that you can take home, decorate for Autumn and Halloween and cherish for years to come.

No experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided.... Read more

This half term we are opening the gates to our very own pumpkin patch at Tewin Water.

Four days only from Wednesday 29 October to Saturday 1 November.

Wander the fields. Pick your pumpkin. Then warm up with street food from our favourite trucks and a drink from the bar. Autumn cocktails hot chocolate, something stronger if you fancy it.

On Friday it is Halloween. Dress up if you like. We would love to see it.

Think boots you don't mind getting muddy and a phone ready for photos.

Spend the day outside with friends and family, take the perfect pumpkin home.

Tickets are £8 per person under twos go free.

Pumpkins are paid for on the day from mini to... Read more

Pumpkin Patch
Come dressed in your best Halloween costume ready for our pumpkin patch event where you can complete a Halloween trial around the shops in Waltham Cross to claim a FREE pumpkin!

Pumpkins are available while stocks last so join us when the event starts at 10am to avoid missing out as once the pumpkins are gone, they won't be replenished. There will be a balloon twister making Halloween themed ballons and facepainting! You don't want to miss out!

All ages are welcome.

Join local artist and art club teacher Keeda, for this ghostly 3D Halloween wall art workshop which can also be booked as an all day art camp 10am - 4pm with Keeda's afternoon workshop!

Make your Halloween an enchanting one this year, with these handmade 3D wall pictures!

Using a variety of mediums and techniques... including oil pastels, paint pens and collage... you will create your very own spooky, whimsical characters - along with fun frames for them to live in!

Keeda says "I absolutely love Halloween! Making these cute 3D ghosts and pumpkins, really got me in the mood for some spooky fun! I hope you will enjoy making your quirky decorations, as much as I did. I can't wait to see your designs!"

Keeda... Read more