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!

🎃 Gearing up for spooky season on the farm! 🎃
Our spooky barns and pumpkin picking open Thursday 2nd October! We can't wait to welcome you back! 👻
Usual hours for farm and shop throughout September:
Thu/Fri/Sat 9-3
Sun 9-1!

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!

Spook-Fest runs from 11th October to 2nd November - Geared to families it is 'Spooky' rather than 'terrifying' and suitable for all ages.

Your Spook-Fest Ticket includes your Farm Pass to see all the animals as well as enjoying the spooky themed farm featuring the Aldenham Mausoleum and Spooky Shack and activities including- Giant Puzzles, Pumpkin Bingo, Spider Maze, Spooky-Oke, Mini Tractor Play, Bouncy Castle, Dance Tunnel and the Bale Play. Interact with our Scarecrow characters and watch out for their Pop Up Shows (available weekends & 25th - 31st October).

Once you have booked your Spook-Fest Tickets, select from Optional Special Activities including Pumpkin Picking and Carving (11th - 12th, 18th... Read more

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?
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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!

Spookfest events run from 18th -31st October come and meet the animals and enjoy wonderful rustic creepy fun!

Geared towards families so 'spooky' rather than 'terrifying', all ages are welcome!

Our Spookfest Farm Day Pass includes:

*Spooky Farm Trail to see all the farm animals & Halloween Décor

*Big Bale Play

*Tractors & Digger Ride-Ons

*Creepy Fairy Woodland Play

*Spooky Photo Opportunities

*Spot the Pumpkin & sweet treat prizes

*Scarecrow Trail

*Find the Spooky Fairy Doors

*Find your unique Witch and Halloween name

*Spooktacular Stickers for the best dressed boys, girls & dogs... Read more

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.... Read more

Halloween 2025 starts tomorrow 🎃
👻 Choose and pick your own pumpkin directly from our home grown pumpkin patch
👻 Bring your wellies, grab a wheelbarrow and get picking!
👻 Follow our spooky Halloween woodland trail through the woods
👻 Grab a hot chocolate and delicious cake from our selection of treats and enjoy in our cosy cafe. Our famous sausage rolls will also be back!
We can't wait to welcome you to the farm!

Pick your pumpkin from Willow's Pumpkin Patch and enjoy a full programme of pumpkin-tastic fun!

ook your Pumpkin Festival tickets before 30th September 2025 to take advantage of our Early Bird prices!

Enjoy a pumpkin-tastic family day out at Willows Activity Farm, including a FREE pumpkin for every paid for child admission and child member.

Your visit includes all of the activities at Willows Activity Farm; the Peter Rabbit Adventure Playground, funfair rides, shows, meet and greets, adventure play, tractor ride, inflatable fun, Adventure Golf, Pumpkin... Read more

It's simply not Halloween on Appleby Street Farm without our annual party with Haggerty 🧙‍♀️
Come along for our HAUNTED HALLOW EVENING!
Farm fun by spooky light!
Visit our animals and light up trail, story time, party games and disco with our resident witch Haggerty 🧙‍♀️ Fun and games, potion making, festive refreshments, face painting, party bags and pumpkin picking!

There's some spooky goings on down at the Farm at Halloween!
We love Halloween so much at Old MacDonald's Farm, when we say it is a Halloween Festival....we really do mean it!
Come and see us between the Sat 25th October and the Sun 2nd Nov 2025 for a free pumpkin per child!
Check out our amazing decorations, props and spooky theming!

Our roller coaster will be open plus you can ride on our attractions as many times as you like!
Our attractions and a pumpkin per paying child are included in the admission price. (see website for full details)
Please note there are only limited tickets available for this event and we do sell out on peak days.

Lee Valley Farm Park Halloween Festival
Who will you spot around the farm this Halloween? Witches, wizards, vampires... Maybe even some spooky film characters?!

Put on your spookiest costume and explore our devilishly decorated farm.
There's so much to see and do at Lee Valley:

🎤 Enjoy thrilling LIVE shows
🧟‍♂️ Meet your favourite afterlife guide and the OG goth girl!
👻 Don't miss our haunted walk-throughs
🎃 Pumpkin picking patch
🛝 Adventure play area
🎨 Arts & Crafts
🦘 Farm yard fun
🙌🏼 Giant bouncy pillow, and so much more spooky fun!

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... Read more

Use code SPOOK15 to get 15% off!

Get ready for our main Halloween event and a spooktacular experience at Capel Manor Gardens this October! Dress up and join us for some Halloween-themed family fun.

Activities included with your ticket:

Ghostly gardens trail with treat on exit
Live entertainment on our showground
Thrilling interactive experience
Spooky storytelling
Creepy creature talks and petting in our mini zoo
Halloween-themed crafts
Pumpkin patch access and photo ops

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

Halloween at Barleylands - A Spooktacular Day Out for the Whole Family!

Get ready for frightfully good fun this October Half Term! Our Daytime Halloween Festival runs from 10am to 4pm, Saturday 25th October - Sunday 2nd November 2025.

What's New for 2025?
Our pumpkin patch is getting a fang-tastic glow-up! Every child can pick their very own pumpkin and head to our Pumpkin Decorating Barn to get creative.

Spooky Fun Awaits in the Events Barn
• Explore our child-friendly Halloween Maze - spooky, but not too scary!
• Enjoy spooktastic magic shows with the amazing Skittleman the Entertainer
• Join the Halloween Dance Parties... Read more

Fun activities for the little ones include:
- Hunt for the Golden Pumpkin and win a prize
- Spooky Walkthrough
- Create a spooky cookie
- Make a Halloween decoration
- Witches & Ghosts hunt
- Pumpkin Corner *Great photo op
- Creepy Crawly Encounters
- All the usual indoor and outdoor play

Spooky crafts, pumpkin carving or decorating, and our Haunted Headmaster's House await you this half term at the British Schools Museum.

Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 October
Tuesday 28 - Friday 31 October

Choose a 10am to 12pm or 1pm to 3pm slot.

Prices
£7.50 Bronze - Crafts and Haunted Headmaster's House
£10 Silver - Crafts, Haunted Headmaster's House and pumpkin carving or decorating
£15 Gold - Crafts, Haunted Headmaster's House, pumpkin carving or decorating and a museum tour with a curator

Book via our website

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... Read more

Why not add a little more fun to your Pumpkin Patch / Standalone Farm Halloween half term adventure! From Saturday 25th October to Friday 31st October let your little star join our High Voltage Circus Workshop - a whirlwind of fun and skill where they'll master stilt walking, diabolos, juggling, and ribbon work.

With four action-packed sessions daily in the barns to choose from the activities are tailored perfectly for ages 3 to 8 with a parent or guardian present (no ticket needed for adults to book the circus workshop, only booking for the child's session required), this is their chance to run away to the circus (ok just for an hour!) and discover the magic of performance.

Workshops are 50 minutes long.

Spaces are... Read more

Who will you spot around the farm this Halloween? Witches, wizards, vampires... Maybe even some spooky film characters?!

Put on your spookiest costume and explore our devilishly decorated farm.
There's so much to see and do at Lee Valley:

🎤 Enjoy thrilling LIVE shows
🧟‍♂️ Meet your favourite afterlife guide and the OG goth girl!
👻 Don't miss our haunted walk-throughs
🎃 Pumpkin picking patch
🛝 Adventure play area
🎨 Arts & Crafts
🦘 Farm yard fun
🙌🏼 Giant bouncy pillow, and so much more spooky fun!

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... Read more

This October Half-Term (Mon 27th - Fri 31st), escape to Celtic Harmony Camp, Brickendon, near Hertford, for our Samhain Celebration (pronounced Sow-een)! Join us to mark the Celtic New Year with a packed programme of screen-free, hands-on activities in our Iron Age village. A seasonal favourite, families return yearly for woodland crafts, warming refreshments, and atmospheric storytelling by the fire.

Enjoy daily activities led by costumed Prehistory Hosts: Cave Art talks, Spooky Woodland Quest, Mini Broomstick Making, Drumming Workshops, Den Building, Pumpkin Clay Crafts, and a Fire Procession. The Woodland Bistro will offer tasty meals and refreshments.

Don't miss this unique family adventure for the Halloween half-term!

Get ready for a hauntingly good time at Fanhams Hall!
Join us for a spine-tingling Halloween Afternoon Tea that's jam-packed with fun.
Challenge friends and family to pumpkin bowling, creep along our spooky nature trail and enjoy many more activities! Don't forget to snap memorable photos along the way!
Book today to secure your spot at our Halloween Afternoon Tea with scrumptious themed treats included!
MONDAY 27TH OCTOBER - SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER | 12.30PM - 5PM
Adult £37.50 Monday to Friday | £42.50 Saturday and Sunday
Children under 10 £20
*£5pp deposit required to book for groups of 6+
To make a booking please visit our website, email us at [email protected] or call us... Read more

Spooky crafts, pumpkin carving or decorating, and our Haunted Headmaster's House await you this half term at the British Schools Museum.

Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 October
Tuesday 28 - Friday 31 October

Choose a 10am to 12pm or 1pm to 3pm slot.

Prices
£7.50 Bronze - Crafts and Haunted Headmaster's House
£10 Silver - Crafts, Haunted Headmaster's House and pumpkin carving or decorating
£15 Gold - Crafts, Haunted Headmaster's House, pumpkin carving or decorating and a museum tour with a curator

Book via our website

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... Read more

Come and carve your own Pumpkin to take home.

Spooky crafts, a frightful costume competition and finishing with a snack and stories

This half term we're opening the gates at Tewin Water for our Pumpkin Patch 🎃

Days of pumpkin picking hot drinks & food trucks.
Space for little ones to run wild and grown ups to take it slow.

Halloween falls on Friday so costumes are very much encouraged.

Book ahead bring your friends and family and make it a day out.

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're opening the gates at Tewin Water for our Pumpkin Patch 🎃

Days of pumpkin picking hot drinks & food trucks.
Space for little ones to run wild and grown ups to take it slow.

Halloween falls on Friday so costumes are very much encouraged.

Book ahead bring your friends and family and make it a day out.

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.... Read more

It's simply not Halloween on Appleby Street Farm without our annual party with Haggerty 🧙‍♀️
Come along for our HAUNTED HALLOW EVENING!
Farm fun by spooky light!
Visit our animals and light up trail, story time, party games and disco with our resident witch Haggerty 🧙‍♀️ Fun and games, potion making, festive refreshments, face painting, party bags and pumpkin picking!

We have a fun filled October half term planned for you!

🧟 WEDS 29th OCT - Clay Monsters
🧙‍♀️ THURS 30th OCT - Make a Witch

🎃 FRI 31st OCT - Family Friendly event with pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, meet the monster miller, spooky trail and more!

Follow this link to book and find out more

https://www.millgreenmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events/

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

Frightful Fun at The Harvey Centre 🎃👻
📅 Friday 31st October
⏰ 11am - 4pm
📍 The Harvey Centre, Harlow
This Halloween, we're bringing you a spooktacular family day out in the heart of Harlow!
✨ What's on:
Free Pumpkin Decorating Workshop - Let the kids unleash their creativity and design their very own pumpkin to take home.
The Pumpkin House - Step inside our enchanting seasonal display, the perfect backdrop for a magical (and spooky!) family photo.
🎨 All activities are completely free, and there's no need to pre-book - just turn up and join in the fun.
Whether you're looking for a family-friendly Halloween activity in Harlow... Read more

Come and enjoy a spooky Halloween at Mill Green with a pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, meet the monster miller, spooky trail and many more activities with Miller's Kitchen open for a spooky sweet treat.

Ticket Prices: £5.00 per person, Under 1s go free!

Please stay as long as you like between 10am-4pm, children must be supervised at all times.

LISTEN UP TO LUCY AS SHE TELLS US ALL ABOUT HER WONDERFUL ANIMALS IN A FUN, EDUCATIONAL AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING A SCORPION, TARANTULA, BEARDED DRAGON, TENREC AND MORE! Entry to the farm and pumpkin patch/spooky barns is included for the participant! Additional guests/adults will need to pay £5 farm entry on the day.

Join us for our annual Halloween party!
She's strange, she's spooky and she's ready for Halloween!
🧟‍♂️ Meet our delightfully gloomy guest from Nevermore Academy between 11.30am-12.30pm
👻 Then join us for our Halloween Party! Expect some party games and prizes at 1-2pm
🐾 Animal talks will take place as follows (weather permitting).
10:45am - Meerkat Feed and Talk
11.30am-12.30pm - Meet and Greet!
1pm-2pm - Party Time!
2.30pm - Mystery Animal Meet and Greet
3.15pm - Kookaburra Talk
4.00pm - Meerkat Feed and Talk
🎃 PLUS you can take part in our pumpkin trail!
🧙‍♀️ Tickets for this event will be prebookable only (unless you have an annual membership)... Read more