Here's a round up of half term events in and around Nottinghamshire this October.
Please check the full details on the organisers website for information about booking and prices.
Some prices here include an early booking discount.
Nottingham City Centre Halloween Festival
LOOK UP! Watch out for the rooftop monsters appearing on the city's most iconic buildings 14th - 30th October
Batman and his batmobile will be making an appearance on Sunday 30th October as well as free face painting, spider school and 88 sweet stops!!
Wollaton Hall
Magic Potion outdoor trail
Hidden History tour in the Hall
Make and Take activities
Funfair rides
Outdoor Cinema
Nottingham Industrial Museum - STEM activities 16th, 22nd, 23rd 11-3.30.
Rufford Abbey Country Park Halloween 2022
Halloween Monster Hunt, farm visit and witches brunch
15th - 31st October 10am - 4pm
£2.50 per trail sheet (parking charges also apply)
As well as the monster hunt there will also be spooky critters visiting on the 19th and 26th and a witches brunch on the 28th and 29th October.
Half Term Halloween at Clumber Park
15th - 30th October
Some activities are included in your entrance ticket (Adults £5, children £2.50 under 5s free)
15 - 30 October Autumn family photo scavenger hunt.
17 - 23 October, Apple Week celebrations including windfall collecting, apple pressing & juicing, story telling sessions and seasonal crafts
29 & 30 October - Breakfast with the Spooks in the Parsonage. Additional Charges Apply
29 October, Sneaky Experience Halloween Event - Adult £12.50. Child £15.50
Newstead Abbey
Ghostly Garden Trail
Family Ghost Tour
Outdoor Cinema - Lost Boys and Hocus Pocus
Nottingham Castle
Halloween at the Castle - 22nd - 31st Oct
Halloween Family Cave Tours - 22nd - 31st Oct
Halloween Storytelling - 15th -16th Oct
Justice Museum
Half Term Hidden ghost trail
Floralands Farm Park Halloween Half Term
A range of Halloween activities including creepy cuddles, exotic cuddles, rotten egg collecting and pumpkin picking
17th - 30th October 10am - 4pm
Activities £1 per person
Bluebell Dairy Halloween Festival
Pumpkin picking, fancy dress party, monster trail, maize maze and loads more. Ticket also includes regular entrance to the farm. FREE P.Y.O Pumpkin (with every full paying child ticket)
22nd - 30th October
Online price: 11.95 adult, 13.50 child under 1s free
Stonebridge City Farm
Pirate Day 19th October 10-4pm FREE
Messy Play 24th October 10-12 FREE
Rainbow Stripes 11-12 £3
Halloween 29th October 11-4pm FREE
White Post Farm
Pumpkin Festival
Join us for our Pumpkin Festival this October! FREE pumpkin per paying child!
Pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, Mess-free carving, Creepy Crawley Show, Broomstick School
22nd – 30th October
Adult £13.95 Child £13.50
Holme Pierrepont Country Park
15th-30th Spooky Sky Trail
Adventure Holioday Club 17th -28th October
Elvaston Castle
SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER 10.30am-3.30pm. Turn up any time. HALLOWEEN TRAIL & PUMPKIN PARLOUR Complete our spooky trail to earn your certificate, then head to the courtyards to visit our Pumpkin Parlour and carve your very own pumpkin to take home! Fancy dress encouraged. Meet: Castle courtyards.
Cost: £2 per trail sheet, pumpkin and other activity prices vary
Shipley Country Park
SUNDAY 23 – SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER 10.30am- 3.30pm. Turn up any time. Self-led activity. HALLOWEEN EVENT: (UN)NATURAL TRAIL Come along and follow the Halloween Trail and search for the clues that will help you learn about spooky nature and receive a sweet treat! Fancy dress welcome. Length: 1 mile.
Cost: £2.00 per child.
Sherwood Forest
Witches and Warlocks Den Building 6+
25th Oct 2-3.30, 28th Oct 10.30-12 and 2-3.30 £7.50pp
Half Term Whodunnit Trail
15th – 20th October 11-3pm £3.50
Manor Farm Park and Woodlands
Halloween Half Term – Maize maze and Audio Adventure
17th – 30th October
Adults 11.50 Child 2-17 £12.95 under 2s free.
Waterstones Nottingham
Spooky Season half term
In store activities 17th-30th October
Storytimes 19th/26th 10.30am/2.30pm 23rd/30th 11.30am/2.30pm
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Ikea Nottingham
Ocean Creatures Hunt 17th-30th October
Ocean themed Photobooth 17th – 30th October
Bean Block Cafe
Lots of spooky events - only availability left as of 11/10 is:
21/10 Spooky Spa Special with
22/10 “Andy & Lewis” Magic & Ventriloquism Show
26/10 Pottery Painting
31/10 Halloween Party
29/10 - Track 2 play
Young Hustlers Festival Hockley
23rd October £8.80 Adults £3.30 Children aged 2-17 Free 0-2
Lakeside Arts
THE GARDEN OF JUST BECAUSE exhibition - Free
10th September – 2nd November
Nottingham Contemporary
October Half Term Family Activities: Chasing Shadows, Catching Sounds - FREE
18-20th Oct 25th-27th Oct
Gedling Leisure Centres
Redhill
Half Price Badminton - 17-21st Oct 9-4pm 24-28th Oct 3-4pm
Capoeira Fusion - Thursdays 6-7pm
Roller Disco - Fridays 5-6.30
Calverton
Bouncy Castle Fun
17-21st and 24th-28th October 10-11.30am
Various Family swimming sessions
Mr Mulligan's Pirate Golf
Pumpkin Patch Spooky Crazy Golf
Halloween Parties and Class Specials
Little Llamas Childrens Centre
Halloween Party 30th October 2.30-4.30pm
Boots and Brambles Half Term Sessions
Holiday Club - 26th October
Baby Brambles - 27th October
Family session - 27th and 28th October
Halloween Supper - 28th October
Baby Sparks Spooky Sparky Halloween Special
21st, 24th, 26th, 27th October
Forest Folk Play
Half Term Halloween Special 20th October
The Outdoors Project
October Half Term Halloween Special Holiday Club
24th-28th October
Little Glow Rushcliffe
Spooky Special
28th October 10.30-11.30, 11.45-12.45 £7.50
Tiny Town Adventures
Halloween Special Sessions
29th and 30th October £8.45 1 child and 1 adult.
Drama Tots West Bridgford Halloween Party
28th October 10am, 29th October 1.15 and 3pm
Little Drivers Soft Play Halloween Party
28/29th October 3-5pm £12
Mapperly Plains Recreation and Social Club Halloween Party
30th Oct 11-1pm £6
Hucknall Halloween Funfair and Fireworks
The engine rooms @ Rolls-Royce NG15 6EP
30th Oct 5.30pm £6 adult £3 child
Hocus Pocus Soft Play Halloween Party
28th and 29th October 4-6.30pm £8.85 children £1.95 adults
Cyril’s Fun House Halloween Party
29th and 30th October £10 children £2 adults
WORKSHOPS/CRAFTS
Doughnotts
Donut Decorating Workshop
22nd October 10-12pm £15
Ikea Nottingham
Jellyfish Lamp Craft Workshop – Free
Various 17th – 21st October
From Trash to Treasure – Free
Various 24th – 28th October
Hobbycraft Nottingham
Kids Mache Pumpkin Decorating £5/£6
14th and 28th October
Kids Pipe Cleaner Spider Workshop £5/£6
11th, 18th , 25th October
Kids' Clay Bats and Ghosts Workshop £5/£6
12th and 26th October
Pets at Home (All Notts Locations)
My Pet Pals workshops FREE
Weekend dates in October and November
Green's Windmill - Booking essential
Saturday 15th October – Children’s Bread Baking. £4 per child. 3+
Thursday 20th October – Scone Baking. £4 per child. 3+
Friday 21st October – Cool Science (free activity) ‘Electricity & Magnetism’
Saturday 22nd October – Fruity Cupcake Baking. £4 per child. 3+
Thursday 27th October – Spooky Biscuit Baking. £4 per child.
Sunday 30th October – Halloween Mask Making. £3 per child. 3+
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