This year Halloween falls in the middle of the Norfolk Half Term, if you are unsure of the dates, don’t forget to check out School Holiday Dates East Anglia
October half term in Norfolk is from Saturday 26th October until Sunday 3rd November.
There are some fantastic Norfolk Halloween events taking place, for all members of the family, or you might want to check out Pumpkin Patches Norfolk
Norfolk Halloween Events To Visit
Assembly House of Horrors Halloween Afternoon Tea
Location : Theatre St, Norwich NR2 1RQ
This will be the SEVENTH eerie-sistible Assembly House of Horrors Halloween Afternoon Tea from 19th – 31st October 2024.
The delicious Halloween afternoon tea has been given a re-vamp by Count Mark von Mitson and his team of Sorcerer’s Apprentices and they’ll be pleased to eat – I mean ‘greet’- you when you come to tea. Don’t have nightmares…have cake!
Phantom of the Gateau Opera: Terrifyingly good sponge layers with caramel and pumpkin spice frosting
Ghoul-friend: A orange cupcake with orange buttercream haunted by a sugar ghost
Witch’s familiar: The return of the Halloween white chocolate toad with blackcurrant filling from Julia “Nightshade” Hetherton
Cookie Monster macaron: An Oreo flavoured macaron monster devouring a tiny chocolate chip cookie
Death by chocolate brownie shot glass – chocolate mousse, chocolate brownie, pomegranate, a white chocolate and raspberry skull
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Bewilderwood Twig or Treat at The Glorious Glowing Lantern Parade
Location : Horning Rd, Hoveton, Norwich NR12 8JW
This Halloween, skip the hassle of traditional trick-or-treating… Dress up and bring the family to our magical Twig or Treat Halloween event! Stroll through the enchanting light trail, where the beloved BeWILDerwood characters await you at their doors!
See the woods as they glow, watch our NEW 10-minute Halloween show Twig or Treat Tales at the Storytelling Stage, and enjoy a safe, fun-filled adventure for the entire family. Psst! It’s spoooooky not scary! As this is an evening event, it’s a little bit too dark to be playing, so all structures will be closed.
This unique twist on Halloween promises unforgettable memories and endless fun. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind celebration!
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Britannia Pier Halloween Family Party
Location : Long Johns Lounge Bar, Britannia Pier, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 2EH
Go and join them for a family friendly Halloween Party at Britannia Pier on 26th October 2024.
Disco and unlimited rides on the fun fair at the end of the Pier, limited rides will be open, height restrictions apply on certain rides.
Please note this is a bar event and not theatre, therefore it will be general admission.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Britannia Pier Pumpkin Carving
Location : Long Johns Lounge Bar, Britannia Pier, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 2EH
Carve your very own pumpkin in Long Johns Lounge Bar this Halloween.
Dates 26th October – 3rd November 2024 inclusive.
Please note this is a bar event, not theatre, seat selection is for ticket purposes only.
Children must be supervised by an adult.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Bressingham Spooky Specials
Location : Low Rd, Diss IP22 2AA
Experience a Spooktacular Halloween at Bressingham for a frightfully fun evening this Halloween! After dark, the museum transforms into a spooky wonderland, filled with chilling decorations
Embark on a thrilling Halloween train ride and witness the spooky sights along the track. Once you return, warm up with delicious treats from the cafe and sweet shop, roast marshmallows by the campfire, or take a spin on the ghoulish gallopers.
Bressingham’s Spooky Specials will take place on Friday 25th October – Thursday 31st October 2024.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Broadland Ghosts’ Hallowe’en Trail
Location : The Poor’s, Staithe Rd, Stalham, Norwich NR12 9DA
Spooky family fun discovering some of the stories of Broadland’s ghosts.
Did you know St Benet’s Abbey is haunted or that the ghastly, ghostly dog, Black Shuck, patrols the Broads and North Norfolk coast? Find out about these stories and more. Complete the trail and win a prize!
But watch out for the Wroxham witches and other spooky characters hidden around the Museum!
Meet the storyteller who will tell more ghost stories of the Broads each day. Be arty and crafty with Hallowe’en themed makes.
From Thursday 24th to Thursday 31st October 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Broads Tours Creepy Cruises
Location : The Bridge, Wroxham, Norfolk, NR12 8RX
Family fun Halloween themed river trips aboard the Vintage Hauntsman.
October half term there’s a special treat (or trick) for river trip passengers.
The Vintage Broadsman will be transformed into the Vintage Hauntsman, a ghostly river trip boat for Halloween themed river trips.
Featuring spooky commentary with the ghostly tales of the Broads by the River Trip skippers and trick or treat activity packs for Children this trip will be one to enjoy for the whole family.
Trips last for 1.5 hours and run weekdays during October half term.
Join them … if you dare … mwhuahahaha
Sorry but dogs are not allowed on board the creepy cruise.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Castle Quarter Spooky Spectacular
Location : 100 Castle Mdw, Norwich NR1 3DD
Get ready for a Halloween experience like no other! This October, Castle Quarter invites you to step into a world of supernatural wonders at the Spooky Spectacular carnival.
It’s a family-friendly event packed with eerie excitement, creepy circus performances, and interactive fun for all ages.
On Saturday, 26th October from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM at White Lion Square, Castle Quarter
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Chantry Jack Crow Trail
Location : 40-46 St Stephens St, Norwich NR1 3SH
From Saturday 19th October until Sunday 3rd November 2024, you can visit a free ‘Chantry Jack crow trail’ for families to enjoy, along with a spooktacular photo opportunity with scarecrow Jack!
Families can pick up a free trail map from Langley’s on the lower ground floor then find the decorated crows with letters on in retailer windows to help Jack who has lost his crows, before entering a competition to be in with a chance of winning a £100 H&M voucher and other tricks and treats.
Visitors can meet Jack by the hay bales on the lower ground floor by H&M HOME and have a photo with him in front of a Halloween backdrop.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Fairyland Trust The Real Halloween
Location : Bradmoor Woods, Narford Ln, West Acre, King’s Lynn PE32 1FQ
Held at Bradmoor Woods on the West Acre Estate, The Real Halloween is a unique celebration of nature’s magic in Autumn.
It includes nature workshops and drop-ins, walkabout performers, entertainers, music, games, food, a pub, arts and crafts stalls, storytelling, a magical lantern parade and more
The Real Halloween will take place on Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Great Yarmouth and Hunstanton Sealife A-Scarium
GY Location : Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 3AH
Hunstanton Location : Seagate Rd, Hunstanton PE36 5BH
Explore the seas with this fin-tastically frightening activity trail, you get to see all of your favourite sea creatures with some ‘spooky’ additions.
Help our Sea Witch and Warlock look after their ocean home and fellow sea creatures by completing magical challenges throughout the aquarium.
Will you be brave enough to step up and help complete ‘spook-splash-tic’ challenges and fill in your activity sheet as you go?
Open from 18th October – 3rd November 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE for Great Yarmouth and CLICK HERE for Hunstanton
Gressenhall Spooky Season
Location : Beetley Meadows, Beetley, Dereham NR20 4DR
From Friday 25th October to Sunday 3rd November 2024, enjoy the autumnal stamper trail, cosy craft sessions, woodland fun and nature exploration as the season shifts.
Visitors can learn more about Norfolk folklore, spy a scarecrow or two, and judge the annual Gressenhall pumpkin decorating competition too (29-31 October).
From 29 – 31 October, find the resident Wise Woman in Cherry Tree Cottage for some weird remedies, strange tales and storytelling sessions, and head to Union Farm to learn more about historic lotions and potions used to heal animals.
Join Olive the Owl and friends for Storytelling & Gallery Exploration for under 5s at 11am on Wednesday 30 October. Any visitors attending in costume on All Hallow’s Eve will receive a treat – no tricks, we promise! (31 October only)
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Hippodrome Halloween Spooktacular
Location : St George’s Rd, Great Yarmouth NR30 2EU
Jack Jay & Johnny Mac return for another spooktacular adventure for all the family this October half-term.
You can always find a unique group of characters in the Halloween Spooktacular. Jack & Johnny just try not to lose their heads.
Every Halloween, The Hippodrome transforms once again but this time not everything is as it seems. The show joins Jack Jay and Johnny Mac on a spooky adventure.
Whether they are trying to save the Hippodrome’s international cast against evil, mysterious characters, or just getting up to no good, all families are encouraged to get their fancy dress costumes ready for their biggest Halloween party yet!
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Hirstys Halloween Hoot
Location : Great, Yarmouth Rd, Hemsby NR29 4NL
Spooky season on the farm
Pick your own pumpkin from our pumpkin patch, navigate the maze, play in the park and have great fun this half term.
The event is taking place on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th October and Saturday 26th October – Sunday 3rd November.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Holkham Halloween Garden
Location : Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1AB
Spooks, thrills, delights and chills have transformed the Walled Garden for Halloween – do you dare to join them?
Dress up in your strangest outfit and creep through the gardens – they’ve got oodles of spookiness (and a few sweet treats!) to surprise you:
Chilling Challenges – Grab a challenge sheet and keep your eyes peeled as you explore the spookified rooms and see how many questions you can answer! Learn about the magical plants grown in the garden and uncover the creatures that live there.
Spook Spotting – Look out for creepy ghosts floating across the lawns. Wooooooo!
Halloween Crafts – Get crafty and make a magic wand from all natural materials. Then write out a bewitching spell to cast with it! (craft materials included.)
Spooktacular Magic Show featuring Tess the Magical Cat – Tess the Magical Cat will enchant and amaze with mind-boggling tricks and spellbinding illusions in an enchanting performance that will leave you spellbound! Watch in awe as Tess brings the magic of Halloween to life before your eyes.
Pumpkin Carving – Wander up to the pumpkin patch and carve your very own scary pumpkin (£4 per pumpkin).
Dastardly Decorations – Enjoy the giant Pumpkin Patch, Ghostly Garden, Scarecrow Vineyard and Haunted Glasshouse as you creep through the garden.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Holt Garden Centre Halloween Trail
Location : Holgate Hill, Kelling, Holt NR25 7ER
This is free to enter and everyone who takes part receives a free goody bag.
Why not take part in the ‘best dressed for Halloween’ competition when you visit.
They look forward to seeing you all.
From Friday 25th to Thursday 31st October 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Joyland’s Spooky Snail Trail Halloween Nights
Location : Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 2DL
Get ready for spooky fun at Joyland’s Spooky Snail Trail Halloween Nights!
Join them on select nights in October from 6 PM – 8 PM for a fang-tastic evening of unlimited rides on The Super Snails, Tyrolean Tub Twist, The Spook Express, Jet Cars, and Neptune’s Kingdom!
Enjoy a Trick or Treat Trail, Spooky Props for Photo Ops, Face Painting, Characters around the park, Marquee stage show with disco, Car display in Anchor Gardens.
This event is perfect for younger children! Don’t miss out—grab your tickets now!
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
The Monster Club Halloween Show
Location : Norfolk Showground, Dereham Rd, New Costessey, Norwich, NR5 0TT
Grab your little monsters and visit ‘The Monster Club’ HALLOWEEN CIRCUS this October for the ULTIMATE Family Night Out!
Now in it’s 5th year, the critically-acclaimed ‘Monster Club Family Halloween Show’ returns to The Norfolk Showground, Norwich – combining the spectacle of circus with live music, comedy and dance to create the perfect half-term treat for little and big monsters from 2 to 102!
Marvel at the high-flying acrobats and death defying fire breathers while you try not to fall off your chair laughing at the incredible Pip Randelle (as ‘Freidrich Fright’) as he shows you his full box of tricks.
Enjoy the incredible voice of Joe Ringer and his live band, alongside the incredible vocalists and dancers – all from the comfort of the heated Big Top.
From Dance Monkey and Thriller to Ghostbusters and Time Warp, they’ve got a whole host of Halloween favourites to keep you dancing and singing in your seats.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Norwich Ghost Walks Halloween Specials
Location : Cotman Fields, Norwich NR1 4AA
Love HALLOWEEN? Join Norwich Ghost Walks and their Guild of Shadows for an evening of spine-chilling entertainment, featuring storytelling of some of the regions most HAUNTED stories.
The troop of Spooky Performers will bring stories from beyond the grave… to Life!
The event takes place in the Cow Tower park. Audience will be guided on a walk through the park pathways along the river to Cow Tower and beyond, with storypoints along the way.
2024 Halloween Special Shows run from 25 October to 2 November (inclusive).
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Pensthorpe Pumpkin Festival
Location : Pensthorpe Rd, Fakenham NR21 0LN
Pensthorpe will be transforming into a land of magic and mystery this October half term for their FIRST EVER Pumpkin Festival…
Mini witches and wizards can enjoy a whole week of eerie-sistible adventures including creepy woodland trails, scary scarecrows and petrifying pumpkin carving!
Visit the BRAND NEW Pumpkin patch where you can choose from thousand of Pumpkins to collect and carve. Full paying children’s tickets include a FREE Pumpkin to pick and carve. Plus heaps of photo opportunities in the new patch.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Pettitts Animal Adventure Park
Location : Church Rd, Reedham, Norwich NR13 3UA
Pettitts Pumpkin Pickin’ event is BACK for 2024!
Enjoy FREE Halloween Pumpkin Pickin’ from 25th October – 3rd November at Norfolk’s Premier Family Park.
All paying children can pick a pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch, take it to the carving area using the little wheelbarrows, and the carving team will help create and carve your spooky pumpkin!
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Pumpkin Painting Party
Location : 11 Riverside Walk, Thetford, IP24 2BB
Two hour play session, pumpkin painting with help from the team.
Potion making and a free cupcake per child
On Saturday 26th October 2024, two sessions from 10-12 and 1-3pm
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Roarr Dinosaur Adventure Dippys Halloween Days
Location : Lenwade, Norwich NR9 5JE
It might be half-term, but at ROARR!, the Weston-Smythe School of Dinosaurs and the Undead is in full session!
Dippy and friends will be joined by a quirky cast of professors, offering hands-on lessons and frightfully fun-filled sessions.
This event is taking place from Friday 25th October – Sunday 3rd November 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Time and Tide Haunted Herring Day
Location : Blackfriars’ Rd, Great Yarmouth NR30 3BX
It’s Halloween and the annual herring day is getting a spooky update. Meet the fishergirl and hear her mysterious stories and then create your own scary sea creature.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Tolhouse Gaol Witchfinder
Location : 12 Tolhouse St, Great Yarmouth NR30 2SQ
Explore the history of witches in Great Yarmouth and meet John Stearne, an associate of Matthew Hopkins the self-appointed Witchfinder General.
Wednesday 30 October 2024 from 11:00am – 15:00pm
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Wroxham Barns Get Me Out Of Here
Location : Tunstead Rd, Hoveton, Norwich NR12 8QU
A BRAND NEW event for October half term is a twist on the famous jungle but in true Wroxham Barns style.
Bring your children for a creepy day out. Experience bug handling, collect stars in the bushtucker trials and try and complete the maize maze if you dare!
Tickets are ALL INCLUSIVE, no hidden extras. A PAY ONCE, PLAY ALL DAY fabulous offer.
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Wymondham Scarycrow Trail
Location : various locations around Wymondham
Discover hidden scarecrows around Wymondham. Follow the trail map to find them all. Join them if you dare!
Taking place from 25th October to 3rd November 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
Adult Halloween Events in Norfolk
Pleasurebeach Fairground Fright Nights
Location : S Beach Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 3EH
Fairground Frights runs for six nights, from Saturday 26th to Thursday 31st October, due to the nature of the event, it is not recommended anyone under the age of 10 years to attend Fairground Frights.
Its a brilliant event, with some fabulous scare actors that provide great entertainment, and who doesn’t love going on fairground rides in the dark!
You can read all about our visit to a previous Fairground Frights HERE
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE
PrimEVIL
Location : Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure NR9 5JW
Prepare for terror as the UK’s best scream park returns for its 15th year of horror in October 2024!
Brace yourself for a multi-award-winning scare attraction, where you may come to face-to-face with all or one of the Fearsome 5. Are you ready?
From Thursday 17th October – Saturday 2nd November 2024
For further details including dates/times/prices please CLICK HERE