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As the leaves fall from the trees and the nights draw in closer, what better time to experience Bournemouth’s sense of frightful fun than at Halloween?
From after dark museum tours, twisted circus of freaks and monsters to spook-takular events for children; There’s lot of spooky and goulish goings on across the town that are sure to give you a fright! Come down and visit if you dare...
The Victorians loved this time of year, and so do we! Join us for spooktacular crafts, workshops, trails and a ghoulish treasure hunt.
Join us for an other-wordly audio tour through the Russell-Cotes historic house. A chilling combination of Gothic tales and ghostly sightings washed down with drinks from Annie’s Unearthly Apothecary. Do you dare to explore the secrets in the shadows at the Russell-Cotes by night? Come in costume and enjoy the rare chance to roam the house after dark but beware, you may not be alone!
Look out, Frankenstein’s about! And he’s cooking up a medley of activity for this October half term break at Pavilion Dance South West, Make You Move - Frankenstein Fun. This three-day experience for children aged 5-13 will include dance and spoken word activities exploring themes of home, love, power and the things that make us unique. Days will run from 10am-4pm with 9am-5pm extensions.
At Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre join artist John House for a session of pumpkin carving with a difference. Take home your unique pumpkin once you have finished. Or follow our very popular Halloween trail, solving clues along the way, and then collect a small prize. Starts and finishes at the Visitor Centre. From the age of 4, visit Kingfisher Barn to style and decorate paper hats and stick wands and become Witches and Wizards! Make some fluffy spiders from ordinary pompons. Then cut out and decorate their webs to take home: Pompon Spiders and Wispy Webs.
At the end of October The Shelley Frankenstein Festival is coming to Bournemouth on 31st October until 4th November! The Festival was established to celebrate the life and works of the Shelley family, some of whom lived in the Boscombe / Bournemouth area and many of whom are buried in Bournemouth. As part of the festival on the 2nd November the Cabinet of Doctor Caligari represents the birth of horror on screen, a German expressionist masterpiece born of the terrible experiences of the Trenches, a wild and experimental journey with a new score by the Cabinet of Living Cinema.
Shelley's Heart - it’s alive! Celebrate Halloween and Frankenstein’s 200th Anniversary by conjuring ghosts in St. Peter’s churchyard. Your smart phone will navigate one of four story-paths and unlocked chapters in these multi-media narratives. Visit the Shelley tomb and interact with Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, John Keats and Lord Byron. Then get set to confront Frankenstein’s most frightening creation: the Monster!
On 27th October, be sure to head over to Southbourne’s Frankfest this Halloween for an abundance of devilish fun. Enjoy music and entertainment throughout the day including arts and crafts, fire displays, a parade and best dressed competitions! Get your pumpkins ready, come along to carve and decorate some scary Halloween pumpkins, fun for the whole family!
Low key, silly, spooky fun for little ones? It’s got to be Halloween Half Term at Farmer Palmer’s. There’s a whole kooky cast of characters to entertain your 'mini monsters' down on the farm! Extra fang-tastic activities added to the timetable plus all your favourite farm park demon-strations and play!
Adventure Wonderland is the Home of Halloween this half term, 20th-28th October. Witches, ghouls and ghosts will haunt the Witches of the Woods scary maze (weather permitting) and there’s a spooktacular new Halloween show, Spellbound, daily in the Happydrome Theatre.
Have a spook-tacular time at Monkey World this Halloween! The Kid’s activity centre is open throughout half-term with spooky sand art, creepy crafts and a terrifying. Also, on October 31st, kids in full Halloween fancy dress gain entry for free!
Award-winning amusement park, Paultons Park, is getting ready for Happy Halloween, its biggest seasonal event ever, which includes several new themed shows and attractions, and new late-night opening hours for the whole family to enjoy the frighteningly fun festivities after dark.
Spooktacular half term fun and award winning soft play! Saturday 27th October Lemur Landings has a Halloween Trick or Treat party! Fun and games with a themed diso and entertainment, fancy dress contest, children's picnic box and appearance from Lewey Lemur.
Celebrate Halloween at Mr Mulligans Adventure Golf! On 27th October adults dress up for a free drink! Enjoy Halloween games, cocktails, pizza and music. 28th October children dress up for 50 percent off golf! There will be face painting, competitions and Halloween drinks and pizzas.
Have a spooky adventure at Corfe Castle. See if you can find all of the missing pumpkins at our Creepy Creatures quest. Bring your brave teddy to rescue one of our knights and help them escape down the zip wire from the castle keep, and come and see how far a missile launch from Corfe Castle's resident medieval siege engine will go!
Halloween Spooky hunts around The Blue Pool on Saturday 20th to Saturday 27th October. Free admittance for children under 16. A special 15 percent off all refreshments in the Teahouse all week. And between 20th - 21st October a 20 percent discount in the gift shop.
Half term Halloween fun at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum! Shire Hall will be full of scarily fun activities this half term! Dressed up kids go free! A spider trail and touchy-feely guessing games. Check the website for times and updates.
Will you and your team be brave enough to venture into the woods and take on battlefield LIVE? The New Forest Activities team will be sporting their best fancy dress, will you do the same? With spooky themed games and candy, why not trick and treat the family to some frighteningly good fun this Halloween? Also, find out more about our spooky Halloween river tour if you dare!
If you wish to save some pennies this Halloween please see our Spooky Savers Special Offers page.
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Monday 28th October until Friday 1st November – Fang-tastic Halloween Half Term Events, see website for further information.
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