Free Halloween events North West 2025
School holidays can get expensive. I’ve pulled together this list of all the free Halloween events North West 2025 that I can find. I’ve included events that are free for National Trust, English Heritage or RHS members. I’ve also included a few events that whilst not free, they are very low cost. This post is part of my series of posts Halloween events North West.
I have done my best to make sure this post is up to date and accurate but please check the organiser’s website before travelling as events may be cancelled at short notice, details might be changed and mistakes happen. I have included links to the event organisers so you can check the up to date details and terms and conditions. Most of the events need pre-booking.
Make sure you find the guide to the specific region of the North West you want below and then click either the text link or photo and it will take you through to the full guide.
As always, I will be updating these guides right up to and October half term. Please do send me details if you have an event that I have missed. I can be reached by emailing info@northwestforkids.co.uk
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Free Halloween events Manchester
Below are all the free and low cost Halloween events in Greater Manchester. If you’re looking for more events and are happy to spend a little more on 1 or 2 events, find my full guide to Halloween events Manchester here.
Free, Halloween in the city – 2025 details
Where: across Manchester city centre
When: 25th – 31st October 2025
Cost: Free
Full details coming soon
Find full details here – Halloween in the City
Halloween heart trail at Fletcher Moss, Didsbury – Details for 2025
Where: Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: £1 per sheet
Full details – Collect your sheet from the cafe and find the Halloween-themed hearts around the park.
Find out more here – Broad Oak Hearts Trail | Manchester
Diggle Scarecrow Trail – Details for 2025 (low cost)
When: 24th October – 2nd November 2025.
Where: Trails available from Grandpa Greene’s, The Gate inn, The Diggle Hotel and Diggle Lock
Cost: £3 a trail
Further details – you can buy a trail sheet and have a spooky walk around the lovely village of Diggle trying to find all the amazing scarecrows.
Full details here – Diggle Scarecrow Trail
Halloween fun at RHS Bridgewater – Details for 2025
Where: RHS Bridgewater, Occupation Road, Off Leigh Road, Worsley, Salford, Greater Manchester, M28 2LJ
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: Included in admission fee
Summary: pumpkin garden trail, pumpkin carving (25th), sow the city pumpkin music (27th and 28th), Zoolab animal encounters (29th £5 per child), pumpkin crafts (30th), Bread and Butter Zombie Disco (31st) and donate your pumpkins to the pumpkin display on 1st & 2nd November 2025.
Find out more here – RHS Garden Bridgewater / RHS Gardening.
Free Pumpkin carving at Dunham Barns – Details for 2025
When: 31st October 2025, 10am – 3pm
Where: Dog Farm, School Lane, Dunham Massey, Altrincham
Free but you need to take your own pumpkin with you. They’ll provide all the tools and stencils.
Full details here – Pumpkin carving
Halloween at Heaton Park – no details yet for 2025
Full details here – Heaton Halloween & Half Term
Levy spooky family silent disco – book now for 2025
When: 25th October 2025. 6:30 – 7:30pm
Where: Levenshulme Old Library, Cromwell Grove, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3QE
Cost: £5 per person
Dress to impress at Our Kids Social fangtastic spooky silent discos at Levy Library this Halloween! With two music channels to choose we guarantee a monstrous time for families this half term!
Book here – Levy Spooky Family Silent Disco | Our Kids Social
Mad Professor town trail – 2025 details
Where: Sale, maps available from Bean and brush Art cafe
When: 25th October – 1st November 2025
Free trail. Help find all the ingredients for the professor’s visibility potion.
Full details here – Mad Professors town trail
Halloween at Salford museum – book now for 2025
When: 28th – 31st October 2025
Halloween card making, £3 per child – 28th October 2025 – booking required
Haunted dolls houses with spooky characters, free – 30th October – booking required
Haunted mask making, £1 per child – 31st October – booking required
Book here – Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Halloween at Ordsall Hall – book now for 2025
When: 26th October – 2nd November 2025
Tudor tombstone trail – 26th October – 2nd November, £2 per child
Clay monsters – 27th October, £3 per child, booking required
Halloween wreath making, £ per child, booking required
Wand making, 29th October, £3 per child, booking required
Meet the witch storytelling, 30th October, free
Full details – October Half Term 2025 at Ordsall Hall
Heaton park Hidden Horrors trail, low cost – Details for 2025
Where: Heaton Park
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Self-guided trail and see how many hidden horrors you can find around the park.
Pick up a free checklist from the Stables Visitor Reception before 4.00pm on the 25th October to 2nd November, and don’t forget to pack a pencil.
Find out more here – Heaton Park Halloween trail
Oldham Halloween trail – 2025 details
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Where: Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre, Market and the town centre
Free event. Find the Halloween items across Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre, Market and the town centre. Post your completed form in the box near Next.
Full details – Halloween trail
Free Altrincham’s enchanted Halloween Adventure – 2025 details
When: 24th October – 2nd November 2025
Where: Collect your Trail Sheet from Everyman Altrincham, 74-78 George St, Altrincham, WA14 1RF (10am-4pm)
Follow the trail to discover each of the ghouls, ghosts, and monsters, ticking them off your list as you go. Look out for magic words hidden at stops along the way.
Unscramble the words at the end to reveal the secret spell that will close the portal and save the town!
Full details here – Altrincham Halloween trail
Free Halloween events Cheshire
Below are all the free and low cost Halloween events in Cheshire. If you’re looking for more events and are happy to spend a little more on 1 or 2 events, find my full guide to Halloween events Cheshire here.
Free Spooky Saturday, macclesfield town centre – 2025 details
When: 25th October 2025
Get an early start with the Pumpkin Trail as more than 50 organisations have signed up this year from all over town – see how many you can find and then come back for your prize.
Full details here – Spooky Saturday
Teggs Nose country park Halloween trail – Details for 2025
Where: Buxton old road, Macclesfield
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: Purchase a map from The Nose Coffee inside the Tegg’s Nose Visitor Centre, for 50p, and get searching around the top of the park. Once you’ve completed the trail come back to The Nose Coffee for 50p off your food and / or drink order.
Summary: Find the spooky visitors on posters displayed around the country park.
Full details here – Tegg’s Nose Country Park Halloween Trail
Brereton Heath Halloween Trail – details for 2025
Where: Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve Visitor Centre, Davenport Lane, Brereton, Congleton, CW12 4SU
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: free
Pick up a map from the outside dispenser and get searching around the park for the posters.
Full details here – Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve Halloween Trail
Halloween half-term at Beeston castle, free for English Heritage members – no details for 2025
Where – Beeston castle, Beeston, CW6 9TX
Find out more and book here – Halloween Half-Term at Beeston Castle
Halloween half-term fun at Quarry Bank – details for 2025 – free for NT members
Where: Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: Included in admission cost, free for NT members.
Summary: Spooky tours of the Apprentice House. Halloween trail around the Upper Garden. Spooky trail around the Mill. Enjoy Halloween themed crafts in the Learning Space. (Offered Monday to Friday only).
Full details here – October half term at Quarry Bank | National Trust
Knutsford pumpkin path 2025
Where: Knutsford town centre
When: 31st October 2025, 4-7 pm
Cost: free
Summary: Find the pumpkins hidden around the town centre in shop windows, each of which has a letter carved into it. You note down the letter on your entry forms and completed entry forms can then be posted into dedicated post boxes to enter a prize draw!
Enjoy lots of extra entertainment on the night including singing and dance performances, spooky characters available for photo opportunities, Halloween themed window displays, competitions and other activities.
Find out more here – Knutsford Pumpkin Path
Free Halloween crafts and spooky trail at Weaver Hall Museum – details for 2025
Where: Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, 162 London road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 8AB
When: 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st October 2025
Cost: Free
Summary: Halloween crafts and spooky trail
Full details here – Free Halloween crafts and Spooky Trail | Events
Norwich Explorers, spooky science at Weaver Hall Museum – Book now for 2025
Where: Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, 162 London road, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 8AB
When: 29th & 31st October 2025
Cost: £5
Summary: 1hr Nature, Art, Science and Technology-based Activities.
Full details here – Northwich Explorers – Spooky Science | Events
Free Halloween crafts at Lion Salt Works – details for 2025
Where: Lion Salt Works, Ollershaw Lane, Marston, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6ES
When: 29th, 30th October 2025
Cost: Free
Summary: Free spooky Halloween craft.
Full details here – Free Halloween crafts | Events
Free Halloween at Lion Salt Works – details for 2025
Where: Lion Salt Works, Ollershaw Lane, Marston, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6ES
When: 31st October 2025
Cost: Free
Summary: Free spooky crafts, stories and a trick or treat trail. Dress to spook.
Full details here – Halloween at Lion Salt Works | Events
Beastly bugs at Grovesnor museum – details for 2025
Where: Grovesnor museum, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2DD
When: 28th, 29th, 30th October 2025
Cost: free
Summary: Make your own ‘Halloween’ style beastly bug mask to take home.
Full details here – Beastly Bugs | Events
Free Halloween trail, Congleton town centre – details for 2025
Where: collect a leaflet from the information centre or download at home
When: 25th October – 1st November 2025
Find hidden clues in shop windows. Solve the wordsearch and uncover a secret message. Return the completed trail to Congleton Information Centre to claim your reward.
Full details here – Free Halloween trail Congleton
Witchy Wednesday in Congleton Town Hall – book now for 2025
Where: Congleton Town Hall,
When: 29th October 2025
Cost: £2 per child
Pumpkin carving, face painting, creepy crafts, scary cake decorating and fancy dress competition.
Book now – Congleton Town Council
Pumpkin picking at Canal side garden centre, Nantwich – Details for 2025
When: Wednesday to Sunday, from 1st – 31st October 2025
Where: Canal side garden centre, Little Porters Hill Farm, Frith Lane, Wrenbury, Nantwich, CW5 8HQ
Cost: free entry
Pumpkin picking, spooky woodland trail walk. No need to book
Full details here – canal side garden centre
Free The last little pumpkin, storytelling, Storyhouse Chester – details for 2025
When: 25th October 2025
Cost: free
Louise is a local author who has self published her first children’s book. The Last Little Pumpkin story was inspired by the famous shot tower in Great Boughton Chester. Along with the imagination of her daughter Romy this charming tale came to life!
Full details here – The Last Little Pumpkin | Storyhouse
Bellis Brothers PYO pumpkins – book now for 2025
Where: Wrexham Rd, Holt Village, Wrexham LL13 9YU
When: 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th and then daily from 25th to 31st October 2025
Cost: £2.50 per person for the spooky maze, under 3s free. Pumpkins vary depending on side. Free parking but booking still required
Summary: PYO pumpkin and spooky maize maze (£2.50).
Book your free place here – Pick Your Own Pumpkins and Spooky Maize Maze
Free Spooky stop motion workshop, Storyhouse – details for 2025
When: 31st October 2025
suitable for children aged 7-13 years
Bring along your own tablet with the Stop Motion Studio app downloaded, along with plenty of imagination and enthusiasm! There will be props and ideas to inspire you, but feel free to bring along your own toy or gizmo and make them into a movie star!
Full details here – Spooky stop motion
Free Gizmobots Robot Making Workshop
When: 30th October 2025
Where: Wilmslow library
Led by the amazing team behind Gizmobots, children will use recycled materials, imagination, and a touch of Halloween spirit to build their very own robot
Full details – Gizmobots Robot Making Workshop
Wilmslow Halloween trail – 2025 details
When: 18th October – 1st November 2025
Participants can pick up a free trail map from Waitrose or Wilmslow Library and set out on a fun-filled adventure. The trail also features 10 hidden Draculas to seek out, along with puzzles, colouring activities and a chance to win spooky prizes by submitting completed sheets at Waitrose.
Full details – Wilmslow Halloween trail
Free Halloween events Lancashire
Below are all the free and low cost Halloween events in Lancashire. If you’re looking for more events and are happy to spend a little more on 1 or 2 events, find my full guide to Halloween events Lancashire here.
Free Pumpkins in the park festival at Lowther theatre, Lytham – details for 2025
Where: Lowther Pavilion, West Beach, Lytham St Annes, FY8 5QQ
When: 25th – 26th October 2025, 11am – 4pm
Cost: FREE. All day parking is available on Lytham Green for £5 per car.
Summary: Walkabout ghost stories, food and drink vendors, pumpkin crafts and carving, flash mobs, craft stalls and more.
Full details here as they are confirmed – Pumpkins In The Park
Xplorer at Brockholes – Details for 2025
Where: Brockholes nature reserve, just off Junction 31 of the M6, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 OAG
When: 22nd October – 9th November 2025
Cost: £4.50 per trail map pack if booked in advance, £5.50 on the day
Summary: Explore Brockholes, find the markers, complete the challenge and have fun together! Brought to you in partnership with British Orienteering, Xplorer is the perfect outdoor activity to get the whole family outside in the fresh air together! There are certificates for those completing the challenge along with a sweet treat!
There are 2 courses available, one is pram-friendly and the markers are in number order in a circular route. The other course is more challenging and not pram-friendly. Families will need to use navigation skills to find markers across the reserve.
Book here – Xplorer at Brockholes
Children’s Halloween party at St Anne’s cricket club – book now for 2025
Where: St Annes Cricket Club
When: 26th October 2025, 12-2 pm
Cost: £3 per adult or child.
Summary: Games and competitions for best dressed.
Buy tickets at the bar.
Full details here – Halloween Party, St-Annes Cricket Club
Children’s Halloween party at St Anne’s cricket club – book now for 2024, low cost
Where – St Annes Cricket Club
When – 27th October 2024, 12-2 pm
Children’s entertainer and lots of spooky fun. Fancy dress optional but prizes for best dressed.
£3 per adult or child.
Buy tickets at the bar.
Full details here – Spooky Fun! Children’s Halloween Party
Halloween crafts and spooky storytime at Gawsthorpe Hall – details for 2025
Where: Gawsthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8UA
When: 29th October 2025
Join our Halloween crafty fun in the Victorian kitchen, where you can have a go at making your own spooky bat to take home and keep. Afterward, creep along to the spooky story time and see if our scary stories will make you jump.
Full details here – Halloween crafts and spooky storytime
Halloween trail at Gawsthorpe Hall – details for 2025
Where: Gawsthorpe Hall, Burnley Road, Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8UA
When: 26th October 2024
Cost: £2.50 per ticket
Summary: Are you brave enough to explore Gawthorpe Hall’s gardens and see if you find the ghosts, pumpkins, black cats and witches hiding on the Hallowe’en trail? Collect a trail sheet at the front of the Hall and set off to explore.
Full details – Halloween trail | National Trust
Pumpkin trail + free outdoor family theatre – Edgeside park – details for 2025
Where: Edgeside Park, Rossendale
When: 1st November 2025
Cost: free
Summary: Bring down your carved pumpkins to Edgeside Park and create a community Pumpkin Trail the day after Halloween! Enjoy this magical, torchlit experience as you wander through the pumpkins on display!
Also includes free outdoor theatre show – Wizard & the mechanic.
Leave your pumpkins or put them in the provided bins at the end & they will be composted.
Full details here – Pumpkin trail
Wallace & Gromit: the curse of the were gabbit (U) craft and screening, Horse + Bamboo – Book now for 2025
Where: Horse + Bamboo, 679 Bacup Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7HB
When: 29th October 2025
Cost: £3.50 per ticket
Summary: family craft session making a monster Halloween craft! Followed by film screening of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Book here – Horse + Bamboo
Halloween train at West Lancs light railway – details for 2025
Where: The West Lancashire Light Railway, Station Rd, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP
When: 31st October 2025,
Cost: Fares are Adult £5, Child £4, Family (2+2) £14, Senior/armed forces concession £4.50
Summary: Family friendly Halloween trains! Hot food and drinks available.
Book here – Halloween | West Lancs Railway
Halloween at Billy bobs Myerscough -details for 2025
When: 27th September – 2nd November 2025
Where: Billy Bob’s Parlour Ltd, North Planks Farm, Garstang Road, Myerscough, PR3 5AD
Get ready to be dazzled inside and out this season, from pumpkins galore to enchanting fall décor, Billy Bob’s is transforming into a cozy autumn wonderland. Also includes big inflatable, haunted trail (£4 per child), Professor Nit Wit’s madcap lab (science, silliness and sweet treats), candy scramble (£3 per child). Pumpkins for sale, Halloween treats in the parlour and so much more!
Full details here – Yikes, Fall Fun is almost here at Billy Bob’s!
Free family activities at Darwin market – details for 2025
Where: Darwen market hub, Croft Street, Darwen, BB3 1BH
Patch works – A sensory puppet play – 27th October
Create colourful origami butterflies – 29th October
Natural dying workshops – 31st October
Find out more here – Events | Darwen Town Centre
Free Spooky Supervillains week – Details for 2025
Where: Affinity Lancashire
When: 25th October – 1st November 2025
Meet supervillians, enjoy magic shows, trick-or-treating, colouring and more free workshops during the week.
Full details here – Spooky Supervillains Week
Halloween at Fishergate shopping centre – 2025 details
Where: Fishergate Shopping Centre, Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8HJ
Halloween party – 29th October 2025
Halloween storytelling – 30th October 2025
Full details here – Halloween at Fishergate
Free Halloween events Liverpool
Below are all the free and low cost Halloween events in Liverpool. If you’re looking for more events and are happy to spend a little more on 1 or 2 events, find my full guide to Halloween events Liverpool for families here.
Sorceress of Speke Hall, National Trust – details for 2025
Where: Speke, Liverpool, L24 1XD
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: included in admission, free for NT members
Summary: visit the house this spooky season to see how the Sorceress of Speke, along with her Monster Mice, have redecorated the Library, taken one of the bedrooms for her own and turned the Kitchen into a spell making zone!
Book here – Sorceress of Speke Hall | National Trust
Brilliant bats trail, Speke Hall – details for 2025
Where: The Walk, Speke, Liverpool, L24 1XD
When: 25th October – 23rd November 2025
Cost: included in admission costs, free for National Trust members
Summary: On this self-led trail through the Clough Woodland, learn which bat is so small it can fit inside a matchbox, how bats shout and guess some of our bats favourite smells!
Full details here – Brilliant Bats Trail | National Trust
Halloween Story Time, Sefton Palm house – details for 2025
Where: Palm house, Sefton Park
When: 29th October 2025
Cost: free
Summary: Join the Palm House team for a spooktacular session of stories, rhymes, and seasonal fun!
Full details here – Halloween story time
Halloween Party at Liverpool ONE – Details for 2025
Where: Liverpool ONE
When: 26th October 2025, 11am – 5pm
Includes a children’s fancy dress competition, drumming workshop, zombie dancers, free kids fun and spooky entertainment.
Full details here – Halloween Party 2025 – Liverpool ONE
Free Spooky Sudley, Sudley House – Details for 2025
Where: Sudley House, Mossley Hill Road, Liverpool, L18 8BX
When: 31st October 2025
Summary: Family friendly Halloween celebrations
Full details – Spooky Sudley | National Museums Liverpool
Who is Mavis Davis? whodunnit trail at Rainford farm – book now for 2025
Where: Rainfords Farm, Catchdale Moss Ln, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 5QG
When: Every day in October 2025 (interactive trail with actors and a different suspect and demises 28th-30th)
Cost: £5.75 Per adult or child
Put your wellies on for a spooky welly walk with a difference! Head out amongst the trees to meet our scarecrows and help us solve a mystery like no other. Follow your trail guide and solve the clues to work out the identity of Mavis Davis.
Suitable for the whole family, however it will be especially enjoyed by ages 5+
The trail should take approximately 45 mins to complete but you are welcome to take as long as you need.
No dogs.
Book here – Who is Mavis Davis? A Whodunnit Trail – Rainfords Farm Ltd
Day of the dead family festival, Floral Pavilion, New Brighton – book now for 2025
Where: Floral Pavilion, Marine Promenade, New Brighton, Wirral, CH45 2JS
When: 1st November 2025
Cost: from £5 a ticket
This enchanting celebration will bring together colourful altars, traditional music, arts and crafts, delicious food, and captivating performances. Immerse yourself in a joyful tribute to loved ones, with activities for all ages, from sugar skull decorations, face painting to storytelling and retail stalls.
Book here – Day of the Dead Family Festival – Floral Pavilion
Halloween half term at Port Sunlight Village, book now for 2025
Where: Port Sunlight village
When: 30th October – 1st November 2025
Cost: see individual events
Halloween wand and broom decorating – 30th October, £6.50 per child
Halloween themed crafts – 31st October, £5 per child
Spooktacular tour – 31st October, £6-£15 per person
Autumn self-led trail – 1st November, £6 per ticket
Book here – What’s on | Port Sunlight Village
Little Liverpool Halloween special – book now for 2025
When: 21st – 25th, 28th – 31st October 2025
Where: Museum of Liverpool
Join Winnie the spider and some of her friends for a spooktacular special in the Little Liverpool gallery at the Museum of Liverpool. Come and explore our dedicated children’s gallery with some added Halloween themed fun.
Little Liverpool spooky specials are for visitors aged up to age 6 and their parents/carers.
Book here – Little Liverpool Halloween special
Free Southport AR Halloween trail – details for 2025
Where: Southport
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Two free AR trails around Southport.
Full details here – AR Halloween trails
Free The skeleton storywalk, Liverpool – details for 2025
When:
Where: Liverpool city centre
Hidden in windows throughout the city centre are the skeletons in a new bone-tingling trail. Walk through town and discover the spooky skeletons created by artists.
Full details here – Halloween in Liverpool
Spooky story time with Art Groupies – Details for 2025
Where/When: Liverpool Library, William Brown street on 30th October and Museum of Liverpool on 31st October 2025
Fancy dress encouraged
Full details here – Halloween in Liverpool
Katumba Halloween Carnival Parade – details for 2025
Where: Liverpool city Centre
When: 31st October 2025 at 7pm
Feel the drums. Honour the ancestors. Celebrate the spirits.
Full details here – Kaumba Halloween Carnival Parade
Free Make it! craft workshop. The Atkinson – details for 2025
When – 30th October 2025
Drop-in any time between 11am – 3pm and get creative.
Halloween arts and crafts.
Full details here – Make It! Craft Workshop – The Atkinson
Free Halloween events Cumbria
Below are all the free and low cost Halloween events in Cumbria. If you’re looking for more events and are happy to spend a little more on 1 or 2 events, find my full guide to Halloween events Cumbria here.
Spooky Cumbrian stories by the fire, Wordsworth house – 2025 details
Where: Wordsworth house and gardens, Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RX
When: 29th October 2025
Cost: Free with normal admission fee, free for National Trust members
Summary: Join Jessie McMeekin as she tells tales by the kitchen fire to horrify and delight you. Suitable for children aged 4 – 11 years
More details here – Spooky Cumbrian stories by the fire | National Trust
Spooky Crafts, Wordsworth house – 2025 details
Where: Wordsworth house and gardens, Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9RX
When: 25th – 29th October & 1st & 2nd November 2025
Cost: Free with normal admission fee, free for National Trust members
Summary: After exploring the house and getting into the spirit of the season, get creative by making a spooky autumnal craft.
More details here – Spooky crafts | National Trust
Pumpkin carving at Allan Bank – book now for 2025
Where: Allan Bank, Grasmere, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9QB
When: 25th – 30th October 2025
Cost: £3.50 plus normal admission fee, free admission for National Trust members. Book essential
Summary: They’ll provide the pumpkins, clear out the inside, and have all the tools you need to carve them.
Book here – Pumpkin Carving
Pumpkin carving competition at Ivy House, Hawkshead – details for 2025
Where: Ivy House, Main Street, Hawkshead
When: 30th October 2025, 5pm
Bring your carved pumpkin along. prize for adult, teenager and child winners. Only kitchen utensils allowed.
Full details here – Pumpkin contest
Halloween Ghost gear hunt, The round house hub – no details yet for 2025
When – 29th October 2024
Where РThe Round House Hub & Caf̩, Biggar Bank Road, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 3YE
This event is suitable for all ages and no prior knowledge is required.
Free but booking required.
Book here – Halloween Ghost Gear Hunt | The Bay
Halloween family crafts at Keswick museum – Details for 2025
Where: Keswick Museum, Station Road, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4NF
When: 30th October 2025, 11am or 1:30pm
Cost: £5 per craft
Create and take home your own Boo-tiful, spooktacular, Halloween-themed pencil case or tote bag!
Book here – Halloween Crafts — Keswick Museum
Halloween scavenger hunt, Outside In – Details for 2025
Where: Outside-In Cumbria, Beezon Road, Kendal, LA9 6EL
When: from 20th October 2025
£5.50 includes snack, drink, activity book and goody bag. Add to your booking at the centre
Creep around the centre and find all the figures.
Full details – Outside-in
More things to do this October half term in the North West
Find all the pumpkin patches in our region here (there are loads!) – Pumpkin picking North West.
Find all the other October half term activities North West here.
Have you decided on your Christmas days out? If not I’ve rounded up all the best events in the North West for you here – Christmas Events North West.
Find all the bonfires and firework displays here – Fireworks displays North West.
