Halloween events Liverpool for families 2024
There’s plenty going on for kids this Halloween in Liverpool. Below you’ll find all the Halloween events Liverpool for families in 2024. There are family-friendly shows, farm events featuring pumpkin carving, Halloween discos and so much more. This post is part of a series of posts on Halloween events North West.
I’ve done my best to add the details of all these events accurately and keep them up to date but I strongly advise you to click through and check on the organiser’s website to ensure the dates, locations times are correct. Events maybe changed or cancelled and I will not necessarily be aware of this. Links are providers so you can confirm all details for yourself before travelling or booking. Some of these events require pre-booking so I’d recommend you do that as soon as you decide you want to in order to avoid disappointment.
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Church farm family fright festival – book now for 2024
Where – Church farm, Wirral, CH61 0HW
When – 5th October – 3rd November 2024
Cost – Full day tickets Child £7 (under 2s free), Adults £8
Part day child £5.75 (under 2s free), Adults £6.75
Further details – Skull search activity pack (£3.75) available to enhance your visit with puzzles around the farm, PYO pumpkin patch, barrel train rides (£1.50 per person), tractor rides included in ticket price and all the usual farm animals.
Book your tickets here – Family Fright Festival
Otterspool adventure, Ottersghoul – tickets for 2024 on sale now
Where – Otterspool adventure, Liverpool, L19 2PA
When – 26th to 31st October 2024
Cost – £21 for children, £10.50 per adult
Further details – Ottersghoul event includes “Beetle boogie” – A 30 minute family show starring some of the most infamous villains of all time!
Event also includes haunted trail, pumpkin parade, flash mobs, roaming characters and all the usual activities.
Book here – Ottersghoul
Spooky Welly walk, Roy Castle, Lung Cancer foundation – book now for 2024
Where – Sefton park, Liverpool
When – 19th October 2024
Cost – £6 per ticket, under 2s free, £22 for a family of 4 (early bird prices)
Spooky Welly Walk is a Halloween-themed sponsored walk packed with Halloween activities and entertainment to keep your little monsters excited this October.
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is celebrating 13 years of Spooky Welly Walk Liverpool and 4 years in Birmingham. We’re super excited to be returning to the beautiful Sefton Park and Cannon Hill Park this October, providing families with a fun-filled day packed with activities for little ones to enjoy and explore.
Find out more and book here – Spooky Welly Walk – Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Raver tots Halloween party, Liverpool – 2024 tickets on sale
Where – Invisible wind factory, Liverpool
When – 3rd November 2024, 2pm
Cost – £12 per child, £14 per adult, plus booking fees
Further details – Huge effects show throughout the event with dancers, performers, cold pyro, bubbles, festival sized confetti blasts, multi coloured lasers and lighting, parachute games, giant balloons, licensed bar and face painting!
Book here – Raver Tots Halloween Party Liverpool
Happy Halloween Event – Air Nation, St Helens – 2024 tickets on sale now
Where – Lowe street, Saint Helens, Merseyside, WA10 2QS
When – 30th & 31st October 2024
The event includes bouncing on the inflatables, visit with Mike & Sully, fancy dress, Halloween games, candy floss and a musical statue competition.
Cost – £16.99 per child
Book here – Halloween at Air Nation
Spooky Speke, Speke Hall, National Trust – book now for 2024
Where – The Walk, Speke, Liverpool, L24 1XD
When – 4, 10, 16, 19 and 24 October 2024
Enjoy a hearty meal and sweet treat to calm your nerves, followed by a torchlight tour of the hall to discover the tales of its previous inhabitants. Who will you meet in the dark?
Cost – £28 per ticket
Book here – Spooky Speke | National Trust
Haunted Mansion by candelight, Speke Hall – book now for 2024
Where – The Walk, Speke, Liverpool, L24 1XD
When – 11th (with meal), 18th & 25th (sweet treat) October 2024
Experience Speke Hall in its guise as a Haunted Mansion in this after-dark event like no other. Explore the hall in a whole new way—lit only by candlelight and shrouded in mystery. This unique event will immerse you in a sensory journey that plays on your perception of light and dark, combining haunting shadows, evocative scents, and eerie sounds to heighten your senses.
Unlike typical scare events, this event focuses on atmosphere rather than fear. You won’t find jump scares or gory elements here; instead, the experience invites you to explore the hall’s darkened corners and uncover its secrets. With a backdrop of flickering light and subtle, suspenseful music, every step will make your heart race in anticipation. Included with your ticket, enjoy a warming meal in the Home Farm restaurant before you head into the mysteries of the hall.
Perfect for those aged 12 and over who are looking for a sophisticated, immersive event that doesn’t rely on horror, but instead taps into the mind’s sense of mystery.
Cost – £24 per ticket (with meal), £12 per ticket (with sweet treat)
Book here – Haunted Mansion by Candlelight (with meal)
Book here – Haunted Mansion by Candlelight (with sweet treat)
Halloween day at Acorn Farm, details for 2024
Where – Acorn Farm, Depot Road, Kirkby, Knowsley, L33 3AR
When – 31st October 2024.
Lots of fun games & prizes, a fancy dress competition and our spooky haunted house! Normal admission prices apply. Tickets for the haunted house and games will be available to purchase on the day.
Tickets for haunted house are £1.50
Find out more here – Acorn Farm
Little scarelings at Dobbies Garden Centre, Liverpool & Southport, book now for 2024
When – 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th and 27th October 2024
Cost – £10.99 per child & £6.40 per adult
Your little scare-lings will sink their fangs into some terrifyingly tasty treats from our Children’s Halloween Afternoon Tea, followed by a spooky gourd decorating activity and fun games with the Dobbies’ ‘monster’ – all while you sit back with a cuppa and a treat to watch them have fun. Fancy dress very much encouraged!
Children’s Halloween Afternoon Tea
- Bottom tier includes our jam sandwich and ham sandwich coffins
- Middle tier includes one of our famous Dobbies scones, plus fresh carrot and cucumber sticks, grape halves and a dipping cream cheese
- The top tier includes sweet treats including a chocolate orange roulade, spooky doughnut and Halloween chocolate brownie balls
- Plus, a drink of orange squash
Adult’s Halloween cake and hot drink
Your choice of filter coffee or tea on the day plus one of the following options – chocolate orange roulade (737kcal), coffee & walnut cake (550kcal) and Persian lemon cake (502kcal)
This event is suited to families with children aged 3-10 years old. Children under 3 can still take part in some activities with the support of an adult. To help you fully enjoy the experience, families will be seated and served at their own table.
Book Liverpool here – Events | Dobbies Garden Centres
Book Southport here – Events | Dobbies Garden Centres
Halloween at the Storybarn – book now for 2024
Where – The Storybarn, Calderstones park
When – 26th – 31st October 2024
Cost – £6 per child, £5 per adult
Further details – Show off your frightful fancy dress, play ghostly games, and create a spooktacular craft to take home at our Storybarn specials.
Perfect for kids aged 4-9 years
Book here – Halloween at The Storybarn
The monster’s balls – book now for 2024
Where – Mansion house, Calderstones park
When – 31st October 2024
Cost – £12 per child, Under 1s. 1 free adult
Further details – Join the Storybarn team for ghostly games, dancing, and frightful fun.
Mini monster ball, Perfect for kids aged 1-4 years. Book here – The Mini Monster’s Ball
Mighty monster’s ball, perfect for 4-9 year olds. Book here – The Mighty Monster’s Ball
Pumpkin picking party, The Storybarn – book now for 2024
When – selected dates 5-27th October 2024
Where – The Storybarn, Calderstone park
Get ready for Spooky season and craft a pumpkin that’ll be the envy of your street! We’ll start the session inside the Storybarn and cosy up to listen to a spooktacular reading of Pick a Pumpkin. Then we’ll head outside to pick our very own pumpkin to carve and take home.
Perfect for 4-9yr olds, younger siblings welcome. Under 1’s free.
£10 per child, £5 per adult
Book here – Pumpkin Picking Party
Spooky Incy Wincy rhymers, The Storybarn – book now for 2024
When – selected dates 21st-25th October 2024
Where – The Storybarn, Calderstone park
We’re serving up our Incy Wincy sessions with a spooky twist. We’ll sing spooky nursery rhymes, pop bubbles from the cauldron and craft something super creepy!
Best suited for 1-4 year olds.
Adults £5, under 1s free, child £6
Book here – Spooky IWR
Fangtastic family feast, Mansion House, Calderstone Park, Book now for 2024
When – 2nd November 2024
Where – The Mansion House, Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB
This spooky season join storybarn for an immersive experience for families inspired by the mesmerising children’s picture book, The Café at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please, in collaboration with Harper Collins Children’s Books.
Prepare yourself for a deliciously decadent feast of pickled bats, slugs in goo and maggot fondue. Expect stories, games and crafts but remember, this is no ordinary café, it doesn’t take regular money, so the guests must take part in a treasure hunt led by our Storyhunters to find golden nuggets required to foot the bill.
Adult: £30, child £15, under 1s £5
Find full menu and book here – Fangtastic Family Feast
Halloween Party For Under 5s – Sefton Palm house – book now for 2024
Where – Palm house, Sefton Park
When – 31st October 2024
Join Jumping Jacks for a not-so-scary Halloween with mini beast themed nursery rhymes, action songs, sing-a-longs, dancing, fun sensory props, bubbles and more!
Older siblings are welcome to join their younger siblings, but please note that this session will be specifically tailored for little ones aged 5 and under.
Children Ages 12 Months Plus: £12 (plus booking fee)
Adults: £3 (plus booking fee)
Babies Under 1: £3 (plus booking fee)
Book here – Tickets for Palm House Sefton Park Halloween
Halloween party for school aged children, Sefton Palm house – book now for 2024
Where – Palm house, Sefton Park
When – 31st October 2024
Join Jumping Jacks for a greatest ghoulish event at the Palm House for a Spooktacular Bone-Shaking Halloween Disco Party. Action packed with non-stop fun, games, party dances, special guests, balloon modelling, competitions and giveaways!
In true Jumping Jacks tradition, there will be ghost-bustingly good time and we hope to see you all dressed to impress for our Halloween fancy dress competition.
This party will be tailored at primary school aged children, but younger siblings are welcome to join in the fun.
Children aged 12 months +: £12 (plus booking fee)
Adults : £3 (plus booking fee)
Babies Under 1: £3 (plus booking fee)
Book here – Tickets for Palm House Sefton Park Halloween
Mexican festival, Southport pleasure land – book now for 2024
Where – Southport pleasureland,
When – 2nd November 2024
A flavour of Mexico will come alive once again at Pleasureland! The park will be festooned with brightly coloured sugar skulls creating a fabulous fiesta atmosphere. The evening will consist of a whole host of acts and entertainment from drummers, fire eaters, Mexican Dances, live music and much, much more; all taking place on our new central stage!
Each evening will conclude with our renowned and stunning firework finale…this is an event NOT to be missed!
Tickets are all inclusive this year, meaning guests will have UNLIMITED access to all our rides ALL NIGHT too!
Gates open at 4pm. This is a ticketed event, all guests must show proof of purchase to gain entry.
Book here – Mexican festival
Halloween at knowsley Safari – Details for 2024
When – 23rd – 31st October 2024
Between 11am and 4pm each day, families can enjoy a fun-packed pumpkin patch treasure hunt, a haunted garden walk, as well as pumpkin-themed photo opportunities to ensure all those screamingly great memories are captured forever. Fangtastic facepainting is also available for an additional charge.
The pumpkin patch treasure hunt is designed for children under 12 years old, where they’ll receive a Halloween-themed map to navigate their way past friendly ghosts, spooky scarecrows, giant spiders and hundreds of pumpkins, before seeking out a mysterious character for a Halloween treat!
Guests can also get into the spooky spirit by enjoying the amusement rides and attractions, plus plenty of tongue-tingling refreshments will be available in Oasis Restaurant and the Outdoor Food Court.
1 child free with every full paying adult.
Find out more and book here – Kids Go Free
Halloween Party at Liverpool ONE – details for 2024
Where – South John Street, Liverpool
When – 27th October 2024, 11am – 5pm
Fancy dress competition, Katumba performances, spooky entertainment and zombie dancers.
Full details here – Halloween Party at Liverpool ONE – Liverpool ONE
ickets. Workshop will last 1 hour, All materials included in ticket price, One pumpkin per person
All ages welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult.
Costumes encouraged
Book here – John Lewis & Partners: Pumpkin Painting Workshop – Liverpool ONE
Halloween print party at Bluecoat – book now for 2024
Where – Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
When – 26th October – 2nd November 2024
Participants will be able to choose from a variety of fun spooky trick or treat designs. Children will be able to pull the screens themselves with a facilitator supervising if they choose to, or a parent/guardian can help. There will be ample time during the session for everyone to print their bags and get creative, further personalising them with provided fabric markers if they wish too.
All children must be supervised by an adult. Each ticket admits one supervising adult and one child to participate. If the supervising adult would like to take part in the activity also, please purchase a materials bundle add-on ticket.
£15 per child
Book here – Bluecoat | Halloween Print Party
Halloween trail at Ness Botanic gardens – details for 2024
Where – Neston Road, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 4AY
When – 26th October – 3rd November 2024
Cost – free trail with standard entry fee.
Further details – Follow the family trail arrows to uncover our Halloween mystery. Keep your eyes peeled for clues, and see if you can solve the spooky puzzles along the way.
Don’t forget to bring your own pens or crayons, or you can purchase a pencil from our shop.
This Halloween trail is perfect for children aged 3 and up.
Find out more here – Family activities – Ness Botanic Gardens – University of Liverpool
Halloween crafts at Ness Botanic gardens – book now for 2024
Where – Neston Road, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 4AY
When – 30th October 2024. various time. Booking required
Full details – Each child will get to decorate 3 Halloween themed biscuits and create a Halloween craft to take home with them.
Come dressed up and get in the Halloween spirit!
Activities suitable for children 2 years and up.
Cost – £6 per child
Find out more here – Family activities – Ness Botanic Gardens
Mortimous spook’s museum of curiosities – Ness botanic gardens – Book now for 2024
Where – Neston Road, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 4AY
When – 30th October 2024
Cost – £6 per ticket, suitable for 3+
Expect another hilariously spine-tingling Halloween show as he shows off his strange collection, cracks jokes and thrills the family with his marvellous magic. Come along in your favourite Halloween costume to show Mortimus how scary you can be!!
‘Mortimus Spook’ is the perfect Halloween treat for your little monsters over the Halloween half-term. The show runs at approximately 35 minutes.
Book here – Mortimous Spook’s Museum of Curiosities
Halloween family rave, Big fish little fish, Hangar 34 – book now for 2024
Where – Hangar 34, 34 Greenland Street Liverpool L1 0BS
When – 20th October 2024
It’s time to do the Monster Mash rave style!With legendary DJ Paul Bleasdale on the decks, they’ll be crafts, bubbles, foam, balloons & more
Adults £12.91, child £9.75
Book here – Big Fish Little Fish LIVERPOOL Halloween Family Rave ft. DJ Paul Bleasdale!
Family spooktacular, Boxpark Liverpool – book now for 2024
Where – BoxPark Liverpool, Brewery Village, Beaufort St, Liverpool L8 5XJ
When – 31st October 2024
With a DJ, family silent disco, arts and crafts, wand making, spell writing, Hula Hula Fun circus skills, Cequin Circus Fire Show, Bricklands Lego workshop, a School of Wizards Trail and Adventure Babies – it is going to be epic!
Come get your spook on – food vendors and bars will be open. So whether you want a brew or a glass of wine, head down and relax – fancy dress is optional!
£7.50 per person (pre-walkers free)
Book here – Spooktacular Social, Liverpool | Our Kids Social
Halloween party at Rascalz soft play centre – book now for 2024
Where – Rascalz soft play centre, 39-41 Eltham Green CH49 5NQ
When – 31st October 2024
2 hours soft play, a children’s hot dog and fries, visits from some of the mascots and lots of spooky fun and treats.
£14.95 per child, buy tickets at reception in advance
Full details here – Halloween party
Fire and light, Eureka science + discovery – details for 2024
Where – Eureka! Science + Discovery, Victoria Place, Wallasey, CH44 6QY
When – 26th October – 3rd November 2024
‘Fire and Light – Let’s Glow Crazy!’ is a mesmerizing fusion of fire performances, light manipulation, and hands-on glow-in-the-dark fun!
Witness phenomenal fire tricks performed by the awe-inspiring “Bring The Fire Project” and explore the hidden glow in everyday items in our ‘Fluorescence Frenzy‘ workshop.
Full details here – October Half Term: Fire and Light! – Eureka! Science + Discovery
Free Spooky Sudley, Sudley House – Details for 2024
Where – Sudley House, Mossley Hill Road, Liverpool, L18 8BX
When – 26th & 27th October 2024
Expect ghost stories in Sudley’s Library, creepy crafts in the Sudley House Craft room and the Sudley Pumpkin Trail.
Hallowe’en at Sudley House will be family friendly but we do recommend that our very youngest visitors might like to be pre-warned that the theme of the event will be a bit spooky! Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Full details – Spooky Sudley | National Museums Liverpool
Free craft and create Halloween, Walker Art Gallery – details for 2024
Where – William Brown St, Liverpool, L3 8EL
When – 31st October – 1st November 2024
Expect spooktacular Halloween crafting fun.
Full details here – Craft and Create: Halloween
Free craft club. Palm House Sefton Park – details for 2024
When – 27th October 2024.
Donations welcome. 1-3pm. Join local artist, Rachel, to make and create with a halloween twist. Everyone is welcome to join this artist led drop-in session as part of our family programme. Expect halloween crafts and time to make under the palms.
Full details here – Craft Club – Palm House Sefton Park
Who killed John Jack Rainford? whodunnit trail at Rainford farm – book now for 2024
When – Every day in October 2024 (interactive trail with actors and a different suspect and demises 28th-30th)
Where – Rainfords Farm, Catchdale Moss Ln, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 5QG
Includes free entry to the pumpkin patch. A welly walk with a difference, help solve the mystery.
The trail and the clues are best described as Scooby Doo level of scary!! So if you were always one step ahead of those meddling kids, this is the trail you!
Look for clues along the way, and if you manage to work out the suspect and how he met his end, report back to the Apres Tree Cafe in the barn to claim your dectective medal (included in a child’s ticket).
It is suitable for the whole family, however will be especially enjoyed by ages 5+. The trail should take 45 minutes.
£5 per ticket standard trail.
£12 per adult or child during the interactive trail dates
Book here – Book Events | Apres Tree Cafe
Pumpkin patch farm tots (pumpkin painting) – Rainford farm – book now for 2024
When – Week days in October 2024 until 30th
Where – Rainfords Farm, Catchdale Moss Ln, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 5QG, UK
Everything is provided for you including the pumpkin! You will receive your own little painting kit to keep, it includes paint and brushes, although we definitely recommend some finger painting! Head out to the pumpkin patch and choose your own mini pumpkin or gourd to paint.
Cost £8.20 per ticket
Book here – Book Events
Pumpkin patch farm tots (storytime) – Rainford farm – book now for 2024
When – 8th, 15th & 22nd October 2024
Where – Rainfords Farm, Catchdale Moss Ln, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 5QG, UK
Storytime sessions last about an hour and are filled with so much fun for your little one. Parents and carers are welcome to stick around after each session and grab a coffee and some treats from the Apres Tree Cafe and let your little one explore our designated toddler pumpkin patch full of different shapes, sizes and colours of little pumpkins and gourds. On occasion when the weather allows, Storytime will take place outside in the pumpkin patch!
Sessions are suitable for under 5s.
Cost £5.13 per ticket
Book here – Book Events
Spooky picnic in the trees – Rainford farm – book now for 2024
When – Every day October 2024
Where – Rainfords Farm, Catchdale Moss Ln, Eccleston, Saint Helens WA10 5QG, UK
Collect your picnic boxes from the Apres Tree Cafe in the barn and head out through the pumpkins and in amongst the trees to enjoy your sweet and savoury treats.
Adult picnic box includes a delicious hot savoury pasty of your choice, a cake of your choice, scone with jam and cream and a drink of your choice, either a hot drink, cold drink or a hot mulled apple cider – 3.4%. Children will receive a halloweeny picnic box including sandwich or sausage roll, crisps, biscuits and either a children’s hot chocolate or a drink.
The picnic tables comfortably fit 6 people.
This is an outdoor event so please dress appropriately for the autumn weather. It will go ahead whatever the weather. Waterproofs and strudy shoes are advisable. Bring a blanket and get cosy! They do have a limited number of tables inside if you would prefer to be by the log fire.
Book here – Book Events
Williamson SCARE – details for 2024
When – 30th & 31st October 2024
Where – Williamson Square, Liverpool city Centre
Wednesday 30th October – Meet our spooky friends the Ghoulish Gobins (12pm, 1pm and 2pm) and Stilt walking Wicked Witches (1:15pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm)
Thursday 31st October – Pumpkin carving tips & tricks and Craft sessions
Full details here – Williamson SCARE! | Liverpool BID Company
October half term activities Liverpool 2024
Find all the family events without a Halloween theme in Liverpool this October half term here – October half term activities Liverpool.
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