October half term activities Liverpool 2025
There are loads of October half term activities Liverpool in 2025 to choose from. There are plenty of Halloween themed ones and some that have nothing to do with Halloween. Find more October half term activities North West here.
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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.
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Free River of Light, Liverpool – details for 2025
When – 24th October – 2nd November 2025
River of Light is turning playful for its latest instalment, with 12 large scale installations presented by some of the best light artists in the world, all inspired by the theme of ‘the science of light’.
River of Light is an annual free event that provides an outdoor illuminated gallery on Liverpool’s Waterfront, a loop, featuring light and sound from local, national and international artists.
Find out more here – River of Light
Ottersghoul, Otterspool adventure, – book now for 2025
When: 25th to 31st October 2025
Where: Otterspool adventure, Liverpool, L19 2PA
Cost: £21 for children, £10.50 per adult
Summary: Ottersghoul event includes Ottersghoul Spooktacular live show, fortune teller, unlimited rides, the haunted trail, pumpkin parade, ghostly characters and flash mobs.
Book here – Ottersghoul
Halloween at knowsley Safari – Book now for 2025
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: Included in normal admission costs
Wander through the Foot Safari, where mischievous characters are waiting to surprise you at our spooky conservation stations. From creepy crafts to trick-or-treat surprises, every corner is packed with Halloween fun and wild learning.
Book here – Halloween event
Trick or truth, Eureka science + discovery – Book now for 2025
Where: Eureka! Science + Discovery, Victoria Place, Wallasey, CH44 6QY
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: Included in admission cost
This Halloween, science meets sorcery! Enjoy Dr Ken’s spellbinding shows, craft mind-bending illusions, and be amazed by roaming magicians
Full details here – October Half Term: Trick or Truth? – Eureka! Science + Discovery
Activities at Liverpool Museums & galleries
Free Family screen printing workshop, The Bluecoat – book now for 2025
When: 25th October 2025.
Suggested donation £3
hands on screen-printing workshop to celebrate the launch of our new exhibition, We Dream of Our Freedom by Lou Miller. This special drop-in screen printing workshop takes inspiration from the poem Freedom Road by Simon Armitage
Book here – Family screen printing
Free Viking takeover day, Museum of Liverpool.
When: 1st & 2nd November 2025.
Living history reenactors from Wirhalh Skip Felagr, who will be bringing the Viking Age back to life. Find out what life was like in this region more than a thousand years ago, see authentic Viking Age crafts and take your opportunity to ask our ancestors questions as history comes to life.
Full details here – Viking takeover day
Aquarium Behind The Scenes Tour, World Museum – book now for 2025
When – 30th October 2025
Ever wanted to know what it takes to look after all the amazing animals in our aquarium? Wonder no more! Why not book onto this 20 minute guided tour with one of our knowledgeable aquarium team members.
You’ll be taken into our back of house facilities to see how we look after the animals in our care. Each tour will have a maximum of 10 visitors and is for years 6+ we also ask for a minimum ratio of 3 children to 1 adult.
Book here – Aquarium Behind The Scenes Tour | National Museums Liverpool
Free Liverpool Irish Festival family day, Museum of Liverpool
When: 25th October 2025.
Featuring live Irish music, readings, dancing, puppets, performances, craft workshops, free gifts, tours and much more besides.
Full details – Liverpool Irish Festival family day
Fantastic feeding time, World Museum
When: 29th October 2025.
Get an up-close look at some of our most fascinating rock pool creatures on our big screen!
Through interactive games, you’ll uncover the secrets of these amazing animals and the hidden world they call home, and that’s not all… you’ll also get to watch our educator feed one of our live animal enclosures.
Book here – Fantastic feeding time
For the love of art with splatter and stick, Lady lever Art Gallery
When: 30th October 2025.
£2 per child
Halloween themed. Splatter and stick offers an inclusive environment with the aim to develop a child’s self confidence, natural exploration skills, hand eye co-ordination and manual dexterity, through the exploration of arts and crafts with sensory play. We aim to create a fun and creative environment that supports families with children who may need additional support.
Book here – For the love of art with splatter and stick
Diwali at World Museum
When: 1st November 2025.
Join the Liverpool Hindu community for a family-friendly day of activities to celebrate this year’s festival of lights.
The museum will be busy with dance performance, crafts and presentations for all our visitors to enjoy.
Full details here – Diwali at World Museum.
Little Liverpool Halloween Special, Museum of Liverpool,
When: 21-25 & 28-31 October 2025.
Little Liverpool spooky specials are for visitors aged up to age 6 and their parents/carers.
Book here – Little Liverpool Halloween special
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
Other free or low cost activities across Merseyside
Free craft club, Palm House Sefton Park – details for 2025
When: 28th October 2025.
Families are welcome to come, make and create under the palms together. Artist led drop-in session as part of our family programme of events
Full details here – Craft Club – Palm House Sefton Park
Halloween Story Time, Sefton Palm house
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
Free Construction Club. The Atkinson
When – 25th October 2025.
free. 10:30am – 12:30pm
Find out more here – Construction Club – The Atkinson
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
Family Trail: Beauty and the Beast, The Atkinson
When: 25th October – 1st November 2025.
Full details here – Family Trail: Beauty and the Beast – The Atkinson
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 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
Family events at Speke Hall
Sorceress of Speke Hall, National Trust
Where: Speke, Liverpool, L24 1XD
When: 25th October – 2nd November 2025
Cost: included in admission
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
When: 25th October – 23rd November 2025
Cost: included in admission costs
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
The Canterville Ghost, Speke Hall – book now for 2025
When: 28th October 2025
Cost: £13 a ticket
Summary: Family theatre show. Enjoy comedy and chills in this original adaptation of the charming Oscar Wilde tale, written especially for children and young families.
Book here – The Canterville Ghost | National Trust
Wildlife Trust activities across Merseyside
Forest School Family Fun, Lunt Meadows
When: 29th October 2025.
Where: The Learning Centre, Lunt Road, Thornton,, Liverpool, Merseyside, L29 8YA
Under the guidance of our Forest School leader, we offer the space and freedom to play, explore and connect with the natural environment whilst facilitating fun activities your child may want to join in with, such as nature crafts, scavenger hunts, wood working or scavenger hunts. There is always time at Forest School for a snack and drink too.
Book here – Forest School Family Fun
Foraged Pudding Club – Family Friendly, Lunt Meadows
When: 30th October 2025.
Families will forage for the ingredients and staff will guide you through how to make the recipes. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Book here – Foraged Pudding Club – Family Friendly
Owl pellet workshop, Lunt Meadows
When: 31st October 2025.
You will learn how to take them apart and work out what the owls have been eating from examining the bones inside and using scientific keys. Our friendly team will teach you how to tell the difference between different pellets so that if you find them out and about yourself you will know what birds of prey have left them.
Book here – Owl pellet workshop
Family activities at Ness Botanical gardens
Where: Neston Road, Ness, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 4AY
Halloween trail at Ness Botanic gardens – Details for 2025
When: 25th October – 3rd November 2025
Cost: free trail with standard entry fee.
Summary: There is plenty for all the family to see & a conundrum for 5-12 year olds to solve. The trail will take approximately 40 minutes to complete.
Find out more here – Halloween at Ness
Halloween biscuit decorating at Ness Botanic gardens – book now for 2025
When: 30th October 2025. various time. Booking required
Cost: £6 per child
Summary: 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 3 years and up.
Book here – Family activities – Ness Botanic Gardens
Mortimous spook’s museum of curiosities – Ness botanic gardens – Book now for 2025
When: 30th October 2025
Cost: £5 per ticket, suitable for 3+
Summary: Join Mortomus Spook as he conjures up curious creatures, tells hilarious stories, and makes ghostly giggles echo through the autumn leaves. Magic and storytelling show. Lasts approx 30 minutes.
Book here – Mortimous Spook’s Museum of Curiosities
Bird ringing demonstrations
When: 27th October 2025
Learn about how and why we ring birds, what the data is used for, and have the opportunity to see some of the birds who’ve made Ness their home.
Included in admission costs
Full details here – Bird ringing
Family theatre across Merseyside
Dino tales, The Atkinson
When: 30th October 2025.
With a captivating story, interactive activities throughout and an immersive finale that will bring the house down, Dino Tales is an unforgettable fun-filled family adventure starring Europe’s largest walking dinosaurs to ever roam the stage. You and the kids will be jumping for Jurassic joy after this pre-historic party, so get ready for the ultimate Jurassic rescue adventure.
Book here – Dino Tales
Gladiators Live tour, M&S Bank Arena Liverpool
When: 1st – 2nd November 2025.
Featuring the new stars of the UK TV series Gladiators, the live show will be a spectacular, high-octane two-hour show with all the fan-favourite events and the ultimate Eliminator.
Book here – Gladiators live
The Gruffalo’s child, Everyman & Playhouse
When: 28th October – 1st November 2025.
Follow the Gruffalo’s Child on her adventurous mission in Tall Stories’ enchanting adaptation of the much-loved picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Book here – The gruffalos child
Little red riding hood, Croxteth Hall – book now for 2025
When: 29th October 2025
Join two lively performers from Altru Drama for a joyful 45-minute show packed with original music, storytelling, and plenty of audience participation.
Perfect for families, this charming adaptation brings the classic tale to life in a way that will have little ones giggling, singing, and maybe even reading along!
Book here – Little red riding hood
Other activities this October half term for families
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
Halloween with the friendly witch, Inglenook Farm – book now for 2025
Where: Rainford, Moss Nook Ln, Rainford, Saint Helens WA11 8AE
When: 29th – 31st October 2025
Enjoy a fun, kid-friendly walk through the sunflower field, meet Inglenooks friendliest witch, and get creative with our fun-filled Halloween craft activities!
Book here – Halloween with the friendly witch
Spooky Science & soft play, Activities for all – book now for 2025
Where: Activity for All, Arrowe Commercial Park, Arrowe Brook Rd, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH49 1AB
When: 28th October 2025
cost: £12.95
The event lasts around two-hours and starts with Spooky Science, followed by free play fun in The Fun Forest Soft Play.
Suitable for 4 years upwards
Book here – Spooky Science & soft play
Baddies Ball with Maleficien and the Evil Queen, Activities for all – book now for 2025
Where: Activity for All, Arrowe Commercial Park, Arrowe Brook Rd, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH49 1AB
When: 25th October 2025
cost: £14.95
Hosted by two of the most iconic villains; Maleficent and Snow White’s Evil Queen — the night will be filled with soft play, live performances of famous villain songs, dancing and interactive Halloween games.
Book here – Baddies Ball
Rice lane city farm farm pumpkin patch – Details for 2025
When: From 4th October 2025
Where: Rice Lane City Farm is at the end of Rawcliffe Road, Walton L9 1AW
Fairground, pumpkins and food. Cash only.
Full details here – Rice Lane City farm
Halloween Acres spooky walk, Rice lane city farm farm – book now for 2025
When: 25th & 26th October 2025, 6pm
Where: Rice Lane City Farm is at the end of Rawcliffe Road, Walton L9 1AW
Fancy dress encouraged. Fear filled night walk through the woodland graveyard
Full details here – Rice Lane City farm
Halloween events Liverpool 2025
Find the best Halloween events Liverpool for families here.
Pumpkin picking Liverpool 2025
I have two guides to pumpkin patches. Pumpkin picking Liverpool with all the ones in Merseyside.
Nearby October half term activities guides
If you are happy to travel a little further there is plenty going on in Lancashire and Cheshire too which aren’t too far away.
October half term activities Lancashire
October Half term activities Cheshire
More things to do with kids in Merseyside
If you have older kids, this guide may be useful – Things to do in Liverpool for teenagers
And for under 5s, I have this guide – Things to do with toddlers in Liverpool.
If you are in or near Southport, then this guide will help you out. Things to do in Southport with kids
