Looking for Halloween events in and around the Yorkshire Dales (and beyond?!)

Yes? Well lucky for you, you’re in the right place! Whether it’s a pumpkin festival, a Halloween trail, or something just a little bit more spooky, we have all the family friendly Halloween events right here in one place!

Here is our utterly terrifying list of spooktacular outdoors based Halloween events. Are you ready to have your spine well and truly tingled? Then read on….

Birchfield Ice Cream Farm Pumpkin Festival

📅 Dates Running: 24/9/2022 – 31/10/2022

📍 Summerbridge, near Harrogate

💰 Free to enter for the pumpkin fields (charges for pumpkins range from £1 - £12 payment by card accepted)  The Farm is an additional charge of £5.95/ person (Under 2’s free)

This place is an annual Halloween staple for us! Grab your wheelbarrows and go, go, GO! We love that they have a huge selection of pumpkins, not just your good old fashioned orange ones, but green, white, nobbly bobbly ones and all as quirky as you like!

For an additional charge, you can enter the farm itself, see the animals, visit the gigantic pumpkin carving barn, get lost in the 6 acre maize maze, play on the outdoor play equipment and inflatables and head round the woodland trail and go den building! Farm entry is not compulsory, so if all you want is pumpkins, then you shall just have pumpkins!

Dogs are not allowed on the pumpkin field or in the farm yard.

No booking or tickets required.

The Leeds Scare Trails: Golden Acre Park

🎃 No booking required for the Pumpkin Trail. The evening Frightmare Trail requires pre-booking (age restricted event) – tickets are on sale NOW!

🧒 Pumpkin trail is fun for all the family, Frightmare Trail is suitable for age 13+. Wellies a must as the trail can get muddy. Mainly sturdy pushchair friendly.

📅 Dates Running: 29/10/2022 and 31/10/2022 10am - 4pm (Frightmare Trail after 6.30pm - 9.30pm on 29/10/2021 only)

📍 Where? Golden Acre Park, Bramhope, Leeds

💰 Pumpkin Trail – £1 per trail sheet. Frightmare Trail – Adults £10/ Under 16’s £7pp recommended for ages 13+ (any children under 13 require adult supervision)

A collaboration of the Ilkley Scare Trail and the Otley Zombie Apocalypse, this Charity Event is split into two different activities with the proceeds of the event going to charity.

The Pumpkin Trail takes place on both the Saturday and Sunday and is a family friendly event. With lots of games and activities to take part in, try and collect all the stamps to be entered into a prize draw at the end! The trail is mainly pushchair friendly, but can be muddy in parts, so wellies are a must! It takes just under an hour to complete.

The Frightmare Trail takes place on the Saturday Night only and is after 6pm. The recommended age is 13+ and with lots of scare actors ready to jump out and make you scream at every available opportunity; it sounds like a brilliant evening out!

Stockeld Park Halloween Adventure and Escape House

🎃 Pre-Booking required Stockeld Park website.

🧒 Fun for all the family (Escape House suitable for 12+). Wear wellies, as the trails through the woodland can be muddy in parts, a lot of this will be pushchair friendly.

📅 22/10/2022 – 30/10/2022

📍 Near Wetherby, North Yorkshire (yes, I can hear your shouts from here! Wetherby is in West Yorkshire, but Stockeld Park is in North!!)

💰 Halloween Adventure £16/ person (for the adventure only) | Halloween Adventure and Playhive £19.50 (fixed time slot) | Halloween Adventure and Playhive £23 (anytime slot) | Monster Mash show £3.50 extra | Zombie Laser £5/ person (2 x 10 minute sessions)

Escape House £25/ person ages 12+  (separate to the Skeleton Halloween Adventure. If you want to do both, you will need to book and pay for both)

As well as the usual park-based fun, there are plenty of Halloween Surprises in store for you at Stockeld Park! The Enchanted Forest will be transformed into an explosion of colour for the Day of the Dead celebration (all of which are included in the ticket price) and there is a free pumpkin for every child. #

In addition, the Playhive is also now open and you can see the family friendly Monster Mash show!

Word on the street is that you need to avoid Hansel and Gretel’s jail for fear of being locked in….. (don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

Thorp Perrow Arboretum Halloween Trail

🎃 Pre-booking required, tickets on sale now.

🧒 Fun for all the family. Muddy paths, carriers and wellies!

📅 8/10/2022 – 1/11/2022

📍 Bedale, North Yorkshire

💰 Cost £13.30/Adult £8.50/ Child - You need to just book general admission, the trail sheets cost £2.50 and are available for purchase there or you can pre book them too.

This was brilliant fun last year! Not only is the arboretum stunning in Autumn, the trail is lots of fun too! You will be lead all the way through the arboretum on a spooky trail through the trees!

There is also a bird of prey and wildlife centre, and a play area too. The Cafe will be open for light bites, snacks and drinks. Did I mention that Thorpe Perrow is also a top spot for conker collecting?!

The Forbidden Corner Halloween

🎃 Booking Essential. Tickets on sale now on the Forbidden Corner website.

🧒 Fun for all the family, although having visited many times we feel that to get the maximum benefit from this attraction, it’s perfect from around late preschool/ primary school age upwards. Wellies are probably best, as well as a spare change of clothes. Yes, they will get wet! Not pushchair friendly.

📅 22/10/2022 – 31/10/2022

📍 Near Leyburn, North Yorkshire

💰 Adults £14.50, children £12.50

I mean isn’t Forbidden Corner the BEST setting for a Halloween spectacular?! If you have never been before, it is one of our favourite places to visit! In the week running up to Halloween there will be spooky trails, a quiz and creepy goings on in the weirdest place on earth!

Those attending on the 31st October can enter their fancy dress competition too!

Billy Bobs Ice Cream Parlour

🎃 Book a table well in advance, Billy Bobs is a popular place!

🧒 Fun for all the family. This is a family restaurant with play barns and an outdoor play area. Layers are a good idea as sometimes the barn can get chilly.

📅 Dates to be confirmed, but last year, the event began mid October, ran at weekends, and the week of half term. Hilda the Witch, the Haunted Maze and Candy Scramble were all there.

📍 Calm Slate Farm, Skipton, North Yorkshire

💰 Some activities are charged extra, some are free for diners.

The lovely people at Billy Bobs have told us that in 2022, Halloween is back with details yet to be announced.

They will transform the restaurant into a Fall Haven, with plenty of photo opportunities and ……… well, Ice Cream, American Diner Style Food and all of the usual Billy Bobs fun thrown in for good measure!

At the Skipton restaurant, you can meet Hilda the friendly witch, take the haunted trail, have the opportunity to take part in the candy scramble and enjoy some of their monstrously tasty Halloween Specials. With their fabulous play barns, and outdoor play areas, Billy Bobs is one of our kids’ favourite places to go eat.

Mother Shipton’s Cave Halloween Hocus Pocus

🎃 Booking is essential from the Mother Shipton’s website

🧒 Fun for all the family, wellies are a must! Pushchair friendly in parts, but to get to the cave there are steps, so pushchairs would have to be carried or left behind.

📅 22/10/2022 – 31/10/2022

📍 Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

💰 £31/ car (Max 5 people) £11 per additional passenger. Under 3s are free. Pedestrian Entry is £11 per person. The admission charge is for a 2.5 hour time slot.

Mother Shipton’s say…. ‘Are you ready for a bunch of HOCUS POCUS and WIZARDING wonder at Mother Shipton’s this Halloween? Broomsticks and wands at the ready – you’re in for a treat!’ There are refreshments, picnic areas an adventure playground and of course the legendary petrifying well. Go dressed up as there are prizes to be won! (Dogs are welcome on leads).

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Wizard Express and Scare Train

🎃 Pre-Booking Required, tickets on sale from the Embsay and Bolton Steam Railway website.

🧒 Fun for all the family. Scare Train recommended age 10+

📅 28/10/2021, 29/10/2021 and 30/10/2021 (Scare Train 6pm 29/10/2022)

📍 Embsay, near Skipton, North Yorkshire

💰 £13.50/ adult, £9/ child, £40 for families (check out the website, as there are first class options too!) Scare Train range £12 - £50 (for first class)

Hop on board the Wizard Express! You’ll find witches and wizards as well as other Halloween characters, trick or treat sweets, costume competitions (best child and best adult costume of the carriage) colouring activities and games on the train and more! Departures are at 10.30am, 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm from Bolton Abbey Station.

The scare train also includes fireworks.

Thornton Hall Farm – Spooks

🎃 Pre- Booking is essential, and tickets are already on sale.

🧒 Fun for the family, particularly for younger children. Wellies are best! Bring layers too, it can get chilly!

📅 Begins 15th October 2022

8th - 14th, 17th - 21st & 31st October is Farm and Pumpkin Picking

15th 16th & 22nd - 30th October is Spooks and Pumpkin Picking

📍 Thornton in Craven, near Skipton

💰 Under 1s free, Under 2 £6.95, Adult £9.95, Child £12.95 (pumpkins are charged extra, as are some of the attractions)

The folks at Thornton Hall Farm say that the farm will be jam packed with ghostly fun! There will be a spooktastic witch show on stage, trick or treat street, broomstick racing, skeleton scavenge and a Halloween hunt.

Farm entry and entry into the pumpkin patch is included in the ticket price. There are the usual animal activities, jumping pillows, outdoor and indoor play areas also included. (Pony Rides, Junior Quads, Caterpillar Ride, Farm Safari are at an additional cost).

Fountains by Floodlight

🎃 Pre-Booking required visit the Fountaints Abbey website

🧒 Suitable for all the family. Wellies, or sturdy footwear and take a torch for the lesser lit areas.

📅 5pm - 9pm Saturdays in October as well as 21st and 28th October.

📍 Fountains Abbey, Near Ripon, North Yorkshire

💰 NT and English Heritage members will be free. Adults £10, Children (age 5-17 £5) Under 5s free (no ticket required for under 5s)

Not technically a pumpkin filled, horror fest, but atmosphere a plenty! Every Saturday in October, and Friday the 21 and 28 October, Fountains Abbey is hosting their Fountains by Floodlight event. As the night sky falls over the Abbey, watch as it begins to glow with light. Grab a torch and chase your shadows as you experience the abbey like never before…. Let those imaginations run wild!

The Mill Yard across from the abbey will be serving tasty treats too!

Bolton Abbey Pumpkin Trail

🎃 Pre-booking strongly advised for discounted rate and to avoid disappointment at this popular event.

🧒 Definitely fun for all the family! Wellies and layers a must and the trail is pushchair and wheelchair accessible.

📅 Saturday 22 October - Sunday 30 October

📍 Bolton Abbey, near Skipton, North Yorkshire.

💰 £12.50/ vehicle in advance of £15 on the day

The pumpkin trail is back over half term!

The trail runs through the Strid woodland, and trail sheets are available from the car park kiosks on arrival (no additional cost). We always enjoy this one!

Booking the Riverside Car Park is advisable and the Cavendish Pavillion will be open for light bites, cakes and drinks.

Stump Cross Caverns Frightfully Fun Halloween

🎃 Details are yet to be officially announced, so keep your eyes peeled on the Stump Cross website (link here)

📅 21/10/2021 - 30/10/2021 Party: 5-6pm Fossil Dig 1.30pm-2.30pm

📍 Stump Cross Caverns, Greenhow Hill, North Yorkshire

💰 £5/ child for Halloween Party £5/ child for fossil dig

Cave Tour £13 for adults and £9 children under 14. Under 3s are free.

Stump Cross Caverns has atmosphere in spades but imagine exploring the depths of the underworld at Halloween….. spine tingling? Absolutely!

Every day during half term between 5-6pm there will be a Halloween Party at Stump Cross Caverns, with party games, prizes and Halloween party bags. There will be fossil and gem digs with the Cavewoman of Stump Cross, and Spooky Cave Tours at 11am every day in UV light with a spooky themed Halloween quiz.

Hesketh Halloween

🎃 No pre-booking required.

🧒 Fun for all the family, but specifically at preschoolers and younger children.

📍 Hesketh Farm Park, near Bolton Abbey, North Yorkshire.

📅 22/10/2022 - 30/10/2022

💰 Adults £7 Children £7 Under 2’s £3.50 and Under 1’s £1. Pumpkin is included in the price.

Hesketh’s Halloween is back!

This has been a favourite of ours for many years, with their carving barn and Halloween grotto returning for October half term. But not just that! You can have some fangtastic fun on the farm, with the outdoor and indoor play areas, the tractor ride (weather permitting) and the animals!

So there you have it! A pun-filled list of all things outdoorsy taking place this Halloween.

(I was actually pretty restrained with the puns, which is unusual for me….!)

Do you have any more suggestions of great places to go? Or maybe you’ve experienced these places yourself and you have something extra to tell us about! Drop us a comment below if you do!