If you are tired of pacing the streets with your trick or treat bags, The Lincolnite has put together a selection of hair-raising happenings to get you into the spooky spirit.
Take a trip through the haunted streets of historic Lincoln this all hallows eve with the original Ghost Walk. It’s a thrill aimed at all the family, retelling some well researched and spine-tingling tales. No booking is required visitors are invited to just turn up at 7pm prompt outside the tourist information centre in Castle Square.
Sweeney Todd
Wednesday 31st October, 7.30pm Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Brayford Pool, LN6 7TS
Tickets: £10 for adults and £8 concessions (£5 under 26s & students)
The menacingly macabre story of the demon barber Sweeny Todd will be playing at the LPAC. This musical masterpiece is a bloodthirsty and darkly comic tale of lust, revenge and star-crossed love, a perfectly horrid concoction for Halloween viewing. There will also be a prize for best dressed on the night.
The world famous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will be brought to life by the students at Lincoln College. Based on the French novel by Gaston Leroux, this gothic musical tells a captivating story that has haunted the imagination of theatre goers for years. This is a Halloween treat with romantic twist.
Halloween Fireworks at Sincil Bank
Wednesday 31st October 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Sincil Bank Stadium, Lincoln, LN5 8LD
Tickets: On the night, £7 adult/ £4 concession. Earlybird, £6 adult/ £3 concessions
Contact: 01522 880 011
Bonfire night is only around the corner but if you can’t wait till then, Sincil Bank will be putting on a special Halloween fireworks display. A family friendly night that promises to be explosive, including and appearance from Britain’s Got Talent duo Ted and Grace. Tickets will be available to buy on the night but Earlybird tickets can also be purchased before hand for anyone looking to save a bit of extra cash.
The Kinema Halloween showing of The Exorcist
Saturday 27th October 10.30pm
Coronation Road, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire LN10 6QD
All tickets £6
Contact 01526 352166
The Kinema in the Woods is the perfect place to watch a scary film. Cut off from the rest of society and situated deep in the woodland, this eerie atmosphere sets the scene for a late night viewing of one of the most infamous horror movies of all time; Where they will be showing a digitally enhanced director’s cut of The Exorcist for film fans and scare seekers alike.
Halloween Disco
Wednesday 31st October 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Fun Farm Stephenson Road, North Hykeham, LN6 3QU
Tickets: £6.50
Contact: 01522 695553
Fun Farm is putting on an activity packed Halloween disco for the young ones, a great place for them to let off some steam over half term. There will be a fancy dress competition, party games and loads of prizes. Adults and under 1’s go free and there will be food and drink available to buy on site.
Waterstones Witches
Wednesday 31st October, 10.30am – 2pm.
Waterstones 297a High Street Lincoln, LN2 1AF
Free event
Waterstones High Street, Lincoln is putting on a hair-raising Halloween special themed day in the children’s department. This half term everyone is invited to pop into store for a fun filled day of crafts and activities, including getting the chance to make your own witches hat. Fancy dress is optional and each child will get to take home a trick or treat bag
Halloween at Lincoln Slug
Wednesday October 31st
Contact 01522 589 478
For anyone planning on hitting the bars this Hallows Eve, Lincoln Slug and Lettuce is putting on a Halloween inspired night complete with a Zombies and Vampires fancy dress theme, spooky 2-4-1 cocktails and a range spirited games and fun.
Halloween Ghost Train
Wednesday 31st October
Central Promenade, DN35 8SF Cleethorpes
Tickets: £4 each and £14 for a family of four.
Contact 01472 323111
If you feel like venturing a bit further afield this Halloween and you go down to Cleethorpes, you’ll be in for a big surprise. Local businesses along the Cleethorpes’ seafront have pulled out all the stops this year to put on an action packed, value for money, Halloween bonanza. Ticket prices include a return trip on the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.
Odeon Cinema
Although going to the cinema may not seem particularly adventurous, this Halloween there are a couple of great new family friendly, ghoulish films to get you into the spirit. Hotel Transylvania and Frankenweenie are both available in 3D. To find out about showing times or to book tickets, see the Odeon website.
RSPCA Lincoln & The Dog House Halloween Fun Day
Saturday 27th October from 11am The Dog House, 10 Crofton Close, Lincoln, LN3 4NT
A community charity event for RSPCA Lincoln, the Halloween Fun Day at The Dog House creche and grooming parlour is putting on a fancy dress competitions for dogs and owners (£2 entry). Also in store are dog photography, a tombola and spooky refreshments.
Kids Fun Evening
Wednesday 31st October, 6pm
Charlotte House Hotel, The Lawns, Union Road, Lincoln, LN1 3BJ
Tickets: £3 per person on the door
Charlotte House Hotel is organising a Halloween fun night for kid and families, with disco, games, a fancy dress competition (optional), inflatables, a bar and a parents’ room.
Hartsholme Halloween Trail
Tuesday 30th October – Sunday 4th November, 12am – 3pm
Hartsholme Country Park, Lincoln
Tickets: £2 per child
Contact 01522 873577
Spooky spiders, ghoulish ghosts and scary skeletons are just a few of the things you may come across on the Hartsholme Halloween Trail. The Halloween Trail, which has been organised by the City of Lincoln Council, is running from Tuesday 30th October to Sunday 4th November at Hartsholme Country Park. Lisa Blezzard, Education and Promotion Ranger at Hartsholme Country Park said: “This event is only for the brave! You need to be prepared to be scared out of your skin on the creepy Halloween Trail which, if you complete it, will lead you to a delicious and ghoulish treat.” The trail starts outside the Visitors Centre. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Toilets and refreshments are available at the park.
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A 38-year-old man from a North Lincolnshire village charged with murder will face an eight-day trial later this year.
Emergency services were called at 4.23am on Saturday, July 2 to reports that a man was seriously injured on South Parade in central Doncaster.
The 28-year-old victim was taken to hospital but was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.
A post-mortem examination found that he died of injuries to his head, chest and abdomen.
Formal identification of the victim is yet to take place, South Yorkshire Police said earlier this week.
Steven Ling, 38, of Park Drain, Westwoodside in North Lincolnshire, has been charged with murder and was remanded in custody to appear at Doncaster Magistrates Court on Monday, July 4.
Ling later appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday, July 5 for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
No pleas were entered during the hearing, but an eight-day trial was set for November 28, 2022. Ling has now been remanded into custody until the next hearing.
The Lincolnite went on a ride-along with a Lincolnshire Police officer from the force’s Roads Policing Unit (RPU), which aims to disrupt criminals’ use of the roads and reduce the number of serious and fatal accidents.
The team will support the county response including local policing, neighbourhood policing and criminal investigation too.
Operations first began in Grantham in January this year and started in Louth earlier this week with a sergeant and nine PCs based in both locations.
The Lincolnite went out on a ride-along with PC Rich Precious from Lincolnshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
PC Rich Precious has been a police officer for 22 years after joining the force in 2000 and he recently rejoined the Roads Policing Unit, working out of Louth.
PC Precious, who also previously worked as a family liaison officer for road deaths for 16 years, took The Lincolnite out in his police car to the A1 up to Colsteworth and then back to Grantham. He described that particular area as “one of the main arterial routes that goes through Lincolnshire”.
PC Rich Precious driving down the A1 up to Colsterworth. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Speaking about the new Roads Policing Unit, he said: “It’s intelligence led policing, it’s targeted policing in areas that have been underrepresented in terms of police presence, on the roads certainly, over a number of years.
“We’re hoping that the development of this unit will help address that balance, and look towards using the ANPR system to prevent criminals’ use of the road, and to identify key areas or routes where there’s a high percentage of people killed or seriously injured on the road, what we commonly refer to as KSI.
PC Precious is helping to keep the roads safer in Lincolnshire. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
When asked if he thinks the new team will help reduce the number of serious and fatal accidents in the county, he added: “That’s what the the unit designed for. Sadly, in Lincolnshire our road network does seem to incur a number of those KSI accidents year on year, and we need to reduce that.
“I’ve worked additionally in my roles as a family liaison officer on road death for 16 years, so I’ve seen first hand the impact that road death has on families and victims families.
“I know it’s important that we try and reduce those because, it’s very sad to see how a fatal road traffic collision can affect a family and the victims of that family.”
Marc Gee, Inspector for Lincolnshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Marc Gee, Inspector for the Roads Policing Unit, told The Lincolnite: “Every day there will be officers on duty from both teams and they’ll cover the whole county or the county’s roads.
“Eventually, we’ll have nine police cars and we’ve got six motorbikes. We’ll be utilising them with as many officers as we can every day basically to make our roads safer and enforce against the criminals who feel like it’s okay to come into the county and use our road for criminal purposes.”
Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones at the launch of the force’s Roads Policing Unit. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
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