Get ready for spooky fun and entertainment across Lincolnshire this month with an array of events to send all the family batty with excitement.
Venues across the county will ghost frightfully good events including pumpkin carving, trails, spooky stories, creepy crafts and more and Lincolnshire Reporter has compiled a guide of things to do across the county during Halloween.
Halloween fun at a ‘haunted Halloween hall’. Photo: Gunby Hall
Where: Gunby Hall, Spilsby When: Saturday, October 27 (11am-5pm, last admission 4pm) Price:Normal admission charges apply including adults from £8.10 (free for National Trust members).
Experience Gunby Hall as you never have before with cobwebs, darkened rooms and lots of ghostly guides. Bring the family along for a chilling visit, but it might be too scary for very little ones.
Walks the Dooms on spooky All Hallows Eve and see the Castle in another light. Children can enjoy pumpkin carving in the chilling and seasonally decorated Old Kitchen and listen to eerie stories about the Witches of Belvoir and make creepy crafts. End the evening with the children choosing a trick or treat.
Tread through the crispy Autumn leaves and find the hidden spooks to receive a treat then warm up afterwards in the Garden Cafe with a hot chocolate or cup of steaming soup.
Halloween fun including a spooky maze. Photo: Uncle Henry’s
Where: Grayingham Grange Farm, Grayingham, Gainsborough When: Open daily from Saturday, October 20 until October 31 (9.30am-4pm Monday to Saturday and 10am-3pm on Sundays) Price: Maze entry is £6 per person or a family ticket admitting four people is priced at £20. Under 2s can enter for free. Maze entry with a pumpkin is £7.50. Pumpkin picking can be done separately priced at £3 per pumpkin.
Uncle Henry’s farm shop is celebrating all things spooky with their giant five acre Halloween Maize Maze and Pumpkin Picking Patch with a free carving station to design a pumpkin.
On Saturday, October 27 there is an Owl Wizardry Workshop event run by Derek Tindall Birds of Prey, where people can handle an owl under the watchful eyes of the Professors. Lessons take place in the woods and children completing training will receive a certificate scroll.
The workshop is 10am until 3.30pm (30 minutes per session) and is priced at £5 per child. Fancy dress is encouraged at all of the events.
Where: Pink Pig Farm, Holme Hall, Holme, Scunthorpe, When: October 20-31 Price: Tickets can be purchased online or on the day, including chid (including pumpkin) priced at £10.50, but pre-booking is advised.
Loads of themed activities including. maggot racing, meet Windle the witch in her coven, potion making, pumpkin picking and carving, specially themed food and drink, a creepy walk through the woodland and all the usual fun on the farm.
There will be spooky entertainment on board the train. Photo: Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Where: Ludborough Railway Station When: Sunday, October 29 (hourly from 2.45pm to 5.45pm) Price: Adults £7, seniors £5, children £4 and a family ticket (two adults with up to four children) £18. Passengers can travel up and down on the train as many times as they like during the day
Children are being asked to come dressed as ghosts and goblins, witches and wizards and even creepy clowns for its special Halloween event. There will be spooky entertainment on board the special steam-hauled ghost train.
Where: Gainsborough Old Hall When: October 20-28 Price: Free entry for every child in costume when accompanied by a paying adult (normally adult ticket price is £9.50)
A spooky trail with a prize awaiting at the end.
There are also ghostly storytelling sessions on Friday, October 26 at 11am, 1pm and 2.30pm which are free and suitable for all ages. There are also a range of ghostly craft activities at £2 per craft.
Where: Cogglesford Watermill in Sleaford When: Wednesday, October 31 (6pm-7.30pm) Price: Free entry
Ghostly fun and activities at the 18th century Cogglesford Watermill in Sleaford. Exploring the mill and following terrifying trails before settling down with some spooky stories. Fancy dress is welcome and it’s suitable for all ages.
Halloween trail, pumpkin painting and more at Bransby Horses. Photo: Visit Lincoln
Where: Bransby Horses, Bransby When: Monday, October 22 to Friday, October 26 (11am-4pm) Price: Free admission, donations welcome (crafts and trails at an additional cost)
A Halloween trail meeting ghosts and ghouls along the way, potion making and pumpkin painting, and there will also be pony grooming and face painting running at times throughout the week.
Fright Night Spooky Walk. Photo: Tattershall Farm Park
Where: Tattershall Farm Park When: Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27 (5pm-7.30pm) Price: The event is ticket only – Fright Night including food £7, Daytime Farm Park + Fright Night £11
Dress up and join in with spooky games, with prizes up for grabs for best fancy dress. Bring along a carved pumpkin to enter in a competition. The soft play barn, giant sand pit room, toddler room and swing barn will be open for visitors. There will be disco lights and a spooky soundtrack in the Play Barn.
Where: Hartsholme Country Park, Boultham Park and The Arboretum When: An array of events from October 19-29 Price: Prices vary so look at the individual events here
Three parks in Lincoln are hosting an array of Halloween events including pumpkin carving, a Halloween trail and mask making.
Free comic books will be given away as a store in Pinchbeck, Spalding celebrates Halloween. Photo: Stock photo
Where: Strange Apparitions at the Spalding Lifestyle Centre, Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, Spalding When: Saturday, October 27 from 10am-5pm Price: Free
The comic book shop opened in May 2018 and this is its first big event, which celebrates the second largest event in the comic book industry. Each year thousands of participating shops celebrate Halloween by giving away free comic books to millions of fans and intruding them to the wonders of comics.
There will also be specially selected collectible vintage horror themed figures available for sale on the day, as well as new toys and merchandise releases exclusive to HCF.
Karen Crow, the Lincoln ghost lady. Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Where: Starting at the Tourist Information Centre at Castle Square, Lincoln When: All year around, every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and bank holidays from 7pm Price: Adults £5, children (under 12) £3 – no need to book, just turn up 10 minutes before the start
The Original Lincoln Ghost Walk with traditional stories. On Halloween (October 31) there is also walks beginning at approximately 6.30pm, 6.45pm, 7pm and 7.30pm, lasting around 60 minutes.
Where: The tour leaves from Lincoln Cathedral When: Saturday, October 27 (5pm and 6pm) and Sunday, October 28 (5pm) Price: £6 per person (seats will be allocated to ticket-holders on a first come, first serve basis
Be spooked on Halloween weekend by exploring haunted Lincoln by open-top bus with a local ghost expert, who will tell spooky tales and stories of the city’s haunted past.
Prison of smells, spooks and stories event. Photo: Lincoln Castle
Where: Lincoln Castle When: Saturday, October 20 to Sunday, October 28 (Event 10.30am-3.45pm, Castle Attractions 10am-5pm, closing at 4pm on the final day) Price: Castle Day Ticket/Castle Annual Pass, adult day ticket £13.50 – to purchase tickets click here.
Step inside the Victorian Prison during half-term and meet some unsavoury characters from Victorian England and find more about them as they tell their stories. There’s even opportunity to dress up as a prisoner or member of prison staff, perhaps the Governor or the Matron.
Get ready to pick pumpkins at Doddington Hall. Photo: Doddington Hall
Where: Doddington Hall When: Wednesday, October 24 to Saturday, October 27 (7.30pm & 9pm) Price: Adult £14, child £7 – book here early to avoid disappointment as one show has already sold out.
Would-be ghost hunters will have the chance to seek out spooky echoes of the past at Doddington Hall this Halloween as the stately home welcomes Dr VanBurger’s Ghost Hunter, which is a scary but light-hearted theatrical experience for all ages. Afterwards there will be hot food and drinks available for sale in the walled kitchen garden.
During the weekend of October 13-14 the Hall’s pumpkin patch opened and families can now pick pumpkins to take away. Entry to the patch is free and pumpkins cost from just £2. The patch will also be open daily between Saturday, October 20 and Wednesday, October 31 while stocks last.
Young visitors are encouraged to dress in spooky costumes and look out for three golden bottomed pumpkins hidden in the pitch to win a pumpkin and a family ticket to visit the house at Christmas.
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