What's on, Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October. 25 events checked against official sources, plus free days out and ideas for whatever the weather does.
Friday 23 Oct
Light rain · 12°C · 45% rain
Saturday 24 Oct
Forecast not out yet
Sunday 25 Oct
Forecast not out yet
Looks mostly dry for the weekend, so it is a good one for getting outside. Forecast for central Surrey from Google, updated hourly.
Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham · 5 September to 8 November 2026
An autumn family trail round the garden inspired by Moominvalley, with characters from the Moomin stories to meet along the way. It is presented by Bakehouse Factory, which makes interactive theatrical events.
Hobbledown Epsom, Epsom · 26 September to 1 November 2026
New for 2026, Hobbledown covers its front lawn in pumpkins, squashes and gourds for families to choose from, all part of a normal day ticket to the adventure park and zoo. In half-term a character trail hands out treats.
Thorpe Park Resort, Chertsey · 2 October to 1 November 2026
Thorpe Park's Halloween scare event marks its 25th year in 2026 with a new maze, Tenement, alongside returning mazes, scare zones and shows. The rides keep running after dark, including the Hyperia and SAW coasters.
Discovery Land, Priory Farm Estate, South Nutfield · 3 October to 1 November 2026
Discovery Land's outdoor play trail gets a Halloween makeover as the character Brother Hay opens a School of Trickery. Children complete trick training stops through woodland and meadows to earn a trickster rank.
Garson Farm, Esher · 3 October to 31 October 2026
Garson Farm's pick-your-own pumpkin event has a circus theme for 2026, with carnival-style games and decorated photo scenes among thousands of pumpkins of every shape and size.
Hatchlands Park, East Clandon · 10 October to 1 November 2026
A National Trust trail based on the We're Going on a Ghost Hunt picture books, following the Bunnies of Hoppity Hill as they look for ghosts hidden around the grounds. It is pitched at pre-schoolers, with things to spot and do along the way.
Guildford Castle, Guildford · 14 October to 31 October 2026
Guildford Borough Council dresses the castle keep for Halloween before it closes for winter. Families can follow a ghost hunt, hear spooky stories and do Halloween colouring inside the medieval keep.
Guildford Museum, Guildford · 14 October to 31 October 2026
A free self-guided Halloween trail at Guildford Museum. Children pick up a sheet and use the clues to find ghosts hidden around the galleries.
Painshill, Cobham · 17 October to 31 October 2026
Painshill runs outdoor sessions for children over half-term in its 18th-century landscape garden. Whispers in the Woods is an interactive storytelling tree walk with woodland characters, and Woodland Hideouts has children building a den from natural materials.
Godstone Farm, Godstone · 17 October to 1 November 2026
Godstone Farm runs a Halloween programme through both weeks of half-term, included with a day ticket to the farm park. Expect a mystery trail, crafts, creepy crawly sessions and a pumpkin patch for carving, alongside the soft play and animals.
Bocketts Farm, Fetcham · 17 October to 23 October 2026
The first week of Bocketts' Halloween season is aimed at younger children, with a spooky stamp trail, Halloween crafts and a Pumpkin Village for photos. The usual farm activities and play areas carry on alongside.
Brooklands Museum, Weybridge · 17 October to 1 November 2026
Brooklands marks the centenary of Britain's first Grand Prix with a new detective trail for half-term, The Grand Prix Mystery, performed in two scenes round the museum. Families can also take a short Concorde tour, ride a vintage bus and see the new Grand Prix exhibition.
Mercedes-Benz World, Weybridge · 17 October to 1 November 2026
Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands adds Halloween activities to its usual displays over half-term. Children can hunt for hidden pumpkins round the building, paint a spooky ceramic tea light holder and try face painting.
RHS Garden Wisley, Wisley · 17 October to 1 November 2026
Wisley's half-term looks at the spooky side of plants, from poisonous species to plants with old healing legends. Families can follow a trail, plant herbs to take home and meet snakes and spiders with Zoolab.
Lightbox Gallery, Woking · 17 October to 1 November 2026
Woking's canalside gallery and museum runs two weeks of family activities, with a Halloween-themed art cart and a drop-in Halloween Family Day. It is a useful indoor option for wet half-term days.
Priory Farm Estate, South Nutfield · 17 October to 31 October 2026
Priory Farm has grown pumpkins since 1986 and this year planted 65,000 seeds across 12 acres, with 27 varieties. Visitors can drive to the field and pick their own, or ride out on a tractor and trailer from Discovery Land.
Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham · 17 October to 1 November 2026
Polesden Lacey's prized pumpkin has gone missing, and children help Detective Grizwald work out who took it by solving puzzles round the grounds. It runs through both weeks of half-term.
Hatchlands Park, East Clandon · 18 October to 1 November 2026
Families can pick up a sheet and count the wooden pumpkins hidden around Hatchlands' parkland. Inside, the house is dressed for Halloween and shown in low light.
Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking · 19 October to 30 October 2026
Denbies runs a short Halloween programme for families over half-term. The outdoor train tour of the vineyard becomes a Spooky Train with creepy crawlies to spot, and Zoolab brings unusual animals for a hands-on workshop.
Nower Wood Educational Nature Reserve, Leatherhead · 20 October to 28 October 2026
Surrey Wildlife Trust runs drop-off holiday days in the ancient woodland at Nower Wood. Younger children explore nature, while the teen club covers activities such as pond dipping, bushcraft and woodland conservation.
Watts Gallery Artists' Village, Compton · 20 October to 1 November 2026
Watts Gallery fills its gallery, house and woodland with Halloween activities for half-term. Children follow a woodland witches trail, mix potions and add their own creature to a monster menagerie.
Farnham Maltings, Farnham · 21 October to 29 October 2026
Farnham Maltings' half-term programme mixes Halloween crafts with drama and art workshops for different ages. Options include beaded Halloween jewellery, screen-printed trick or treat bags, stage make-up and a trick or treat silent disco.
Godstone Farm, Godstone · 24 October to 25 October 2026
A sensory-friendly evening for families who want fireworks without the loud bangs. Low-noise fireworks and lasers close an evening of fire acts, stilt walkers and a kids' disco, with after-hours use of the farm's soft play barn.
Bocketts Farm, Fetcham · 24 October to 1 November 2026
Bocketts' second Halloween week adds science and slime shows and a reptile roadshow to the spooky trail, crafts and Pumpkin Village. It runs to the end of half-term.
Crockford Bridge Farm, Addlestone · 24 October to 31 October 2026
Crockford Bridge Farm's half-term festival is a two-hour theatrical adventure through Wonderland, with actors and circus performers leading families to a Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Pumpkin hunts, croquet and vintage fairground games fill the route.
Places and events that work whatever the sky does.
Photo of Epsom: Oscar248, CC BY-SA 3.0New for 2026, Hobbledown covers its front lawn in pumpkins, squashes and gourds for families to choose from, all part of a normal day ticket to the adventure park and zoo. In half-term a character trail hands out treats.
Thorpe Park's Halloween scare event marks its 25th year in 2026 with a new maze, Tenement, alongside returning mazes, scare zones and shows. The rides keep running after dark, including the Hyperia and SAW coasters.
Photo of Guildford: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0Guildford Borough Council dresses the castle keep for Halloween before it closes for winter. Families can follow a ghost hunt, hear spooky stories and do Halloween colouring inside the medieval keep.
Photo of Guildford: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0A free self-guided Halloween trail at Guildford Museum. Children pick up a sheet and use the clues to find ghosts hidden around the galleries.
Godstone Farm runs a Halloween programme through both weeks of half-term, included with a day ticket to the farm park. Expect a mystery trail, crafts, creepy crawly sessions and a pumpkin patch for carving, alongside the soft play and animals.
The first week of Bocketts' Halloween season is aimed at younger children, with a spooky stamp trail, Halloween crafts and a Pumpkin Village for photos. The usual farm activities and play areas carry on alongside.
Photo of Guildford: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0A free self-guided Halloween trail at Guildford Museum. Children pick up a sheet and use the clues to find ghosts hidden around the galleries.
Watts Gallery fills its gallery, house and woodland with Halloween activities for half-term. Children follow a woodland witches trail, mix potions and add their own creature to a monster menagerie.
Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0Grassland and mixed woodland above Abinger Hammer, with oak trees more than 300 years old and clearly marked, fairly flat paths. Charles Darwin walked here in the 1870s, and a short trail covers the history from the Stone Age to his visits.
Photo: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0A flint-walled Saxon and Norman church in the parkland of Albury Park, cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. Inside is a medieval wall painting of St Christopher and a richly decorated mortuary chapel remodelled by A W N Pugin for the Drummond family.
Photo: ogwen, CC BY-SA 3.0A National Nature Reserve of woodland in north-east Surrey looked after by the City of London, known for more than 2,300 ancient oak pollards. Their decaying wood is home to rare insects and fungi, and the common is a few minutes' walk from Ashtead station.
Photo: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0The largest of the four Banstead Commons at 760 acres, a mix of heath, acid grassland meadows and woodland looked after by the Banstead Commons Conservators. More than eight miles of bridle paths and rides cross it, and skylarks breed in the meadows.
