Wednesday 24 October 2012

The best places to go this Halloween half-term United Kingdom


The best places to go this Halloween half-term United Kingdom


If you find the prospect of keeping your kids amused this Halloween half-term a scary one, look no further than our guide for inspiration.


Get up close and personal with the Sharks at Sea Life




 Get into the scary spirit at Chessington



Pumpkin pie, anyone?




Carving in costume makes an ideal Halloween activity



The half-term holidays can seem to stretch longer than a silly string cobweb, if you're short on ideas to amuse your little monsters - don't fear! As well as rounding up the best half-term activities at top destinations around the country, we've got what’s going on right on your doorstep





Attractions

Royal Armouries Leeds
 
FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY 

31 October 2012, 6pm – 9.30pm

Enjoy a frightfully good night out for all the family at Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds this Halloween. After dark the museum will come to life, owls will swoop overhead, the ghost stories will give you shivers and Halloween helpers will dare you to complete the spooky museum trail!

Activities include the following:

Halloween Crafts
Spooky museum trail
Ghost stories
Children’s entertainment
Fancy dress costume contest
Fortune telling
Trick or treating
Games for prizes
Disco

Ticket Pricing
Under 16: £9
Adults: £6






SPOOKY LEEDS! 

27 October – 4 November

Dare you come down to the museum this October half term? There’ll be lots of Halloween fun for all the family including museum tours, craft activities, a Spooky maze and crazy stunt-riding horse shows.

Activities include:

Halloween craft activities
Spooky scavenger hunt
Ghost stories – Enjoy seasonal tales of supernatural encounters

PLUS

The Spooky maze

Get lost twisting and turning through the dark tunnels as you explore our spooky maze. Are you brave enough to enter?

£1.50

Special horse stunt show

Daredevil stunt-riders from Atkinson’s Action Horses present a hair-raising show for all the family.

Friday 2 & Saturday 3 November at 12noon and 3pm

U16: £3
Adults: £5

Tickets can be bought online or at the Museum on the day of the show.


                                                         To View The Site Click Here

Fright Night at Stockeld Park


Adults and very brave over 8's, Please note this is a very scary Night!

Part of Stockeld Park’s Halloween Adventure Season. 

 For 4 nights this Halloween Stockeld Park and AtmosFEAR! Entertainment Group transform the usually beautiful and tranquil, woodland surroundings into a world of terror where only the brave hearted will make it through Fright Night!

Price includes entrance to 3 attractions Zombie Out break, The Cage and The Haunting Grounds... be prepared to be scared....


 Entrance is at timed slots every 15 minutes from 1730 - 2130

 Price = £11.50 per child, £13.50 per adult and includes entrance to all 3 scare attractions. 

 Book online at www.stockeldpark.co.uk from September 3rd 2012 or  Click here to view the site


Sea Life, Brighton


Shark Week gives you the chance to learn more about these magnificent sea creatures, whilst also offering a host of other exciting exhibits, such as the walk-through aquarium tunnel and interactive feeding sessions.


Pecorama, Devon

This picturesque Devon destination is a must-do for train fans young and old. There’s a range of models in all sizes and a passenger-carrying light railway, plus gorgeous gardens bathed in autumnal colour. This half-term there’s spooky Halloween rides, children’s entertainers and free gifts for kids in fancy dress.


Alton Towers, Staffordshire

This year’s Halloween Scarefest promises to terrify visiting thrill-seekers with costume characters and live shows as well as the usual complement of bone-shaking rides and attractions. 2-4 November sees a three-day end-of-season firework celebration, and the park is open until 9pm all week.


Titanic Belfast

This fantastic exhibition has clocked up half a million visitors in its first six months, and it’s not hard to see why. Immerse yourself in the story of this iconic ship, from its birthplace and sinking to its discovery on the sea bed.


Chessington World of Adventures, Surrey

This much-loved attraction adds seasonal spooky fun to its nine themed lands, zoo and Sea Life centre. Venture into the vampire walk-through, chill your spine in Hocus Pocus Hall, and enjoy ‘Burt and Bilge’s Big Bad Boo’ Halloween slapstick show! Extended opening hours all week.


Nature

WWT London Wetland Centre, Richmond

If your little monster wants to see something disgusting (who doesn’t?), the London’s Wetland Centre is on hand all week with the Rotten Show, which explains exactly what happens when plants and animals decay. For gentler souls, there’s the Big Draw workshop and an autumnal pond dip.


Trentham Monkey Forest, Stafford

Visitors can mingle amongst the free-roaming macaques, listen to feeding talks and take advantage of the kids’ play area. As if that wasn’t enough, at half-term there’s ghoulish activities all week, including spooky story-telling, competitions and terrifying treats.


Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park, Somerset  

A beautiful park spanning 50 acres and resident to a range of animals and exotic species. This year’s Halloween spectacular includes pumpkin carving and fancy dress.


Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire

This conservation area offers excellent family facilities, and this holiday, kids can join in a Halloween-themed treasure hunt through the haunted forest.

Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Gloucester

This week sees Conservation in Action at Slimbridge. Check out its programme of activities, including a trail identifying current conservation projects, crafts and a map game.


Active
Dance City, Newcastle

One of ten National Dance agencies, Dance City has a wide programme of half-term workshops, including hip-hop and street dance, which teach kids a routine to be performed at the end of the week.


Birkenhead Park, Merseyside

Did you know Sir Joseph Paxton’s countryside landscape design was used as a model for many iconic parks around the world, including Central Park? Get down to this historic haven this half-term to enjoy a range of organised activities, including angling and cycling.


The Lowry, Salford

A special welcome from Hairy Maclary and friends awaits you in the Lyric Theatre, as this family favourite comes to life in a series of drop-in drama workshops filled with fun and games.



Holland Park Ecology Centre, London

A full programme of outdoor events for children has been designed to promote biodiversity and education, including animal tracking, camouflage and the ever-popular pond dipping.


National Trust: Gibside, Gateshead

Get down to 'Gruesome Gibside' to join in a wild and spooky Halloween trail through the woodlands, collecting ingredients for a mystical potion. Baby changing facilities, a children’s play area and good disabled access make for a great day out for all.


 Historical
Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

Get ready for some explosive fun this half-term; this lively schedule of activities sees Professor Nitrate’s evil twin Dr Gore hosting science shows in his crazy lab, plus face-painting, slime-making, and gruesome feely boxes! Join in the ghost busting antics and arm yourself with the Mills' gun-style rocket launchers for some fun ghoul-hunting exercises.


National Trust: Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire

If creative arts and crafts float your little one’s boat, get down to Sudbury Hall for a varied schedule, plus landscaped gardens and a doll museum – spooky!

Cardif Castle, Cardiff

Fun-filled days with workshops, storytelling and trails - but keep an eye out for the ghouls! Join one of the workshops to create and record your own scary story.


Harvington Hall, Kidderminster

This grand Elizabethan moated house offers family-friendly tours, children's arts and crafts and costumes to try on.


Pendennis Castle, Cornwall

This fine Cornish Castle, built by Henry VIII to defend England against foreign invasion, hosts a half-term family fun trail to crack the clues and solve a mystery to earn a prize.


Museums
Manchester Museum, Manchester

As part of the Manchester Science festival, the museum invites you to explore the new Ancient Worlds galleries and find out about technology used by the ancient peoples of Greece, Rome and Egypt.


Black Country Living Museum, Dudley

A visit to this vast, fully-functioning olde worlde village at half-term will give you the chance to take the Halloween-themed Gore and Grime trail, learn how to make your own toys and decorations, and join in traditional street games.


Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The learning doesn’t have to stop just because there’s no school! And education is never boring at the V&A, whose half-term exhibit the Imagination Station lets you design a Hollywood character for the silver screen.


The National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield

This museum aims to keep the heritage of coal mining alive, with family activities, costumed characters, a fun interactive exhibition, under-fives play area and seasonal family art and craft workshops. Meet lively characters from mining history throughout the week.



Have you been to any of the places above, or do you have a suggestion for a great place to go this half-term? Please let us know by leaving a comment below! 

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