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October Half Term: Halloween Fun and Activities in the New Forest!
- What's On New Forest
- Oct 6, 2024
- 9 min read
This October half term, keep the kids entertained with a fantastic range of activities across the New Forest, perfect for all ages. Celebrate Halloween with spooky trails, workshops, pumpkin picking, costume competitions, and more. Discover what each area has in store for a fun-filled and memorable half-term break!
Ashurst
It’s Frightfully Fun at the Farm - Longdown Farm
Enter the Haunted Barn at your peril from Saturday 26th October through to Sunday 3rd November. Encounter real-life barn owls and creeeepy creatures with The Creature Teachers on Thursday 31st October!!
The Pumpkin Quest promises to be fun for all the family too – everyone will enjoy spotting the mischievous orange faces around the farm as they discover each naughty pumpkin in unexpected places. Available for the duration of half-term. After all the scary stuff, calm down with the friendly farm animals, and join in with a full schedule of farm activities throughout the day.
Location: Deerleap Ln, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7EH
Date: Saturday 26th October to Sunday 3rd November
More info: Longdown Farm website
Brockenhurst
Kids Halloween Disco
Spooky Hotdogs, Party Games, Arts and Crafts, Face Painting, Glitter Tattoos and Best Fancy Dressed Competition for Kids & Adults
Location: Brockenhurst Football Club, Grigg Lane, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RE, Brockenhurst SO42 7RE
Date: Friday 1st November 2024
Time: 6.30pm
Price: £1
More info: Brockenhurst FC
Calshot
Halloween at Calshot Activities Centre
Our ghoulish ghost trail is for families who want a Halloween treat. Come and take part in our Halloween games, listen to spooky stories and do some Halloween crafts.
Don’t forget to come in your best Halloween costume and get a selfie in the castle basement! Upload your photo to social media and use the hashtag #creepycalshot to enter the competition. The winner will be announced at 4pm on 31 October and will receive a £50 Calshot gift voucher.
Your ticket includes a free children’s hot chocolate in the café and 10% discount on the menu.
Location: Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot Rd, Southampton SO45 1BR
Dates: Saturday 26th, Sunday 27th & Monday 28th October
Times: 10am to 11:30am | 12pm to 1:30pm | 2pm to 3:30pm
Price: £8 per child (under 16 years) | £2 per accompanying adult | Free for children under 1 years of age. Price includes castle entrance fee, trail and treat, games, storytelling and crafts.
For more info: Calshot Activities Centre website
Christchurch
Avon Tyrrell Halloween Activity Trail
Are you brave enough to join Avon Tyrrell and complete creepy challenges on their Halloween activity trail? Join Avon Tyrrell for some creepy challenges like climbing, archery and much more!
Location: Bransgore, Christchurch BH23 8EE
Times : Ghostly greeting times: 10am – 12:pm | 11am – 1pm | 12:30pm – 2:30pm | 1.30pm – 3:30pm
Ages: Suitable for 5+
Price: Book your 2-hour time slot for just £10 per person with non-participating adults going free.
Book your tickets here.
Dibden Purlieu
Spooktakular half term party at Dibden Purlieu Community Hall
Spooktakular half term party! Book yout ticket now! Drinks and snacks will be provided. Fancy dress encouraged but not essential. Tickets are limited.
Location: 22 Lunedale Road, Dibden Purlieu SO45 4QP
Date: Thursday 31st October 2024
Time: 10am - 11.30am
Age: Children from walking - 5 years (Children must be accompanied by an adult).
Price: £10 per ticket (no PAYG)
Tickets available from Disco Duck with Helen.
Eastleigh
Kids Halloween Party at The Good Companions
👻FREE Kids Halloween Party
If you would like your little ones to attend, please get in touch with The Goodies Team to book them in for your preferred time slot! Party Games👻,
Halloween Sweets, 🧛Costume competition with prize for the best dressed from each time slot! All Kids welcome! 👻
Location: Good Companion Function Room, 119 Leigh Road, SO50 9DS
Date: Tuesday 29th October
Times: 2 time slots available 1-2pm OR 2.30-3.30pm!
Price: Free
Contact The Good Companions team for more info.
Exbury
Halloween Ghost Train at Exbury Gardens
Are you brave enough to ride the Ghost Train? Halloween is coming, and soon the gardens will echo with the screams of riders. Don't forget, garden admission or a Friends of Exbury membership is required to ride.
Location: Exbury, Southampton SO45 1AF
Dates: 28th Oct 2024 - 3rd Nov 2024
Price: Ghost train tickets are £8.75 per person, or £7.75 for Friends of Exbury members. (Children under 3 do not need a ticket for the Ghost train).
Notes: Please note that the Ghost train may not be suitable for younger or more sensitive children.
For more info visit Halloween: Ghost Train
Halloween Quiz Night at Lepe Country Park
Join us for a spooktastic evening as you put your brains to the test at our Halloween themed quiz night. Join us in the Lookout where will be testing your knowledge of all things Halloween!
Bring your family and friends to form a team of up to 6 people and go head to head for your chance to win the prize of a free breakfast, from here in the Lookout.
Location: Lepe Country Park, Exbury SO45 1AD
Date & Time: Friday 1st November from 6pm.
Price: £2.50 per person
More info and bookings on here.
Fordingbridge
October Half-Term Camp at Educamps
October Half-Term Camp bookings are now open! Get ready for outdoor thrills and spooky fun this half term at Educamps!
EDUCAMPS offer a full day of fun including outdoor activities, lunch, snacks and on some days excursions. We aim to provide engaging activities designed to take kids “back to basics” in the fresh air.
Location: Forres Sandle Manor School, Fordingbridge
Dates: October 28th - 1st November
Age: 5+ only
More info: Educamps Website or @educampsoutdoors
Hythe
Halloween Treat Trail by Hythe Alive
We will be running the spook-tacular Halloween Treat Trail, with maps available to purchase from Saturday 19th October from @toysahoyhythe @janebidwellflowers and @harveyshythe. This year, there will be 2 different trails to follow, and 3 different time slots available.
Date: Saturday 26th October
Times: 3 different time slots available (3pm-4pm, 4pm-5pm & 5pm-6pm)
Price: £3.5 a bag
More info: Follow Hythe Alive Instagram or check Facebook page.
Halloween Half Term Week - Meeple Play Cafe
Craft week is back at Meeples, and this time it's a spooktacular theme. 2-for-£5 or 5-for-£10 on our new range of Halloween crafts, every day in the October half term.
We have themed cakes and shakes, new additions to the roleplay village, and even a mini disco on the night Hythe's famous Halloween treat trail.
Roleplay sessions are 10am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm daily. No need to book. Great deals on food, drink, and board games across the whole venue. Pop over to Meeple Play Cafe website for more info.
Lymington
Halloween Disco- Lymington/Boldre War Memorial Hall
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Dress up in your best costumes, enjoy some ghoulish games, and dance the time away with all your little ghosts and goblins! Prizes for best costumes!
Fun music & spooky vibes, drink & snack for the little monsters and treat to take home.
Trick-or-treat fun for everyone, don't miss out!
Tickets for sale now!
Location: Boldre War Memorial Hall, Pilley St, Lymington SO41 5QG
Date: Thursday 31st October 2024
Times: 3pm - 4:30pm
Price: £10 per child, £2 per adult
More info: Visit their business page, their Facebook event or email tibykidz@gmail.com to book
Lyndhurst
Halloween Workshop at Lyndhurst Community Centre
Join us for an exclusive Halloween childrens creative workshop with Whimsical Wildlings decorating magical crowns and monster masks. There will be an array of mystical dressing up clothes and accessories, with the opportunity to capture your child wearing their amazing creations! Glitter tattoos to take home, as its not Halloween without a treat!
Location: Lyndhurst Community Centre
Date & Time: Sunday 27th October 10-11.30am
Ages: 3-8 (Parents/Guardians to stay with children throughout the session.)
Price: £7 per child, all materials included.
Info and Bookings: Contact Whimsical Wildlings on their Facebook page or email whimsicalwildlings@outlook.com
Booking is essential as workshop spaces are limited.
Milford on Sea
Halloween at Hurst Castle, Milford on Sea
Get ready for a week of Halloween fun at the castle with frighteningly good arts & crafts, a treasure trail plus if you are brave enough head into the Tudor basement for Henry VIII and his Six Ghosts Maze! Ferries available from Keyhaven from 10am, and then approximately every 20-30 minutes.
Location: Milford on Sea, Lymington, SO41 0TP
Dates: 26h October - 3rd November
Time: 10am - 4pm
Price: All activities are included in your castle admission, no need to pre-book.
M3 Spook-tacular Halloween at The Bridge, Milford on Sea
Get ready for an enchanting afternoon of Halloween family fun at The Bridge. Watch a magical screening of Wolf, Witch, Giant Fairy from the Royal Opera House and enjoy ghoulish games, creepy crafts, and spin-tingling dancing that will make your bones shake rattle and role!
Come dressed as your favourite fairytale character — there are thrilling prizes to be won for the most boo-tiful costumes! 🧛♀️🎩🦇 The café will be open with refreshments and snacks available for purchase. Parents are welcome to use the free Wi-Fi if needing to work remotely.
Location: The Bridge, 9 Sea Rd, Milford on Sea, Lymington SO41 0PH
Date & Time: 28th October, Monday, 2pm
Age: For children aged 4-12 and their families
Price: Tickets: £10
Buy tickets here.
Ringwood
Halloween at Moors Valley
Explore the forest after-dark with a brand-new spooky experience: this Halloween illuminated trail is filled with so many hidden surprises! Explore the forest to discover the secret cemetery hidden in the trees. People say that it’s haunted by a ghostly undertaker and surrounded by lost souls, woodland spirits and creaking coffins.
Location: Horton Rd, Ringwood BH24 2ET
Dates: 25th October – 3rd November
Sessions & Age:
Daylight – Most suitable for our youngest visitors
Twilight – The scare level ramps up a notch.
Moonlight – As scary as it gets (but still suitable for all)
Price: £16 (Adult), £12 (Child 3-16), Free (Infant 0-2),
More info: Moors Valley website
Create a Trick or Treat Caddy - The Makery Ringwood
Half term children with adult work shop taking place at Greyfriars, Ringwood. Create a spooky caddy ready for all those trick or treat sweets.
Location: Greyfriars, Ringwood
Date & Time: 29th October, 10am - 12.30pm
Price: £14 (child with adult)
Info and Bookings: Contact The Makery Ringwood or email themakeryringwood@gmail.com to book your place.
Halloween Party at New Forest Water Park
Join us for a 2024 season send off, all are welcome. We expect you to be in your best scary fancy dress.👻 Schedule for the evening: Doors open 7pm, 😄Happy Hour 7pm - 8pm, 🪵Scary woodland walkthrough 7pm - 9pm, 🐖Hog Roast from 8pm, 🎸Live band from 9pm and best costume prize announced at 10pm.
Location: New Forest Water Park, Ringwood Road, Ringwood SP6 2EY
Date & Time: 26th October, 7pm
Price: £10 a ticket (It includes entry, welcome drink, scary woodland walkthrough and a hog roast meal)
Info and bookings: Book your tickets on this website.
Romsey
Pumpkin Painting Event at Coffee Corner
Join us for a pumpkin painting event at Coffee Corner on October 26th from 10am-1pm! We'll provide pumpkins for you to paint and take home, and there's even an option to dress up!
Everyone is welcome, hope to see you there!
Location: Unit 10-12 Chatmohr Estate, Crawley Hill, Romsey SO51 6AP
Dates & Time: 26th October, 10am-1pm
Info and Bookings: Pop over to Coffee Corner Facebook Page
Halloween in the Gardens - Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey
Wicked Fun in the Woods – Family Bushcraft: Saturday 26 October, 10am - 12noon and 1pm - 3pm
Spooky Halloween Bakes: Saturday 26 October – Sunday 3 November, 10am – 4.30pm
Pumpkin Carving: Tues 29 Oct - Thurs 31 Oct
Autumn is Wicked Trail: Continues until Saturday 30 November
For more info, visit this link.
Totton
Sunnyfields farm - Pumpkin Picking
Be immersed in a Pumpkin experience and embrace the best that Autumn has to offer. The farm will be covered in thousands of pumpkins. Photo opportunities, WOW displays and pumpkin picking are just the start for this event.
Your date and timeslot can be changed online up to two hours before your arrival. Dogs on leads welcome.
Location: Jacob's Gutter Ln, Southampton SO40 9FX
Dates: Open between Saturday 5th - Thursday 31st October 2024
Price: £5.50 (Everyone aged 2 and over requires a ticket)
Info and Bookings: Pop over to Sunnyfields Farm website to purchase your tickets.
Pumpkin Trail - Eling Tide Mill Experience
We invite you to design a pumpkin to be displayed along Eling boardwalk during the October half term. This is a free entry event for the families of Eling and immediate surrounding areas:
Pumpkins are to be no bigger than A4 size and in 2D.
They can be of any design.
No dangly attachments please.
You can enter as an Individual, Group, Class, School etc.
Prize for best pumpkin.
Info & Bookings: Check www.elingexperience.co.uk/events
All pumpkins are to be registered with us. We ask you not to display them yourself, but to deliver them to us in the John Chandler room on Thursday 24th or Friday 25th October between 1pm and 4pm leaving your name and age.
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