From pumpkin picking and potion-making to ghost walks and zombie hunts, there are plenty of spine-tingling thrills and chills coming up this Halloween in the Cotswolds. Whether you’re looking for family-friendly fun for the kids or are after something a bit scarier for the adults, we’ve picked out 18 of the best Cotswolds Halloween events and activities taking place in 2025.
Halloween in the Cotswolds 2025
Cotswold Farm Park
Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park near Guiting Power is embracing all things autumnal this Halloween. Visit the Pumpkin Patch (dogs welcome) to choose a prize specimen, which you can decorate in their pumpkin carving sessions. There’s also free face painting for kids. Or visit after dark on Saturday nights to enjoy a spooky pumpkin trail, live music and hot food.
The Pumpkin Patch is open on 3–5, 10–12, 17–19 and 23–31 October 2025. Late opening takes place on 11, 18 and 25 October | Find out more
Bibury Trout Farm
New for Halloween 2025 is a Pumpkin Picking event at the trout farm in the picturesque village of Bibury. Choose your own pumpkin, with pumpkins large and small ready to carve for Halloween as well as kids activities and family photo spots. There’s also a playground and crazy golf, you can catch your own fish, stock up on fresh produce in the farm shop or have lunch in the café.
Pumpkin Picking takes place on 18–19 and 25–31 October 2025 | Find out more
Cattle Country Farm Park
Choose from thousands of colourful pumpkins in the Pumpkin Patch at Cattle Country Farm Park near Berkeley in Gloucestershire. You’ll also find Pumpkin Patch photo booths around the farm where you can take the perfect autumnal family photo. Entry to the patch is included with park tickets, so you can meet the animals and enjoy indoor and outdoor activities too.
The Pumpkin Patch is open on 4–5, 11–12, 18–19 and 25–31 October 2025 | Find out more
Primrose Vale
At Primrose Vale Farm Shop in Shurdington, south of Cheltenham, you can pick your own pumpkin from their pumpkin patch, or follow the Halloween Farm Trail during October half-term. There are two trails for different age groups – one for pre-school kids and one for older children. They take you around the farm to complete challenges, tasks and puzzles to earn a treat.
Dates for 2025 to be announced | Find out more
Fairytale Farm
Fairy stories and pumpkins come together this Halloween in the Cotswolds at Fairytale Farm near Chipping Norton. In their Scarily Ever After event, kids can follow the Yellow Sunflower trail, meet the Bumbling Wizard, carve pumpkins and take part in craft sessions. Or see the park lit up after dark for their Illuminated Evenings, with twinkling lights and dancing fountains.
Scarily Ever After runs from 25 October–2 November 2025, and Illuminated Evenings take place on Saturdays and Sundays from 4 October–16 November | Find out more
Over Farm
Dress up in your spookiest costume for a frighteningly fun day out at Over Farm near Gloucester’s Spookyard Halloween Festival. This family event includes a maize maze, tractor trailer and quad train rides, jumping pillows and mini golf. There’s also pick-your-own pumpkins, and fire jugglers, live music and street food on selected evenings for Pumpkins After Dark.
Pumpkin picking and Pumpkins After Dark take place on 3–4, 10–11, 17–18 and 24–31 October 2025, and Spookyard from 25 October–2 November | Find out more
Sudeley Castle
With 1000 years of history, Sudeley Castle near Winchcombe has plenty of ghostly tales to tell. Search for the hidden pumpkins on the family-friendly Sudeley Pumpkin Trail over October half-term. Or hear the castle’s resident ghosts’ spine-tingling tales at Tudor Halloween on All Hallow’s Eve, with a Halloween funfair and illuminated trail by night at Phantoms & Fireworks.
The Sudeley Pumpkin Trail runs from 25 October–2 November 2025. Tudor Halloween and Phantoms & Fireworks both take place on 31 October | Find out more
Blenheim Palace
This year’s Halloween at Blenheim Palace promises new thrills and chills in the grounds of one of Britain’s most impressive palaces. Follow the all-new Halloween trail to discover a medieval dungeon, towering skeletons, giant spiderwebs and a cursed tomb where the dead come to life. There’s hot chocolate to warm up with or indulge in a Halloween-themed afternoon tea.
Halloween at Blenheim Palace takes place from 23 October–2 November 2025 | Find out more
Berkeley Castle
Have a magical Halloween at 12th-century fortress Berkeley Castle, just west of the Cotswolds. At the Halloween at Berkeley Castle event, kids can meet the owls in the Great Hall, hear tales of mystery and folklore at Spooky Storytelling, and visit the Old Wise Woman hidden away in the castle’s cellar. There’s plenty to see in the castle too as well as a woodland play area.
Halloween at Berkeley Castle takes place from 26–29 October 2025 | Find out more
Painswick Rococo Garden
Admire the autumn colours and spot the hidden scarecrows at Painswick Rococo Garden’s Time-Travelling Scarecrow Hunt. Local organisations and groups have created scarecrows from different time periods, which are dotted around the gardens. Dogs on short leads are welcome, and there’s lots to see around the gardens too, including the maze and woodland play area.
The Time-Travelling Scarecrow Hunt runs from 18 October–2 November 2025 | Find out more
Corinium Museum
Go back in time for Halloween at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester. Kids can decorate Creepy Corinium Cupcakes ready to eat, or explore the Parish church’s Gruesome Gargoyles then make their own clay versions. And Haunted Cirencester walking tours for grown-ups (aged 16+) explore the town’s haunted stories, urban legends and ghostly happenings.
Creepy Corinium Cupcakes takes place on 27 October and Gruesome Gargoyles on 30 October. Haunted Cirencester walks run on 16, 23 and 30 October 2025 | Find out more
Wilson Art Gallery and Museum
Cheltenham’s Wilson Art Gallery and Museum is hosting a special Family Halloween Party this October, with activities, crafts and games, including curious crafts, eerie experiments and a trick or treat trail. There’s also a Halloween Trail through the museum’s galleries over half-term, where little witches and wizards can discover the hidden stories of some of the objects on display.
The Halloween Trail runs from 25 October–2 November 2025, with the Family Halloween Party on 31 October | Find out more
American Museum and Gardens
Bath’s American Museum and Gardens puts a US twist on a traditional Halloween in the Cotswolds this half-term with its American Halloween event. You can follow an interactive pumpkin trail through the gardens, visit the scarecrow friends photo station and try crafts in the stables. There’s also trick or treating, a dog costume competition and Halloween kids’ rave on 31 October.
American Halloween takes place from 25 October–2 November 2025 | Find out more
National Trust sites
There are also family events at two National Trust properties in the Cotswolds this Halloween. You can follow the Bewitching Bats Trail around the gardens at Hidcote near Chipping Campden. Or there’s a Pumpkin Activity Trail at Lacock, with eight different activity stations featuring autumnal activities like leaf rubbing and skittles, as well as cosy craft sessions in the bothy.
The Bewitching Bats trail takes place from 1 October–2 November 2025, and the Pumpkin Activity Trail and crafts from 23 October–2 November | Find out more
Gloucester Prison
Join in a zombie hunt in the creepy setting of former HMP Gloucester for the Salvation Z event. This interactive fright night – suitable for ages 14 and over – promises ‘more mazes, more monsters and more mayhem’ than ever. Prepare to scream as you’re chased across four acres of abandoned prison buildings, with the last of the undead hiding around every corner.
Salvation Z takes place on 17–18, 24–25, 31 October and 1 November 2025 | Find out more
Oxford Castle and Prison
There’s another chance to be locked up for Halloween at Oxford Castle and Prison’s Ghost Fest. Take a spooky tour featuring gruesome details from the prison’s 1000-year history (suitable for ages 12+). Kids aged 5–12 can join in a potion-making session during October half-term. Or adults can enjoy a two-course dinner and tour with an experienced paranormal investigator.
Spooky Tours take place from 24–31 October, Potion-Making sessions from 27–31 October and the Paranormal Investigation and Dinner on 1 November 2025 | Find out more
Woodchester Mansion
Get spooked with Tales for Halloween in the atmospheric surrounding of Woodchester Mansion this Halloween in the Cotswolds… if you dare. This Victorian Gothic mansion near Stroud was left unfinished partway through construction and is now home to rare horseshoe bats. Over two nights, mystery entertainer Nick Brunger shares twisted tales and haunted magic – for over 18s only.
Tales for Halloween takes place on 30 and 31 October 2025 | Find out more
Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein in Bath is open late this Halloween for its After Dark – Parasomnia, an intense multi-sensory horror event that’s not for the faint-hearted (or anyone aged under 15). Explore five floors of this 300-year-old building, with sounds, sights and special effects designed to scare you as you try to solve the puzzles and find your way to safety.
Parasomnia runs on selected dates from 18 October–1 November 2025 | Find out more
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