Farmaphobia
Dates to be announced
Ireland's biggest scream park, in the part of the world that invented Halloween.
Nightmare 15+
Fright Finder
Find your fright
Tell us how brave you are and who’s coming. We’ll match you to the events that fit — closest to your nerve first.
26 matches
up to Nightmare
Xtreme Scream Park
Dates to be announced
Seven long, detailed mazes and street theatre that does not let up.
Nightmare from £62.00
Psycho Path
26 Sep – 1 Nov 2026
Eleven haunted attractions on one County Durham farm.
Nightmare 15+
Farmaggedon
27 Sep – 1 Nov 2026
Voted into the world's top 25 haunts, and it earns it.
Nightmare 15+
Thorpe Park Fright Nights
2 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Europe's best-known theme park scare event, marking 25 years of fear.
Nightmare from £39.00
Tulleys Shocktober Fest
3 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Europe's largest scream park, in its 28th year on a Sussex farm.
Nightmare from £42.95
Alton Towers Scarefest
26 Sep – 1 Nov 2026
The longest scare season in the UK, and the big coasters running after dark.
Dread 12+
York Maze Hallowscream
9 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Five haunted houses, 100+ actors, and a hard 16+ door policy.
Dread 16+
Scaresville
15 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
An entire Tudor estate turned into a haunted village, with 250 actors in it.
Dread 12+
Scream Time at Margam Park
15 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
A 1km horror trail through the grounds of a genuinely haunted castle.
Dread 7+
Terror Scream Park
16 – 31 October 2026
Edinburgh's adult Halloween night, running six nights for the first time.
Dread 16+
Journey to Hell
17 – 31 October 2026
Rebuilt for 2026 as a twelve-hour day-and-night event.
Dread from £50.00
Crumlin Road Gaol Scare Events
Dates to be announced
A real Victorian prison, after dark, with the lights off.
Dread 16+
Fright Night at The Jungle NI
Dates to be announced
Scare attractions and a haunted woodland trail in Mid Ulster.
Dread 14+
Scotland's SCREAM Park Experience
Dates to be announced
Theatrical scare mazes at Scotland's theme park, including a trilogy finale.
Dread 16+
Yorkshire Scare Grounds
9 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Six attractions on one route, and a 12+ policy that makes it the accessible Yorkshire option.
Dread from £30.00
The Edinburgh Dungeon Halloween
Dates to be announced
Burke and Hare, cannibals and the Edinburgh you do not get on the walking tour.
Chill 12+
The London Dungeon
Dates to be announced
A thousand years of London's nastiest history, acted out at close range.
Chill 12+
The York Dungeon Halloween
11 Oct – 2 Nov 2026
Live-actor shows through York's worst centuries, with extra Halloween content.
Chill 12+
Beamish: The Un-living Museum of the North
27 – 31 October 2026
The open-air living museum goes dark for three nights only.
Chill All ages
Halloween Ghost Walks of the City
Dates to be announced
Guided after-dark walks through the alleys, plague pits and old churchyards.
Shiver 12+
The Big Sheep Halloween
Dates to be announced
Pumpkin carving by day, glow-stick monster disco by night.
Shiver All ages
Chessington Howl'o'ween
3 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
The family-friendly end of theme park Halloween — spooky rather than scarring.
Shiver All ages
Drayton Manor Blazing Halloween
10 Oct – 1 Nov 2026
Family Halloween with a trick-or-treat trail and two fireworks nights to close the season.
Shiver All ages
Crealy Spook-Fest
18 – 31 October 2026
Devon's big family Halloween event, with real scare mazes for those who want them.
Shiver All ages
LEGOLAND Windsor Brick or Treat
Dates to be announced
Pumpkins, not panic. Halloween for the brick-building age group.
Flicker All ages
The Fear Scale
Five levels. No guesswork.
Every event we list is rated from Flicker to Nightmare, so you know what you are walking into before you buy the ticket.
- 1 Flicker Any age Lanterns and atmosphere. Nothing jumps out.
- 2 Shiver Families Costumed characters and gentle theatrics. Fine for young children.
- 3 Chill Roughly 10+ Live actors and real jump scares, but performative rather than hostile.
- 4 Dread Teens and up Proper scare mazes. Sustained tension, actors in your space, strobes and fog.
- 5 Nightmare Adults The big scream parks. Long, loud, relentless and built for grown-ups.