Tulleys Shocktober Fest

Shocktober Fest is the benchmark everything else in the UK gets measured against. A working Sussex farm turns over its fields to a full scream park: multiple large-scale haunted attractions including the long-running Creepy Cottage and the Horrorwood Hayride, plus street theatre roaming between them.

It is as much a festival as a scare event — street food, several bars, live music and DJs keep the site going long after your last maze.

Fast track is worth considering on peak nights; queues for the headline attractions can be long.