10 raring2go.co.uk 11 Raring2go! PLACES2GO Raring2go! WHATS ON Let’s This! Adventure Valley Pumpkin Festival, Durham 15 & 16 October & 22 - 30 October Pick your pumpkin* from the pumpkin patch and get carving! Watch daily shows & follow the spooky trail! Aim and re at our corn cob catapult! Includes full access to all the rides and attractions *Every paying child receives a FREE pumpkin! More details and buy tickets online at https://www.adventurevalley.co.uk/ Go Bats: October half term at Durham Cathedral 22 and 24-29 October, 11am-3.30pm Learn about the bats that live in the cathedral as they go to sleep for the winter and create your own little bat. Free drop-in activity. https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/ 22-30 Oct Halloween Spooktacular at Whitehouse Farm, Morpeth Creep through the Walkway of Terror, watch Magic Merlin's Spooktacular Show plus lots of spooky activities throughout the day. Make sure you come dressed to impress and enter our fancy dress competition and don't forget to pick up your FREE PUMPKIN - one available for every paying child. BUY TICKETS ONLINE - whitehousefarm.co.uk Magical Trails at Raby Castle NEW After dark twilight trail within their woodland adventure playground, The Plotters’ Forest. Magical inhabitants will be taking on a life of their own for an exciting mix of challenge and discovery at this creepy time of year. For those who are looking for a daytime experience, there will also be a Halloween Trail at The Plotters’ Forest PLUS a Witches and Wizards Trail across the Deer Park from 15th to 30th October for budding sorcerers. Hair Raising Halloween at High Force Waterfall A series of hair-raising clues will need to be collected along the spectacular woodland walk way to solve the puzzle so families can make it back to High Force Hotel – and maybe indulge in a delicious treat for completing the spooky mission! https://www.raby.co.uk/raby-castle/ 22-30 Oct Gothic Tales Trail at NT Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough Get in the spirit of Halloween with a visit to Ormesby Hall during October Half Term! Imaginations can run wild as this historic house and garden come alive for the spookiest time of the year. Step inside the house to see it decorated for Halloween and follow the gothic tales trail in the garden. There will also be the chance to explore the house at night, with late night opening on select dates. For more information on events, please check the Ormesby Hall website before visiting. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ormesby-hall Halloween Half Term Happenings Wharton Park, Durham Wharton Witches and Wizards, Wed 30 Oct, 10.00am and 1pm Calling all budding Witches and Wizards join us at Wharton Park this Halloween and take part in a magical range of witch and wizard themed activities in our Halloween themed workshop. Children must be accompanied by an adult and online booking is required. Fancy dress is optional but encouraged! The Potion Trail, Sat 26 Oct– Sun 3 Nov Hubble Bubble Potion Trouble! Can you find the hidden potion bottles this Halloween by exploring the park grounds and discover the potion ingredients used by the Wharton witches and wizards and complete the trail. durham.gov.uk/whartonpark Hardwick Park, Durham Halloween Forest Club, Tue 29 Oct - 10am – 12pm Forest Club is a hands-on experience designed to teach children about the natural world around them taking place in our outdoor learning area. This play based session will offer a variety of familiar and new activities for children to try out with a Halloween theme. Children will receive a hot chocolate during the workshop to enjoy. Halloween at Hardwick, Thurs 31 Oct - 10.00am/11.00am/1pm/2pm Families can join the education team for our Halloween at Hardwick event where children will make their way around our haunted woodland zones completing Halloween themed activities and challenges along the way! Children must be accompanied by an adult and online booking is required. Fancy dress is optional but encouraged! Booking required: Gallery of Monsters, Sat 26 Oct – Sun 3 Nov Explore Hardwick Park this Halloween and find the hidden monster portraits, answer the questions as you go to complete the Halloween trail. durham.gov.uk/hardwickpark Wicked Wednesday Hulla-ween Spooky Storytelling The Hullabaloo, Darlington - Oct 30, 10.15am/11.30am/1:30pm Join one of our fabulous regular Hullabaloo storytellers, Chris Connaughton, as he takes you on a Hullaween journey into a fairytale forest. Who will we meet? Which paths shall we take? The ideas are up to you, with a little bit of Chris’ help theatrehullabaloo.org.uk Halloween Fun at Newham Grange Farm, Middlesbrough Oct 12 - 31 Oct Pumpkin picking and carving plus arts and crafts!12 & 13, 19 & 20, 26 – 31 Oct Head along to Newham Grange Farm and pick your own pumpkin at the pop up pumpkin patch before heading into the tent to create your spooky design! The pumpkins are medium sized for little hands, and don’t forget to pop into the Play Town afterwards for lots of fun and get creative with the arts and crafts. Standard ticket entry applies, please note pumpkins cost £3.50 each and can be purchased during your visit. Halloween Fun Trail 12 – 31 October From 12 – 31 October head along the notso-spooky trail around the farm, which will be dressed to impress, and find all the clues to win a small treat! There’s also spot prizes to be won for the best fancy dress during weekends and throughout the school holidays! newhamgrangefarm.co.uk Please do check all event details online as some events need prebooking. For more events checkout the ‘What’s On’ and Places2go sections of the Raring2go! website raring2go.co.uk
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