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Visit Lancashire in Autumn
The leaves are turning gold and the days are getting shorter, so pop on your boots and coat and head into Lancashire this autumn.
Enjoy long walks and crackling log fires, dark skies full of stars and delicious locally produced meals. Go pumpkin picking, take a relaxing spa break or hibernate for a weekend in a cosy cottage. Soak up the season’s slower pace and make the most of Lancashire’s stunning countryside and welcoming places to stay.
You’ll find plenty of things to do to celebrate Halloween, October Half Term, Bonfire Night, as well as lots of other fantastic events including the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations.
Take your pick of Lancashire this autumn.
Autumn events
Dates: 31st Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Halloween comes early to Preston Riverside! On both days of the Halloween weekend of 2026, come and join us for ghostly goings on.Spooky things will be happening in our…
Date: 24th Oct 2026
New Event for the Ribble Steam Railway Calendar - Brick Show 2026Kick off the half term break with a trip to the museum to see a varied display of Lego model display by AFOLs…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
This Halloween, things are getting a little spooky in the Beer Hall
Dates: 29th Oct 2026 - 30th Oct 2026
Drop into Helmshore Mills Museum for a spooktacular time this Halloween with our scary mask making experience. From Ghouls to Mummies let your imagination run riot at our…
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Head over to Brockholes this October for a full week of exciting activities designed for the whole family to get creative and learn new skills.Each day will feature a FREE…
Dates: 26th Oct 2026 - 30th Oct 2026
Looking for a creative and engaging half-term activity for your child?Our theatre camps offer much more than childcare.Children and young people can explore drama, develop…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Get ready for an evening of spooky dancing, apple bobbing, party games and a costume competition.
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Enjoy Mexican tapas, cocktails and sweet churros, with a complimentary bowl of loaded nachos
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 25th Oct 2026
Enjoy a fun-filled autumn day at the pumpkin patch.
Pip's Pinewood Adventure
Date: 26th Oct 2026
Woodland magic comes to Ormskirk this half term.
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Halloween is getting a little more glamorous.
Date: 30th Oct 2026
It's back. A kids pizza making workshop returns for Halloween.
Dates: 10th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Halloween fun for all the family
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Visit and meet The Gruffalo at Gisburn Forest.
Dates: 30th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Delve into the dark and mysterious past of Queen Street Mill.
Dates: 3rd Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Haunted Trail, Candy Scramble, Bounce Houses and family-friendly Halloween fun.
Ascarium
Dates: 23rd Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
As the lights begin to dim, step into the deep...This Halloween, SEA LIFE Blackpool invites you to an unforgettable after-hours fright-fest.Discover the ghoulish secrets…
Screams! at Thornton Hall
Dates: 16th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
FEAR IS BEING REBORNSCREAMS! At Thornton Hall Country Park is the ultimate Halloween night out.Enjoy our incredible Scare MazesMalkin Manor: Bloodline -Thirteen years after…
Journey to Hell Freak Nights
Dates: 17th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Pleasure Beach Resort, how you've never seen it before! Start your day with thrills... End your night with screams.The park is open 10am – 9pm, giving you a full day of…
Scare Kingdom
Dates: 3rd Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Step inside and experience our terrifying worlds, packed with heart-pounding scares, live music, bars and a food court to keep you fuelled for the night.
Pumpkin Picking
Dates: 17th Oct 2026 - 29th Oct 2026
Get ready for some pumpkin-filled family fun at Bowland Country Park this October!
Date: 30th Oct 2026
If you love sweet treats then come and have a go at making a Witch’s edible cottage, just like the one in the Hansel and Gretel fairytale. Choose from a selection of…
Date: 29th Oct 2026
A hands-on look at what treatment options were available 200 years ago. From herbal home remedies to a gruesome visit to the barber-surgeon! Come and meet the Georgian medic…
Dates: 29th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Travelling on our Halloween Ghost Train? Park for free at Heywood Station!Halloween Shuttles are timetabled to depart Heywood and arrive at Bury with plenty of time to spare…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Get ready for a fantastic family-friendly Halloween evening packed with entertainment, games, marshmallow roasting and a spectacular bonfire.Our special Halloween family fun…
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Join us at Brockholes for a fun-filled pumpkin carving event where you can pick your very own pumpkin from our charming pretend pumpkin patch!Our cosy Halloween display on…
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Explore Brockholes, find the markers, complete the challenge and have fun together! Brought to you in partnership with British Orienteering, Xplorer is the perfect outdoor…
Date: 25th Oct 2026
Come and join us at Brockholes this half term as we look for Halloween Critters on this family friendly walk.The walk is at a gentle pace with lots of stopping to look for…
Dates: 28th Oct 2026 - 30th Oct 2026
Calling all witches and wizards, goblins and ghouls! This Halloween, come along to our woodland school of magic nestled deep in the bewitching Brockholes woods. Using natural…
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Dare to explore the museum after dark and join our Halloween Quest. As the museum closes and the lights go out sneak in through the door in your best fancy dress. Move…
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 25th Oct 2026
Looking for things to do with the kids this October? Join us for our annual Pumpkins in the Park Festival. Featuring pumpkin carving, seasonal craft activities, family games,…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Keep an eye out for this spooky roaming act.
Date: 5th Nov 2026
The Annual Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club Bonfire and Fireworks Display returns
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Little witches, wizards and wildlife enthusiasts are in for a treat this half-term.
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Looking for things to do this October half term in Lancashire?
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Looking for things to do this October half term in Lancashire?
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Take on the Halloween Potion Hunt, a limited time adventure.
Halloween Escape Rooms
Dates: 1st Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
This Halloween, things are getting spooky.
Witchcraft 1612 Walking Tour
Dates: 30th Sept 2026 - 9th Dec 2026
Discover England's famous Pendle Witches story and the role Lancaster played in their fate.
Date: 31st Oct 2026
A spine-chilling evening of ghostly tales, legends and the darker history of the Black Bull.
Dates: 9th Oct 2026 - 23rd Dec 2026
Join an evening tour of Lancaster's spooky, sinister past.
Date: 31st Oct 2026
A spooktacular afternoon of Halloween fun for the whole family.
Dates: 29th Oct 2026 - 30th Oct 2026
Make and decorate your own ghosts and pumpkins key chains and decorations.
Date: 31st Oct 2026
We're getting Creepy before Christmas here at Affinity Lancashire and you're all invited to join us!
Date: 30th Oct 2026
We're getting Creepy before Christmas here at Affinity Lancashire and you're all invited to join us!
Date: 29th Oct 2026
We're getting Creepy before Christmas here at Affinity Lancashire and you're all invited to join us!
The Spellbound Search
Date: 28th Oct 2026
We're getting Creepy before Christmas here at Affinity Lancashire and you're all invited to join us!
Boogie's Glitter Goo Lab
Date: 27th Oct 2026
We're getting Creepy before Christmas here at Affinity Lancashire and you're all invited to join us!
Date: 26th Oct 2026
Get Creepy before Christmas at Affinity Lancashire in Fleetwood
Date: 24th Oct 2026
Start your October Half term by meeting the Creepy before Christmas crew at Affinity Lancashire.
Dates: 30th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Come and see Queen Street Mill as you've never seen it before! This Halloween we are sharing the stories of Queen Street Mill that will send shivers down your spine! Learn…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Are you brave enough to explore Gawthorpe Hall's gardens and see if you can find the ghosts, pumpkins, black cats and witches hiding on the Hallowe'en trail?Collect a trail…
Date: 28th Oct 2026
Join our Hallowe'en crafty fun - have a go at making your own spooky woolly ghost to take home and keep.Explore the Hall and see if you can spot the bats hiding in the…
Date: 28th Oct 2026
A live-illustrated storytelling show for families.
Date: 28th Oct 2026
A live-illustrated storytelling show for families
Date: 27th Oct 2026
A live-illustrated storytelling show for families.
Date: 27th Oct 2026
A live-illustrated storytelling show for families.
Date: 26th Oct 2026
A live-illustrated storytelling show for families.
Date: 26th Oct 2026
A live-illustrated storytelling show for families.
Date: 27th Oct 2026
Get the little ones ready to roll up their sleeves and get creative.
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Join a kids’ Halloween party, packed with music, entertainment and plenty of fun.
Date: 30th Oct 2026
90 minutes of K-Pop dancing, glitter makeovers, crafts and superstar fun
Date: 29th Oct 2026
45 minutes of Halloween magic, comedy, tricks, treats and messy GUNGE with Billy Sparks!
Dates: 10th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Join in this Halloween for a chance to win some amazing prizes.
Dates: 29th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Dare you solve the mystery of the Swamp Monster of Irwell Vale?Something VERY strange is happening along the tracks of the ELR this Halloween, and Zombie Bob and the Monster…
Date: 17th Oct 2026
Create a wonderful Pumpkin Planter in celebration of Halloween, filled with hardy succulents to display indoors or outdoors.Celebrate Autumn, Halloween and harvest season as…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Ascend the long drive of reputedly the third most haunted house in Britain where we will be waiting for you.Silent torchbearers take you on the ghost tour through the…
Dates: 28th Oct 2026 - 29th Oct 2026
Join in the fun with this classic Halloween activity!Use your imagination to design and transform ordinary pumpkins into magnificent monsters, creepy crawlies, or ghastly…
Dates: 28th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
If you are looking for some fun, free crafts this Halloween then come and join us at Queen Street Mill this October half-term. We'll have themed crafts and activities…
Dates: 16th Oct 2026 - 8th Nov 2026
Looking for an evening Autumn activity? Take on Go Ape Blackburn's high ropes after dark
Date: 24th Oct 2026
Get into the Halloween spirit this October at this free pumpkin carving event
Dates: 10th Oct 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Get ready to meet some spooky characters and join in the Heebie Jeebie fun.
Date: 28th Oct 2026
Get into the Halloween spirit at this free pumpkin carving event.
Date: 25th Oct 2026
Get into the Halloween spirit this October at our free pumpkin carving event! Award-winning pumpkin
Date: 26th Oct 2026
A hands-on opportunity to meet, learn about, and get up close to friendly animals.
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Losing their magic powers as the screams of Halloween fade away, the Villains plan the perfectHalloween party. Join them as they plot and scheme to conjure up a magical…
Dates: 27th Oct 2026 - 29th Oct 2026
Calling all eager witches and wizards! A BRAND NEW CHAPTER begins at the Hoghton Tower School of Witchcraft & Wizardry!For hundreds of years, Hoghton Tower School of…
Tyndale 500 Bible Exhibition
Dates: 1st Sept 2026 - 18th Nov 2026
Marking 500 years since William Tyndale’s English New Testament was first printed.
Date: 29th Oct 2026
The hour-long spooktacular is perfect entertainment for the October Half Term holidays, featuring family friendly characters, rib-tickling laughter, mind blowing magic,…
Date: 25th Oct 2026
Get ready for big laughs as the lovable, bumbling Baffo returns in a riotous, cycle-themed clown show. Wondering how to blow up a tyre or ride a bike? Baffo’s got you…
Date: 29th Oct 2026
Step into a glowing world of colour at our Magic and Mayhem! As part of Lightpool Festival, our popular party returns with dazzling tricks, circus fun and plenty of dancing.…
Date: 29th Oct 2026
Three hundred years after they were sentenced to die in Salem, a trio of witches return to gain their revenge. Terrorising the town's trick-or-treaters on Halloween, riding…
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Kindness Karl brings joy, mischief and magic. On a quest to learn how to be kind, Karl seeks tips from those he meets, sparking playful interactions and warm-hearted…
Date: 28th Oct 2026
Join us for a magical making adventure! Children will transform recycled materials into their very own witches and wizard figures, using imagination, creativity, and a little…
Date: 24th Oct 2026
TCG, Collectibles and Sports Show
Dates: 24th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
Swap the spooky for a SUPER Natural family-friendly Halloween adventure this October half-term at WWT Martin Mere.A magical day out at Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough,…
Date: 31st Oct 2026
Join a spellbinding children's Hocus Pocus Halloween event.
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Join your host for a 60-minute guided tour of the mansion under the cover of darkness. Discover our unique historic and haunted heritage as you hear tales of former (and…
Date: 11th Oct 2026
Join a scary adventure, if you dare.
Date: 11th Oct 2026
Ride the trains and choose your pumpkin.
Date: 25th Oct 2026
Seriously silly science for all ages! Join The Magical Mr West and his corvid companion Crowbert on a journey into the brain bending world of science illusions! Prepare to be…
Dates: 10th Oct 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
A frightfully fun time for the whole family.
Date: 30th Oct 2026
Get ready for a spine-tingling night with our Halloween Family Party, Monster Magic Show & Halloween Party! Join us for an evening of thrills fit for all the family as we…
Date: 26th Oct 2026
Climb aboard for a laugh-filled space adventure with Magic Light Productions! Spooks in Space mixes amazing magic, glowing UV puppets, and Interactive comedy as a team of…
Date: 25th Oct 2026
Michael Jordan presents - Magic & marvels Step right up and prepare to be amazed by the one-man extravaganza, "Magic & Marvels," presented by the extraordinary and…
Date: 11th Oct 2026
Two shows in one day - Therell be different games and quizzes at each show, so feel free to do what many others have done in the past, and come to both.WiFi Wars Halloween…
Date: 28th Oct 2026
After a sell out run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning comedian and children's author Olaf Falafel is dishing up another frying pan full of family-friendly…
Dates: 29th Oct 2026 - 30th Oct 2026
It's time to sign up to our spellbinding school of sorcery as you take a wacky and wonderful whistle stop tour of the Wizard Academy and learn to become a master of mystery…
Date: 23rd Oct 2026
A frighteningly good night of graveyard smash hits for all the family!As darkness falls across the land, join our amazing cast and live band. With stunning stage visuals and…
Date: 18th Oct 2026
Get cosy this autumn and create your very own large, super soft chunky pumpkin using luxurious pure merino wool.Choose from beautiful seasonal shades: Pumpkin, Rust,…
Date: 23rd Oct 2026
An October morning in 1826, along The Mersey Docks. On a cargo ship setting sail for Scotland, a young sailor notices a foul odour seeping from one of the shipment barrels.…
Freezin - The Atkinson
Date: 28th Oct 2026
Snow is falling... and Jack Frost is calling! When the wicked Jack Frost sweeps into the kingdom and casts a spell of eternal winter, fountains freeze, forests frost over and…
Date: 29th Oct 2026
A frighteningly good night of graveyard smash hits for all the family!As darkness falls across the land, join our amazing cast and live band. With stunning stage visuals and…
Farmaggedon
Dates: 26th Sept 2026 - 31st Oct 2026
It isn't part of your night out, it is your night out.
Date: 31st Oct 2026
The Halloween Spooktacular is back with frightfully good fun for all the family. Enjoy a themed event packed with spooky entertainment, food included and plenty of Halloween…
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