Date: 27. October 2023 Time: 10am
Have a go day! £10 per child Try out climbing, pioneering and our challenge course. Suitable for children aged 5+ book via the website.
Date: 29. October 2023 Time: 10am-3.30pm (2hr slots)
Halloween Activity Trail – Make your way round creepy activities, weird challenges and spooky surprises. Activities include archery, pioneering, climbing, problem solving, creepy crafts, spooky games and much more. Fancy Dress is highly encouraged.
Suitable for 5+, join us for some creepy challenges like climbing, archery and much more!
The Square, Corfe Castle, BH20 5EZ.
Date: 21. – 29. October 2023 Time: 10am-4.30pm
Bring your own teddy (or borrow a furry Corfe Castle veteran) and send them down the zip line over the great ditch. Discover the gruesome story of King John and his wicked ways. Don’t forget to collect your bears ‘certificate of bravery’ on your way back down!
‘Stories of the Spirits’ Spooky Family Quest created in collaboration with Arts University Bournemouth student Claire Thomas. Collect each character’s personalised embossing stamp in your booklet on your way around the ruins and discover life-sized portraits of each character and their haunting past along the way.
Collect all the stamps to earn a special edition siege coin at the end.
Free Events. Normal admission prices apply.
Follow our self-led Halloween-themed nature trail to learn about our spookiest wildlife.
Drop by and collect your question sheet (see location for each park below) and have fun finding the answers around the park.
Alexandra Park – from our stall in front of the playpark
Boscombe Chine Gardens – from our stall
Branksome REC – from our stall
Mudeford Woods – from our stall behind the community centre
Muscliff Park – from our stall behind the community centre
Pelham Park – from our stall
Redhill Park – from our stall
Seafields Garden – from our stall by the base of the water tower
Sherborne Crescent Open Space – from our stall in front of the playwark
Slades Farm – from our stall
Turlin Moor – from our stall
Watermans Park – from our stall by the park entrance
Winton REC – from our stall
For more FREE activities in your local park from The Parks Foundation click here.
Rothesay Dr, Highcliffe, Christchurch BH23 4LE.
Date: 22. – 26. October 2023 Time: 10am-3pm
Boo! Bat Trail – Visit Highcliffe Castle this October half term to complete our spooky Bat Trail.
Included in normal admission price.
Date: 23. & 25. October 2023 Time: 10am-3pm
Bat Crafts – Make your own bat craft. Included in normal admission price.
Date: 25. October 2023 Time: 10am-3pm
Each family entry ticket receives a 50% discount! Entry also includes our half term indoor bat trail!
Date: 18. September – 31. October 2023 Time: 9.30am-4.30pm
Cosy Creatures Trail – Can you find the seven woodland creatures hiding around the gardens and woodland.
Date: 23. – 27. October 2023 Time: 10.30am-3pm
October Half Term Crafts – Create your very own handprint wreath. This is a free volunteer- led activity. No need to book.
Suggested donation £2 per wreath. Normal admissions apply.
Quay Rd, Christchurch BH23 1BU.
Date: 24.-29. October 2023 Time: 10am -4pm
Spooky Woodland Walk – Look out for ghosts and ghouls in our woodland walk, as well as our Dinosaurs!
Free Event. No need to book, just drop in.
Date: 24. -31. October 2023
Halloween Pumpkin Trail – A naughty witch has hidden her pumpkins around our community museums!
Suitable for 3+. £2 per trail sheet. No need to book.
Date: 25. October 2023 Time: 10am, 11.30am & 1.30pm
Museum Make: Monsters & Magic Costumes £4.50 – more info here.
Date: 26. October 2023 Time: 11am & 2pm
Treehouse Theatre presents ‘The Enormous Pumpkin’ £5.50 – more info here.
Date: 28. October 2023 Time: 6-8pm
Halloween Magic Family Fun Night with Mr Merlin – more info here.
Poole Rd, Upton, BH17 7BJ.
Date: 21. – 31. October 2023 Time: Daily 10am-4pm
The Wizard’s Forbidden Garden – A spooky, immersive trail for the whole family with a magic prize at the end.
Pick up your trail sheet (£4) from the Welcome Center.
Date: 21. October 2023 Time: 11am-12pm
RSPB Bird Walk – more info here.
Date: 23. & 26. October 2023 Time: 3-4pm
Creature Teachers: Half Term Workshops in Zoology for Children £25 – more info here.
Date: 26. October 2023
Halloween Nocturnal Discovery Walk £6 – more info here.
Follow our discovery trail up Poole High Street to find out more about the hidden histories of the buildings and the people who lived there.
Click here to get to the FREE trail.
East, W Cliff Promenade, Bournemouth BH1 3AA.
Date: 24. – 26. October 2023 Time: 10.30am-1.30pm
Join us for Halloween themed craft activities this October Half Term. £3 per child. There will also be a children’s trail available in the historic house
No need to book, just come along (normal admission applies to do the Halloween trail).
Date: 26. – 27. October 2023
The Hallows Collection presented by Alice in Spring is a FREE family friendly event across Bournemouth Town Centre.
Creative Workshops – more info here.
Story Telling – more info here.
Book through Eventbrite. Drop in is available.
Interactive Trail – Explore the nooks and crannies of Bournemouth Town Centre, the home Frankenstein this Halloween. Unscramble the letters to win some amazing prizes! Explore all of Bournemouth’s nooks and crannies with our interactive trail. Simply unscramble the letters and submit on our Facebook page AliceInSpring.
