Known as the most ‘Haunted City in Europe’, ghosts roam York’s snickelways and haunt Georgian townhouses and historic inns. Celebrate the most haunting time of the year with tricks, treats and spooky encounters for all.
Hex The Dungeon
1st Oct 2021 – 31st Oct 2021
Join the York Dungeon for its scariest Halloween ever! From 1st to 31st October, strange things are happening at the York Dungeon. Watch out as you journey through York’s darkest history in the depths of the Dungeon, with twists and turns to keep you screaming for more as Isabella Billington unleashes her Hex. Are you brave enough?
Email: yorkguests@merlinentertainments.biz
Trick and Treat Walking Tours
9th Oct 2021 – 31st Oct 2021
Meet outside York Dungeon
Discover the spooky side of York…as two of favourite dungeon residents, the ever so bonkers and slightly sarcastic Black Jester along with peasant Smedley, are released onto the streets of the city to lead you on a journey to discover York’s HAUNTED history and GHOSTLY secrets of the city. This Halloween Trick & Treat Walking Tour will be full of surprises and will horrify & delight all the family.
Email: yorkguests@merlinentertainments.biz
Pumpkin Festival at Piglets Adventure Farm
2nd Oct 2021 – 31st Oct 2021
Piglets Adventure Farm Towthorpe Moor Lane, York, YO32 9ST
Pumpkin Festival tickets are now on sale – with a FREE pumpkin for every full paying child! Choose your own Pumpkin from the home grown Pumpkin Patch! Plus explore the Mysterious Maize Maze, meet the Magic Hatter who has shows daily and all the fun on the farm!
Telephone: 01904 499183
Email:info@pigletsadventurefarm.com
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
5th Oct 2021 – 9th Oct 2021
York Theatre Royal
With Hallowmas celebrations fast approaching, the residents of Sleepy Hollow spin tall tales of legends and unsightly entities. But who can tell truth from nightmare? Ichabod Crane enters an eerie world of secrets and unsettling tradition as he arrives in Sleepy Hollow to become the town teacher. While quickly finding friendship with the town patriarch and his spirited daughter, his presence is not wholly welcome. But not all is as it seems, for Ichabod Crane harbours his own dark secret. He is not in Sleepy Hollow by chance. When disturbing events overwhelm the small town, he finds himself swept up in a dangerous mystery which leaves him doubting his own sanity.
Telephone: 01904 623568
Email:boxoffice@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
The Brigante Tomb Trail!
20th Oct 2021 – 2nd Nov 2021
Visit York. 1 Museum Street. York. YO1 7DT
Thirteen! Unlucky for some the legend foretold?
Hark! The strange, peculiar and the intrigued behold!
As All Hallows Eve beckons – Lady Brigante cordially invites the curious, the unsuspecting and those folk partial to a mystery or two on a self-guided adventure hunt through the snickelways and secret passages of the Ancient City of York. Beginning at the Visit York Information Centre at 1 Museum Street and with a leaflet in hand – enthusiastic taphophiles are invited to discover the location of the Brigante Tombs.
Telephone: 07485 216628
Email:hello@politetourist.com
Gentle Halloween Lantern walks at Northwood Fairy Sanctuary
23rd Oct 2021 – 31st Oct 2021
Northwood Trail, Buttercrambe Moor Wood YO41 1AP (near Stamford Bridge)
A Guided walk with strange tales through the twilight fairy woods. Lantern walks at dusk and first dark, aimed at little ones or those of all ages who would rather not be scared witless, but want to enjoy a more seasonal experience instead. Arrive to the Northwood kitchen and and have a free glass of alcoholic or non alcoholic punch. Then there is a guided walk with our storytelling guide cloaked in Autumn. Enjoy tales from Professor Howlands collection, as you stroll through a lantern lit fairy wood. Approximate total time 1 hour. Afterwards enjoy the Autumn grotto and the fairy museum and relax in the Northwood kitchen bar.
Telephone: 01439 314 014
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