Halloween 2024: Where to go this Halloween for families of all ages in Yorkshire

From community Light Night events to Scare Fests, there are activities for all ages but be warned - some promise to be spine-chilling.

Those with younger children can expect a weird and wonderful treat if they head to the Forbidden Corner to experience an unusually ghoulish part of the Yorkshire Dales. Here you can journey around the magical labyrinth, discovering the follies, tunnels, and chambers.

There are pumpkin picking opportunities galore across the region including at Cannon Hall Farm where this year they even have a VR experience.

Farmer Rob Nicholson said: “You can pick your own pumpkin, draw a face on it and our team will carve it out. No mess. When I was a lad we had a turnip and we were glad of it.”

Things really have changed now with their Pumpkin Festival, where you can jump on their VR Spooky Halloween Pumpkin Ride.

This is a 360 adventure as the Halloween train tilts, forwards, backwards and side to side with VR headsets creating an adventure full of petrifying pumpkins, ghouls and scarecrows. It is suitable for those aged two and over. Tickets are £5 per person and are available online.

Children and their carers could also go on a pumpkin hunt in Rotherham with magical literary charity Grimm & Co.

On October 31 there will be a guided walk through Clifton Park, exploring nature and looking for pumpkins.

The walk will end at the Emporium of Stories with a seasonal story and activity behind the secret door.

Hebden Bridge also has its own free Pumpkin Trail and a range of activities taking place on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20 from 10am to 4pm. Pick up a free Pumpkin Trail map from Hebden Bridge town centre.

In Wakefield at Trinity Walk Shopping Centre, they have a weekend of free Star Walk-themed activities for Halloween on Saturday, October 26, and Sunday, October 27 from around 10 am to 4 pm.

They’ll have a replica Ghostbusters Ecto1 car and an 8m tall Stay Puft marshmallow man and walkabout version too. There’ll be cosplay characters raising money for Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice.

Older children and adults

Another unique and free experience which is suitable for all ages is Light Night Leeds which is space themed this year.

There are also a range of events for older children and adults such as Most Haunted Live on stage presented by Yvette Fielding, the first lady of the paranormal, together with Karl Beattie and the Most Haunted team.

There’ll even be taking the audience behind the scenes at Leeds’ City Varieties from October 29 to 31.

A range of terrifying Halloween walk-through events are taking place across Yorkshire. Once Upon a Nightmare is a spine-chilling experience at Lotherton Hall in Leeds.

Head to Hell Lane to walk through the Yorkshire Scaregrounds Scream Park in Wakefield and Fear Factory in Doncaster is back with a new maze. York Maze also hosts its annual Hallowscream event.

If you’re looking for a younger child-friendly walk through event, William’s Den has its annual Trick or Treat Street taking place at their site in North Cave near Hull.